Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-05-01
THE SILENT soLDIE r, /"
PAuEANTs ON LAND AND SEA
GRANT DAY PROGRAMME.

ZII.oo a. .--ExerciseS at the 10 mD.
100 p. M Naval Parade Began.
Tuesday, April ~, the tomb and
monument of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant,
in Riverside Park. New York city,
were dedicated. The ceremonies Of
the day were separated into three
parts, the time and order Of which are
given above.
The military and civic parade in
cluded at least $4,000 men consisting
! of the following divisions:
Troops of the regular army, $500
men.
Sailors and marines from the war
ships, 1900 men.
National Guardsmen Of New York
State, $1,000 men.
National Guardsmeno of other States,
II, 900 men.
Veterans of the Grand Army of the
Republic and Sons of Confederate
Veterans, 10, 900 men.
Armed and uniformed cadets, 4, 900
boys.
Civilians, 10, 900 men.
The parade started from the corner
of Madison avenue and Twenty fourth
street and moved over the following
route:
Madison avenue to Fiftyffth
street, to Fifth avenue, to Fifty nirth
street, to the Boulevard, thence yer
the west roadway Of the Boulev ard to
Seventy second street, to Riverside
Drive, to the monument.
AS the column passed the monu-
ment a marching salute was given in
memory of General Grant. 1t then
passed around Claremont, down the
east drive. the President reviewing
the parade from the east front of the
monument; thence down the east
roadway of Riverside drive to One
hundred and nineteenth street, to the
east roadway of the Boulevard, to One
hundred and sixteenth street, where
the parade was reviewed by the grand
marshal and was dismissed.
The vessels that took part in the
naval parade were:
North Atlantic fleet, commanded
by Admiral Bunce, and consisting of
the flagship New York and the ships
Massachusetts, Indiana, Columbi a,
Maine, Texas, Raleigh, Puritan,
Amphitrite and Terror.
Revenue Marine Vessels-Dexter,
Woodbury., Dallas, Hamilton and
Window.
Lighthouse Tenders-Maple, Titan
ia, Cactus, John Rogers, Mistletoe,
Verbena, Azales, Lilac, Myrtle, Gar
denia and Armeris.
Foreign Men-of- War-The British
cruiser Talbot, the French corvette
Fulton, the Italian cruiser Dog ali,
the Spanish cruisers Maria Ter esa
and Infanta Isabella.
When the head of the processio n
on shore reached the monument +,
<about p. m, salute of twenty one
guns, with four seconds interv al,
was fred by each ship The signal to
begin the salute was the flagship S
first gun.
The second aud third divisions OF
the marine parade, consisting of rev.
enue marine vessels and lighthouse
tenders, were anchored to the south
<ward of the eastern column of ships
of war, and during the salute the
vessels comprising those division S
dipped their colors, rounding them
up at the last gun.
The fourth division, composed OF
vessels of the merchant marine, NOV
ed up the river to the eastward Of the
fleet at anchor. The vessels of this
division then turned in succession
a stakeboat anchored north of the
fleet, proceeded down the west shore
and anchored in succession to the
southwark of the western column,
abreast of the second and third divis-
ions.
The dispatch boat Dolphin was an
chored north of the flagship for the
use of the President of the United
States. The Presidents flag was dis
played on board of that vessel, and
was saluted by all ships present in
accordance with the navy regulations.
The President reviewed the fleet
from the Dolphin between A and s p.
m, passing down between the col