The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-03-16


dental salute, when Harrison left the
White House, and again when Presi.
dent Cleveland took the oath of Office.
n detailed and itemiZed report Of the
great parade is, of course, impossible
when mere enumeration of the va
rious regiments, companies, posts and
civic organizations participating occu.
pies three newspaper columns.
NOTES AND INCIDENTS.
But some of the notes and incidents
OF the parade are here set down at ran.
dom. Among the magnilicently mount
ed special aides who rode behind Grand
Marshal McMahon and his chief Of
staff, Gen. w. ID. Whipple, were repre-,
SentatiVeS from every State and Terri
tory in the Union. The guard Of hon
or Of President Cleveland consisted Of
one hundred members of the New
York business Mems cleveland and
Stevenson Association, representing
fifteen mercantile organizations in the
Empire City. The passage Of the
President along the avenue was ore
co ttinuatiOn of enthusiastic applau: =.
The steady tramp of the Superbly drill.
ed battalons of regulars, under the
command Of Gen. Brooke. forming his
escort, the suggestive rumble of the
gun carriages and the soldierlv bearing
of the young cadets all helped to keep
the enthusiasm alive. The fine appear
ance and splendid discipline Of District
militia elected repeated cheering.
STRIKING FEATURES.
The feature distinctively novel was
introduced into the parade by the enHi
neering corps. This was the releasing
or number of carrier pigeons, with
messages relating to the success Of the
inauguration, destined for philadrl
phia, Baltimore, Annapolis and othcr
points. sill another original feature
was afforded 10y the military bicycl,
company, who, mounted upon their
wheels and retaining full control Of
them, at the same time handled their
small arms with deXtcrity that lndicaL-
ed that this innovation in military tao
tics lacked nothing Of success. R"coi-
lectlOnS OF Homestead came to many
of the spectators when Governor Pat
tersoD, of Pennsylvania, rode 10y at the
head of the fifteen regiments of blue
coated Pennsylvania troops, marching
like veterans who had seen service and
equipped with all the essentials for &c
tive operations in the field. Maj i>r
Gen. SnoWden was in command of the
, Pennsylvania forces, with Gems. Goblin
, Wiley and Dechert commanding the
brigades,
| CHEERS FOR GEN. FITXlIIGlI LEE.
The appearance of gray coated Gen
FitZhugh Lee, of Virginia, in com
mand of the 3D. division was the sigma
for renewal of the enthusiastic oya
= tlOn which greeted him when he ap
! peared in line Oh the occasion of ClcVt
D lands first inauguration. a part q
. this demonstration was undoubtedly
: due TO Gen. Lees personal pUpulari'y !
: part to the name he bears, and part
perhaps to the relief which his appear
' ance, with his Well-appointed staff at
Iorded to the monOtOny of so many
quarters of an hour" consumed by the
passage of the Pennsylvania troops.
TIE GOVERNORS IN LINE.
Thereafter came a procession Of Gov
ernOrs, all of whom was chcered.
There was an understanding Oh the
part OF the executive committee that
the order of precedence should follow
| the order in which each State entered
the Union. This was not quite follow
ed out. Some of the Governors C'lOw-
er, of New York, for inStancc) prefer
red TO ride in carriages in the civic
stall OF the parade rather than to appear
on horseback at the head cf thelr
troops. Governor Vert, OF New Jcr-
scy, and his staff, escorted by Il com
pany OF New Jersey militia, were fol-
lowed by Governor Northern, of Geor-
gla, with the Georgia Ilussars for an
escort. Governor Morris, Of Connect.
cut, was recognized and checrrd. The
youthful looking and popular Cover
nor Russell, Of Massachusetts, was
greeted with the same running salyO
of cheers which has followed his APP
pearance in public for the last few
years since his phenomenal success in
Massachusetts politics.
AloI g1ide Of Governor Frank Brown,
Of Maryland, rode color bearer carry.
ing the original flag of Lord Baltimore,
the first English Governor or Mary
land. The Maryland troops made a
fine show. Governor Benjamin Il.
Tillman, of South Carolina, sitting up
right as an Indian, led the picturesque
. Governors Guards, whose 0rganlZa-
ton has record extending back to
the Mexican war. There must have
been a gOOdly SmattCring of badger
State folks among the spectators, for
the discOvercr of "lecK's Bad Boy
was the recipient Of salVoS Of applause.
THE TIGER WAS THERE.
Headed by Governor Flower and
staff and preceded by the banner Of the
jackson Democratic Association, Of
the District of Columbia, the appear.
ance Of the 1900 Tammany braves We
a revelation to many Of the spectators.
With their high silk hats, dark over
coats and snowy badges, on when the
tigers head was plainly displayed, they
were the best looking body Of civilians
in the parade.
The prOfuSiOn of StreameTS with the
inscriptions: "Thc Banner State ~GI'
o37 Democratic Majority for CleVr-
land" served to put the spectators on
good terms with the jefferson Club, Of
Louisiana. Before the column was
borne a handsome banner with Il por-
trait OF the patron saint OF the Orgam
ZatiOn, painted for the occasion. GuV-
ernor NJ. j. Foster marched shoulder tU
shoulder with President Frank Dan
ielS.
MARYLAND BEAUTIES ON IIOKSEEACk
a mounted battalion Of exceedingly
gOod looking young women led The
| Cleveland and Stevenson Cub Of MOnt-
gomery County, Maryland. They were
the 81 ,ters aud daughters of the mem
bcrs, and their dark riding habits and
loW-crO riding hats presented de-
cidedly attractive appear nee. Specta
/ al. t.l,t,