New-York tribune., 1896-11-01
GENERAL PORTER HAPPY.
,,xsr1NTED PRAISE AWARDED HIM ~"
.Is MANAGEMENT OF THE PARADE
I'LL I10u DID Ii.

r,o,e was rejoicing at the Union League Clno ias'
.r.rne over the great success of if' paran'' anu
many were the congratulations eNt' 'uei 10 "''''
IJ,,are Porter over his achievement IN ha"'""''''e
,,hout a hitch such an immens" hodS o' i"'"
- he CONCENTRATIONS which re received from
,,s fellow Of the club. congra'u'a'o'! 'e
m - <-on, friends all over the country poured IN
,n him all evening. The General was u'eu' o"'
sannv IN his reflection on the parade po'h iio''' "
.,u,,a-y and political point OF view ne taineu ~
rribune reporter the results that ne anu Ills au
"a ACCOMPLISHED and wound up with the remark
.,., no was going TO bed to sleep all DAY ouhod! i
..,,o,ad that there were 5000 men in line. inns
- ,ased m careful computation made in seVera
A1erent ways one OF which was on 'he pasis H"'
y mn men passed a given point III al "oui ano
r.,a, number allowed by military experts Is iV,"
p,, Yesterday General Porter said, the men marc"'i
,,xeen files front and only four PAGES ap"i'' anu
as resul; not fewer than l'"' woulu pass Po''
IN an hour He further said:
"\ot one OF these l3o.pO men was III line HUI.
than two hours. ! had INSTRUCTIONS So"' ~
organizations that no man need brlhs iu''"'0.'
and as the affair proved no man neeceu o'e' ~
was splendid result had maze WY Oo'',P
errancements for regulating the immense coiui'h'
ss,on,no certain divisions as a gap appeared ! -
,,o line or retarding them if they closed up pe-
vond the regulation distance. accomphSheu .'''s
nv be,nc in telephone or tecgraphic cohiihui'''
ton with every street corner over ule e''"'' ~
A, onerafor was station at each corner al d wiz
h,cb led N the stand at Forteth-st. AZ this
Stand could follow the movements OF every pa''
NJ the column as closely though was OF '''e
sno, Orders that needed to give we're sent bach
over these same wires from the stand ana ueH'''eo
TO my aids along the route ,
"One OF nv most difficult problems was the az
handing Of the vast concOurse Of men As '"'S
,esched Fortjeth-st they were sent alternately east
o,a ves, of Fif,n-ave and the police had or1rIS or
"a hustle them along ana on no acco"i'' ~ "
me 10 return toward Fifth-ave. had I"'''S
ninth Thirty-eighth and Thirty-seventn SIS anu
u,sison-aye for some distance north ana sou'h ol
,hase streets KEEP, clear. tina; I could turn Inc
oishand,rr divisions into them in case OF con-
cos,ion in Fortieth-st This did not occur anu
these streets were not used
.The schedule of tir1e for the starting o' ''' N'
-. -or,aniza,ions and of their disbandins wa-
atned with remarkable cXactn' IS NJ nv
~ .ho coI,,rnr was to start at 10 O'Clock on lnt
" ,n.. s,roke of the clock the first DIVISION Honeu
"m, INFO Broadway. The head OF 'he c9'u'H ~ y
nc,ed Forii.th-st almost the second ! mac
calculated Great praise Is Que 20 'n,ei '' -
nc Police I)euartr5cni and his force . IA,
III, dinner was given for General forters aluS
q, the Union League Club. OF which IN" Ueme'a 5 q,
g. nresdent last evening. General fofttr M iiiue u
. sbor, sneecb Throughout the day Yesterday ny nv
.orrea an ivory baton emhellished with goid. "h'ch
x"as nresantod to him THURSDAY evening III
,ha r-ifth Avenue Hotel hy Mayor strong on pe
baN ~ the business Mems Sound Money Aesoc'"-
ton Of witch the Mayor Is president