The sun., 1899-05-31

sat here seeing this parade = , -
it...pped thin. feminine voice from tho rear.
and the umbrella came down, ,,,, ,,o.o
II had grown very hot indeed. ana II there
ne would have made II fortune. AZ ~ was the
we're employed to crente artificial all, currents.
1t was about quarter before 10 o'clock
when the head Of ne eopmn game in sight,
There could be no doubt nuout th" deer inter
est felt in the mit@y i"atHrc OF ,i' rltTnI,"' rntnIa"'
among the assembled people. Long before the
first notes Of martial music were heard from
soldiers column nccks were crancd in anxious
expectancy ol ts coming. and there was cSlii
dent satisfaction each time courier arrived
with news OF its progress.
"THE.E THEY COME"
These bringers OF good news were the bicycle
Socemen, who kept Deputy ohiot On o. Police @ S,,
between the point OF formation pf the parade
and his headquarters at the reviewing stand
rived i've at 40 o clock, The head Of tho parade
IL a, Fnrteth street" he rcnor,ed A. o;Si an,
sr"s Stn"I rhFyD he said There III @S they =; comc crsd
some ono on the reviewing stand. and craning
sSlTf'H could see TIE" The advance guard Of the Inc out
lined aEaqt the fk aHgs me Fass on te
OF the leading band burst forth only a couple of
blocks away aud the mounted police escort ,Sat
they passed discipsel MAJOR Knight ot,th, Of the
lets roint, Pint %port arms commandGd tHe
soldicriy bearing the engineers obeyed and
the review had begun. Fine men as the IN, IN
Band and six platoons of tho United States
artillerymcn. mnrrhng Iism3huhtsd hs nsssnd as ln
before more than, a ripple OF applause was
heard. II was the National Guard and its men
who had volunteered for the war with spain
that the people were waiting Tor.
MIGHTY CHEER OF WELCOME.
Then burst forth applause and cheers ns
Major Con Roe. the commenting officer OF IA"
t'H hat furn"d i down WIT unt % hts "y"Eiasses only ns
showed beneath its brian aud his spar" tlEar"
sitting his hor.r in trmS s 1'S5y ,S1r iaisn2% nis II
who is among h" MIST popular nITmh,"r,S, Of
Nathaniel Is Thur-ion. (hi.f Of Ordnance on
The staiT Tmowp IN I, hUm9l"Is in ~" rinnr aS
been ahIr To- glance along tho Tine VI id"CS ON
thc, r"vi"wing, stand they would hav" ss"n him
Of ctutchcs hnsjdo hint greeting his old com
rade- OF the Tw"nty;,sHcond hni others With
his Wln"o in III" parade b"cau.e Of Il broken
leg, Beside him was FrnrS k.cko who Won SI,i
%nn G%nn mi al at "Ti santaso ~ ~ but now out Of the III"
Guard. Iis,r Behind the ,MGior.Grncral com
mandinG came his color gHard OF squad, "a,
and then the llnG body Of ,hcir comrades,
twelve abreast. under Major Brilgsma4 with
the old town to- lit, In three COMPANIES Of
four ratoons each the caNarvmou rode ly
commnmler %t tho First Brigadc looking as
yonnE sem In nS %sH in MnS hS ME ne With T'fnSe n
were his statf, his coior guard and an escort OF
swept by amid applause, and shouts Of applannse
arose AS Cot. Bartlett appeared. leading the
no Of tns IWenty or,%r Gr ri
arrayed in full dress uniform. aud th"n it was
noticed. perhaps for the tir@t time Ey those at
Gen, Roe down to the marching men in III"
coming ranks. was in heavy marching order
This was Gen Roos express idea il was his
the war When ali the troops Of Manhattan we're
paraded in sight Of the citizens. every man
fnGa inc iRGT and "ST "Enr"ei H for the & % E"@h
National Guard regiment, hig OF, little. az
poncho; laughing Santeen., wei cnr;rilgn
tfs EEEndfs Tn and E.mpHisa @1 M"T
the AMI s d%SH""s
continued until Major Hart aud III" whole
thirteen companies Of SIXTEEN firs front into
Then ''tS came Col. Leonard @ and and the Twelfth.
with Majors Content and Dyer In command Of
t6s "I Sa @ ss5 Of fsf he
which rose into lOudar tones when their time
The Smith followed the Twelfth. with the
newly, elected rommonder. Col; Morris. lead
ing, Col Hands horse took Il strong
t. I, bs : led @ ~ y. ASi"rs ,iappS aal Lorsan: in
ed for the war. were in command of IN" bat
taions. and the ranks showed thinning. due
Grcene's time. while the regiment was at
Chickamangn but there wore veterans enough
rppimpnt greeting that hearty
Now came the fanfare Of a bnEle and behind
the TvmhIe OF heavy ,nd@n Wheels, H. ana oant
guns OF the FIRST Artillery. M"ndrl rode hi-
weil;;known dancing horse hni his raG" in
Of the sturdy animals that trundlcd th" well,
kept 3-inch steel rifles or the cassons Of the
SEVENTH PASSES THE STAND.
Brig Gen. George Moor" Smith. qccomra
MED ny his stnff Of the Fifth Brigade. his color
gnara ap IN rS""I' "i ,m" ,Hr H,fnh, n3rrs SWel
the taII form n Of Col: Appleton and n" ta tgray
the III G% seycnh STEn NAV
matter Of conjecture, but .,h"re was no uue,
b%n 5m in Gr Tho %%as t all oasr nE law "a
last man IN th% U.r rear ranks, every ,, rr" pre-
prarancc. Even he band had been nugmnntec
innum bcrs until L was double the size of any
spection. With ten fun companies Of eighteen
HES lfbnI. IL nldftntl iN, ana never Nlu tht
famous seventh make a finer appearance.
Kisses had greeted III" men on the marci
down the avenue. and il was with set faces tha
they passed the reviewing stand. Eyes front =
had been tn" rule. Passing the stands the mel
stared straight ahead. and. although friend.
ther, raised shouts OF approval which nearl,
snoherrd III" hisscs. the seventh went 10y a.
II II were merely amachinc true in step. in time
and swing. hut with no sign Of recognition fol
those on watch. First from ono quarter. ther
from another. th" kissing "y"rcame the ap
pIause; but as soon as the friends Of the Sew
enth realized what was going on they re
doubled their efforts. and from, that time
during IN" entirc passage Of the regiment
there vas riot OF rival noise. Nevertheless
tho kissing was Stoadier than the applause
and finally 1t became so dominant that mar
Jumped M and rried
Three times three for the Seventh, Let:
show the boys what We think Of them"
The cheers w"r" given heartily. but thel
didn't drown out the kissing. Under thes,
irving circumstances tn" seventh carried itsel
well Perhaps here was slight r"dd"uing o
the faces, prrceptibl" tightening OF the lips
hut il was heads up. eyes front. and marcl
steady for all Of them. Assembyman Mace
as he passed the stands
1t was n relief when t'ol DufTy and the Sixty
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