Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-28
THE GREAT PROCEssi0H.
The President stands tncoVereu
Tbroughout Time of Its Passage


PHILADELPHIA, october 21.-For three
hours to-day William Mckinley com
mander -in-chief Of the United States army
and navy. saw his victorious soldiers ana
sailors ness in review before him
If was military and naval day Of the
,,raot Peace Jubilee. Twenty-Five thou
sand men marcned in the most Drllilaht
and spectacular pageant the city has ever
seen. .bo
Within \ semi-circular enclosure on the
bio, reviewing-stand in the magnificent
court of Honor the President stood erect
ord uncovered throughout the entire
time of passage of the procession.
CHEERING THE MEN.
Here and there, when some particularly
renowned body of troops marched Dy'
The President smilingly waved his nat
and motioned To the crowds across the
vav TO cheer the men, VINO were lher
heroes as we'll as ms. ..,...
Mrs Mckinley viewed the procession
from a small stand on the top OF the
conservatory of the Lippncott mansion
in,msdiateIv behind the larger stand
where her eminent husband stood. She'
too. was not chary of applause.
There was not an untoWard io"luie
I'll
,ritb 9ut,Imn-dav sunlight, though gusty'
tbe vast crowds were handled with com
n,e,dable skill. and whatever accldents
nccurrad were Of the most trivial charac-
ter.
PRESIDENTS FLAG UNFURLED'
lover the Presidents head hung canopy
hearing on its face the coat Oh arms Oh
tbo T-nited States and surmounttd by the
now Presidents flag, for the hIst llino
urfurled I'm the United states. Inc na 3
was only recently adopted by the war
Department , ,,.,- Tho coat
To the left Of the stahd was the 0O"'
| NJ arms of Pennsylvania.
Durlng the parade the President was
| surrounded by a small party consisting
| 80 Vice-President Hobart, Secretary -ol-
War Alser. Secretary-of-Agricuture VII
con pc.tmaster-General Smith Private
| socretaries Porter and COurtelyou, Mayor
| warwick and a few members or the Ju-
bllee Committee So.
| Hr,nv INDUSTRIOUS heroes were i'm line, out
tbere was little partially displayed IN the
| Kind or quantity Of enthusiasm accoraei
them.
MILES AND WHEELER
,rator-General Miles. as chief marshal,
roda ot the front. Immediately behind tne
Emergency corps, until he reached ms
| eDacial reviewing stand, at Broad ana
| Vorl, streets. the northern end or tne
route Here he dismounted, and from the
stand watched his men file past
General .Toe" Wheeler rode behind the
c,,v-rnore. his gray head barred Tor some
minutes before and after tho presidential
stand was reached, and boWlnS repeater
w TO the Presidents waving hat ana the
annlause OF the others OF the party aho
the people generally. go, \, u,,.,,,s
General sumner, Captain BOD EvaHs
Commodore Philip, Captain slgsbee Colo
III tIuntineton. with his marines Of Guam
tanamo fame. all received tuihultou'
greeting
HOBsON AND HIS CREW.
Rut after an. perhaps tho loudest oya
fon was that given Hobson ana his Mer
rimac crew. They rode on taly-ho' an,
,s they reached the reviewing stand al
rose faced the PiesIneh'' al" O'"e'
their barred heads.
- for as any one body Of men Wa
,'Tcerned perhaps the Twenty-tirst IN
SD,,,,,- o,rhe Presidents Own'-receive'
~ Greatest tribute They marched on
thousond strong, and the memory OF thel
s.,1orous deeds at the stOrming OF Sal
- bil stirred the people 10 thunder
80 clamor OF applause. with then
,,'arched the Fighting Musicians" of IT,
reeiment. the men who. in the thick o
the combat. flung their instruments fror
tbem and made music with the gun
snatched from their fallen brother.
There are only twenty left Of the orig
nal thirty-eight bandsmen The Other
fell in the fight
cOLoRED CAVALRYMEN.
The Tenth Cavalry (colored) We're DIS
,,,ounted. and To them the President r'
neatedly aourished his hat.
The sailors were no less well receive
tbsn the soldiers. There were ihes
i.cl,fes from the Texas, Gloucester Ma