The times., 1897-04-11
PARADE WILL Be EA MONSTER
Program for the Grant MOnu-
ment Dedication Arranged.
THIRTY THOUSAND TROOPS
President Mckinley VIII Deliver
the Grafton of the Day-Surviving
Invited to Be the City's Guests.
Opening the Steel Casket.

New Yrok, April 10.-Not until toda was
it possible for anything like an official
, | announcement OF the program OF dedication
day to be made Now, too, ii is known
almost exactly how the Grant parade Will
| be made up. 1t is estimated that 90 900
men will march, and that five hours Will
be consumed in passing the reviewing
| stand.
1t will be almost entirely military pa
rade, and fully 10000 soldiers Will be in
line, divided as follows: Federal troops,
5000; New York National Guard, 1900;
| Penns ylvania National Guard, 3 900: New
! Jersey National Guard, a, 900; military or
| ganizations of other States, 5000. Besides
| these there will be 10000 iii the veterans
| division and 10 900 in the civic division
| Gen. Dodge says the procession Will
move at 1880, and reach the Presidents
| reviewing stand at / O'Clock. The pro-
| cession VIII continue past the reyie wing
| stand TO One Hundred and Sixteenth
| street, where the line will be broken and
| the various organizations Will proceed
| down town by the way of the Boulevard
or Amsterdam avenue.
The exercises at the tomb Will begin at
1 o'clock, and end by 1920. They will
begin by "a prayer by Bishop Newman,
followed by an address by Gen. Horace
Porter, who, as chairman Of the Commit
tee which raised funds for the erection of
the monument, Will formally deliver it To
the city. Mayor Strong Will accept it in
a ten-minute speech
Then will come the address of the day by
President Mckinley, the program ending
with the benediCtion, to be pronounced by
Archbishop Corrigan.
This program will be interspersed with
songs by chorus OF l 900 voices and
music by band OF 90 pieces.
After the ceremonies, luncheon viii he
served TO President Mckinley and other dis
tInguished guests in pavilion north OF the
tomb. By that time IL is expected that ehe
head OF the marching column will have
reached the monument, and President Nc
Kinley Will take his place in the reviewing
stand. The review over, the President Will
be driven to the foot of One Hundred and
Thirtieth street, where, with about 1875
invited guests OF distinction, he will board
a fast launch and review the marine
parade. being saluted as lre steams through
the long line or ships to the foot OF West
Twent y-third street, where he will disenl-
bark aud proceed TO his hotel to prepare
for the reception rendered him by the Union
League Club in the evening.
President Mckinley VIII probably accept |
the tender of a four-in hand made by Gen. |
Heaiey The latter has offered the equip |
age for the use of the President, Mayor |
Strong, and Gen Porter, in riding from |
the Firth Avenue Hotel to the monument |
in the morning and from the monument |
ito I3Oth street after the ceremonies
The committee on invitations has asked |
all the surviving division commanders of |
the Federal forces during the war to come |
to New York and be the guests of the city |
on pril ~. The list consists of the follow
ing officers connected with the United !
States Army in active service and retired:
Lieut.-Gen. j. N. Schofield, Washington;
Major-Gen. o. o. Howard, Burlington, Vt:
MajorGen. W S. Rosecrans, Los Angeles, |
Cal; Major-Gen. C. C. Augur, Washington;
MajorGen. Il. g. Wright, Washington;
Major Gen j G. Parke, Washington; Ma ior-
Gen. n. j. T. Dana, Washington, and
Major-Gen. j. j Reynolds, Washington.
The following general officers who COM
manded volunteers during the war were
also invited: Major-Generals D. c. Buell..
Paradise, KY; Franz Sigel, New York;
Lew Wallace, Charlottesville, Ind; j. d.
Cox, Cincinnati, Ohio; John NJ Palmer,
Springfield, Ill.
Mayor Strong has added the following |
To the naval committee Robert
N Thompson. president Of the Naval Acad-
emy Alumni A ssociation; Park Benjamin, |
William Butler Duncan, Jr,, Frank G. Os-
borne, and James A Hartman.
Four III ELI with drills began Friday morn
ing, under the direction Of George Fox,
drilling out the rivets which fasten on the
top of the steel case in which is inclosed
the body of Gen G rant
Within the steel case is a caSket of lead
and copper composition which was hermet-
ically sealed in 1885 when within it was
placed the Zinc-lined rosewood casket con-
tanning the body. The steel casing would
not be removed IL it were possible to place
it inside the granite sarcophagus, but it
has to be done as the interior measure
ments of the sarcophagus were made on
conjecture as to the dimensions of the
copper casket.
The great bronze double door to the
tomb arrived Friday afternoon, and the
work of setting the great leaves in place
was begun.
The leaves are backed with oak, are
eighteen feet high, four feet broad, and
loaded on a heavy truck, drawn by four
horses, and were handled by a crew of
fourteen men from the establishment of
Dorkel & Debevoise, the makersof the door.