St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-05

seem to be borne out by the facts. The
exceptions. however. have been of great
severity. At Grants second Inaugural
ton some OF the
Troops Nearly FrOZe
at their posts, and many deaths were
directly attributable to the cold, drench-
ing rain which accompanied the late
presidents entry into office.
The parade OF today was greater in
numbers and more imposing in military
and civic displays than that of any
previous Inauguration. Gen. Martin +.
Mcmahon. of New York, the grand mar
shall, carried out in the organization OF
procession the same admirable method
or assembling his forces which made
his management Of the Columbian pa
rade in New York city last October so
successful. With military sagacity he
recognized the fact that it takes many
hours to march forty or fifty thousand
men past given point, even under the
most favOrlng circumstances of broad
and well-paved streets. and instead OF
ordering all the organized bodies to be
ready to fall in at one and the same
time, he allowed sufficient inter-
walls between the hours OF assemb
ing to prevent as far as possil e
fatlguing waits, and so arranged the as
sembling places on contiguous side
streets that men were able TO form and
drop into line without delay, and with
out crossing the line OF march. In all
these matters he was ably assisted by
his adlutant general, Col. ii. &. Corbin,
United States army.
The escorting division, composed of
artillery, cavalry and infantry of the
regular army, drawn from the garrisons
of Fort Monroe, Fort Myer and Fort
McHenry, and the marines from Wash
ingt0n navy yard, with the admirably
drilled national guard of the district.
the high school cadet regiment, and
other local organizations, assembled III
the neighbOrhood OF the White house
and the war, state and navy buildings,
and formed in columns of sections of
twelve each promptly at 1880. They
Marched Down the Avenue,
accompanying the presidential party
from the White house to the capitol,
prior to the Inauguration. All the rest
of the parade assembled below the cap
itol and marched from the capitol up
the avenue after the Inauguration cere-
monies were over, distance OF fully
two miles. to the point Of dsbandment,
Washington circle, near Twenty-third
street. For more than half the day, the
city looked like vast military camp,
the almost intermnable marching past
OF regulars and the well-equipped mill
tary forces of the states being broken in
upon only by the visiting governors in
their civilian costume, riding past i'll
the order that their states were admitted
into the Onion, and accompanied
by their brilliantly uniformed stats.
Then, with an intervening interlude
of Grand Army and Union veterans,
came the civic half Of the parade, fully
as numerous and as interesting as the
military display. The civic procession,
under the marshaIShip Of Col. William
Dickson, was in six divisions, and ag-
gregated more than 10000 men, and
quite noticeable dash of lady eQues-
trians. Tammany, with its gorgeous
new banners and badges, held the right
of line. The second division was as
signed to Pennsylvania; Massachusetts,,
New Jersey and Delaware had the third
division, Maryland the fourth, the fifth
was the Western division, and the sixth
was made up of the later arriving or
CARNATIONS. The bicycle clubs of Wash
ingtOn and Baltimore brought up the
rear.