The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-29
ALL OUT FOR THE ADMIRAL
MEN FROM MANY STATES WANT TO
PARADE IN DE#EY,S HONOR.

lie First and Foremost n Naval One.
With the return OF Mai. Gen. Charles +. Roe.
who has been out OF town for Several days, tho
work OF preparation for the reception OF Ad-
miral Dewey went on yesterday with renewed
vigor. The affairs OF the committee who
are planning the reception have been
more or less hampered all the time by
the lack OF knowledge as to essential
details and every time the Chairman OF a com
mittee brings to the headquarters OF the Com
mittee on Plan and Scope some definite infor-
nation or the announcement that at last some
particular thing has been settled upon. the
tangle becomes just so much less. Gen. Roe
has had charge OF the arrangements for the
land parade. and he has been busy ever since
he was charged with that part OF the pro-
gramme Yesterday when he returned to his
office. Gen. Roe announced the route OF the
parade. thus settling that point once for all.
The parade will form" he said. I'm the
vicinity Of 1921 street and the North River In
the side street and on the avenues in that sec
ton. The troops will march down Riverside
Drive to Seventy second street. then over to
Broadway, down Broadway to Fifty-seventh
street. through Fifty-seventh street to Fifth
avenue and down Fifth avenue to Washington
square. The parade will break up on the south
side OF Washington square. The reviewing
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cded upon. at Madison square.
1T is intended to start the parade after ~
O'Clock noon. probably about ] O'Clock There
will probably be about %. 900 men in line. and
az it will take parade OF that size about three
or four hours TO pass given point. 1t will be
late in the day. probably q or 7 O'Clock in the
evening when the last organization In line
passes through Washington square.
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from three to five days. and it cost $50.0O0 for
the subsistence OF those men. Now the most
OF these troops will have to be here for two
days at least. or they ought to be- Rhode
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Wei have not heard from Massachusettsyet
and we don't know what she intends to do.
Vermont will have celebration OF her own.
The regiments from the outside States will re
Guartered in halls and armories lin tho city.
and it will be possible to accomm odate.l think.
all that will come here.
The parade will be in honor OF the Admiral.
and the day will. therefore. be a naval day. The
Navy will accordingly have the right OF line in
the parade. Then will come. OF course. the
troops from the regular army OF which we
shall have. am confident. large representa-
ton from the neighboring forts. The National
Guard Of the State OF New York will follow the
regulars and the other States will como after
that We have not yet decided upon the order
in which the troops from other states shall APP
pear. but that point will be settled later. pos
siby by the order of seniority of the States. ac-
cording to their admission to the Union"
Gen. Roe was asked If he thought II possible
or feasible for private subscription to be
raised for the maintenance OF troops. in order
that other States might be well represented.
That Is something | cannot answer" he
replied. 1T is aQuestion for the Committee
plan and ScOpe. I have eypresSed already nv