The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-28
In HONOR OF PEACE
TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND SOL
DIERS AND SAILORS PARADED
IN PHILADELPHIA
MERRIMAC HEROES CHEERED

Their Daring Deed Merfted-
Many Heroes of the War With
Spain Were In Line-CoI. Hun
tingtOn's Marines Created a
FurOre-Grand Army Veterans.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. H.-For three
hours today William Mckinley, com.
mander-in-chief of the United States
army and navy, saw victorious thou.
sands pass in review before him. 1t
was military and naval day of the
great peace jubilee. TWenty-four thou.
sand men marched in the most brill
liant and popular pageant the country
has witnessed in many years. In q
Semi-ctrcular enclosure Of the grand
stand, in the magnificent court of hon
or, the president stood throughout thu
entire procession.
President Mckinley rose early and
after Slight breakfast, taken in his
Bellevue apartments, he and his party
were driven TN carriages along the
route of the parade, about seven miles
in length. The drive was, of course,
marked by tncessant applause by the
crowds. While driving up Broad street
the party passed Gen. Miles and his
staff, who were riding to the place of
sword made it's salutatory sweep the
president arose in the carriage and
raised his hat, holding 1t aloft until
they had passed. Returning to the
Bellevue the presidential party was es-
corted by a squadron of the First City
troops Of the cavalry across Broad
street to the reviewing stand They
had been preceded a few minutes by
Gems. Shafter, Lawton and Chaffee,
w h0i q nd q nrfU Of 10
Ten minutes later, at 11:25 o'clock, tina
platoon Of the emergency corps. which
had the head of the line, reached them,
and from then until $3.50 the soldiers
and sailors trarnped on in splendid
marching order, every sword raised in
salute, every gun presented. Many H.
lustrious heroes were in line, but there
was little Partially displayed In the
kind or quantity Of enthusiasm accord
ed them.
Maj. Gen. Miles, as chief marshal
rode at the front, Immediately behind
the emergency corps, until he reached
his special reviewing stand, at Broad
and York streets, the northeast end Of
the route. Here he dismounted and
from the stand watched his men fills
past. Gen. 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 reviewing
general.
MERR1MAC HEROES.
Fighting Bob Evans, Commodore
Philip. Capt. Sigsbee, Col. Hunting
ton, with his marines, Of Guantanamo
fame, all received tumultuous greet
iyorr hJ1t nf%
ovation was that given Hobson and
tally-ho, and, as they passed the re-
viewing stand, all arose, facing the
president, and barred their heads So
far as any body of men was concerned,
perhaps, the Twenty-f1rst infantry,
1.-The presidents own" received the
greatest tribute. They marched, 800
strong, under Col. McKfbben. With
Of the regiment. the men who, in the
thick Of the combat, flung their in
struments from them and made music
with the guns snatched from their fall
en- brothers. There are only twenty
left Of the original thirty eight bands
men. The others fell in the fight The
TW enty-frst carried the colors pre-
sented to them by Mrs. Mckinley, who
called them 1.-The presidents own" and
also those given by a lady Of New
York city. The Tenth cavalry (col-
oreO were dismounted, and to them
the president repeatedly f1ourished his
hat. HuntingtOns marines, who made
the first hostile landing on Cuban soil,
were Immediately preceded by the ma
rine band. OF course, the highest de-
gree Of token was bestowed upon Col.
Huntington and his Sixteenth Penn
sylvania regiment The sailors were
no less cordially received than the SOL
diers. A line of Jackies from the Tex
as. Gloucester, Mayf1ower, Marblehead
and New Orleans, with q few scatter
Ing men from the Yosemite, Yankee
and other ships, followed.
GRAND ARMY VETERANS.
The rear Of the line was held by the
Grand Army of the Republic and their
allied military organizations. AS these
ancient warriors filed past, with none
too dusty step, they saluted the presi-
dent in their own way. Some waved
their hands, others raised their hands
in the conventional way, while several
companies halted, turned, and, facing
the chief executive, presented the tat
tered battle flags. A battery of two
guns halted and saluted with a shot
. from each as the standard was pre-
sented. The president responded with
a sweep Of his hat and continuous
BOWS. Between Two OF the Grand
Army corps rode Harry McNeal. who
had charge of the guns Of the Brook
Ign, and who crawled out over the ship
while under fire, to extricate d shot
that had failed to be fired from the
muZZle.
In nearly every instance the march
ing was almost faultless.
AS the last line of soldiers and body
Of police behind them passed the stand,
the crowds broke through the ropes
and rushed towards the presidents en-
closure. He merely bowed his ac-
acknowledgement of the cheering and
then withdrew to the rear Of the stand
to the residence of Mrs j. Dundas
Lippincott, Immediately back of the
stand. Here the party took luncheon.
and, shortly afterwards, the president
retired to his hotel to spend in rest the
time remaining until the Glover club
dinner and the Academy Of Music re-
.oaDfiOp tonight