The San Francisco call., 1896-07-03
BIRTHDAY PARTY
OF THE NATION.
To-Day San Francisco a
Bud of Red, White
and Blue.
WILL BLOOM TOMORROW
The Streets Afiutter With Tri-
Colored Streamers and
PennonS.
A PARADE TWO MILES LONG.
Will Be the Finest Demonstration of
the Kind Ever Seen on the
Coast.

Qutter WIN tnOuS2nO upon thousand OF
colored flags, and its stores will loom up
gayly festooned with tri-colored buntings
and streamers. At night the main
thoroughfares will burst into luminant
fairy paths-giowing with Chinese Ian
terms, glittering with electrical effects and
lights of every description.
The merchants along Market and
kearDy streets have met the Fourth OF
July Committee halfway and last night
bunting was being hung in liberal fashion.
Amoug the firms who have decorated
the most elaboraiely are Kohiberg, Strauss
& Frohman. Their Market-street store is
draped with large flags and hung with
lanterns.
The Emporium has sea ttered flags over
the entire front of t he Parrott building.
Old glory waves on top, while along the
facade are arrang ed the flags of the mer-
chant marine signal code.
!. J. OBrien & Co. will decorate very
elaborat ely. The entire front of their
store is to be festooned with flags, and
large pictures of Lincoln, Washington,
Sherman and Sheridan will be placed at
in tervals.
Hale Bros. have, besides their outside
decoration, charming window arrange
ing as background ior a figure represent
ing the Goddess of L liberty.
Raphael's have placed in their window
the summum bo mum of patriotic decora-
ton in Iife-sized figure OF the Goddess of
Liberty standing in front of Old Glory,
"Old Glory, with its new star, Utah." At
night the folds OF this immense flag is
dazzling with the three colors.
Brown Brothers on Sansome street
have heavily draped the front of their
store with flags, and Goldberg Bowen &
Co. have arranged the ''spangled banner"
artistically and with pretty effect.
The Hub has taken the cue from its sug-
gestive name and in its windows "Old
Glory" is arranged wheelwise.
Other firms that have decorated patri-
oticaIly are the Colum bian Woolen-mills,
Roos Bros, NJ. Freud & Son, Will, Finck
81 Co., Davis Bros, Rathjen Bros, Levin
Bros. and Kast & Co.
Last but not least comes the business
Office of THE CALL. Across the front of
the office will be placed the large painting,
1.-The Declaration of independents"
Around this will be arranged buntings
and streamers, and extending across Mar
ket street from the building will be strung
line of lanterns bearing in aggregate the
legend, 1.-THE Morning Call"
The parade will probably be the finest
patriotic demonstration Of it's kind ever
seen on the Pacific Coast.
At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning the
pageant, nearly two miles long, will start
from the foot of Market street.
The following are the line of march. the
divisions of march and the different pro-
grammes for the day:
HEADQUARTERS GRAND MARsHAL !
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION, July L, 1895.
In the celebration Of the one hundred and
twentieth anniversary OF American independ-
enee, it is incumbent on the grand marshal to
give the following information for the benefit
of those who will participate in the parade, as
wen as tor the public in general;
chief of staff at 8 A. NJ, mounted, ut the juno
tion OF Market and Main streets.
The literary exercises will take place at the
Auditorium, corner of EDDY and Jones streets,
at O'Clock P N. sharp.
The display of fireworks will be given at
P. NJ. on Haight street, directly east of the
"Chutes," near Golden Gate Park.
The various divisions constituting the pa
rade must be in the positions hereinafter as
signed at $50 A. NJ. sharp. In order that no
unusual or unnecessary delays may occur
dilatory divisions will fall in behind the rear
The various organizations constituting the
divisions will report to the marshal in charge
Of their respective divisions not later than
Marshals of divisions will report promptly
to the chief of staff, through an aid, when
their divisions are formed and ready to ad-
vance.
The signal for advance will be given at 10
A. N. sharp. No marshal will cause his di-
vision TO advance until he receives orders to
aid.
The headquarters of the grand marshal dur
ing the formation of divisions will be at the
junction OF Market and Aain atreets-
LINE OF MARCH.
From the place of formation, at the junction
OF Market and Main streets, proceeding up
Market 10 the intersection of Market and Mont
thence along Bush to Kearny; thence along
kearny to Market; thence along Market TO
Van Ness avenue; thence along Van Ness ave-
nue. TO Post street. Concentrating on Van
Ness avenue, the parade will be reviewed by
the grand marshal at the west intersection of
Golden Gate and Van Ness avenues.
FORMATION OF THE PARADE
Adyance-At the junction of Market and
Main streets.
First division will form on Main street, light
Second division will form on Drumm street,
right resting on Market
Third division will form on Beale street,
north of Howard, right resting on Market
street.
Fourth division will form on Davis street.
right resting on Market street.
Fifth division viii form on Fremont street
north OF Howard, right resting on Market
street
right resting on Market street.
Seventh division will form on First street.
right resting on Market street.
Eighth division will form on Battery street.
right resting on Bush street.
Ninth division will form on Second street.
right resting on Market street.
Tenth division will form on Sansome street.
right resting on Sutter street.
HENRY UMBsEN Grand Marshal
CHARLES H. MURPHY, Ma jor and Chief OF Staff.
The details OF the formation are as fol-
lows:
REGALIA.
Grand marshal-Old gold sash, gold trim
mtngs, white plume.
Chief of staff-Badge, red, white and blue;
majors fnll dress uniform.
Chief aids-Red, white and blue SASH
Aids TO grand marshal-Red sash
Marshals of diyisions-Red sash
trim. ~ 'i' 0 %
Chaplain-White and gold sash
reader-Badges.
ORDER OF MARCH.
Platoon of San Francisco police- --hiaf of Do
lice P. Crowley commanding; Company A,