New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-10
FIFTY THOUSAND STRONG.
ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER TO TAKE
PART IN THE GRANT DAY PARADE.
THE MILITARY DIVISION TO CoMPNisN A0HS
THAN THRpR FTFT1Is OF ALa-HEpV0S0
FARES ON ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MKINI,BY's PART.

FARES ON ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MKINI.BY's PART.
The plans for the Grant Day ceremonies have 80
far advanced that a reasonably accurate estimate
can now be made of the number and character Q,
the organizations that will participate In the iaho
parade According to the latest figures oaseo y"
calculation as careful as can be maze 30 eoi'''
there will be about 5000 men In line In the DIX pio
cession The military division will comprise 'hoi'
than 5000 Of this grand total OF the nih.ary Pc
raiders about 5000 will come from the hesuiai
49,, ahou. 1900 from the National Guard OF
New-York abou: 5000 from the Pennsylvania VA
tional Guard. about 1000 from the Ne"-'ei'e'
tional Guard and between 5000 and lo'V" iio VIZ
militia of other States. There Will be from ''V "
900 in the veterans DIVISION and nearly 'iie SOM
number in the civic division. The ehort Will he'e.
after be made TO keep down the numbers so -
the procession shall be duly Impressive "i'"oo' '
coming unweldy or ,iresome' ,,
The exercises at the tomb VIII oegih a' y N,V
with a prayer by Bishop Newman VINO was 80
friend of General Grant. and accompanied nm %
his trip around the world General hoiaOo
as president Of the Grant Monument Asso0i"'''I,
will formally deliver the tomb into the Keep'ns u
Oh. cl,v Mayor Strong will accept the trust III d
sneecn about ten minutes long. after when fresi-
dent Mckinley Will make an ADDRESS. lhe on'i
of which is not yet known. Archois"op W.
will pronounce the benediction. Between NJ
features of the programme Hus0' ' ,..a
and vocal will be furnished by band or orehes''a
Of 100 n,eces and a chorus OF LOU Voices ""'N"
,.,u he under the direction of Frank Damrosch'
sr,pr or THE HEAD OF THE COLUMN
Tho head OF the column will leave Madison-aVe'
-, ,o.ao o'clock and will probably reach the tomo
- about o'clock or soon after the speeches. nave
been finished and after passing the ton'o o'e' ''o
west drive. will make the turn arouHu ' ,,,
Circle and. coming back over 'he eas' ..ou. ,ho
mass IN review with marching salu'e oei'
s,and where the President will be. and ioWe'
80" aa ,ha Grand marshal and his staff. VINO
will dismiss the parade then IL VIII p'oO"Os .'o1
o,o,ock a, least before the rear OF the PROCESSION
viii have passed the reviewing STAND
The three grands;ands al the TOMB VIII hUu 80 So
,eventeen thousand people. The s'ahu "e -
speakers will be will face south III NUM- -
-or,h There will sit the Presidential party. faciie
shLs stand will be another. where what ma! DC an
.h. Congress- marty will be seated. This stand WIZ
seat about three thousand people mn os,a mi
scross inc east arrive will be the large elaiIs go
90 bose VINO have the official invitations anu n.y.
VIII be seats for ten thousand Just above ms po and
viii be the big arch now being ccsoau "'''
wnder which the entire professor VII pss syor and
The President, accompanied D! IN, my 90 tSe tomD
rom the Fifth Avenue Hotel behind a masnrcenii
hand offered for the puipo ssden, viii be
Healy ana after the review me i tIi'hs, were
driven 10 West one hundred and-thIuetn in
ne will so board one OF me sa Zines Of war
the Navy, which will steam between H Prnsident will
vessels TO Twenty third ST. where inc tIo,el
dsembark and 90 to me Si n be Inc guests of
civ all the generals now in the Army active OF aT
tired who e9mmsnGsa j. NJ schohed Major
Gsnsrai O. O. Howard, Major General W > hoSe
grams MajO ab G. G N j. e. Pafk Major
General Dana and Major GeneTalJ. ! heyhocs ~
eSals Who Commanded in the but who are no. n1'
now IN the ssrvice: Lew wallace
Na}or-General j. D. Cox, Maior-GeneTai D. NJ
Palmer and Major-General GTenVilie NJ Dous0
REDUCTIONS IN RATES.
