The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-20
OUT WITH "OLD GLORYS"
MERCHANTS URGED TO DECORATE
TO-DAY FOR PRESIDENTS COMING.
Forma ton and Route of Parade for
To-Morrow Morning-The MIL
itary I'm Line.

The arrangements for the reception of
President Mckinley tomorrow remain
practically unchanged from those previous
y announced in these columns Chief Mar
shall James r. Ross has completed the order
of formation and the line of march of the
parade which will be made in honor of the
visit of the chief executive of the Nation.
All the railroads announce that immense
crowds of excursionists from all parts of
the State will be here early in the day to
see the parade and hear the address of the
President. Yesterday all the merchants
were notified that it was desirable that
their places of business should be decorated
as soon as possible in order to add to the
effect of the parade on the visitors. Ac-
cordng to reports sent in to- the committee
having charge of the affair all the other
cities at which the President has appeared
have been decorated profusely and it is not
desired that Indianapolis should be behind
them in this respect Practically the COM
plete Twenty-seventh Battery will be out,
all the men having nearly recovered from
their sickness and are anxious, to take part
in the parade. In order to guard against
relapses, however, the officers will name a
rendezvous at which the battery will meet,
which will be near the place of formation,
instead of asking them to meet at the
armory and march down town. All the men
will wear their full campaign uniforms and
viii be formed in sections by their sergeants
precisely the sattie as they were when in
Porto Rico.
The formation Of the parade is as follows
Mounted Police
Chief Marshal and Staff.
Officers of the Army and Governors Staff
l5Sth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Col
Harry B. Smith commanding.
18th Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Lieut..
Col. Will T.. May commanding:
University of indianapolis Band.
9th Battery, Indiana Volunteers, Capt. Jas.
b. Curtis commanding.
VIM. +. Ranke Commanding.
United States Signal Corps, Captain Nc
Intyre commanding.
Uniform Rank, X of p.
Patriarchs MIntant. |. Q. o. F.
When Band.
Citizens Reception Committee.
Company c, 15Sth Regiment Indiana Volun-i
teers, Capt. DAVID F. Allen commanding.
residents Carriage.
Company d. 15Sth Regiment Indiana Volun-
teers. Capt f. #. McCrea, commanding,
- Visitors in Carriages.
The column will form on the north side
of Washington street at 10 o'clock. the
right resting ON New Jersey street and ex-3
tending eastward. The carriages for the
President and visitors will be drawn up near
the railroad crossing of Washington street,
and, when filled, will fall in line. following
the citizens reception committee, preceded
and followed by Companies and D. re-
spectively of the Northumberland flfty-
eighth Regiment, in platoon formation. The
line of march is as follows:
West on Washington street to Pennsyl-
vania street, north on east side of Penn
sylvania street to Vermont, west on Yer
mont street to Meridian, south on Meridian
street to Circle, southeast on Circle to Mar
ket east on Market street to Pennsylvania,
south on west side of Pennsylvania street
to Washington, west on Washington street
to Statehouse. After the speaking at the
Statehouse, the President and his party will
again take the carriage al the east front of
the StatehOuSe, and the column will move
in the came formation as originally. east
on Market street to Circle, southeast on
Circle to Meridian south on Meridian street
TO Union Station.