New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-01
DETAILS OF TIE PARADE.
HOW THE REGIMENTS PASSED THE RE-
VIEWING STAND.
CHEERS FOR MEN FROM THE PHILIPPINES
COMMANDS THAT WERE THE Favor
TIES WITH THE THRONGs WHO
49, SAW THEM MARCH BEFORE
TIIIN ADMIRAL
THE ADMIRAL.

Nev,-York weather, Perhaps the present gen
Grafton of celebraters scarcely knows what New
York weather means. 1t means the perfect
weather that usually attends any great demon
,tation in New-YOrk Yesterday ana FroaS
were instances-clear. fine, brilliant weather. 10
make the blood stir as the heart strs when 'he
drums are beaten. Weather when cro"us al
WAYS uncomfortable. are not uhDeaIaoie'
Weather when you do not need 70 put on your
top coat till It is nearly time 10 go mat was
what gave the sparkle 10 the crowded STATUS
in Madison Square and made the sunshine on the
great white arch seem brighter ana more JOY
Gus than sunshine is. except when II siiliie7
down TO make New-York weather. 1here were
kites and flags and streamers floating hsh UP
over the SQUARE and brown butterihes nu''e'e"
about as II the place had been country
meadow. instead Of the middle OF great NOISY
stony city
And down into this came the Admiral. in
whose honor il all existed. Almost a regiment
y. mounted policemen came before him. and
then his carriage. His orderly sat on the poH
with the driver. and the Mayor was inside with
the Admiral They dismounted and took up
,beir nlacee on the reviewing stand Then
there drove up some twenty carriages per-
hans more perhaps less. 1t was interesting
10 see the carriages and their burdens. and to
see who was appauded who was appiauded
more and who was appauded most. OF course
the Admiral got more cheers than anybody else.
He must be counted out Of the competition.
General Miles had a great deal. He a
decided favorite with the occupants Of the
grandstand adjacent to the reviewing stand
General Merritt had a good deal. too, and
Chauncey Depew and Seth Low got a good
share. For the most Of the way along the line
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point Of applause by more than the two points
by which ne ranks him in the Navy list. but at
the reviewing stand the applause for the two
was about equal Richard Croker had some.
too
HEAD OF THE COLUMN ARRIVES.
1t was 1:45 o'clock when the police at the
head Of the parade reached the reviewing stand,
and II was a few minutes after o'clock when
the carriages were emptied and the rest OF the
procession appeared BY that time all except
the Admiral and the Mayor were sitting in their
places and they were standing in theirs. They
stood and stood there the Admiral constantly
touching his hat in return TO salutes and now
and then taking II of when Governor or any
other much honored person passed. After some
hours he got little tired and sat down when
there was a halt gap in the parade but as
long as anything was passing him he stood az
firm as II he were the bridge Of the Olympia.
sousas Band first swept majesticaliy past.
playing march by Sousa. Then came the sail
ors Of the Olympia and then the sailors Of the
other ships in the harbor and the crowd was
enthusiastic in high degree. Sailors in land
parade always look like FISH out Of water. but
they also have all the look of desperate de-
termination OF a clergyman trying 10 tie sailor
knot. and everybody likes 10 see them. All the
world loves a sailor. Next the West Point