The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-29
the cross of st. George on her nose, and she.


that the men were TO land down the river
further, and that only the admirals and
other big men would land at the foot of
FOrty-second street. Then there was o
great rusn. as A lot Of red coats were made
from the foot OF Thirty-eigth street. and
here the crowd made its first stand. The
red coats belonged to the Marine Band. un-
der Lieutenant Wood for the time being.
THE SAILORS MAsCoTS.
In the. meantime the Myndert Starin,
with the French flag flying, had landed q
company of French blue jackets on the
pier at Thirty eighth street. These men.
like the Englishmen, wore straw bats.
Nearly oil Of them wore long, fierce boards.
but they marched well. and as there was
not much wind blowing their boards were
not toyed with very much. The French
men lined up. and they. too. were marched
OIL to take mp their position. While there
was not any confusion about the landing
OF the men. there was much about getting
them TO the places where they were to wait
TO fau into line. Behind the blue Jackets,
in the front line at the assembly. with the
buglers of the marines. marched the mascot
OF the Magloienne, little female goat.
Her name was not Mamie. SO she ls the
first OF her race who Is not known by that
most common Long Island City name.
HC kOdt w rs 6il tokkcu w III LOU loChOb
with brass buttons all over it In gold
lettering on the jacket was the name of the
vessel she belonged TO. The blue jackets
said that she could fight like an admiral,
ashore In the Matteswan, ana was one of
the first to land. taking order ahead of the
blue jackets. Several of the other vessels
sent ashore mascots. Nearly every boat
has a cat. or dog or some other animal
for mascot The men were q long time in
trips. and 1t was long after the time adver-
tised for the column to move before the
last boat load had been landed. The OFF,
GERS and adInirals went ashore In laEnches
and the ships boats at the foot of Forty
second street. and were received by the na-
val veterans drawn up In double line on
the float
The parade was managed By Gen. Louis
Fitzgerald. of the New fork State National
Guard. and Commander j. w. Miller, OF
the Naval Reserve. acting under the direc-
tiOn of Admiral Gherardl and the commit
tee of one hundred citizens appointed by
the Mayor. Reviewing stands had been
erected by the committee at Madison
Square and at City Hall Park. From these
stands the admirals and officers of the ves-
sells In the river and other invited guests
witnessed the parade. Hundreds of private
stands had been erected along Broadway,
Fifth avenue and Forty second street, and
windOws. balconies and roofs along the
route were utilized by the crowds, who
filled every place which commanded a view
OF tNe column.
Tls parade was scheduled to start at 10
O'Clock. but there was the usual delay and
It " as nearer IL when the line was in mo-
tiOn. Governor Flower rode at the head of
the procession. A platoon of mounted po-
lice cleared the way. The Governor was
followed by details from the United States
army and the engineer corps. Then came
the admirals In carriages The foreigners
were escorted by officers of our own navy.
Following the carriages came the first di-
vision, consisting of United States sailors
and marines. Commander White was chief
of brigade and Capt w. Spicer commander
of the marines. In the second and third,
and fourth DattalIons were Uncle Sans
blue jackets from all of her ships in port
THE RED JACKETS.
The second division was the one that in
terested the crowds on the streets more
than any other. 1t contained the sailors
of the visiting fleets and the marines OF
Great Britain and Holland. the only two
nations represented beside our own who
have MARINES. First came the troops of
her Majesty, the Queen. six hundred Of
iicers and men all told. Captain Hamilton.
of the Blake, was in charge of the battalion.
red jackets, blue trousers. with a narrow
red stripe down the side. and black helmets
topped with gilt. The band from the
Blake led them. The British artillery men
wore black jackets blue trousers,
side. and little dinky caps with
yellow band and q strap under the ohin.
Her Majesty's blue-jackets wore the regu-
latIon blue sailor shirt open low at the
neck. blue trousers. very tight at the hips
and ve:y wide ct the ankle and light straw
hats. The Britons marched with precision,
and looked neither to the right nor the left.
They were cheered as they passed the re-
viewing stands, and whenever they
wheeled to turn q corner.
Following the British came Argentine's
representatives from the Nueva de Julio.
They were less than one hundred in num-
ber, and wore dark blue shirts with white
braid on the collar, and blue trousers. The
officers wore long blue coats blue trousers,
and caps with lonRIfrons pieces.
The Russian vessel sents sent $50 men
and fifteen officers The battalion was in
charge of Commander Stemmand. The
band from the Rynda accompanied them.
The uniform was of blue. with white and
blue-strsped shirts and white caps. on the
bends of which was the name in Russian
OF the ship TO which the men belon ged
The men carried muskets. with bayonets
fixed.
The Hollanders. from the Van Speyk
came next There were forty marines in
lOng-tailed blue coats and blue trousers.
and eighty sailors in blue jackets. blue
trousers and soft blue hats.
The French ships had three hundred men
In line. They were all blue jackets The
first company was commanded by Lieuten-
ant Bardoul. of the Arethuse. and the Sec
ond by Lieutenant Malcoe, of the Jean
Bart The uniform was blue jackets. blue
trousers and blue caps. Haversacks were
carried. The French band set lively step
for the men.
Germany followed on the heels of France
with 120 men under command of Lieuten-
ant Meyer, of the kaiserein Augusta.
They were all sailors and their dress was
very similar to that of our own blue Jackets.
The band of the German squadron accom-
panied them.
Next came the Italians headed by their
band. Lieutenant Lovera was in command
and four jaunty mldshipmen acted as
aids. There were one hundred men in line.
They wore straw hats with brims fiaring
upward, blue jackets and black trousers.
The officers were In dark blue uniforms
with plenty of gold lace and q distinctive
light blue sash diagonaliy across the
breast. The Spanish admiral sent no men
ashore. Each body of foreigners was rec
ognized by the flags carried by color SER
geants and the crowds cheered them ALL CIV
ing the Germans and Russians the hearth
est welcome.
After the visitors came the National
Guard of the State of New York. The
Naval Reserves had the right OF line. and
made o good appearance in their white
duck suits. Next to them were the Massa-
chusetts Naval Reserves. The signal corps
of the First Brigade followed. Then came
the guardsmen.