The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-28
GLORY GUARDS
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brown, and spectators forsook their
unsheltered seats for the protection Of
the tomb pillars.
Then, suddenly in the cloud Of dust
from the south between the two black
lines Of people, which seemed to meet
In the perspective, came the nodding
plumes Of the soldiers. On they march
ed, an endless line Of white and red
and blue and grey. First passing on
the west side of the monument and
returning on the north side under the
monumental arch, they passed the
president in review and then back
again into the black background of hu-
manity and the white clouds of dust.
Surrounded by his cabinet, his gen.
erals and his friends, President Nc
Kinley stood and reviewed the grand
est military pageant ever seen IN this
city. There were regular soldiers, reg
ular sailors, national guardsmen of the
sea and land forces, Grand Army vet
Grams, Confederate veterans, and the
striplings who, in the future, may fight
as CALAMITY as their fathers did.
When the cheering was at it's loud
died away touching scene was enact
ed which was seen by few. Silently
Mrs. Grant stole away from the presi-
dents reviewing stand, where she had
been watching the gallant troops go
by and, leaning on the arm of her son,
Col. Grant, made her way to the tomb,
followed only by the members of the
Grant family The bronze doors were
! opened and the widow of the hero
passed from the noise of the outside
world into the dim quiet of the tomb.
For about ten minutes she stayed
there and then, with her face hidden
in her hands, she left the scene.
Soon after this President Mckinley
went aboard the Dolphin amid the
booming of guns, and reviewed the
great warships that lay in the shadow
of the tomb. The dense crowds still
stayed in their seats and watched the
land parade. Then, when the last
company had passed out of sight on
the white rOadbed, the hundreds of
! thousands of spectators sought their
! homes. All traffic was congested, and
! it was hours before the tide Of travel
fell to its normal conditions.
! At o'clock, the hour when President
Mckinley was to go on board the Dol
phin, approached the crowd on the pier
where he was to embark grew larger
and larger until several thousand had
assembled. They greeted the president
and his party with a cheer which was
| re-echOed from hundreds Of steamers,
which, having gone up the river in the
naval parade, had taken positions in
rather inconvenient proximity to the
Dolphin.
OVATION AT SEA.
The moment the president boarded
the lighthouse boat Daisy, the police
boat Patrol assisted by several
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force the tugs and steamers back, and
a fairly clear space was visible when
the Daisy reached the starboard side
of the Dolphin and the presidential
flag broke from her mainmast. AS
the president set foot on the deck of
the Dolphin the presidential salute of
twenty zone guns was fired and the fleet
of steamers blew whistles until the
sound of the firing was scarcely audi
/ BILE. President Mckinley was met on
| board by Lieut.. Commander Richard
son Glover, commanding officer of the
! Dolphin, and was introduced by him
to Rear Admiral Francis M. Bunce,
! commanding the naval division. The
officers of the Dolphin saluted the pres
ident, who walked aft and assembled
the quarter deck. He was accOmpan
led by Secretary of State Sherman,
Gen. Alger, Attorney General McKen
ma, Secretary Long, Secretary Gage,
| Secretary Bliss, Gems. Miles, Ruggles.
Porter, Butterfield, Elihu Root, j. Ed
ward Simmons, Gov. Black and Post
master General Gary.
At $50 o'clock the Dolphin started
down the river, followed by the i'm
menSe fleet of steamers which had
awaited the arrival Of the president.
The New York was the first vessel
passed by the Dolphin and President
/ Mckinley DOTTED his silk hat and bowed
tho crl1T of ga lutP bOOn4O
across the waters. Next came the
Indiana and then the guns of the Brit
ish cruiser Talbot welcomed the presl-
dent The Texas was the next to
! greet him and the two Spanish ships,
the Maria Teresa and the Infanta Isa-
bella, the French corvette Fulton, the
Italian cruiser Dogal, and the Raleigh.
Columbia, Amphitrite and Terror, of
the White Squadron, saluted in quick
| succession as the Dolphin steamed by.
The yards were manned by the gallant
tars of the various ships and a French
bugle call from the Fulton was added
to it's salute of the chief executive.
Statutes were fired, after the warships
had been left behind, by the revenue
cutters Dexter, Woodbury., Dallas,
Hamilton and Window, and silence en-
sued when the lighthouse tenders, of
which there were eleven, were reached.
The tug RamapO was filled by sol
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who, sailing by the Dolphin,
cheered for the president again
and again. Mr. Mckinley seemed
highly pleased and walked to
the SIDE of the Dolphin nearest the
Ramapo He took his hat off and re-
manned uncovered until the RamapO
had gone astern. A steamer contain
| ing the members of the Pennsylvania
legislature next attracted the presi-
! dents attention and ne cordially Sa-
! luted them as they waved their hats
! from the tug.
/ The Dolphin came to anchor opposite
! West Fifty-SecOnd street, having been
] preceded down the river by the tor
/ pedO boat Porter The president STEP
/ ped into the launch, and, as she steam
/ ed away for the Fifty-second street
/ pier, the Dolphin's gun doomed fare
well salute and her sailors and marines
manned the rails.
While the surging crowds were still
\ seeking their homes an elaborate re-
ceptiOn to President Mckinley was in
! progress at the Union League club
Scarcely a hitch occurred in the whole
/ arrangement for this great celebration
and the arrangements of the commit
! tee from early morn until late at night
met with complete success. The brisk.
/ cold wind affected those in the elevated
vicinity of the tomb more than it did
those in more sheltered and lower
parts of the city. 1t is estimated that
/ fully one million persons watched for
/ hours the troops that passed in re-
view. 1t was such a gorgeous sight
that no dust, no wind could kill the
enthusiasm of the onlookers, many of
whom were compelled to walk out in
the early morning to the park, and the
thousands Of whom came from distant
/ cities