The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-03-06

everything IN the line OF parade tvue
Major William q, Moore, ehist OF polt.ss
OF Washington, and Captain Austih, p1sH
| In full uniform. They were not seheuuieu
for this position In the ohielu pt o,asrsd
and the majority In the crowd ehseleu
| the police chief Justify under the lmptes
| sion that II was doing honor 10 deheTa'
| Horace Porter. grand marshal
| Behind this advance guard came uoA-
| en- mounted policemen, and next tue Iot
| ernor's Island band in the blue ana White
uniforms of the infantry. their siIVe, ~
struments shining In the sunlight anu tue
| strains of their marching music hoat-
/ inr clear and resonant above the broken
hurrahs of the crowd. Then IN an w
parently endless vista down the avenue
/ stretched the magnificent array oI ~
/ first grand military division lMen1s
| files across platoon after platoon IN eiose
| order marched like a great machine, Win
| glittering brass helmets, hashihs SUI
arms, the sunlight gltttering on hahurNas
of bayonets that stretched from sue W
side of the avenue. AS Iar an , nv
could reach they stretched, the ihtantS
in blue and white. the artillery win no
dash OF crimson. the marines eohsplcu rus
I'm their blue storm coats with crimson
Innings, the golden striped huzzafs on inon
black steeds, while over the whole hoa'ea
hundreds of flags. reslmehtal oahiSiS '
fiuttering guidons, -
| Rehind General Porter and his imme-
diata military STAN there were ~ sPS
| clal mounted aides, each Win hlsh at.A
hats yellow gauntlets ana broad VIM
sash from the shoulder TO the right S'de,
An interesting feature OF the sPeN -i', :
| mounted aides, which did not appear
| except to those familiar with the ar
| rangemsnts was that in the assresa-
| ton there were tiVe sons OF eA-pfeslT
dents of the United States. These were
u. 5. Grant, W G. Hayes. III. A. Gar
field. G. A. Arthur and hussell hdr''
| son. Immediately behind the group OF
| special aides came the escort to the pres
, | tdent the black horse troop OF CleEe-
: | land.
Up and down the avenue rose great
| cheer, that rolled and echoed back ana
was taken up and repeated again ana
| again, as the carriage OF the preslheh
and ex-president rolled into view.
E Behind the carriage OF the preside ut
: | and ex-president marched a little band
= In the plain dark blue coats and sloueh'
Q ed hats OF the q. A X. They stepped
proudly. wearing blue pennons blazohed
E with '"TWenty-third Ohio, In gold. TheS
I were the veterans of the old regiment
E with whose battles the president had MOI
I the title OF major. and rittingty the,
g were given the place Of honor. directly
E behind their old-Itme comrade.
Grand Military Division.
4 Then In fun array swept down the heAe
= | OF the nfAL Efdnu f1iillLdTy ulNLHlbE lrAi VI
) General Grenyiile NJ Dodge. chief mar
shall with his gold trapped stan hnt
! prancing horses scattered out at reEula
i intervals over the great expanse VI ave
nue. like an immense chess board, set Al
with knights. Behind them again cam
: a smaller group OF mounted Oflcerr
headed by General Wesley Merritt. q. i
A.. marshal Of the nrsJ brigade. and be
| hind this, Colonel Poland commander u
the corps OF United States engineers dn'
STAN. Thus the whole great body o
military officers rested like giglhtt
| wedge with its apex against the brVAi
. | front OF the dismOunted forces that FOL
lowed Leading these were the engineer
I, | with their banners. while on 4 Acartc
field, mingllng Us folds with the star
and stripes that tioated at us Side
> Rank after rank the dismounyr,
!, | squares swept BY. then another mUungr
!. stan that OF Major Tracey, comma ndln
! the Seventeenth United States Infantry
I whose full dress helmets gltJtsred a. the
: swung In the obllque 20 gain the c-ntr
, Of the avenue
Behind them came a dlsmountrd regj
D.. ment Of United States artillery undo
! Colonel Genther. Like great thousand
= legged monster the regiment moved OF
a their arms at a carry. There was
|, cheer that started with the Washing
/ tonlans who knew them, and Was take
4 up BY the remainder Of the crowd
N was Iub NUlleI HNttes marine DAnI.
= pieces strong. which broke out lnto th
4 familiar strains % Columbia. Tn. G~t
- OF the Ocean
a This resplcndeut section Of the phrad
! was one OF the most striking pictures q
. the whole OF ths brilliant military dIvI
Is sion. Behind the marines followed m
: Hight artillery. under command at Mala
4 James Lancaster. and then with a rims
Z ing clash OF hoota tho indian nEh,ln
Il troopers OF tins grand Old sixth caytlrl
e Colonel sumner commanding. rode b
i sitting on their horses like cowboy
l. Their orange plumes waved and tpsar,l
the wind, and their swords flashed rrof
y nip 10 shoulder. while their horses dance
e to the music OF the mounted regiments
: hand Following this section Of the pIi
\. AIDE came detachment u l0u .tt
!. trtct OF Columbia National Guard. uni
> command Of Colonel Cecil CLAY
e The Column.
The column. moved in the rollow tuz Ut
der:
!: Platoon mounted
Governors Island Hand
!. Grand Marshal. General Horace Porter 81
stan.
Troop Of Cleveland. -. personal ssror,
president.
e The pFssbtsnt
= p~tachnsnt Twenty thru Onto Veterans.
IL Presidential party In carriaEr
n General Granville ". Dodge. chief marsha
stan and aides
United States troops. under command NJ Color,
= Poland including cavalry. Infantry ma
rtnHs, engineers and artillery
u district OF Columbia guards snilsr counmai
~ IT Colonel Cecil Clay
Al Governor Bushnell Of ohio win star and add
a Governor Hastings ~ Pennsylvania aud alsls
y Governor HrtxEs 81 New Jersey ami stsrf
;, Captain Kirsiand % the Connert icntt guard
Massachusetts militia.
" '9FsFn"r Lawrence ~ Maryland with stan az
70 state guards.
> General y. =. Gordon. u, = A.. AMI aides
" Governor Black u New York with stan a,
Ne -lraga..
Captain sullivan and company. Virginia nIlti
: North Carolina state guards.
n Rhode Island National duaris
It Vermont National Guards.
f. Governor Bradley ~ Kentucky with star a,
d state Euaris.
Ie Governor Grant Of Vermont with stan ii
- aides.
: Governor Tannsr II Illinois with stan ~
National Guards.
p Company Texas guard.
Ir Governor Drake of Iowa and star
X Governor sroheti Il Wisconsin with stan
a Company y. Minnesota National Quart
- Washington. n, g.. Capitol Guards
>. General q. o. Howard. a. f. A.. commands
u the veteran organizations
y Department ~ Potomac. q. 4. H.. under Cls
sraI Hopkins
y General John p. Donohue commanding t-nb
l. Veteran Legion.
IL civic s grand division Tn under - Wsrne
tant general. and General Buttsr.
WOrth. chief ~ stan.
| NHtlonAl League Republican Clubs under con
o mand df President Wnpdmansse
/, In this organization were the clubs and o
o CARNATIONS representing the clubs and OIL
/ | ials representing large number ~ states
. Civic ORGANIZATIONS.
The civic organizations were under tn
- marshalship Of ". n. Warner. with Thorn
: as G. Noyes adjutant general and Ger
! Benjamin Hutterworth chief Of stan
Clad In gray mackintoshss with blu
= sashes. came President woodmanaa a
!. the republican clubs. bowling right an
: lett HIS peTsOnAl escort was the Ynun