The sun., 1897-04-28
UP WITH THE MAIN COLUMN
1T WAS A LoNG MARCH AND A DUSTY
FOR THE TROOPS THAT LED.

This the Story What They nnW the
way-nad Arcndes or Flags TO Pass Under
for Sliiea-A Gale That Tired Them Benoro
tho Mills OF Riverside Cnmo to No Climbed.
There ,vere ten thopaand neonle within t,vo
blocLo ~ tho EIf,h Aro,yo tJo,ni ot hof ,,ost
q o'cIock whom prcsident MCKINLEY tho v,co.
president and tho n,orobors NJ tho Grort family
started for tho ton,h Thov ov.rron Nodison
sonaro Park tboy nac,od into Firtb avenue
ond prood,or ora Modt.on o,,on,o "a
T,vanty.third nd y.ro,rth st-oots onoo
tho pre,i5ont,. nar,v 1,as on, ~ s,,h, ~ tho
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eho o.hor 'enieicS weIe turneo OUT at 'he near
of tho grand marshal's stafr bepnn bustlinv.
The stafr took mn tho whole block between
Twenty % Twcntxstth nua '1S, Twontr.arth a IN
streets the head Of the procession rested. It was
mounted police. thirty OF them, stood at twenty.
seventh street waiting for orders to move.
Looking up tho avenue from Twenty.seventh
Sn VI. o,oWu p, " ue uon'' rso oufo
i'"o W e'oop i'he' ou' IL was ho' eo' ihere was
room and TO spare everywhere except on the
stoops Of the houses and In the windows. These
were packed everywhere with n crowd as gay
looking as red white and blue could make them.
Mod,son oyonro ven. docisod 90 =, haS ra,.a.
been decked before. Not a house to Fifty-fifth
street but had some flags out. and the greater
number had flags from every window. The wind
was blowing half gale and the flags stood out
ana a. IN P Spots tnes amos. o. rooIea tno street. but
~ "as INC aecora'ioh IN 'he WINDOWS 'nat c"usht
a. or,, ''N''' S'''' Imam
Tho rhirtoort, p,,,r,o,t hand tool, ,,s n,,..
Iho Inirteonth regiment oana TOOK It's place
mounted no,;c, at a onarter aftor ~ o,c,ont
NV. 49, ~ . ~" 'et ",', ~ ',ooN,
down before this. Half a dozen of them started
out now. each with his own peculiar STYLE OF
the tremendous delight Of the small boy. and the
mounted POLICEMEN. They dashed up the ave;
nuc, some OF them holding on Their mats ana all
like grim death Even the cayalrymen
cracked smile as they saw them 20.
sndaenIy one OF the horses WITH cav, cav
alryman on his back leaped out OF the line
The cayalryman slipped Of the big animals
back and with a. twist OF the bride landed the
morse on It's oacR right IN slght OF the galloplng
stan. The crowd oheered the exhibition. Tho
stHti 9 ioet IN ; wSnher; kept on up INC aTehae enc
tprned and came back and left the orders thew thew
bad started out 70 give with AdJt- Yen. !lliing-
hast, who sat at the head OF New YORK troops.
Than ,h.v ,.Ilonod bncE IN tho s,ond ,rho-a
the res. ~ ibs ara n was The hHuie sounded The
horses Of the mounted policemen began pranc-
the crowd yslied; The sergeant In command Of
the mounted h police sent four men en- ,h ahead to ride
force the people back where they had sgt away
from the ao0tmThh, h but % such places were few and
the color OF the picture. ,.. ,..
and they rode SO well that the whooping and the
cheeElhg oesah tne inonemt theE were IN siShe
sion anu ueiay came y. street. Wneto
o he rnp IN ~ bs
Sa o;s tle t m Sro IN nS
lice could find place TO break this regiment in
Grand Marshal and MI his staff fnmed and
scnidsd Al Thirtv. second st-ect again onothnr
beIated New York state reriment held them o'g. mn
This one came down the avenue on the double
onic and wheeied In IN tbe cross street in nerfert
order and With such n show of action that
there wasn't any Kicking In none of tbese
eross streets nniil Thirty.seventH Street wss
reached were any trucks or stands, and aside
from the soldiers who rested in them and waited
an ordinary crowd. But Thirty seventh street
trnct seets and soon boHcs had crowded. The
trucks with seats buiit up on some, some OF them
90 hiob es thc secnnd STOW windowa ranrheJ
Seck On eItber siSe az fSr as The eve Could sec
II wasn't a good day for the truckmen there. for
not one trnck in three had any ocrnnsnta
tbuoh eli around them and outside Of them tho
people were packed like sardines
NO' - - - - -, -
DUET STORM IN THE ARMY TEETH.
Tho wind had died out n bit after the start
and II seemed an ideal day for marching. This
impression lasted exactly half dozen blocks
and the first stoop stands fairly filled with
spectators, had been passed when there came
a gust OF wind, followed by another and
another. that sent choking dust whirling
t.,tn H. atr No .N,tK MAD Nkr ztylr rtn