New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-25

Will number about 1900, men. and il IS expected
tho. the Navy Will be represented by detachmentS
from two or three ships OF the North AtIaht'o
SQUADRON The regular troops Will be the companies
Of artilery tho cavalry and the light battery Wnch
viii march from New-YOrk to Philadelphia aftef
the ceremonies attending the Grant Monument
demonstration in New York. These troops VIII
camp in Paramount Park until May 49, ana after
the exercises here will proceed TO their regular sta
tons Secretary Long has ordered at least TWO Oh
the vessels Of the Norti Atlantic squadron 10 pro-
coed here for the exercises, and the brooklyn IS
now at League Island, which VIII enable her ere"
TO participate The entire National Guard OF Penn
sylvan:a comprising fifteen regiments, three troops
OF cavalry ana three batteries of artillery. NUMBER
ing in all about 600 men. and the two battallors OF
the Naval Reserves VIII maks UP tho body or tho
parade There IS possibility that the whole Nj
tional Guard oe New-Jersey will take part IN tho
demonstration and it is certain that several reSi-
ments of New-Jersey militia will be here. Ens
Girard College Cadets. numbering about 800 remdr"-
ably well-dried boys will be in the procession ara
IL is probable that milite from other States VIII De
here also The Chief Marshal will be Major-General
Snowdcn of the Pennsylvania National Guard.
President Mckinley will pull the cord which un-
wells the monument, and other guests Of the city
and the Society of the Cincinnati. will be Secretaries
Long and Alger, General Miles, the French Ambas-
sador, Governor Griggs of New-Jersey, and GOV
ernor Tunnel Of Delaware. and Mayor Strong o.
New-York Governor Hastings OF Pennsylvania
and the members OF the Legislature will he the
guests of the city. Tho French cruiser Fulton,
now at New-Yorh. viii como here 10 take part in
the exercises.
The ceremonies will commence at o clock, prior
TO which hour President Mckinley Will be escorted
out Broad.st to sPrng Garden. lher rec to IWenIy
William Wayne, president OF the Socety OF the
Cincinnati will preside and after an Invocation Will
make few remarks. ana then the President will
pull the cord unveilins the monument; salute be
Wil!am t0' w Porter, member OF the So
ciety Of the Cincinnati Alter the Grafton
warwick as the representative Of tho city and he
in will transfer +; to the CUSTODY Of the Faic;
follow the route taken by the President. will then
pass in review through the Park aud down Girard-
The movement 70 erect the monument had its in
ceplon nlsS 6u; n.y. W1 done at ma me b Eoar
the movement a committee OF citizens took II up
period of years IN 1850 the sociely fund amounted
TO Sl37OOl and the other fund TO 5000. and The lat
ter was transferred 10 The society by order OF he
courts. A German scupto-, Professor Rudolph
SemcrinC. designed the monument and il was con-
siructed abroad arriving in the United States in
1851, Fc. several yeas there was warm dispute
among the mo.2bers Of INC society regarding the
settled and in tie spring Of 1896 the work Of cree
ing the monument. began. Much time was los; In
duplicating broken pieces or the granite pedestal
and ir htting The pieces of the mon0men; IN pl%'e.
il having been sent here without any marks or plan
10 guido those engaged in setting it IN.
The monument Is forty-foui feet high The
Ti1n figure or Washington SldDu| twenty lcet
above the pedestal which l. Il by - feet. ard rises
from platform 6. by a feet. reached b. thirteen
steps symbOicai Of the thirteen original States.
The cost OF the monument was $4,000. The plat
form and pedestal are OF green and pins Swedish
granite. the pedestal being beautifully polished and
The statue figures. bass-reliefs and ornaments are
Of bronze
Washington Is represented in colonial uniform. a
military cloak being thrown over his figure. i1
holds the bride rens of the horse in his right hand
At the four corners Of the platform are fountains
served by allesorical figures of American Indians
representing the Delaware Hudson, Potomac and
Mississippi rivers. Each fountain is guarded the
sides by typical American animals. the moose. buff
falo deer and bear, and the front and back OF
the pedestal TWO allcrorica groups That at the
front represents America seated holding q cornu-
copia and Il trident. and receiving the trophies Of
conquest from her victorious sons. Below the groUp
there is eagle supporting the arms OF the United
States. The group at the back Is America rousng
her a sense Of their slavery. Below are the
arms OF Pennsylvania. on the sides Of the pedestal
two -reliefs. one representing the march OF
the American Army and the other westbound
emigrant train. one side Of The pedestal bears the
Inscription "Sc sempcr tyrdnnis' and per aspera
ad astra." and the other side Westward the star
Of empire takes It's way" Around the upper part
OF the pedestal arc the words. Erected ny The
State Society Of the Cincinnati Of Pennsylvania"