The sun., 1896-10-18
1IT BRIGADE DOES FINELY.
rvrnYsoDY OUT TO SEE THB SMART
uILIIART SNOW

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rhs rir., Brigade. National Guard, marched
,, r,rnie before Mayor Strong yesterday sttet-
,n and IL may be said right here that IL
.dn a handsome military show. Thousands
,,rop thousands OF persons saw IL and testind 70
,b.,r ,ppreciation by cheers and the clapping
~ bands. From tho starting point OF the
march Mt Fitty-etghth street and t1tth ave-
ma 10 tho end at the Washnton Arch, every
,,nt NJ tho way was lined with people In
,rovls and tho progress OF Gen. Fitzgerald
and his command was constant ovation
1he glitter OF arms and OF banners, the rat
lie OF drums, the shrilling OF ntes, ana tho
martial strains OF military bands were seen
ard heard in many parts OF the city besides
upon Fifth avenue. The MONDAY meal hour
,,ns hardly over before mon in uniform wero
mnkirC their way to the armories. and In each
Of these gathering places drums were calling
men to assemble.
Those who had orders TO report first were the
First signal Corps under Capt. Hedges. They
we're TO hold the place Of honor as escort to
Gen. Fitzgerald, and were to report to him at
his house at Lexington avenue and Thirty
nth street at $50 o'clock. They left the ar
mory at Thirty fourth street and Park avenue
willie tho Seventy first Regiment ana the Sec
ono Battery, which rhabit the same building,
were still busy in preparation. AT every other
armory was the same scene of hustle.
In front Of Cornelius vnnderbilt's house at
Fifty.e!shth street and Fifth avenue, where
the head Of the column was to form, people
began to assemble as early as o'clock. AT
e.3o came the first official evidence that come
thing WAS to happen. This was the arrival
of n squad of mounted police under Sergeant
Cannon and a SQUAD OF mon on foot who were
to lead the.march. and other squads, great in
aggregate numbers,-whose members were 20
line both sides OF the route clear down to the
marble arch, nearly three miles away. Tho
orders were that the troops should be in place,
lined UP in the streets on either side OF Fifth
avenue from Fitty.eigh'h street TO Fifty
iourth street. ut o'clock. As that hour APP
pruached Ajor Roosevelt of Gen. Fit2gerald's
star rode up and took a station on the plaza
lust above Fifty-eighth street.
In the distance could be heard the booming
of bass drums, and presently one could dis
tinguish the shrill afes, then tho hnarse tones
Of the big horns. and as the sounds drew nearer
ment OF a great band made itself heard.
next .aolnent snt 3'ts SeW YorE's crack reSiment
turned into Fifth avende from sixty second
SHs srs to the
in gray gray! It Was a year and . half since tho
First Brigade had been seen on parade:
OTHER sounds for a few minutes as 1t
passed. but when y got by 1t seemed to the
np and multiplied itself until. ipstead OF one
band, II were now q dozen. FOR from all
around came the stirring notes OF marching
music
This was no delusion. either. for regiments,
batteries. and troops Of cavalry were march
opposite the Seventh before tho seventh got
mo the sido street, the Eighth oame down
sDd ehs hs
east and west. the whole military body was
ASSEMBLE lg at once.
whole brigade that has ever been made in tho
State; for every commanding oftioer had 90
late. late and and the the officers reported to Major ".
Emlen Roosevelt almost in . body; At this
same moment Gen. FftlRerald was also on the
move, and Just before 3 o'clock his cavalcade
turned into Fifth avenue and rode up through
the centre Of the waiting brigade
par, OF the show was one Of the prettiest: Be-
bind him, all in tho most gorgeous Of full uni
Stephen s; eA Il. ri Din. I'M Major Robert v. MoKim.
Major Paul Dana, Major Aug. AGgnsmle m F: Mentaan.,
Oliver Hartman. and these were set IN tho
view upon background OF streaming orange
pumes carried by the horsemen OF the First
Little needed to Se done after Gen: FItzgsr.
AID srr!ed TO pu, The para is I In motion except except
Mayor Strong that all was ready for the re-
view, and TO escort him to the stand This
Croker At 3:l5 Gen. Fitzgerald gave the
needed order. the police escort cleared the way,
The bands struck up. and the great show was
Taxing tip from THE srN. o great number
OF persons had gathered at Fiftieth street and
al other places where the route was TO change
from direct course TO see the turns. They
were well rewarded TOO. for there Is probably
nothing in the. whole or the new drill so pretty
as the sinuous curve which q wide front of SOL
dlers makes instead OF the old mechanical
Wheel The Seventh did the turns With with ar an
lowers and excited universal admiration, and
at the same time they broke their parade
ff ID - Il rAI NNtN.
20 the rear to enable them TO march through
The narrower street. The order OF march was
rs follows:
Police on foot
Mounted police:
Gen Fitzgerald stan ana escort
Col Seward aud stan
S'%'1 eoI. sps,s'Sa. Sss'%Sae sps,s
Seventh Ts!5 Eski%ens
T"s!5ih edi dtssne. Hss1@''''
''''"'y:%'si SyI: snts: ssf'"'Hs
sixty yd1 1iP!R 9!6,InsaR Regimen.
tHd" Col. hsrtispt SsfisAN
Band.
1~'Htys;s&en ess; %snS:ii. S.n.m'A1
yIrs. TrSTPs.sr;; Hs'.,r;.
Capt. Wilson.
Second Battery.
Major Roe.
Mounted Hand.
Squadron A.
Before the first note for tho march had
sounded spectators had assembled clear along
The route 10 the arch. Mayor Strong arrived
at the reviewing stand at 3:40 o'clock. accom-
panied by l.ainr McKim, Major Crocker, SEQ
rstaT5. job Z. Hedges, and his messenger. who
bore the Mayors flag. The Mayor was joi lined
on the stand BY Cornelius N. Bliss. Back Of
he Myor sat number of members OF the Park
Board tho School Boald, Dock Board, and
other city Commissions. and guests invited
~ the commanding officers OF the orRanza-
tions IN line, zen; Emmons Clark was among
me Spectators on the stand.
Here they come. cried the crowds at 1853
clock and away NJ Fifth avenue as far as
the eye could reach was seen corps of armed
men lines which seemed TO sway with the
gentle. even motion of harvest field of grain,
"hy u "ns bayonets which glittered instead
pI hsad' 81 corn. The line halted with Its
ne at Tenth street, while Major Andrews
TSo2sd TS. W" down to report that AL was ready.
pace opposite the reviewing stand for tao
coming bands. The crowd greeted Gen. Fitz;;
.rralI WIN hand .clapui"g. Gen. Fitzgerald
,3oK his place. still on horseback, in front of
lie stand with his staff eside him.
lt,l,t kst,t Il Ia nI