New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-18
VETERANS HAD A PARADE
ANTIETAM DAY CELEBRATED IN PROS
PECT PARK.
COLONEL ROOSEVELT AND TROOP FAILED AZ
BE PRESENT-THE WAR VETERANS AND
SONS ASSOCIATION CARRIED OUT
AN INTERESTING PRO

A
GRAMME.
Do,,cbnnerts OF the list Regiment, Troop c. and
members Of the 18th and 22d and the Isl Kes'
ment Of the Rough Riders. and scattering members
Of the different cavalry and infantry companies OF
the Regular Army. headed by the members OF " i'
Veterans and Sons Association. OF BroohiyH
raseed in review at Prospect Park yesterday alter
noon while twenty thousand people cheered them
10 the echo The affair was military display
arranged by the veterans OF the civil war III coii
memoration of the Battle Of Antietam ana by way
of a jubilee for the successful termination Oh INV
Spanish War. g..
An extensive military programme was give" 'S
shannons 23d Regiment Band. Macy Of the num-
hers boing made more vivid by salutes from
four pieces Of Rasquins Sd Battery whlch were
on the slope near tho bandstand, ana nurhper Oh
soldiers who initiated slirmish fire IN thlcKe''
The concert was to begin at 2.3o o'clock. by TINS
time the crowd dense and insisteh' 'n''
call had to be sent in for another detah o, Poice
Every one wanted TO get where he could see inc
soldiere gho were seated In front whenever 1"
stragglor would come in the people would stailu up
and veil until hoarse. sailor from the uhlle"
States steamship Oregon and another lrom l"o
Iowa were rolling about IN the cio"u an" "''o
no end Of enthusiasm.
+, ,,,s bo,ed to have Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
nresen, and the committee in charge OF the cele-
h-ation Kept the wires to Oyster bay warm vi
Friday night and yesterday morning. But 'oone
Roosevelt finally sent word that II "ouid pe OUT ~
the question for him to be present Inc commute
. also disanpointed because only few OF the
Rough Riders appeared. ana Troop - WINCH '..a
~ no present as a uniformed body failed TO arrive
The review OF the veterans. old and new was
the eleventh number on the programme fnH'
o,,,e survivors Of the Army of the James. lea py
Cantain Harry Backman then me arm! rbis
paaii"r1ac commanded by Major A. G. Tate. MS
,yas followed by a detachment repINSetlllhS ,,,itt
mans Bummers" Il was headed by jane H ar
TLnr frIinved the boys Just back from the las' NJ
colonel " e. Allan. a .. n X man, W. - - cnr,
mead, setse" iie, men Members Of tho other mill
tary organizations each marched win ann GCiii AZ
bu, ,hev were in charge of no regular oI'.'i.
mos, eyery kind of uniform in the service was rep
PARK commissioner George v Brewer reviewed
John lynch was chairman and Mortimer - Ea,
and sons Association that arranged me pnd was
Tho programme given by ShaiH"" A'''0
az Follows $500. -, 1908
sh1fter nswey- LAYTON. samrson wDowns sehey
RS % ,So Army md Navy IN WIN Spain
Military descriptive Win the 7st Ne"-York ana mo
E'us lasc Sfs1i 70 Se rssmen'' Grove,
Solo FOR cornet. "A soldiers Tar ''onS'
"a, Characteristic Typical scenN in Southern Hall
n, pa,rd Mreirs OF TIE and Graz L,,:n nalSs az,
Descr'rtye' Grand cavalry Charge Of IF"p a.
ID Inscribed to captain Bertram T. clayton.
"a, Nov Boys March dedicated to our 62ys
o. !wba, Yankee Lads Dd Kane
wy Joseph & Zelman.
GRAND scene Battle 4 Antietam - W.,
,n'-.,tel a. Garerai TI0ratio @ KING ana we WI
~" Veterans ard Sons Association
10, nr,uy %i-h, After the Battle .--..-..:. o,-
"a i9I On III. coms.ary Department Shannon
,r.cr,S Sa To- waller Thorn John Lynch and j. '" Kay
Grand naval fantasia . . ,ee, ,ees 1898
I9scrtb.i 10 our gallant tars % 1901 1900 i0' vsv
Solo for r-nirao star Spangied bannef ,,nt.
sung by Miss Bertha F. Froolsher WIN A''''''''
IA PASS IN r"t
a, THE Army a tho James
10 'Sn,rman'- Bumm"rr .
49,, ''rte Army o. m" Potomac
40 Veterans az 1895 , co,,., " Brewer
r--al. ..Mv Country tia 81 Thee