The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-03-08
THE GRAND PARADE,
10000 Mep and Women Participate In
the Military and Civic Demonstra-
tion. Features of the g.

pay than That Of any previous inaugura
| tion, II is estimated that 40 600 persons, IN
| cluding number Of ladies, participated in
! fne demonstration.
Gen. Martin +. Mcmahon of New York
the Grand Marshal, carried ont in the or
Eanization of the procession the same ad
mlrdble methods of assembling his forces
winch made his management of the Colum.
bian parade In New York City last October,
so successful
The escoriing division composed of artil.
lery, cavalry and infantry of the regular
army, drawn from the garrisons of Fort
Monroe Fort Myer and Fort McHenry. and
the marines from the Washington navy
yard, with the admirably drilled National
Guard of the district the High School Cadet
Regiment, and other local organizations, as.
sembed in the neighhorhood ofthe White
House and the War, State and Navy build
ing, and formed in columns or sections of ~
each promptly at 1890 o'clock. They
marched down the avenue, accompanying
The Presidential party from the White
House to the Capitol prior to the inaugura.
ton. All the rest of the parade assembled
below The Capitol, and marched from the
,apitol up the avenue, after the inaugura-
ton ceremonies were over. distance Of
nearly two miles to the point of disbandon-
meht; Washington Circle, near Twenty.
Third street
THE MILITARY PAGEANT
For more than half the day the c'ty look.
ed like vast military camp, the marching
OF the reeular' and the numerous and well.
| equipped militia forces being broken in upon
| only in part by the visiting Governors, in
| their civilian costume, riding past in the
order that their states were admitted into
| the Union and accompanied by their bril-
| liantly uniformed staifS. The customary
salutes were given ms the commanders of the
| various divisions passed the Presidential
reviewing stand
At the conclusion ofthe inaugural cere.
| monies signal gun was fired President
Cleveland entered n carriage and was driven
| To the reviewing stand at the White House,
and the great procession moved. The first
| division was composed mainly of artillery,
cavalry and infantry of the United States
| Army and they made an imposing spectacle
| as they moved over the route, winning
hearty applause from the thousands Of
| spectators.
The National Guard of PENNSYLVANIA.
headed by Governor Pattison and staff, came
| next. This famous body Of militia sus-
tanned the reputation it had earned on pre-
| viOus occasions, and received an ovation
from the admiring multitude.
The Third Division, under command of
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was made mp of detach-
ments of militia, Governors and their staffs,
from New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut,
| Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina,
| Virginia, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Texas and
! District Of Columbia.
The Fourth division, commanded by s +.
| Faunce, was headed by the Department of
the Potomac, q. A. II. A large number of
| posts Of the Grand Army were in the di.
( vision and, as usual, they attracted great
| attention and were enthusiastically ap-
! plauded. Following the q. A. II. veterans
| came the representatives of the Union
Veteran Legion, concluding the military and
| semi-mliiary part of the procession.
rEATURis or THE CtVIC PARADE.
Close the heels of the Veterans Cnne
the civic half ofthe parade. fully as numer-
| Gus and interesting as the military display.
| The civic procession, undar the marshnlship
| of COL William Dickson, was in six divi-
sions and aggregated more than %, 600 men
and quite noticeable dash of lady eques.
| trianS.
Tammany with its gorgeous new ban-
ners, and badges held the right of line The
braves turned out by the thousands and
they met wit rousing reception alone the
| line of march In the division with them
were hundreds of representatives of the tri.
umphant Democracy from other cities in
| the Empire State.
The Second division Of the civic parade
was assigned to PENNSYLVANIA, the com
| mander being col Levi Maish. The Samuel
| j. Randall Association, of Philadelphia. was
in the lead, followed by n large turnout Of
! clubs from the same place and other cities
/ of the Keystone State.
Massachusetts New Jersey and Delaware
held the Third division, and contained many
| clubs from those : aies.
| The Fourth division COMPRISED Democra.
tic clubs from Maryland. Baltimore largely
| predominating Two battalions of ladies
mo nled were pleasing features Of this pOr.
ton of the parade.
The Fifth was the Western division, which
| included delegations of citizens and civic as-
sociations from Vice President Stevenson's
State among them being the lroquois Club,
| of Chicago. The Citizens Taly-l1 Club. Of
| Columbus O., added variety to the display,
| The famous club Of the Bu, keye State were
well represented, and followed by delega-
| tions from Indiana Iowa and other Western
States, The Wilson Tariff Club of Wheel.
| ing w. Va, attracted much attention, ow-
| ing 10 the fine appearance OF the members
| The Sixth division was made up of the
late arriving organizations. and the bicycle
| clubs of Washington and Baltimore brought
up the rear.
| now THEY PASSED THE PRESIDENT
| The passage Of President Cleveland along
| the avenue was a continual ovation of the
most enthusiastic character and when he
took his place on the reviewing stand a
mighty roar went up from the multitude.
| With head erect and standing firmly. with
| his impassive features facing the procession,
! the President reviewed the military, civic
| and political organizations that made up
the line of march, All commissioned and
other officers carrying swords gave the mill
tary salute as thev passed in review, turning
toward President Cleveland as they did so.
The imperturbable President returned the
salutes ny raising his hat. accompanied by
! an almost imperceptible nod.
The first popular outburst came when
Governor Robert f. Pattison. of Pennsyl-
vania passed in front of the reviewing
stand, followed by his staff and the Nation
al Guard - Pennsylvania The popular
| Democratic, twice Governor OF theKeystone
State, and recently himself prominently
| discussed as Presidential candidate. awoke
all the enthusiasm II .he triumphant Dem
| ocracv. and he was frequent v cOmpelled TO
turn and bow an acknowledgements to the
| ovations he received,
| Later a loud huZza from 10000 Southern
| throats welcomed the appearance Of a
soldierly looking gentleman, who with his
staff headed the third brigade Ii was Gen,
| FItzhugh Lee. of Virginia ex Governor Of
the historic old Commonwealth and nephew
| of the idol of the Southern army. Gen.
Robert +, Lee. The appearance of each
Governor was the signal of more cheering,
and when the veterans marched past they