The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-08
DRESS PARADE.
The COburn Cadets Attracted Thou
sands Yesterday.

The Dress Parade Was a Fine Spectacle
Review by the Mayor and City Gov
eminent Today-A Tramp Into the
Country.
Hundreds of people visited the novel
attraction on Munjoy Hill Saturday.
They were not merely the idle and Curl
GUS, but people who believe in military
training for students, and were glad of
this opportunity to see someth ing of it.
The regular exercises of ssthe day, the
guard mounting, drill, ETC., are, very in
teresting, and Saturdays special feature,
the dress parade was fine spectacle.
The Cadets did very creditable work
throughout, quite as good, and in some
respects, better than that of the state
militia at I muster. Captain Albion
Moulton of Hiram was officer of the day,
and Second Lieutenant Ora W.Knight of
Bangor officer of the guard
|. This afternoon, at $50, His Honor, the
Mayor, the city government and invited
guests will visit the camp as guests of
Lieutenant Hersey, U. S. A. During
their visit they will inspect the camp
and : be entertained by a battalion re-
view.
Yesterday the Eencampment on Munjoy
was the centre of attraction in this
city. The beauty of the day, the attrac-
tiveness of the Promenade and the un-
usual spectacle there com bined to draw
thousands of people thither during the
day.
In the forenoon one-half of the Cadets
marched to the Second Parish and at
tended service there, and in the after
noon the other half attended the Con-
gress street Methodist church. These
two churches had extended invitations
some time ago.
The dress parade in the afternoon was
a splendid success. AS the hour APP
preached the crowd grew larger.and larg-
er, and when the companies formed and
marched from the camp to the Prone
made, headed by the college band, there
were several thousand people crowded
in long rows about the parade ground.
It seemed like some Fourth tof July
gathering to witness great procession,
Standing room on top of the stone wall
was at premium. ESome estimated that
as many as 5000 people were present.
1t seemed as if all the people that one
knew in the city were present. The car
riages were SO numerous that they
blocked the streets.
The Cadets made very fine-appearance
in their blue coats and white trousers.
They executed 1.-THE movements of the
dress parade like clockwork, and when
they formed a hollow square about Rev.
Matt S. Hughes, who offered prayer, the
scene was very impressive, as we'll as
interesting
Before the parade, the guards were
able to keep the people out of the camp,
but when the parade was over and the
crowd started for home the camp ground
could no longer be kept sacred, and af-
ter short skirmish the guards gave
way, the ,swarms of people who wanted
to make short cuts being too numerous
for them to handle.
The new college flag has been hoisted
on the flag pole at the east end of Morn
ing street, and makes fine appearance
1t is said to be the largest in the state.
Today the Cadets will take tramp
into the country, probably over Turkey s
bridge. 1t will be short march, pre-
paratory to longer and later one, when
some skirmish practice and sham fight
| ing will occur.