New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-28

rushed their way along the west side OF the
pou,evard to seventy-second-st.. and through
that street to Riverside Park. Similar multi
,raas nourcd into Seventy second-st.. through
Amsterdam-ave and West End-ave from me
south People pushed and struggled IN tho
women tainted Every minute some person
was heard crying out warning
Don't kill that baby was heard frequently,
and the crowd would surge back httle from
some woman with an infant in her arms VINO
had been caught and almost crushed IN the hu-
man whirlpool. $3.50, -, -,
To relieve the pressure little the ponce az
lowed many persons to pass through the hnes
~ Entertainments before the head OF the
marching column had got into Seventy-seconu-
St but after Sevsnty-second-st was niieG VIII VIZ,
marching troops the lines were held hrmiy,
and the crowds OF people pushed up against tne
lines until thousands were wedged IN soi u
masses unable TO move unable TO see the para1e
and almost unable to breathe. Those VINO coule u
escape from the press and get around the emo OF
Seyenty-second-st. into Riverside PARK mace
their way north. but for hours there was
danger and suffering for multitudes OF Peopie
in the Boulevard and in Seventy-second-st'
Near the west end of Seventy-second-st is a
high board fence used for advertising purposes,
Behind the fence are vacant lots. extending
through 10 Seventy -first-st. where there Is a
lower fence. throng OF men and women
climbed over the fence in SeVenty-nrst-s, ST.,
OF the advertising fence in Seventy seconds
and crawled through the gap 10 reach NV
erside Park The police in Seventy-second-st,
were too busy keeping the crowds there In checK
90 coo what was being done to the fence until
II was too late to do anything.
when the military divisions of the parade were
passng along the east roadway of the Bouie-
yard. from IL 80 O. m. until after 3 p M. the
veterans stood in the west roadway or on the
plots between the roadways. and saw the snow
General O. o. Howard and his staff and the
commanders of brigades in the veterans div-
zion saluted the marching hosts as they passed.
but mounted aids were kept dashing back and
forth In the rear of the waiting division to pre-
vent the crowds on the west sidewalk from
pressing upon the veterans.
IN MOTION AT LAST.
As soon as the last military division passed
seventieth-st soon after p. m. General How
ard and his aids followed 1t. General Howard
commanded the veterans division. and after
Rim went Colonel T. S Clarkson, the Command
er-jn-chief If the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie The first posts Of the Grand Army men
in the division were from New-Jersey, ana
they were followed by posts from pennsylvania,
Rhode Island and Connecticut. The Grand Army
posts from New-York State preceded the posts
from this city. After the Grand Army men
came a number of independent veteran or
CARNATIONS and organizations consisting OF
Sons OF Veterans Near the end of the division
were the Naval Cadets of New-York CITY, with
an old war relic a brass howitZer
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS.
posed OF many small organizations, which gath
cred in the side streets west Of the Boulevard
south of Seventieth-st. During nearly the whole
afternoon up 70 o'clock these organizations
were marching about the streets between the
boulevard and the North River Their variety
was interesting, as they were made up or males
ranging from schoolboys In knickerbockers 10
rrizzled veterans of the old Volunteer Fire De-
partment, with Young men and men or mldde
see in various orders and societies. In the hours
of waiting some of the companies OF boys prac-
tised drills for the benefit of the spectators in
the side streets.
Colonel Charles F. Homer. the chief marshal
OF the civic division. got the first brigade or the
division IN motion up the Boulevard soon after
O'Clock 1t consisted Of the New-York letter
carriers two battalions of the New-York Fire
Department and a battalion of the Long Island
City Fire Department. Some associations OF vet
eran firemen. dragging hand engines and wear
ing snowy uniforms. were in the second brigade,
and the third brigade consisted of regiments OF
bcys from the New-York public schools. Follow
ing were brgades made up Of all sorts of or
ganizatons the last Of which We're marching
into the Boulevard long after . p M
The head Of the line reached the reviewing
stand at ! D. m.