The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-22
PHlLADELPBIA'S PEACE.
Pcrfecting Arrangements For Next
Weeks Great Jubilee.
THE GRAND MILITARY PAGEANT.
When General Miles Heads the Line
He VIII Be Followed by Over Thirty
Thousand of His Soldiers and Escort.
ed by the Governors of states.

/ Wnen ScneFiI Miles HeauS Iuo LINZ
He VIII Be Followed by Over Thirty
Thousand of His Soldiers and Escort-
ed by the Governors of States.
Philadelphia, Oct. 22-General Miles
yesterday notified the peace Jubilee
committee that he had made the fol-
lowing appointments on his staff for
the military parade of next Thursday,
to the command of which he has been
assigned: BrAader General J. c. Gill
more, U. S. "; Colonel James Allen,
U. S. ", signal corps; Lieutenant Col
onel Francis Michler, assistant adju-
tant general; Lieutenant Colonel Mar
ion P. Maus, inspector general. U. s.
"; Lieutenant Colonel William M.
Black, engineer corps; Captain H. H.
Whitney, assistant adjutant general,
U. S. V.
General Miles and staff are expected
early In the week, and it is announced
that the two headqua.ser flags that
were In Porto Rico will be brought
along and occupy conspicuous posi-
ton in the procession.
The committee having charge of the
various featuresaof jubilee week have
only a few more details to arrange.
Word was received yesterday from Sec
retary of the Navy Long that he would
be present and take part in the review
Of the fleet of warships, which is set
for Tuesday. The cruiser New Orleans,
which arrived on Thursday, was Joined
yesterday ,,by> the battleship Texas.
which is to be the flagship Of the fleet.
90,
ing, and the remaining ships will fol-
low in rapid succession. AS soon as
all have reported Commodore Philip
will assign each to its position in the
line. The jubilee committee yesterday
obtained the promise of two additional
vessels which played an important part
in the war, the revenue cutter Hud-
son, which rescued the torpedo boat
Winslow from it's perilous position In
Cardenas harbor and the transport
Olvette.
The program for civic day. which is
fixed for Wednesday, Is complete. There
will be ceremonies in the morning at
Independence Hall in the nature of
rededication Of the building to liberty.
Mayor Warwick will deliver the ora
tion and Governor Hastings will also
speak. The parade will consist of ten
divisions, comprising government and
municipal displays, uniformed organi-
cations and trades displays.
Arrangements have been completed
for the Quartering and subsistence of
visiting troops With the exception of
cavalry all will be quartered in large
halls and armories. The cavalry will
camp in Fairmount park. United
States regulars and volunteers will
bring subsistence, and those commands
which have been mustered out will
be subsisted by the committee. There
will be over 10000 men in line. The
governors of states who have thus far
signltied their intention of participating
will be assigned a position in line as
escort to General Miles in the order
in which their states signed the con-
stitution or were subsequently admit
ted to the Union. Acting Governor
Watkins, of New Jersey. yesterday no.
titled the committee that he would at
tend.
One of the decorative features of the
Jubilee will be the flying of five tailless
kites from the city hall tower an We'd
nesday and Thursday. These kites are
expected to reach a height of three
quarters of a mile. and will remain up
all day and until 10 o'clock at night.
The leader" which will be invisible
to the naked eye, will be three feet
long. the second five feet two, next six
feet and the last seven feet.
They will be put up at 8 a. m. each
day. and remain up until 10 p m. At
night red fire will be burned on the
kite wires, 500 feet up. to illuminate the
kites. About midway up the wire.
which will be 5000 feet long, there will
be two ten foot flags, and lower down.
directly over the court of honor. a
IL foot burgee bearing the word
Peace" in letters four feet high. AS
1t Is desired to have this come di-
rectly over the court of honor the kites
will be flown from some other tall
building if the wind is not favorable
for using the city hall tower.