The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-28
BUSY DAY FOR Mr.. M'KINLEY
RESPONDED TO CHEERS AND sA-
LUTEs OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE,
Attended the Clover Club Dinner and
Reception. and Travelled Back TO
Washington Late at Night.

| PHILADELPHIA Oct 27-For three
hours to-day William Mckinley CON-
mander-in-chief Of the United States army
ard navy, saw his victorious troops pass
in review before him. 1t was military and
naval day of the great peace jubilee.
| twenty-five thousand men marched In the
most brilliant and spectacular pageant the
country has Witnessed in many years.
! Within the semi-circular inclosure OF the
big reviewing stand in the magnificent court
of honor the President stood erect and un-
covered throughout the entire procession.
AS these legions pressed past his face was
set, but not stern, and in his eyes was a
gleam of satisfaction. From his steadfast
gaze one might have fancied him lsten-
ing to sounds other than those which struck
on the common ear-sounds of deeper Inn
port. telling the meaning Of this glittering
panorama Behind those martial tunes he
might have heard the music of cannon vol
| leys, the sound of falling cities and the
! dying shrieks of a decadent people But
over these and louder he might have heard
paens of praise from a helpless. infant ma
tion lifted out of servitude and by the work
of these embattled hosts. Yet the central
theme and motive Of 1t all was one of joy
and pride in the men and their work and
/ the Nation Of which they are. This was
the true significance of the event. Here
and there when some particularly renowned
| body CT troops marched by the President
snilingly waved his hat and motioned tho
| crowds across the way to cheer Mrs Nc
| kinley viewed the procession from small
stand on the top Of the conservatory of the
| Lippincott mansion Immediately behind the
larger stand where the President stood. She
too, was not chary of applause.
There was not an untoward feature Of the
day-the weather was tonic autumn-sun-
| lit, gusty; the vast crowds were handled
with commendable skill, and whatever ac-
| cidents occurred were Of the most trivial
| character. Over the Presidents head hung
a canopy bearing on its face the coat Of.
arms of the United States and surmounteA
by the new Presidents flag, for the first
time unfurled in the United States. During
the parade the President was surrounded
| by a small party consisting Of Vice Presi-
dent Hobart, Secretary of War Alger, Sec
retary of Agriculture Wilson, Postmaster
General Smith, Private Secretaries Porter
and Cortelyou, Mayor Warwick and few
members of the jubilee committee.
SEVEN MILES IN LENGTH.
Mr.. Mckinley arose early this morning.
! and after light breakfast, taken in his
| Bellevue apartments, he and his party were
| driven in open carriages along the route OF
| the parade, about seven miles in length.
| The drive was, OF course, marked by in
| cessant applause from the crowds. While
| driving up Broad street the party passed
General Miles and his staff. who were rid
! ing to the place of formation The moment
the generals sword made its salutatory
sweep the President arose in the carriage
and raised his hat, holding it aloft until
they had passed. Returning to the Belle
| vue, the presidential party was escorted by
a squadron Of the First City Troop Of Cav
airy across Broad street to the reviewing
stand. They had been preceded a few mo-
ments by Generals Shafter, Lawton and
| Chaffee, with their aids and party OF
| ladies.
Ten minutes later, at 11:25 o'clock, the
platoon of the Emergency Corps, which
held the head of the line reached the stand,
and from then until 2:30 o'clock the soldiers
| and sailors tramped on in splendid march-
| ing order, every sword raised In salute ev-
cry gun presented. Many illustrious heroes
were in line, but there was little partiality
displayed in the kind or quantity Of en-
| thusiasm accorded them.
| Major General Miles, as chief marshal
rode at the front, Immediately behind the
| Emergency Corps, until he reached his spe-
cial 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. Gen. Joe" Wheeler rode
behind the Governors. his gray head barred
| for some minutes before and after the pres
| idential stand was reached, and bowling re-
peatedly TO the Presidents waving hat and
the applause Of the others OF the party and
the people generally.
General Sumner. Captain Bob" Evans.
Commodore Philip. Capt. Slgsbee. Col. Hun
tington, with his marines OF Guantanamo
fame, all received tumultuous greeting. bur.
after all. perhaps the loudest ovation was
that given Hobson and his Merrimac crew.
They rode on a tally-ho. and as they
reached the reviewing stand all arose. faced
the President and bowed their barred heads.
THE PRESIDENTS OWN.
| So far as any body OF men was concerned.
perhaps the Twenty-iirst Regular Infantry,
| the Presidents own" received the great
est tribute. They marched three hundred
| strong under 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 brothers. There
are only twenty left of the original thirty
eight bandsmen. The others fell in the
fight The Twenty-first carried the colora
presented to them by Mrs. Mckinley, who
called Nthem the Presidents own" and
also those given by lady Of New York
city.
The Tenth Cavalry colored. were dis-
mounted and 10 them the President repeat
edly 1ourished his hat Hunungtonn