Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-24

sWARNs OF HER CITIZENS PRESENT.
Turnst.ies Kept Envy Admit ing the
ThronE-SiX Thousand state Troops
Parade and Review The Greatest Gath
ering of Prairie state Soldiers Ever
known-sI.lwey People and wild West
show Hot.or the Occasion.
CHICAGO, aac 2+-TEcre were 1I7, 952
paid admissions at the Worlds fair yester-
day, b I if the tCrus,il.s continue to work
all day at the rate they are going this
morning the aggregate should reach 100
coo more at least For this l. Illinois day.
There was every facility for Prairie State
men 70 come 20 the great show. and i
looks a. i. they had arrived. It looked
that way or the streets up town, where
there were tArongs Of people carrying grip
sacks, ali just OF the cars and looking for
place 20 get breakfast. The cnterta =
meutis worth the journey. too. To say
nothing OF the unparalleled exposition
that is always there, Illinois & doing
herself proud to-day in the military line.
Great Military Review.
For the people OF Illinois have today TIE
best chance they have ever had 10 see the
citizen soldiery of the state on dress
parade. There have been reviews and III
spectlon and encampmeuts before, hut
never before has there been such a large
turnout n there is this time. and never
before has the public had a chance 70 see
the govern. OF Illinois at the head OF his
troops The display Is the mos; comp, e
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and the surroundings set it off TO the list
advantage he troops at the park are con-
posed OF three b-igadcS two troops Of
cavalry and TWO batteries
Description of Troops in Camp.
There Wcrr too many OF them for a camp
inside the pa-k. so they went into camp
on arrival Windsor Park and were as
follows: Second brigade Of Springfield,
under command of Brigadier General
James Barclay and staff, the brigade con
sisting oi twelve companies Of the Fourth
infantry under C0lone. Riley VI. Smith
and -laG. with headquarters at Greenup;
ten companies Of tLe Fifth infantry, under
ColoUci Jaac, =. Culver and staff, with
headquarters at Springfield, and battery
A Of DsayiIe Third brigade consisting
Of twe,ve COZ 1aUles Of the Third infantry,
under C0ioLt. Fred Beuuitt, Of Joliet;
twelve companies OF the Sixth infantry,
commanded hy C0lOne. D. Jack Foster, OF
Chicago. and cavalry troop B Of Bloom
inctOG Frs brigade, under Brigadier Gen.
era II. 4 Wheeler, Of Chicago, consisting
Of twelve companies Of the First infantry,
under Colonel c. r. T. Koch; twelve com
pal O. Of the Second infantry, under Col
one. Louis :. Judd, Of Chicago; eight com
panies Of the Seventh infantry, under Col
one! Francis 7, Colby, Of Chicago; cavalry
troop A and battery D.
Parade Through the Fair Grounds.
This orHing the entire body Of militia
men was called TO arms and marched in
fatigue uniforms to the Worlds fair
grounds to be in readiness foe the review.
This began at between 9 and 10 o'clock a.
m, when the troops entered the grounds.
There were about 5000 Of them and the
parade was arranged as follows under
command Of Governor Altgeld and Gen
eral Orendorff The entrance was at the
south stand, thence past the Forestry,
Anthropological, Nachin ry, Electricity
and Mining buildings. 1t then moved to
the Manufactures buildings to north OF =
government structure, and east to tne
lake front, thence north to the South Da-
kota building, and south to the Illinois
building, where after review the companies
disbanded.
Some Of the Later Features.
This afternoon there will be an informal
reception at the Illinois building by the
governor and his staff lasting from to 1
o'clock, after which everybody will rest up
preparatory to witnessing the pyrotechnic
display on the lake front in the evening
One Of the pieces, measuring s0x40 feet,
representing the Illinois building. and
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coin monument at Springfield, will be
among the trIumphs Of the fireworks art
Events of More or Less Note
At $50 a. IN. the Midway people marched
past the Illinois building and at II Buffalo
BlIl's Wild West show paraded During
the parade q state troors Governor Alt
geld followed the example of Governor
Russell, OF Massachusetts,. and rode at the
head Of the troops as commander-in-chief
The review took place in front Of the
Illinois building where Governor Altgeld
wheeled Oui Of line for that purpose. Tne
day was a partial holiday ali over the
state. The governor had issued a pro
clamatiOu calling attention to It and
Mayor Harrison had followed SUIT. The
festivities began early in the morning and
lest until late at night
Ormtory Was Not in It.
Not less than thirty bands of music took
part IL the celebration, among them being
the Second Regiment and Pullman bands
A car load of decorations was used on the
state building. And most of the decora-
tions were American flags" said Secre-
tary Garrett. We want everybody to
know and feel our great respect for the
stars and stripes. Won't be any speech
making the flags III do the talkin' and
the bands III play nothing but national
airs
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.