The sun., 1896-10-16
FIRST BRIGADE'S PARADE.
PREPARATIONS amour COMPLETED
FOR Io-MORROU'S SHOn.

The Naval Reserve, Although Not n Part OF
the BriEnde, May Take Pnrt-Thrcc Coll
oneis to Make Their First Appearance rs
Such Pnrnde-The Line of March.
Preparations for the parade OF the First Bri
gade Of the National Guard, which Is to tnBe
place tomorrow afternoon, beginning ut .
O'Clock, arc progressing rapidly. and 1t is be-
lieved that bv this evening not detail Will be
left unsettled, either iu Gen. Louis Fit2gerald's
plans, or in those of the subordinate command
ers, the Park Board. or the police. At the sug-
gestlon of the police slight change was or
dered In the route of march. The parade will
begin ut Fifty-cighth street and Fifth avenue
and will continue down Fifth avenue TO Fif-
tieth street, then across to Madison avenue.
down to Forty-frst street, and across to Fifth
avenue. The rest Of the route. down Firth
avenue To the Washington Arch and review
ne stand. will DO as announced previously.
The reason for using Forty.frst instead OF
Forty second street for the cross-sown march
is that at about the hour that the soldiers
would bo marching past the Grand Central
Depot Gov. Altgeld is expected to arrive there.
and tho police fear that they would have dim
Guilty in keeping open way for the troops
Work has already been begun upon tho re.
viewing stand. This is being erected by the
Park Board. it will occupy the northwest
corner OF Fifth avenue and Washington square.
ana pulpit-like projection is to be provided
at tho front OF its northern end TO- Mavor
Strong to occupy while rs reviews the parade.
The stand will hold only $50 persons. and
tickets for II are being sought eagerly. When
Gen. Fitzgerald arrives with is staff. he Will
salute the Mayor and take Il place next TO him
at the front of the stand. with his brilliantly
:aparlsoned staff officers beside him.
Before tails ARA! OF military gorEcousncss
the troops will pass. As, each commanding
officer passes the Mayor he will salute. and
then. leaving the line of march. will fall in
beside the Mayors stand to see his troop pass.
At tho same time the band OF his organization
and taking It's stand on the east side of the ave.
me-. opposite the Mayor. will remain there.
playing until the troops to which IL belongs
have passed. Then commanding officer. staff,
and band will follow the troops and make way
for repetition of this same manuuNre by tho
following lot.
So in turn will pass Col. Seward and the
seventh. Col. Dowd and the TweIfth. Col.
Greene and tho Seventy first. Col. tie, rye Moore
smith and The sixty ninth Col IL enry En- Cnann;
the Twenty Second Wcndels and Wilson's
batteries Of light artillery, with their rnmbling
guns. and Major Roe and his squadron Of
handsome TROOPERS. n pretty manwuvre will
be made by the troops, as soon @ as they have
passed the reviewing stand. This will lie n
breaking of the parade fronts and throwing
platoon Of each front to the rear, in ord"r TO
diers 80 that the column may pass through the
restricted space under the arch.
Other places where the ability OF tho troops
will be tested Will he at Thirty second street.
where Fifth avenue is partly obstructed. and
Thirtieth street, where the obstruction
ceascs. To get through this narrow slace the
troops will form in column of fours and
sumo parade front when they get into the
broad avenue again.
IT se-Ins probable now that another inter-
esting feature may he added to the parade.
This Is the naval battalion llcse sallurm"n
soldiers OF the National Guard do not belong
to the First Brigade, AMI could not therefore
be ordered ont BY Gen. Fitzgerald, but II Is
understood that Commander Miller and u :
naval militamcn would like to turn ont, and It
understood yesterday thar they won.d
offer themselves to Mayor Strong = an escort
aid Gunrd OF honor at the reviewing stand,
and that the Mayor would accept their SER
vices. II this Is done. tie naval militia will
cnVvsu 10 Un IiL, II h110>t,IH S-.: =
East Tewnty.eighth AI.N Md may prccede
the main parade down Fifth avenue to the re-
viewing stand.
This parade will be the first one in which
three of the commanding officers will take
part ColOnels ThCs- new wearers OF the
silver eap lie are Col Smith OF the Sixty ninth.
Col. Chaunccy OF the Eighth. and Col. Frank
lin Bartlett Of the Twenty. second. Some of
the men who will march on Saturday Will have
to sacrifice their chances 10 win hOnOrs at the
butts at Creedmnnr. Saturday is Of the
three last days when the range will be open,
and Gen. Whitlock finds that he will not 10
able TO arrange TO givoAtl.em ar extra dav in
its place because OF lack OF funds. 1t costs
about 5000 to open the range for Il day.