Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-11
The Line as It Passes Down Fifth
Avenue-The Day Was Glorious
and the Boys Marched Superb
ly-College Students and High
School Pupils Swell the Throng.
The First Day Of the Civic Cele-
bration.

sunrise gun, but IL was singuiarly ap-
propriate that 1t should come on this
day of all others from the fort named
after Christopher Columbus.
New York is crowded to-day. Its
streets and its public buildings, It's
stores and houses and hotels are gay
with flags and bunting. To-day began
the series of imposing pageants with
which the city for the coming three
days will honor the memory OF Colum-
bus. To the children, to the youth OF
Gotham, was given the honor OF begin
ming the civic and military displays.
The children were marshaled thous-
ands strong and their elder brothers
from the college marched with them.
The Columbia Arch at Fifty-ninth
street and Fifth avenue, with It's stat
ues, it's flags, it's shields and bannerets,
was complete In all its bravery. At
Twenty-second street and Fifth avenue
was another archway hundred feet in
length.
COVERED WITH FLAGs,
and wreathed evergreen, smilax and
palms.
The police arrangements were most
admirable. All along the entire route
of the parade patroimen were stationed
about 25 feet apart, while at street
crossings and at particular points
where the crowds were larger, more
blue-coats were posted.
1t was 9:3O o'clock before one Of the
parading companies OF the public school
division began to arrive at their desig-
mated forming places and In the cross
streets contiguous to Fifth avenue. The
right Of line was formed at Fifth avenue
and Fifty-seventh street. All the
streets from Fifty-seventh down to
Forty-third were occupied by the pa
rade. The delay in starting, which Is
the almost invariable feature OF all civic
parades, was notabsent, and 1T wass at
most IL o'clock before the order to
march was given. The route OF parade
was down Fifth avenge, to Seventeenth
street, to Fourth avenue, TO Fourteenth
street, to Fifth avenue, TO Washington
SQUARE, to University Place, Fourth
avenue, where the parade disbanded.
At IL o'clock Col. David S. Brown,
Grand Marshal OF the school and COL
lege parade, gave the order to march,
and nearly
$4,000 PAIRS OF LEGS
were soon executing the demand. The
| immense parade started at Fifty seventh
street and marched to Seventeenth
street, then across to Fourth avenue.
and through Fourteenth street to Fifth
| avenue.
AS the long line OF march turned into
| busy Fourteenth street loud cheers
went up from the Union Square free
stand and from the crowd on the
ground and In the buildings. Alongside
the marchers and At some distance
apart, were the doctors who had volun-
teered their services. After passing
under the Washington arch to uni
versity Place, the procession went on to
| Fourth street, where 1t disbanded.
John Winfield Scott was grand marshal.
In the public school division there
we're 1915 pnpis In line. Besides
these there were over thousand stu
dents from the Long Island City public
schools.
General James r. O'Bierne was mar
shall OF the Catholic school and college
division. The Roman Catholic schools
and colleges of New York were repre-
sented by $500 pupils.
| There were thirty-two bands OF music
| In the procession.
While the line Of march was banked
| on each side by crowded masses from the
starting point at Central Park Plaza to
the disbandlng point at University
Place, the greatest numbers congregat-
ed in Madison Square, Union Square
and Washington Square. The west
| side OF Fifth avenue at Madison square
WAS OCCUPIED BY AN IMMENSE STAND
with 3. 200 seats. OF these, 200 seats
were reserved for reporters. and were
| furnished with writing desks. Opposite
was a stand that seated 1000 persons.
| Among those seated were Vice-Presi-
dent Levi P. Morton, Secretary OF the
Treasury Foster, Governor K i. Flower
and his staff, Governor Tilman OF South
Carolina. Marshal Fairchild and other
officials. This stand was placed In
charge of e1-Msyor VIM. ii. Wickhsm:
Long before the procession reached
Madison Square the head OF the ad'
vancIng columns, preceded by platoon
OF mounted police, could be seen ad-
vancing down the avenue; as IL reached
the SQUARE itself Vice-President Nor
ton. Governor Flower, and the
other officials present arose and
stood uncovered until the thirty
thousand boys and youths In the pro-
cession had passed the stand. The boys
nreseryed excellent order and passed
the stand with the steady step OF veter-
ans. Their bearing won them contin-
Mons and well merited applause On
one stand were 9, 900 school girls
DRESSED IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE,
vbo sang patriotic songs. At Wash
inrton Square two stands. seating 1900
snectators, had been erected There
the mayor andjkchool commissioners iei'
the ranks aud took seats reserved tor
rhem ON the Stand, from which they p
viewed the Procession as it passed "
on its way Though Fourteenth streei
aui Universfy Place, where II ais
Brooklyn Br3 ge was the place Of attrs
4 rior this eyen4 g A gorgeous display
f3re works h1& been promised ana 81
earlv hour gre$f crowds began 70 gather
r,o;rfs Of adrs6ta1e On the river Hn1r
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