The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-25

great living shield and caught the music
of two thousand young voices, lifted up
in National anthems. As the columns
moved on nearer and nearer to the shield
the first platoons wheeling up Delaware
avenue, the human sympathy that had
been pent up for an hour OF waiting broke
out in one tumultuous climax OF enthus-
iasm. At the large grand stand erected
by the friends of the Fresh Air Mission,
for the benefit of charity on Delaware
avenue, near the shield, hundreds OF spec
tators waited from an early hour. me
drum beats OF the approaching army
called back heart beats from the people;
Then the bands, President Mckinley ana
the marching men, came, closer and Cos
er, the children of the shield sang and
men and women, boys and girls, young
and old. rose and waved and cheered Ior
the Grand Army of the Republic, and
Comrade William Mckinley, Jr., Presi-
dent of the United States.
been passed by the right of line. and
Delaware avenue, famed as one OF the
local residence streets of the country, lay
before the advancing pageant.
Flags, buntings, drapery in every con,
ceivable design, fiuttered from the palatial
mansions of the rich, and laws shaved to
the smoothness of carpet were peopled
with beautiful women in gala dress. Out
before the steadily moving columns there
dream. 1t was bevy of fair young girls.
gowned in the colors of the flag, and
weighted down with the finest flowers
that the gardens of Buffalo could produce.
Handful and handful, basketful and bas-
ketful. wagon load after wagon load, they
scattered. their .garlands. under the feet
of the old soldiers, under the feet that
had trudged bleeding oftimes on the
weary marches of the war of freedom.
For the first time President Mckinley s
face showed the emotions that its usual
seriousness conceals. For moment he
looked to one side, then the calm face
turned once more to the front and a warm
kind smile Illuminated it as the flowers
dropped from the dainty hands that tossed
them.
AT North street, the last wheelsin the
triumphal march was made. few
blocks more the great mansions and crop
ped laws and the men in the advance
could see the national coIorS that marked
the reviewing stand at the circle.
AS soon as the Department of Illinois,
had from its place of formation, on lower
Main street and taken up the march. the
Department of Wisconsin fell in from its
place of formation on Perry street and
brought up the rear of the first division.
The second division, composed of the
in from its place of formal ation on Scott !
street, while the third division, composed
of the Department of Ohio, fell in from
its place of formation on the lower ter.
| race. The Fourth division, composed of
! the departments of Connecticuts which
| formed on Exchange street and the De-
partment of Massachusetts. which formed
on Washington street followed
| The Departments of New Jersey, Maine,
| California, Nevada. Rhode Island New
| Hampshire, Vermont, Potomac, Virginia,
| North Carolina Maryland and Nebraska,
| in the order named, formed the Fifth di-
| vision.
| Indiana, in the order named, formed on
| Washington and Swan streets, and COM
vision did not have to form for its place
in line until 12:15 O'Clock and formed in
the place where the Third division had
| was composed of Colorado Wyoming,
Kansas. Delaware, Missouri. Oregon,
kentucky, West Virginia. South p, pa
| New Mexico, Tennessee, Louisiana. Mis-
sissippi Florida, Montana, Texas. Idaho,
| Arizona. Georgia, Alabama, North. Da-
kota. Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
\ Naturally some of the representations
were very small, Alaska, New Mexico and
Mississippi having but one man each in
| line. Oklahoma but two, Alabama and Ar
| kansas three each and Montana and Tex
| as five each.
Franklin street and the upper terrace. 1t
was composed of the first half of the de-
partment of New York, arranged by judi
cial districts.
The Ninth division was composed of the
second half of the Department Of New
York, also arranged by judicial districts,
| and by reason of being the host, occupy
| ing the extreme left of the line.
| Naturally the greatest interest of the
! day eentered about the movements of
President Mckinley and Governor Black.
| The President, although not retiring until
one o'clock this morning. was up quite
carly. and with Mrs. Mckinley and Gen.
| and Mrs. Alger, watched with great in
| terest the hustle and hustle in Camp
| Jewett the entrance to which is just OPP
posite the Presidents window General
| Alger remarked that it was very remi-
| niscent of the days of the war. but the
| President replied smilingly that the big
i 25 cents meal restaurant just outside
| the walls disillusioned one.
| There was a little delay all around as
| the morning. progressed A strike of the
walters in the hotel delayed breakfast,
! to get through all right.
1 The Presidents decision to ride in the
parade with the veterans was received
| with great satisfaction, but the completion
of the details made brief delay in get
| ting the parade started. The President
decided as s N mark ar OF Of courtesy to have
! ident dined about nine O'Clock in his pri-
vate rooms with General Alger and SEN
| fast the President General Alger. Cover
nor Black and his STAFF left in carriages
to take their place at the head of the
| column. The crowd about the hotel was
SO dense that the police had to force a
way through for the carriages, the people
! absolutely refusing to get from under the
horses feet When the head of the column
/ was reached and the party awaited the
| order to move Gordon of mounted police
| had to. work with energy to keep a space
| cleared. 3
/ AT the reviewing stand a large gailv
/ decorated compartment in the middle of
| tHe o,VUU seats Tor spectators, had been
| set apart for the President the Cover
| nor. the Secretary of War and other
( distinguished guests. Archbishop Ire
| land was the first conner to receive rec
| ognition from the assemblage, a hearty
| cheer being accorded him as he took his
/ position on the stand. General Suggles
! the Adjutant General of the Army and
! General Sickels We're recognized Sena-
| tor Mark Hanna came to the stand early
| but few people seemed to recognize him
| and such greeting as he received was
from friends. in the Mckinley portion Of
| the stand. Mrs. Mckinley. Mrs Alger.
| Miss Alger and Mr.. Fred Alger drove to
| the house of George w. Miller and saw
| the parade from there. as7
| Late last evening President Mckinley
| accompanied by Commander-in-Chief
| Clarkson visited the camp fire at Della
| ware Avenue M. e. Church, where he was
| received with the greatest enthusiasm.
| The President spoke briefly as follows =
| Gentlemen:-I only come to this splendid
| presence tonight that | might pay nv
| respect to my old comrades and Law at
| their feet my tribute of love and apprecia-
| ton and affection.
| 1t has been thirty-six years since the
| beginning of the great civil war and
| thirty-two years since its close. 1t seems
not so long nor 50 far away, and when
| we remember that more than million
of the soldiers of that war still survive
and that in this noble city tonight are the
| representatives of that grandest army
4 bt1yr,