New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-28
PARADE IN PHILADELPHIA.
PRESIDENT REVIEWS TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND MARCHING MEN.
INcEssANr APPLAUSE FOR HEROES OF THE LATE
wAR-vErERANs OF THE CIVIL WAR IN
THE IINE-PEACE JUBILEE BANQUET
AT THE CLOVER CLUB.


wAR-vErERANs OF THE CIVIL WAR IN
THE LINE-PEACE JUBILEE BANQUET
AT THE CLOVER CLUB.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 27-For three hours to-day
President Mckinley. COMMANDMENT Chief OF the
Army and Navy saw victorious troops pass In
review before him. 1t was military and naval
day OF the Peace Jubilee. Twenty-Five thousand 4
men marched in the brilliant pageant.
Within a sem-crcular Enclosure of the big
reviewing stand in the magnificent Court or :
Honor the President stood erect and uncovered
throughout the entire parade AS the troops
passed his face was set but not stern. and In his
eyes was CLEAN OF satisfaction. The central
theme and motive Of the display was JOY and
pride in the men and their work and the nation
of which they are the representatives. Here and
there when some particular body OF troops
marched by. the President smilingly waved his
hat and motioned to the crowds across the way
TO cheer the men. Mrs. Mckinley viewed the
procession from a small stand on top OF the
conservatory OF the Lippincott mansion imme-
diately behind the larger stand where her hus-
band stood.
There was not an untoward feature OF the day:
the weather was agreeable. the crowds were
handled with skill. and whatever accidents &C.
Cured were Of trivial character
over the Presidents head hung a canopy
hearing on It's face the arms of the United
States and surmounted by the new Presidents
flag for the first time unfurled. The flag was
only recently adopted by the War Department.
To the left of the stand was the coat OF arms
of Philadelphia.
Throughout the parade the President was at
tended by a small party. including Vice-Presi-
IL
son. Assistant Postmaster General Heath, Pri-
vate Secretary Porter, Mayor Warwick. and
members of the Jubilee Committee
PRESIDENT SEES THE DECORATIONS.
The President and his party were driven in
open carriages after breakfast along the route
of the parade. about seven miles in length.
While going up BrOad-st. the party passed Gen.
eral Miles and his staff. who riding to
the place Of formation. The moment the Cen
erals sword made its saluting sweep the Pres
dent arose in the carriage and raised his hat.
holding it aloft until the party had passed. Re-
turning to the Bellevue. the Presidents party
was escorted by a squadron Of the LIST City
Troop of cavalry to the reviewing stand. where
they had been preceded by Generals Shafter.
Lawton and Chaffee, with their aides and
party Of women. Ten minutes later. at 112o
o'clock. the platoon Of the Emergency Corps,
which held the head OF the line. reached the
stand, and from then until 2:30 o'clock the SOL
diers and sailors tramped on In splendid march
ing order every sword raised In salute, every
gun presented.
Many ilustrious heroes were in line. but there
was little partially displayed In the kind or
quantity of enthusiasm accorded them. Major
General Miles. Chief Marshal. rode at the front,
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he reached his special reviewing stand at
Broad and York SITS. the northern end OF the
route Here he dismounted. and from the stand
watched his men file past.
General Joe" Wheeler rode behind the Gov
ernors, his gray head barred for some minutes
before and after the Presidents stand was
reached. and bowling repeatedly to the Presi-
dents waving hat and the applause of the
others Of the party and the people generally
General Sumner. Captain Evans, Commodore
Philip, Captain Sigsbee Colonel Huntington,
with his marines Of Guantanamo fame each re-
ceived tumutuous greeting, but. after all. per-
haps the loudest applause was given to Lieu
tenant Hobson and his Merrimac crew They
rode on a tally-ho. and they reached the re-
viewing-stand all rose, faced the President and
bowed.
fRESlDENTS OWN APP1,AtDED.
So far any body of men was concerned the
DIST Regular Infantry the presidents own"
received the greatest tribute They marched
three hundred strong under Colonel McKibbin.
and the memory Of their valorous deed at the
storming Of san Juan Hill stirred the people to
a clamor of applause. With them marched the
fighting musicians" Of the regiment the men
who in the thick Of the combat flung their In
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their fallen brothers. There are only twenty
left of the original thirty eight bandsmen The
others fell in the fight The DIST carried the
coors presented to them by Mrs Mckinley who
called them the PRESIDENTS own" and also
those given by woman of New York City
The 10Th Cavalry. colored. dismouned
and to them the President repeatedly hourished
his hat. HuntngtOns Marines who made the
first hostile landing on Cuban soil were imme-
diately preceded by the Marine Band. OF
course. the highest degree OF local enthusiasm
was bestowed upon Colonel Huling and his 10Th
pennsylvania Regiment. His flank movement
In the fight at Coamo. Porto Rico. had not been
forgotten. The Presidents party Joined in the
applause. The sailors were no less we'll received
than the soldiers. There were lines of blue
jackets from the Texas, the Gloucester the
Marblehead. the Topeka and the Mayfower
with few scattering men from the Yosemite,
the Yankee and other auxiliary cruisers
The rear Of the line was held by the Grand
Army Of the Republic and their allied military
organizations AS these survivors OF the Civil
War filed past with enfeebled step they saluted
the President in their way. Some waved
their hats: others timorously raised their hands
in the conventional way, while several com
panies halted turned, and fronting the Execu-
tive. presented their tattered battlehags one
of the posts carried a battery OF two guns. and
saluted with shot from each the stand was
passed The President responded with a sweep
of his hat and continuous bows
Between two Of the Grand Army of the Re-
public posts rode in carriage Harry l.. Mac
Neal who had charge of a gun on the Brooklyn.
and who crawed out over the side of the ship
while under fire. to extricate fragment OF shell
which had become fixed in the muZzle.
As the last line OF soldiers and the body Of
police behind them passed the stand the crowd
broke through the ropes and made a rush