The evening times., 1902-10-07

cIe-Eegular5 and Volunteers.
With hands playing martial airs and
gay eoIOrs flung loose 10 the breeze. The
naval and military parade moved of at
10 O'Clock this morning for its triuu.-
rhant march through the city. Not since
the war, it is believed. has there been
such gathering Of Government trooFs
n Washington Certainly no gataerins
Of late years has equaEed the parade OF
today in numbers. and very few, il an1.
have eguaIed 1t in brfIIisney. Block
after block it stretched itself out like =
huge, many-colored reptile. advanein,;
slowly up and down the bread thorougl-
fares. roped rom curb to curb to give it
leeway.
To the eye the picture vas one which
cannot be forgotten. Color. brilliant.
flashing color see on By the dark back
ground Of army and navy blue. was The
characteristic which Fixed itself on ths
retina. And as the eye looked the ea-
/ heard the music Of many bands. Thrill
/ ing patriotic airs, TO the accompa ainnersr-
Of which the sta1wart soldiers ana salt
ors swung forward il perfect time wit1
the long, steady, bold. confident step Of
I the Rough Boy. OF the Jack Tar,
Pride in his responsibility as the man
behind The gun" could be read n the
{ frrf Fall raFr
u htch rested upon his shoulders could lie
seen in the Sace Of eysry soldier ssl4
sailor
The feeble old soldiers eye lit up once
more as the procession continued. As
! flag after flag passed below the stand
his interest awakened Each band, as It
marched gayIy up the street. played a
more and more thrilling air First IL
was Marching Through Georgia Next
came Hail. Columbia. and next.
America But it was not aatil a
cavalry band. well drilled and playing
with swing and rhythm. marched BY. play
ing The star Spangled Banner ;hat
the veteran climbed with difficulty TO his
feet, removed his faded blue. old style
cap. ard gave three Iusty cheers.
cheezed "The star-spangled Banner"
It was a simple incident. but it
showed that the soldiers heart beats
true. whether ne be old or young. and
that the FIRE OF patriotism. once lighted,
burns always, needing only spark to
send it into roaring fame.
The crowds which thronged the line Of
-
city in late years. From the Sidewalks.
where the men, women. and children
hung. perilously over the ropes. TO the
steps Of the buildings twenty feet back.
were dense masses OF people Every
balcony was filed with spectators ard
the seats in The reserved stands were
filed before the parade started The
broad. white course of the parade.
dotted here and there by bIuecoats.
seemed to be the background of huge
picture for which the crowds On either
side were the frames. Upon the ashphaIt
canvas the soldiers and sailors seemed
to perform for SONS monster spectator
OF beyond the clouds The parade was
received with an enthusiastic welcome
all along the line Of march
The Line Of March.
The parade was formed Al the foot OF
the Capitol grounds at s;45 O'Clock and
moved of promptly at TO- The line Of
march followed was as follows:
West on Pennsylvania Avenue. to Fif-
teenth Street to Pennsylvania Avenus,
to Eighteenth Street. to K Street. where
the column was dismissed. The Second
and Third divisions proceeded only 70
Seventeenth Street. down which they
marched 70 B Street south, where they
we're dismissed
Major Gen. Charles Heywood. COM
mandart United States Marine Corps.
was the grand marshal and his chief
Of staff was George C Reid, staT colo
lel United States Marine Corps
There we're in the first division a bat
aIion OF midshipmen from the Naval
Academy; a battalion OF engineers. Unit
ID States Army: a regiment Of coast ar
illery. United States Army; the Fourth
Light Battery United States Army: a
squadron from the Second Cavalry.
'egiment of marines. three battafions Of
5eamen from the Lancaster. the Hart
lord, and the Franklin, and brigade
If the District National Guard.
The second division consisted Of the
National Association OF ex-Prisoners OF
Var, the District Defenders Associa-
ion. the Spanish War Veterans. and the
sons Of Veterans. The third division
vas made up of the National Association
Il Naval Veterans, the United States
eteran navy and the naval posts Of the
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