The record-union., 1899-07-05
A Civic and Military Pageant OF More Than
Usual Splendor.

dull drab color Of war was cast aside
for the terra Gotta upper and the
white hull of peace, the main features
stood out in relief. The great guns OF
the turrets and of the main battery
fourteen in all-frowned upon the
cheering crowd and were wildly sug-
gestive of long, black, pointed shells.
The f1ve-pounders, in barbette, were
liliputian when compared with the
guns Of the main battery, but each
one gave an idea as to the death deal
ing nature Of broadside Even the
guns in the fighting tops were in place,
and from the tunnels volumes of smoke
rolled, showing that the Olympia, even
in a street pageant, was capable OF
getting up steam.
The ventilators were all in place,
and the Union Jack f1oated from the
fore gait, while aft the starry banner
f1oated, challenging, for beauty and
majesty, every other feature in the pa
rade
And from the main-top halliards
were a string of small flags, rose one
above the other. They were noted
and commented upon, and few out of
the great concourse knew aught except
that they were signals hoisted by the
Admiral for the instruction of the YES
sells of his squadron.
But those flags meant more. They
repeated a cry which a little more
than year ago rang from Maine to
California and from Superior to the
Gulf-a cry taken up by the whole
American people and continued until
''the honor of Spain was redeemed"
Admiral Dewey had no instructions
to give his Captains while going into
battle. Every detail had been ar
ranged before, and the signal flags
rose to the halliards represented the
battle cry of sailor, soldier and citizen
Remember the Maine" How well
the Maine was remembered on that day
of battle. the Olympia and its gallant
crew can attest.
The Admiral and his men who occu-
pied conspicuous positions on the
fighting deck were Cluness Goethe,
representing Admiral Dewey; Arthur
Boyne, First Engineer; Edgar Blower,
SECOND Engineer, and Edward Kelle-
her, Willie Edinger Carl Fisher, Wal
ter Criswell, Master Rackliffe and
George Siller, seamen.
The passing of the Olympia con-
cluded the first division
SECOND DIVISION.
The second division was marshaled
by Captain Fred L. Martin, assisted
by his aides, Bert. Adams, Captain E.
A. Stearns and Morris Brooke, and
was ushered by the Native Sons Band,
which did a little bit better than its
best in rendering airs appropriate to
the occasion. -----
Following the band and keeping
exact step with the music, came the
living flag, formed by 200 marching
school girls under command of Pro-
fessor O'Malley. The blue stars, the
alternate stripes of red and white, and
the golden staff presented a combine
ton hard to beat. The little people
had been carefully trained and the
beautiful effect was never at any time
in danger of dissolving The girls
marched with arms extended and en-
twined and the living flag was one of
the features which will be remembered.
Following the flag marched the mem
bers of Sunset Parlor. N. s. G. w. It's
formation was unique but perfect. Fol-
lowing each platoon came a carriage in
which was seated the several officers
of the three local parlors of the Native
Daughters of the Golden West The
carriages in which the ladies rode were
beautifully decorated in green and
blossoms. and that section of the pa
rade was yociferously cheered by the
crowd. The ladies who participated
were as follows:
Califia Parlor-Misses E. B. Johnson.
Kate Biewener, Edna johnson, Lily
Wallace, Alice Munford, Kate Haley,
Theodore Willis and Dot Smith.
New Parlof mot yet officially named)
-Mesdames J. J. Monteverde George
Scherman, E. j. Weldon, j. c. Carley
Edward Hart Misses Hattie Bell.
F'reda Cox and Zoe Johnson.
Suffer Parlor (recently formed)-Mes-
danes A. Mooser, ]. H. Brogan, J. J.
Plunkett, c. D. Crowell, Misses Rose
Kent Hattie Burns, Fanny Moose and
Elizabeth Halforan
Sunset Parlor's banner was support
ed by the following young Native Sons:
Carlos McClatchy, in gray, represent
ing soldier of the civil war. carving
the American flag; Melvin Boyd, in
blue, representing the sailor of the
civil war. carrying the American flag;
Clifford Russell, in brown, representing
the Rough Rider, carrying the Cuban
independence flag; Traver Goethe. in
white, representing the sailor of the
Spanish-American war, carrying Adj
miral Dewey's flag.
Sacramento Parlor, N. S. G. W.. fol-
lowed in open order formation. and
the boys looked cool in white suits and
green and red sunshades.
Court Capital, Foresters of America.
followed with a large turnout, it being
followed by the Portuguese Benevolent
Association, which had. nearly a hun
dred members in line.
Next in line came the Capital City
Fife and Drum Corp, and behind tile
band boys came the Elks' float.
Until Friday morning last the Elks
had no thoughts of fitting out a float
but once the idea struck them they
acted.
1t is a custom when two or more
Elks meet at II o'clock at night to
drink to departed brothers, and the
float was allegorical OF the hour. It
was merely a great clock, with Gre
clan columns. done in royal purple and
gold. Sixteen feet in length and fifteen
and one-half feet high was the meas
urement of the float. On the dials the
golden hands pointed to the hour Of
eleven, and the symbol was surmount-
ed by two great heads. the antlers Of
which spread out in beautiful curves.
The Elks' float was credit both to
the order and to the parade. It-was
drawn by tandem team. and was de-