The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-12
4TH WARD HAD
BIG PAGEANT.
About 1900 TorCh.beareTS
Marched for Roosevelt.
HAD ATTRACTIVE UNIFORMS.
Crowds Of Spectators AppIaudsd The Young
Voters and Older Ones Too Speeches
Were Omitted at Cathedral Square.


ward had a demonstration last night in
the form OF a torchlight parade OF local
and out-of-town campaign companies
that was a revelation Of the extent OF the
strength of the Republican movement I'm
THIS campaign for about 100 attractively
uniformed young Republicans followed
the standards and transparencies through
the city streets 10 Cathedral square and
pack again to Exchange place, where ra-
tons were served.
Many OF the companies displayed COM
plicated marching evolutions, the sets OF
Tours criss-crossing backward and for
ward from curb to curb and changing
from twos TO fours in snappy style.
Another organization attracted atten-
ton by its skill In transferring its lead
Ing fours' from right 10 rear In regular
rotation.
The bulk Of the men wore the Rough
Rider costumes or the khaki colored uni
forms with slouch hats and leggins facet
with red and blue. and carried keroseni D
torchec.
The Aldrich battery. which made its
Initial appearance, wore It's natty red
tunics with white trousers, black leggins
and round visor caps with chin straps.
ana hauled the four motors by the toggle
ropes. They turned out very strongly
and their service OF the guns which fired
bombs was also highly interesting. While
the march was In progress the guns car
ried req flre and on the timber box OF
each was an acetylene searchlight that
added to the general illumination.
The kimball Guards OF the Ninth ward
wore red coats and white trousers and
similar uniform was worn by the Cum
berland cadets OF Valley Falls
The Lonsdale Gold Bugs wore continen-
tai uniforms of blue with white facings
and on the front OF their cooked hats had
large gilded eagles
The company from Saylesville appeared
In q red and white uniform, while the
Lafayette Guards wore blue and bum
The General Fire Extinguisher CONT
gent wore campaign hats, blue shirts and
white trousers and made an, attractive
nearly every sort of costume.
About $3.50 the various divisions were
forming on Market square and the side
streets and they moved shortly after
ward. The line was made UP as follows
THE LINE.
Platoon OF Police.
Chief Marshal. Colonel Frank ]. Clinton.
Chief OF Staff. Colonel Herbert s. Thomp-
Mounted Aides Warren De Witt Clinton
president OF the Fourth Ward First
Voters club; James Kennedy, George
M Gardiner. Charles c. Gray, Jr.. and
William II. Draper.
Stones Military Band.
FIRST DIVISION.
Marshal. H. r. Anthony
Aids.
Fourth Ward Battalion-120 men.
Budlong Guards, First Lieutenant II. X.
Brown. Second Lieutenant w! T. Tay-
lor.
Aldrich Guards. Captain George Munson,
First Lieutenant Jesse Mills. Second
Lieutenant Frederick Barth.
Utter Guards, Captain William Brinkman,
First Lieutenant William Smith.
Kimbsll Guards. Major ]. A. Buffinton,
Captain Arthur Lake--l00 men.
Apponaug Battalion, Major Northup.
Drum and Bugle Corps-7 men.
Cumberland Cadets OF Valley Falls, Cap
tain George Parkhurst, First Lieuten-
ant William Wright, Second Lieutenant
II. X. Wright--50 men.
Roosevelt and Capron Guards Of North
Providence-6o men.
Warwick Republican club OF Apponaug.
Major c. f. Taylor, Captains Kelly, La
selle and Rice--iO5 men.
Adrich Battery. Captain r. Merle Bixby
200 men.
Saylesyille Republican club, Captain s.
NJ. Fessenden--72 men.
Drum Corps.
Lonsdale Gold Bugs. Captain John Brady.
First Lieutenant John Dawber, Second
Lieutenant J. Taylor-S6 men.
Lafayette Guards-90 men.
SECOND DIVISION.
Marshal r. II Price
Aids.
General Fire Extinguisher Company Bat
talion-l50 men.
Brown University Battalion, Major APP
pleton-50 men.
Fifth Ward Marching club. Capt, S. T.
Goss. First Lieut.. Ed Husband. Sec
ond Lieut. n. G.. Abbott-60 men.
Sixth Ward March&-y club, Capt Leon
NJ. Simon. First Lieut.. T. L. Bennett,
Second Lieut.. b. L. Leonhart-45 men.
b A. Ballou company. Capt F. G.
Lakey, First Lieut.. Harry Field. Sec
ond Lieut.. James Hayes. Third Lieut..
Walter Shurtleff-64 men.
Theodore W Foster and Brother COM
pany. Capt. II. walcott--75 men.
THIRD DIVISION.
Marshal X. w. Blunt
Aids.
Fred Douglas Republican. battalion, Capt.
II. NJ. Blunt. Fred Smith and r. Il
Dennison-i25 men.
From Market square the line moved UP