The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-18
THE GOTH WAS NOT IN 1T.
mi, ,yCE THE IRISH REGIMENT DID
fon iran ~. PATRICK'S DE.

gnT IIID W.
Irishmen Marched Than Ever before'
~ ,he windsor Hotel Fire Deniorni-
.ad the Line Parade Broke W IN sec
.. zach Taking the Handiest Route.
Win, vas intended to be the most IMPOSING
= syer held in New York In honor OF st.
,a,si.s started M fifth avenue from Madison
iai sh,rtly after > o'clock Yesterday alter
o'U' +, was said BY those who should know
pV", ,,ore Irishmen turned out to honor the
'"". .oint here yesterday than ever before
paaaoI am on a similar occasion. IN all the
N I.s streets running into Fltth avenue. IRON
Wv worth monument north to Forty-trst
were ORGANIZATIONS, civic ana military.
".r,s to take their place In the parade 30
'"nv M the left Of the line passed.
rh. right Of line had been assigned. as usual.
ia sly.y. ninth Regiment. Everybody and
o.ry,hirr connected with the parade was
'N N move al > O'Clock. except the sixty
~" Regiment. which hadn't been heard from
, ~ tina Grand Marshal. Patrick Lennon. said
w. hs had received a letter from Col. Duffy.
"" a,rdarof the Six~ty-ninth.o on last Wednes-
I at,h, in which he accepted the n invitation
-" .ole mart in the parade. Marshal Lennon
'sti that since then he had heard nothing
|,n col puIy and couldn't imagine what
Id happened. After the Grand Marshal had
Nv, s.veral Of his aides galloping in all dires-
.I,rs to find tho SiNty-ninth. the pa -ade moved
-I,h,ut the Irish regiment az its escort. 1t
-ms the nrst time in twenty-five years that tSe
sI... rt,,h Regiment did not participate in a
q. r., ricE,s bay parade. Col. Duffy and Col.
N,C,rtby OF the 1GIth were found at the Nor
Tan House later In the afternoon. Col. Duffy
,,d tina, he had found that 1t was absolutely
mrossiole. in the short time between the date
a,,b. receipt Of the committees invitation and
,ha dat. Of the parade. for the men OF either
,ogimept TO get their arms and uniforms to-
gether.
x,s On hand and led the parade. Following
,bo hand came the First Regiment OF Irish
volunteers, ucdcr command OF Col. Moran.
Tbs invited guests Of the volunteers followed
in carriage. and after them came the other
nrganilatlon- IN the following order:
HncrrAn Rtlc- of New York county.
H4OeTnlH r H., :, = ." R, {.nk X, 6, wys.G a"nt county.
County L.,trlm Mems Association.
County Cork Mems Association.
Comfy ,,nlway Men : Association.
General body of lan-na.dael
Ancient order II Hihcrnians. New York county.
C,thgl 9 pro,ectory Band. ZOO pieces.
County IN ers OF A. o.. H
Az. IL ilNt@l'uN /, = IL y
DIVISION. N,s. 4. . and Il of Forhham.
Bind Of music. divisions Nos. u of Manhattan. 7
Band Of music, divisions Nos. .. 10, II and "a.
Band Of muse. DIVISIONS Nos. 13, IL and 10.
p,isi ms Nos. ii, ! : and ~.
DIVISIONS Nos 20. - and %.
Band Of mu.r'. divisions MS -. 81. 20 and 81.
Band of musIr. divisions Nos. 81 and "a.
Band of muse. divisions Nos. A. and ~.
The carriages containing the invited guests
numbered seyenty-nve. The Hibernian Rifles
- -. Vii ,pI an To- ,1 and Nn.tnhagtnr
and Queens counties mustered about 600
men the county associations. like the County
Cork Mems Association and the County Gal
way Men 5 Association numbered three or four
hundred. while the Clan-na-Gael mustered
Two or three hindred more. One Of the, diyis-
ions was made ur entirely 81 floats, including
Irish girls.to picture in al!egory the day that
was being celebrated, Another float repre-
sented the four provinces of Ireland. Each
province wasSiepicted by n woman costumed 70
REPRESENT the heraliic devices of the province.
Following the floats came the largest Part OF
the rarate Tbl; %Nnsiste ID 9f iorty,eisht dt-
Nothing occurred 10 mar the effect OF the
paraAe:pntil the corner Of Forty-sixth street
And FIN avenue was reached Just after he
Of Fire" rang out, and a few moment later
names were seen 70 burst from a bow WINDOW
all Interest In the parade: The line moved on.
but before a quarter Of i had passed the hotel a
Dtedk. was nptl"eu. ms was OccaSlone0. DIV
IRE eIIlnes.trucks and water towers breaking
who remained lin the vicinity OF Forty-siXth
street and Fifth avenue knew what became Of
the rest Of the rarads.
Asa matter Of fact the latter two.thirds OF
the line turned off Fifth avenue at Forty-sec-
ond street and started up Madison avenue to
the line got again into Fifth avenue by that
route. and the rest Of the line Iust helped it.
saf to almost any thorouChfare that was
handy. A mart Of the ma ratp want IN Park nya-
nue., some more went up Lexington avenue,
and a few stragglerS went up Third avenue.
The whole outfit finally reached Suffers PARK.
iners Union Park. at 1881 street and Willis
avenue. When III" sections reached the two
PARKS recentions were held and dancing and