The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-31
GREATEST YET.
Jersey City's Observance
of Memorial Day the
Grandest in Her
History.
FIVE THOUSAND In THE PARADE
Citizens Delighted with the
Annual Showing Of the Police
and Fire Departments.
Veterans Decorate the Graves of
Their Dead Comrades with
; Flags and Flowers.

Jersey CITY did honor yesterday to her
citizens who fought for the Union thirty
rs ago. She garlanded the graves of
Il te who sleep in her cemeteries, and
the rising generation Justify cheered the
survivors who rallied around the cid fiag
and marched through the sweltering
streets IN commemoration of the days
and deeds of old.
The young soldiers of today Joined with
the veterans in the parade, representing
the State, and the city Joined its forces
of peace to the warlike display.
The observance of the day was general.
Merchants closed their stores, the city's
business was suspended The stars and
stripes foated at half mast everywhere
Residents decorated their houses and one
and all seemed to join in a grand move
ment to pay respects to the country's $
surviving defenders and heroes who gave
up their lives and those who made the
greater sacrifices of homes, of friends and
the love of those dearer than life, for the
solid:fying of the country.
Yesterdays parade recalled to many
the bloody strife and horror of war, but
out of 1T all grew an admiration for the
men who responded to the call to take
part in the proper recognition of the old
soldiers one day in the year.
AS early as nine o'clock the streets
seemed alive with men, women and chill
dren. Strains of music were in the ar
and uniformed men We're scurrylng
about in a lively fashion. People par
ticularIy collected in the neighborhood
of the new City Hall, in front of which
had been erected the reviewing stand.
Either side OF Grove street from Wayne
to Grand street. was packed with people
who pushed and showed each other in
the usual good natured way to secure a
place from which to view the paraders.
1t is estimated that fully $1,000 people
saw the procession and of the whole
number more than one-half occupied the
wide sidewalks of Grove street.
SEVEN DISTINCT DIVISIONS.
There were seven distinct and interest
ing divisions and the paraders numbered
close on to FIVE thousand The first di-
vision formed on Bergen square with the
right resting on Clendenny avenue; sec
ond division formed on Bergen avenue
with its right resting on CommunipaW
avenue; Third division formed on Bergen
avenue with its right resting on Clifford
avenue; Fourth division formed on Ber-
gen avenue, right resting on Belmont
avenue; Fifth division formed on Bergen
avenue, right resting on FairvieW ave-
nue.; Sixth division also formed on Bergen
avenue, right resting on Duncan ave-
nue.; Seventh division formed on Dun
can avenue, right resting on Bergen
avenue.
1t was about eleven o'clock when
Grand Marshal William B. Mason gave
the order to move. His aide. Frank
Pearson, saw that all the necessary
orders We're carried out and the result
was magnificent manoeuvr3ng and an
admirable start.
From Bergen avenue the line moved to
Sip avenue amid the applause of thou
sands of people. From Sip avenue the
march continued to Summit, to Newark
avenue, to Seventh street, to Brunswick
street. to Eighth street, to Jersey avenue,
to Wayne street, to Grove, to Grand and
then dismissed. The reviewing stand was
on the south side of Grove street, be-
tween Montgomery and Mercer streets.
Long before the procession reached this
point the stand was crowded. Detective
McGinness, assisted by Policemen Har-
rigan, Siller, Gibney and Craig, pre-
served order at that point and kept the
crowd back from the ropes that had been
stretched around the stand. Commander
l.. HI. Mq~nus and Street and Water
Commissit Patterson cared for the
guests al. provided them with seats.
In the cen. re of the stand sat Governor
Werts and beside him Mayor Wanser.
ON THE REVIEWING STAND
Others conspicuous near the Governor
and Mayor were Street and Water Ccm-
missioner George w. Harding, President
Jfanly
er. Commissioner Kaiser, Police Commits
sioners West and Feeney, Finance Com
missioners Jones, Hardenbergh, Bailey,
Detwiller and Simpson, Colonel j. H.
wilkinson of Kentucky, City Clerk E..
w. Woolley, Water Assessor Dusenbe-
ry, exZAlderman Lewis, Charles Ester
brook, Aldermen George Mccarthy and
Wilson, Henry McCartin, Sheriff Tof-
fey, City Attorney Weart, Directors of
the Board of Education Beach, Allen
and Cowles, Fire Commissioners Bren-
nan, Mills and Cone, Aldermen Vernil-
yea, Ross and Witter, Frank Meyer,
Sinking Fund Commissioner Robert Nc
Andrew. Horace H. Farrier, William w.
Farrier. John Masker, Commissioners of
Appeal Pattberg and Warner, Tax Com
missioners Clarke and Love, ex-Alderman
Hill, Assessment Commissioner Landrine,
Director Cowles, Aldermen Dohrmann
and Guiton, Alderman Heritage, ex-Al-
derman Reardon ex-Sheriff Cronin, ex-
Alderman Schultz, City Hall Commits
sioners Datz, Pierson and Bourke, City
Collector Smith, John Nevin and James
Kinlan.
Although the paraders were tired out
with their long march when they ar
rived down town in the hot sun, they
certainly appeared to no better advan-
tage than they did as they passed be-
fore the reviewing stand.
1t was about half past twelve O'Clock
when Grand Marshal Mason and mis-
staff wheeled into Grove street from
Wayne He was greeted with cheers by
the expectant throng. The next con-
spieuous figure was that of Colonel Hugh
Abernethy, who commanded the first di-
vision, which was made up exclusively
Of the Fourth Regiment. Colonel Alb
ernethy had on his nattiest uniform
and sat on a spirited horse gracefully
CHEERING THE POLICE.
-ta members Of his staff appeared e