Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-31
TWO ENORMOUS pARADeS.
10 Greater New york-The Maine Statue
Unveiled al New Brunswick.

New York, May 30.-With holiday pa
rades, the flying Of flags. shows of all
kinds and the usual more serious cere-
monies. Decoration day was we'll cele-
| brated in Greater New York and Vi
| entity. The sun shone brightly and a
| light breeze kept the heat from becom-
| ing oppressive. The exodus both from
| Manhattan ana Brooklyn was of more
| than usual proportions but there re-
manned an urban contingent that did
| full justice to the paradeS that filed
| through city streets. There We're sew
eral professions in honor of the day,
but the more important were the mill
tary parade in New York City proper.
revieWd by Major General Miles, and
| the military parade in Brooklyn, re-
viewed by Governor Roosevelt. The
New York parade. consisting Of every
National Guard regiment in this city
three companies of regular Engineers.
eight batteries of Regular Artillery
and ~ Grand Army Posts started. at 8
o'clock, and marched in excellent for
nation from Fifty-seventh street down
Fifth avenue to the Washington Arch,
where it was disbanded. The Nation
al Guardsmen We're under the com
mand of Major General Roe and the
grand marshal was John b. Hyde. A
reviewing stand had been erected in
Madison square. and from this Major
General Miles watched the troops
swing by.
The Brooklyn parade started. at 10
o'clock. Il contained several batteries
of Regular Artillery. the Naval Militia,
Grand Army Posts and other organiza-
lions. Governor Roosevelt reviewed
the procession from a stand erected
near the Soldiers and Sailors Me-
mortal Arch in the Park Plaza. These
two parades constituted the best mill
tary features that have marked Deco
ration day in this city for many years.
The more serious ceremonies were held
in the afternoon in Riverside park I'M
der the shadow OF Grants tomb. There
the Grand Army ritual was performed
and speeches We're made by Governor
Roosevelt and others.
In Jersey City, the chief event was
the dedication of the Soldiers and
Sailors monument in front Of the City
hall. The Grafton of the day was
made by Former Assistant Secretary
of the Navy McDee.
At New Brunswick, y. J.. a monu-
ment erected in honor of those who
went down in the battleship Maine was
unveiled.
At Orange, n. j., there was also I'M
yelled a Soldiers and Sailors monu-
ment. Judge Franklnfort delivered |
the grafton. One of the most remark |
able features of the day was the ex-
traordinary reception offered the list |
Regiment in the New York City mill |
tary parade. This organization which |
has been subjected to inquiry regard |
ing its conduct in Cuba was greeted |
with such enthusiasm as seldom has |
been seen in the streets of New York. |
All along Fifth avenue the crowd yelled |
and cheered when the list passed as
they did for no other regiment Wo- |
men tore off sashes, ribbons and even |
caps, and waved them in the air. Col |
Francis led his regiment.
Gov. Roosevelt presided at the Memo
rial day meeting held, tonight, at the |
Metropolitan Opera house. The meet |
ing was under the auspices of the |
Grand Army of the Republic and the |
hall was crowded. a number Of Grand
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