The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-29
A CTTY'S WELCOME.
Visiting Frenchmen Given the
Freedom of New York.
An IMPOSING MILITARY DISPLAY.
Rocbnmbeau Mission visited West
Point Earlier In the Dny--A BAN
auet nt the waIdorf-Astorin
In the Evening,

NEW YORK, May 2S-New York's
official welcome was extended yester
day afternoon to the distinguished Wis
itors sent across the ocean to aid in the
ceremonies of unveilng the Rocham-
beau monument at Washington.
There was nothing lacking to make
the occasion enjoyable for hosts and
guests but the weather, which had
been unpleasant all day. The heavy
rain of the night and morning hnd
soaked stands and draperies, and the
lowering skies that lasted an the after
noon marred bit the splcndor and
glitter of the show though there was
no apparent lack of enthusiasm in the
participants.
When the party returned to the city
from n visit to West Point, they were
escorted by soldiers and sailors of two
countries from the Battery to city hall,
where Mayor Low read an address of
welcome.
NJ Cambon responded for the com
mission, expressing the appreciation
Of its members for their reception and
making Il few remarks complimentary
TO the city.
The assembly then adjourned to the
governors room, where the line was
formed to proceed ia the carriages.
When the procession was conducted to
the city hall steps, Mayor Low leading
the way the military escort formed i'm
line once more, and, with bands play
ing, the commission, the board of al
dermen and the other city officials be-
gan their northward course toward the
reviewing stand in Madison square,
the marines preceding the carriages
and the cavalry walking close behind.
The order of the first division of the
parade was as follows: General Roe
and staff, French band and 200 French
marines from the GaulOis. POO Amer-
can marines, forty carriages, Squadron
A and band, Troop G of Brooklyn, the
Twenty-third regiment of engineers,
the Thirteenth regiment of heavy ar.
tillcry, the First and Third batteries.
The second division of the parade.
composed of the Second brigade and
made up of the Fourteenth, Twenty
third and Forty-seventh regiments of
Brooklyn and the Seventeenth compa-
ny of Flushing, was next This divi-
sicn was followed by the First bri-
gade, composed of the Seventh, Eighth,
Ninth, Twelfth, Sixty-ninth and Seven
ty-first regiments. The First and Sec
ond battalions of the naval militia CON-
pleted the procession.
The French delegates at the dedica-
ton of the Rochambeau memorial
were the guests of honor last night at
banquet given at the Waldorf Asto-
ria hotel by members of the Order of
the Cincinnati i'm commemoration of
the victories of the American and
French forces in the war of independ-
ence and of the institution of the order.
The banquet was held in the Astor
gallery covers being laid for 100 at
single gigantic oval table laid out in
the fashion of a garden, with great
beds of deep red peonies interspersed
with branches of cherry and apple
blossoms and tall standards of Ameri-
can Beauty roses.
The scene was one of great brillan-
cy, all the military and naval officers
appearing in full uniform and the dip.
lOmats and members of the order wear
ing their official ribbons and decora-
tions.