New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-04
THE GRANT DAY EXERCISES.
IMPOSING DEMONSTRATION IN MEMORY
OF THE HERO.


PAGEANT IN THE coUNTRws hisioHA-
PEOPLE EXPECTED FROM MANY
STATES OF THE UNION.
As the day set for the dedica'ioh Oh Heneral
Grants tomb draws nearer IL becomes more ana
mora evident that the interest taken in the cere-
monies will be far greater than even the most
songuine had ventured to prophesy. The head
-..na =, the committee in charge, at No l
broadway are daily thronged with men who
ether managers participants in the various
so,ahr.,ions that will attend the dedication. Ap-
,,ic.t,ons TO- places in line are coming in by
thousands each day. The enthusiasm shown is
not confined to any class or to any few
classes of men. The native-born American. whose
ancestors have figured in the country for whom
Grant fought, hardly excels in his desire to do
honor to the Nations hero the man whose
father never saw this land. The soldier and the
civilian the business man and the professional
man, are alike active in furthering and pros
pering the efforts of the committee to make the
demonstration something whose like is seldom
seen in the world. and already so good an au-
thorty as General Horace Porter. recently ap-
pointed Ambassador to France. has expressed
the opinion that the ceremonies Of April % will
be Of a character and a magnitude not exceed
since Napoleons body was borne back from the
lonely island where his life ended to the country
whose meteoric tyrant and whose idol he had
been.
STILL IN MEMORY.
New-York has not forgotten the tremendous
demonstration that took place in this city
August 8, 1885, when the body Of General Grant
was laid in the grave in Riverside Park. The
funeral procession military and civic
pageant which, in number and Importance Of
the men who took part in II. has never been
equalled in this country. The city was full to
overlooking with the tens Of thousands who
came from afar to do honor to the dead hero's
memory, and If New-York has not forgotten the
day. neither has the country at large.
There are many reasons for believing that the
ceremonies of April q. 1897. will excel even
those Of August s. 1885 The chief Of them is
that while the funeral ceremonies necessarily
took place at a few days notice. the dedication
ceremonies have the advantage Of plenty OF
time for their preparation. Ample arrangements
are being made for the accommodation Of the
hosts that will be present.
OF course the Columbian ceremonies were of
great magnitude and Importance, but they ex-
tended over several days, while all the cere-
monies Of the dedication will be concentrated
into one day, and its vastness will be so much
the greater.
Aside from the extent of the civic part OF the
ceremonies the military exhibition will be on
great scale and will constitute mighty pageant
by itself. 1t has all along been certain. or al
most certain, that nearly the entire National
e Guard Of New-York would take part In the
parade, and now there is no doubt about 1t.
Adjutant- General Tilnghast says that fully 90
per cent Of the National Guardsmen will be in
line. The Legislature will appropriate about
$4,000 to pay for the expense Of bringing the
out-of-town brigades to the city and Of enter
tanning them while here.
FROM NEw-JERsEY, TOO.
From New-Jersey. too, the entire National
Guard will come. The Erie Railroad has
offered to furnish special trains to carry them
to and from Jersey City. and Will also furnish
ferry transportation to this side of the river.
Governor Griggs has from the first been in full
sympathy with the plans Of the committee, and
has recently been in frequent consultation with
the members Of his staff with reference to New
Jerseys part In the ceremonies. The Gov
errors order with regard to the mobilization
OF the State troops is expected daily
From Pennsylvania will come fully 5000 Of the
National Guard So much has been decided
upon and the final number may mount up even
higher The Pennsylvania men have been much
exercised over the difficulty of finding suitable
quarters for their thousands Jersey City at
first contemplated as their headquarters, but IL
Is likely that the Pennsylvania guardsmen
will be quartered at the old Gutenberg race
track. The ground there is everything that Is
desirable for the accommodation Of large num-
Der Of men. 1t has good drainage and good
water, and the guardsmen can march from that
point to the Forty-second-st ferry in about
hree-quarters of an hour. There they will be
not far from the point from which II is proposed
to start the big procession. This delegation Of
soldier has already secured the horses 1t will
need. and the fact that they secured them with
out much trouble and at comparatively reason
able rates will go far to aay the anxiety of those
who fear that there will not be enough horses to
go around
The representation Of the Regular Army will
be both large and impressive. 1t will include de-
tachments from nearly all the principal posts in
New-England. the Middle States, and even from
as far south as West Virginia. Among the de-
tachments will be several troops of the famous
cavalry at Fort Myer, who last appeared in this
city acting escort for Ii Hung Chang. The
infantry, the cavalry, the engineer corps the
artillery, will all be represented to the number of
about $500 men, and there will also be about $50
Of the West Point Cadets.
TO PROCEED SIMULTANEOUSLY
1t is now planned that the marine and naval
parade shall start from a point In the North
River opposite the starting point Of the land
procession and proceed with 1t simultaneously |
to a point off Riverside Park. From present
appearances this part of the programme will be !
no less impressive than that which takes place
on land. AS already announced Admiral Bunce |
has promised that the entire North Atlantic |
squadron, now cruising In Southern waters, will |
Met Ii the