The efforts made 10 set the railroads TO oner re-
duced rates all who travel to TINS ci'y iol 'ne
dedication ceremonies have borne good fruit IN one
arsc,ion at any rate Adelbert II. Steele secretary
of the Committee Transportation. announces 10
the public that the joint Traffic ASSOCIATION mas mas
public will be allowed TO travel TO New ORR pV 0
ways for the price OF Hne rare a ro Fails Balo
Dunkrk and Salamanca. \. L.. ana aii PG'iI De.
burg. ana from Bellaire Ohio Wheeling, Psrker S;
burg and Huntington W. Va. From points west OF
these terminals the round-trip ticket can be bought
Tor one and one-third single fare NO reductoh NH
be made fares from points less than twen'ynre ~
panies in uniform rate of one cent mile VIII oe
made for all companies Of twenty-five or more tIaN,
going to Sew-York from Aprn % TO April 26, and;
Returning. TO and inclusive OF May 4 II Is oeheved
number OF visitors this city and consequently add
the d OF Rf so make it
that It Is necessary for all military veteran ana ha
ORGANIZATIONS
ali particulars before April 70.
ON Naval Affairs Robert ~ Thompson. W. Butler
Duncan. 1r.. Frank G. Osborn and James A. HaT-
Fourteen companies of hremen with their officers
assembled in the big armory Of the "a Regiment
morning, and under the command OF Major Thurs
ton Of the The e ode for hs s en
in full parade uniform, and as they went through
ance CHEZ Bonner and Major Thurstol think the
mon will make d fine showing The hremen are
mands represented are the crack companies of the
city. The firenen will continue their drills every
Monday. Wednesday and Friday.
QUARTERS FOR THE MEN.
The National Guard of Pennsylvania will be guar
tered during its stay in the city at the Grand
Central Palace. Adjutant General Thomas Stewart
has been in town for several days making arrange
ments for rs accommodation.
General Dodge assigned places in line to num-
Der Of organizations yesterday. Among them were
the National Association of Naval Cadets. OF Bal
timore Commander Cyrus Sears; Sons of Veterans
Commander Lewis Dambmann. loo men, Union
Veterans Legion, Commander John p; Donahue
Grams Association. New-York, Commander Henry
starch; Union Veterans Union. Commander c II
mander John Cooman; Veterans Association of the
10th New-York Volunteers, Commander Mathes
The following schools have made application for
Prospect sy street Boys Brigade East Grange r. j..
the barnard School Yonkers High School Yonkers
Ascension No. ], Knights Of Temperance, New-York
Turner Cadet Corps. and st. Thomas's Temperance
Cadets. this city.
Already stories gaining circulation concern
ing the speculation in desirable vantage points from
which 10 vew the parade. Several advertisements
have appeared offering for sale windows of houses
that front on the route OF the parade. One house
holder, with exalted views Is said to have de-
manded 500 for the of a window for the day. II
the Board of Aldermen decides whether household
ers shall be allowed TO build stands in front OF the
houses and over the sidewalk speculation will prob
ably take another bound for be put or
such platform than In any window
The authorities are planning TO prevent the pub
lie from falling down the steep embankment tina
runs along the West Drive for some distance nea
the tomb. Big posts TO be sunk heayl
cables extended between them
Colonel Frederick D. Grant said Yesterday tina
he hoped TO have reunion OF all the members O
the Grant family on the occasion Of the dedication
Of the tomb. He believed that his brother Jess
Grant, and his family would come on from Cali
fornia. HIS brother. u. S. Grant and his mothe