The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-01

Grand Parade Of the Phtladciphta
Peace Jubitee-Houor~ Paid to the
Heroes OF the battles OF Santiago

Peace JubiIee-Houor~ Paid to the
Heroes OF the battles OF Santiago
Philadelphia, October 27.-For three
| hours today VIM. Mckinley, comman-
der in chief Of the United States army
and navy, saw his victorious soldiers
and sailors pass in review before him.
1t was military and naval day OF the
| great peace jubilee. Twenty five hou-
sand men marched in the o brill
liant and spectacular pageant the coun-
try has witnessed In many years.
Within a semi-circular enclosure OK
the big reviewing stand in the magnif-
cent court OF honor. the president
toe erect and uncovered throughout
the entire procession. Here and there
when some particularly renowned BODY
Of troops marched by. the president
smilingly waved his hat and motioned
10 the crowds across the way TO cheer
the men who were their heroes as well
as his.
Over the presidents head hung q
| canopy bearing on its face the coat Of
| arms OF the United States and sur
mounted by the new presidents flag.
for the first time unfurled In the United
States. The flag was only recently
adopted by the war department
Many illustrious heroes were In line.
but there was little partially display
ed in the kind or quantity OF enthusi-
asm accorded them.
Major General Miles. as chief mar
shall. rode at the front Immediately be-
hind the emergency corps, unit no
reached his special reviewing stand ut
Broad and York streets. the northern
end of the route. Here he dismounted
and from the stand watched his uIen
file past.
General Joe" Wheeler rode behind
the governors, his gray head barred
for some minutes before and after The
presidential stand was reached and
bowling repeatedly TO the presidents
waving hat and the applause OF the
others OF the party and the people gen.
orally.
General Sumner, Captain Bob"
Evans. Commodore Philip, Captain
Sigsbee, Colonel Huntington. with his
Aifll lAlto vi III an ~
ceived t%umultuous greeting. but, after
all perhaps the loudest ovation was
that given Hobson and his Merrimac
crew. They rode On a tallyho and as
they reached the reviewing stand all
arose, faced the president and bowed
their barred heads.
So far as any one body OF men was
concerned, perhaps the Twenty-frst
regular infantry, The Presidents
Own received the greatest tribute.
They marched 300 strong under Colonel
Mckibbin and the memory OF their
glorious deed al the storming OF San
Juan hill stirred the people TO a thun-
derous clamor of applause. With
them marched the fighting musicians"
Of the regiment. the men who in tho
thick of the combat, flung their instru-
ments from them and made music with
the guns snatched from their fallen
brothers. There are only twenty left
Of the original thirty-eight bandmen-
Others fell in the fight.
The Tenth cavalry, colored, were dis
mounted and to them the president re-
peatedly flourished his hat.
The sailors were no less well re-
ceived than the soldiers. There were
lines Of jackies from the Texas, Glou-
~cester, Marblehead, New Orleans, To
peka, Mayfower, with a few scattering
men from the Yosemite and other
ships.
The rear of the line was held by the
Grand Army of the Republic and their
allied military organizations. Be
tween two Of the Grand Army posts
rode in a carriage Harry l.. MacNeal,
h had charge Of a gun on the Brook
Ign and who crawled out over the side
OF the ship while under fire, TO extract
a fagment Of shell which had become
fixed in the muZzle.
AS the last line of soldiers and tho
body of police behind them passed tho
stand. the crowds broke through and
made a rush towards the presidents
enclosure. He merely bowed his ac-
acknowledgements of the cheering and
then withdrew to the residence OF Mrs.
J.. Dundas Lippincott, Immediately
back of the stand.
President Mckinley was the guest OF
honor tonight at the peace Jubilee BAN
quet Of the Clover Club, where he met
nearly all Of the distinguished visitors
to the city and the leading citizens OF
Philadelphia.