The record-union., 1897-03-05
WHOLE NO. 1905.

III tiAC w iiiG anu NItlT SN OldS HdSuSu
from hip to shoulder, while their horses
danced to the music of the mounted
regimental band.
Following this section of the parade
came detachment of 100 of the District
of Columbia National Guard. under the
command of Colonel Cecil Hay.
Next sweeping into view the second di-
vision, consisting of troops of the Ma
tional Guard of the several States rep
resented at the inauguration. At their
head, in many instances, rode the Gov
ernors of the States. Commanding this
division was Governor Asa Bushnell,
Marshal, with General Axline as Adju-
tant. 1t comprised three brigades. In
the first were troops from Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachu-
setts and Maryland. Governor Bushnell
himself received an ovation as he headed
the most gorgeously attired staff in the
whole line. The Governor wore a high
hat and red and blue sash, while his
staff wore black chapeaus.
The first organization in this line was
the Washington infantry of Philadel-
phia, but the interest of the crowd was
distracted from the fine marching of
the company by the extraordinary per-
formance of musket jugglery rendered
by the leader of the band. The New
Jersey organizations and Connecticut
followed. Maryland probably earned the
distinction of mastering more men in
line than any other State, and very
proud looked Governor Lowndes, in his
civilian attire, as he headed his contin-
sent, and his eye swept back over the
magnificent military assembling that
marched along with machine-like per-
fection to the strains of Maryland. My
Maryland" while the crowd yelled in
/ enthusiasm.
| The second brigade was made up OF
military from six States, headed by
/ General David s. Gordon as Marshal.
Five hundred of the New York National
/ Guard, all of the Seventy-first Regi-
ment, swung along with easy step ct
the head of this brigade, just behind
/ Governor Black. Little Rhode Island
showed up well.
Governor Grout of Vermont led the
Third Brigade, at the head of a splen-
did battalion. Governor Tanner of Il
linois made a figure mounted on a great
| bay horse we'll proportioned by his own
gigantic figure. File was cheered to the
| echo.
| Governor Pingree of Michigan was an
other popular idol, if the amount of
enthusiasm caused by his appearance
was any criterion. About forty men
made UP an old guard as his escort, with
wands bearing gigantic golden dollars.
| A warm welcome was extended TO
| General O. O. Howard as he rode at the
! head of the third division. made up of
veteran organizations. such as the G.. A.
r. Posts and the Union Veteran lie
gions.
| North Dakota created a laugh, rep
resented as it was by four men and u
huge banner, looking very lonesome in
the middle of the street. Following
came little girl in a blue military cap,
the tiny daughter of the regiment, lead
ms a body of old veterans. She was
greeted with rapturous applause.
| This wound up the military grand di-
vision of the parade, and while there
have been more troops in line in an in
augural parade in times gone by, every
! body agreed that in point of quality this
display Iii nothing to be desired.
Next came the civic organizations un-
der the marshalship of b. II. Warner,
with Thomas c. Noyes, Adjutant-Gen-
eral. and General Benjamin Buterworth,
} fChief of Staff, followed by as many
aides as there We're in the rest of the
line. The first division was made up of
organizations from Delaware, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and Georgia. The
first organization which preceded the
Marshal, the Americus Club of Pitts
burg, opened their red, white and blue
umbrellas with concerted movement
as a salute to the President as they
passed the reviewing stand.
Clad in gray macintosh, with blue
SASH came President Woodmansee of
the League of Republican Clubs, bow
! ing right and left to the plaudits of the
crowd. His personal escort was the
Young Mems Blaine Club of Cincinna-
ii, an organization Of 1000 members, OF
whom 500 were in line. led by a mill
| tary band Their uniforms were brown
| overcoats, with nigh white hats and
| gold headed canes.
| Hon. Nurat Halstead of Ohio, with
purple ensashed staff, headed the sec
| ond division. which was led by the NJ.
S. Quay Club of Pennsylvania, a color
ed organization in long minstrel over
coats aud high hats.
| But the ovation given to the distin-
! guished marshal was double discounted
| by the applause which broke loose as the
| lnOldn SCnOOI contingent from 1dE-
| isle, Pa, came tramping into view.
| The Indian boys operated their own
! band, which in point of noise stood well
up in the list. The point of their dis
play, however. lay in the unique indus
| trial exhibit carried by the 250 cadets.
Following the Indians there was an
| other prolonged cheer, as a campaign
| banner, stretched from a wheel frame,
| bore in sight. 1t bore the pictures Of
Mckinley and Hobart and was labelled
THE First Republican Campaign Ban
ner that Swung to a Southern Breeze"
Its attendants were the Atlanta Nc
Kinley Club.
Maryland was well represented.
| The second division was led by Hon.
Franklin Park of New Jersey, with the
Young Mems Republican Club of Bal
| timore, as escort, supplemented by the
| Frelinghuysen Lancers of Newark, n.
| J., striking organization in uniforms
| in blue, white and scarlet. Then an
other cheer broke forth as the ermine
| trimmed cap and cape of the old Stone
| wall Jackson Band of Virginia swung
| past the stand, playing Dixie at the
| top of its lungs.
| At the head of the Second Brigade
rode Hon. Richard Cochran of New
| York attended by well mounted staff.
| Representative Hull of Iowa, the
marshal of the third division. was es-
corted by the Minneapolis F'lambeau
! Club. one of the most famous marching.