The times., 1899-08-29
NEW YoRK's DEWEY PARADE.
General Roe Expects to Have $4,000
y Men In Line.

Wen In Line.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2s-with the return
of Mai. Gen. Charles F. Roe. who has been
out Of town for several days. the work of
preparation for the reception of Admiral
Dewey went on today with renewed vigor.
General Roe announced the route of the
parade thus settling that point once for
all. The parade will FORM he said, ''in
the vicinity of One Hundred and Twenty
second Street and the North River, in the
side streets and on the avenues in that sec
ton. The troops will march down River
side Drive to Seyenty-second Street, then
over to Broadway, down Broadway to FIT
ty-seYenth Street, through Fifty-seventh
Street to Fifth Avenue, and down Fifth
Avenue to Washington Square. The parade
will back up on the south side of Washing
ton Square. The reviewing stand where
Admiral Dewey will review the parade is
to be, as was already practically decided
upon, at Madison Square 1t is intended to
start the parade after 12 o'clock noon
PROBABLY about o'clock. There will prob
ably be about $4,000 men in line and it will
be late in the day, probably or o'clock
In the evening, when the last organization
in line passes through Washington Square.
AS to the exact number of troops that
VIII march and the makeup of the parade
| cannot make any definite statement at
present. The whole body of the National
Guard will, of course, be in line and that
division alone viii furnish Is, goo men. We
Rave only money enough roughly speaking
TO take care of about 5000 troops from out
side States. You can see that the New
Jersey troops will have to come only a
short distance and they can pay their own
expenses here in the city. If Pennsylvania
however, sends a brigade, as she wishes to
do, the city will have to pay for the enter
tainment OF her troops. Rhode Island says
she can bring her troops here on Saturday
morning in time for the parade and that
will probably be her plan. But that State
is an exception to the rule. I intend to ar
range matters so that all of the New York
State regiments and organizations can be
brought here in time to witness the water
parade on Friday. That, think, is due
to our National Guardsmen. The Fifth
Maryland Regiment says that it will come
surely. A cadet corps from Washington,
d. G., wishes to attend, and four or five
companies from Texas want to be here to
join the rest.
Georgia hopes to send eight companies.
Rhode Island wants to send four companies
, Ohio, l have heard, wishes to send her
whole National Guard. which comprises,
think, about 1000 men. Florida wishes
also to be represented. The great difficulty
| in other States has been that there are no
| funds available for the transportation Of
! troops and the expenses of sending the
| soldiers to New York will have to be de-
! frayed by private subscription ! have cal
| culated, however, that if other States are
represented as they have signified their de-
| sire to be we should have from 49, 900 to
15, 600 outside troops here. 1t must be re-
membered that company as general
| thing in an outside State usually has only
about fifty men in it.
I'VE have not heard from Massachusetts,
yet, and we don't know what she intends
| to do. Vermont will have a celebration
of her own The regiments from the out
| side States will be quartered in halls and
armories in the city, and it will be pos
sible to accommodate, l think, all that
will come here.
'The parade will be in honor of the Ad-
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 a large representation from
the neighboring forts. The National Guard
of the State of New York will follow the
Regulars, and the other States will come
| after that"
! NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 2S.-The Norfolk
Board of Trade and Business Mems Asso-
citation today appointed a committee who
| will proceed to Washington to ask the
| Navy Department to order the Olympia
Dewey's flagship, and other available war
| ships 10 rendezvous in this harbor October
9, when the Virginia State Fair opens here