The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-28
A GORGEOUS PAGEANT.
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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.
Mr.. Mckinley rose early this morn
ing, and he and party were driven in
open carriages along the route of the
parade, about seven miles in length.
The drive was, of course, marked by.
While driving up Broad street he
passed General Miles and his staff, who
were riding to the place of formation.
The moment the generals sword made
its salutary sweep the president arose
in his carriage and raised his hat,
holding it aloft until they passed.
Major General Miles, as chief mar
shall, rode at the front, Immediately
behind the emergency corps, until he
reached his special reviewing stand at
Broad and York streets. the northern
end Of the route. Here he dismounted,
and from the stand watched his men
file past
General ''Jo'' Wheeler rode behind the
governors, his gray head barred for
some minutes before and after the pres
idential stand was reached, and bow
ing repeatedly to the presidents wav-
ing hat and the applause of the others
of the party and the people generally.
General Sumner, Captain Bob"
Evans, Commodore Philip, Captain
Sigsbee, Colonel Huntington with his
marines of Guantanamo fame, all re-
ceived tumultuous 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 bare heads. So far as any body
of men was concerned, perhaps the
Twenty-first regular infantry, ''the
presidents own" received the greatest
tribute. They marched, 800 strong, I'M
der Colonel McKibben. With them
marched the fighting musicians of
the regiment, the men who, in the thick
of the combat, flung their instruments
from, them and made music with the
guns snatched from their fallen broth
ers. There are only 20 left of the orig
inal 3S bandsmen. The others fell in
the fight. The Twenty-first carried the
colors presented to them by Mrs. Nc
Kinley, who called the the presidents
own" and also those given by a. lady
of New York City.
The Tenth cavalry, colored, was dis
mounted, and to them the president
repeatedly fourished his hat. Hunt
ington's marines, who made the first
mediately preceded by the marine
band
OF course, the highest degree of local
enthusiasm was bestowed upon Colonel
Hulings and his Sixteenth Pennsylva-
MIA regiment. The sailors were no less
well received than the soldiers. A lire
of jackies from the Texas, Gloucester,
Mayflower, Marblehead and New Or
leans, with a few scattering men from
the Yosemite, Yankee and other ships,
followed.
GRAND ARMY IN LINE.
The rear of the line was held by the
Grand Army of the Republic and their
allied military organizations. As these
ancient warriors fled past, with none
too lusty step, they saluted the presi-
dent in their own way. Some waved
their hats, others timorously raised
their hands in the conventional way,
while several companies helted, turned
and fronting the chief executive pre-
scented the tattered gatherings. Be
tween two of the C. A. r. posts rode
in carriage Harry L. MacNeal, who
had charge of a gun on the Brooklyn
and who crawled out over the side of
the ship while under fire to extract a
muZZle-
Passing the presidential stand the
troops marched in company 'front.'
formation. in three-step cadence, one
third faster thar the regular time. In
nearly every instance the marching
was almost faultless.