Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-05
New YORK aldermen.
Naval brigade North Atlantic squadron.
United States regulars.
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Naval brigade North Atlantic squadron.
United States regulars
Governor Roosevelt.
New York National Guard
Governor Stone OF Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania state troops.
Governor or New Jersey
New Jersey state troops.
Governor OF Georgia
Georgia state troops
Connecticut state troops.
Maryland state troops.
Governor OF South Carolina.
South Carolina state troops.
Governor OF New Hampshire.
New Hampshire state troops.
Governor OF North Carolina.
North Carolina state troops.
Governor OF Ohio.
Ohio state troops.
Indiana state troops
Mississippi state troops.
Maine state troops
Florida state troops.
Texas state troops.
District OF Columbia troops.
General o. O. Howard.
War veterans.
Navy veterans.
Colonel John Jacob Aston.
Aston Battery.
Spanish-American volunteers
No parade that ever marched in this
city has marched over a route so mag
nifcently decorated as are the thor
oughfares through which the process
sion passed The nearest approach to
the festival dress OF the city was dur.
ing the Washington centennial cele-
bration of ten years ago.
A temporary arch, since perpeuat-
ed was erected for that event in Wash
ington Square, but this structure in
elaborateness of detail and magnifi-
cence OF adornment fell far short of the
splendid creation in the shadow OF
which Admiral Dewey reviewed the
parade at Madison Square.
To perpetuate the Washington arch
cost s225,o0o. The sculptural work
alone on the Dewey triumphal arch
has an estimated value OF $500, 600, all
contributed gratis by the members of
the National Sculpture society. No
such monument as this was ever erect
ed in any country for merely temper
airy purposes
In six hours the troops passed under
it and then the direct object for which
1t was built was achieved.
From Thirty-fourth street to the
northern colonnade of the arch at
Twenty-siXth street the troops passed
through an aisle of magnifcently dec
GRATED triumphal pillars. as beautiful
in their way as the arch to which they
led.
Behind all the others came 1,200 OF
the host who fought the battles of '61-
'65. most OF them union veterans a few
conference.-the former under the
old one-armed warrior, Gen. o. o.
Howard; the latter under Gen Roger
A. Pryor.
Most inspiring of all was the scene
when the admiral's carriage turned
from Seventy-second street into Cen
tral Park west. Banked high on a
stand against the park wall were 1900
school children in blue ana white so
arranged as to spell the word Dew
ey," and when the admiral appeared
the little ones sang in unison. "See,
the Conquering Hero Comes"
The only special halt in the parade
was made at this point to give the adj
miral few minutes to see and hear
the little ones.
Entertainment for Crew.
The men behind the guns OF the
Olympia bad their particular innings
in the celebration at night at the Wal
dorfAstoria and If they happened TO
be weary after marching in the long
parade, the smoker buffet, lunches and
vaudeville perform oe arranged for
their enjoyment were doubly attrac-
tive.
There were $50 jackies at the smok-
er, $50 from the Olympia, twenty-five
each from the ships in SIMPSONS
squadron, the New York, Brooklyn,
Massachusetts and Texas, and seventy
five from all the other navy vessels in
the parade.
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