Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-08

reviewing stand just south Of the treasury
| building this morning at the. hour when
| they generally enter their schools The
| girls wore white hats and red waists, and
/ these colors formed lines to represent the
| stripes of nag In the upper right-hand
corner of this group were boys dressed in
blue, representing the stars Old Glory.
They all formed the choir selected from
among the pupils of the public schools to
welcome the Grand Army with song. The
young musicians held small flags, which
they waved when, in the exuberance OF
their young spirits, they lent their hurrahs
to the applause of the crowd after the
grand parade showed up in the distance
and at times as it was passing them.
! The choir of school children. led by Com
rade Tracy, sang with a spirit that is
typical of youth and with a precision that
bore testimony to the fine training they had
received during their years in the schools.
All the popular patriotic airs were sung
| by them while the parade was passing AS
the head of the line was seen In the dim
distance down Pennsylvania avenue the
choir was called to attention and the stir
ring words of My Country were heard in
a full volume of youthful voices. AS the
, first stanZa was ended a storm of applause
came from the crowds that lined the ave-
nue. and filed every available place where
a view of the approaching veterans could
be had The approving applause was d =
had done well. The spirit of the boys was
at such a high pitch that they could no
| longer restrain themselves. They aros=
! and waving their flags to the crowds re
| sponded to the compliment with lusty
| cheers.
Historical View.
! The view CT the Grand Army parade from
/ the treasury building, where the school
| children were located. was especially i'm
| ? Ia5 tba
grand review that followed the war, the
favorite illustrations of which show the
marching soldiers over the entire stretch
of the avenue from the Capitol to the treas
uTy with the dome of the Capitol in the
background. Every available place from
which view of the parade could be seen
was occupied from every window protruded
| a bouquet of faces. On the big insulated
| electric light wires that cross the avenue
| at 14th street was perched a lineman over
| the center of the street The tops Of the
| poles on either side Of the thoroughfare
were filled with linemen. who were taking
a day off and were seeing the parade amid
! the familiar tangle of the wires.
| AS soon the mounted guard headed by
| Major Sylvester, reached the western end
| of the avenue cheer after cheer sent
| up for the marching veterans. The
! young veterans of the Spanish war also
| received appreciative applause, and as one
| after the other of the various posts was
recognized their friends started hurrahs,
| which were joined in with enthusiasm by
! the crowds
| dramatic element was OCCASION
| ally given the scene as outrider
! bearing the insignia of the Red Cross came
/ dashfng up the avenue to open way for
! the ambulances that were bearing to the
! Emergency Hospital and to the hospital
! established on the White Lot veterans who
| had been overcome with the fatigue incl
| dent to the parade.
The coming of President Roosevelt down
| 18th street from the White House to view
| the parade from his carriage was signal
! lied by a series of cheers. AS the Presi-
i dents carriage was turned into the avenue
| Mr.. b. H. Warner was recognized by Mr..
/ Roosevelt, and the carriage was brought
| to standstill long enough for the two to
| exchange a few words, after which the
| drive to the Capitol was resumed.