New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-31
CROWDS SEE FINE PARADE
REVIEW At MONUMENT.
Veterans of T1co Wars, Escorted by
Troops. Get Cheers.

In loving. reverent memory of their departed
comrades veterans OF two wars-a handful OF
feeble. timeworn survivors OF 65 and their sons
of IS trim and vigorous-marched in yester-
days Memorial Day parade. With them es-
cort went the regulars and the spruce militia
who stand ready for any chance Of an
other war. Through one long lane of spectators
marched they, from start TO finish. to constant
applause: and. while the alert readiness OF the
regulars and the military neatness of the Ma
tional Cuardsmen also drew applause. it was not
OF the quality of that, delivered with indrawn
breath and tear dimmed eyes which greeted
the tattered. shot riddled flags which went
through the Civil War. and the men who bore
them
Past the reviewing stand they filed. these vet
Grams and their escort troops. and as each hand
went to the salute it the white
shaft of the Soldiers and Sailors Monu-
ment glittering above the green OF the trees
md grass and the simmer of the river. and the
flag at halfmast beside il. which they saluted,
rather than the reviewing officer and his aids.
And as the regimental flags were borne past the
reviewing stand 1t was the memory of what
they represented and the memory OF the men
who had died which caused the spectators TO
stand. hats dofed. for each flag
ONE VETERAN FAINTs.
vet cool as was the day and short the march,
one Of the veterans tainted from the exer-
ton Just as John A. Dix Post came 20 halt
in Eighty sixth-st Alexander Falk, of No 50
East One-hundred- and-ninth-st.. toppled over
He is sixty-four years old. His comrades
picked him up, and. after he was revived he was
sent i'm an ambulance to Roosevelt Hospital,
suffering from heart weakness
From early morning the streets around the
Columbus Circle echoed to the blare OF military
bands the tramp of marching men and the cat
ter of horses feet. Guardsmen and Marines
raqpIars and the c. A. r. men. infantry. cav
airy and artillery, slowly they massed IN the
side streets. while mounted policemen and
scores of patrolmen kept back the throns Oh
speetators Hurrying aids ordered the men
into formation. and fairly on time mounted po-
licer,en moved up the route they had cleared
of traffic long before.
Past Columbus Monument slowly marched the
men. while Grand Marshal Frederick L. Schaefer
and Adjutant- General Albert Fl Rogers re-
viewed them out to Central Park West they
went and up that thoroughfare to seventy
secoDd-st To Broadway. through a constantly
thickening throng. up TO Eighty-sixth ST., out 10
Riverside Drive and up past the reviewing
stand marched the column. There was sta-
toned the Veteran Corps of Artillery Military
Society of the War of 1872. under AdJutaht
HowIand PelI. as a special guard of honor AT
the right of the stand escorted by three troop
ers WAS the Governors nag. In the reviewing
stand was Lieutenant Governor Higgins. repre-
santina Governor Oden AT his side stood Mr.
Fornes the MAYORS representative. With them
rasnIerdenc in brilliant uniforms smothered IN
gold braid were General Corbin. General y H.
Henry chief of staff TO the GOVERNOR the Gov
ernor's military secretary. Major H. n Bird
80 lieutenant Commander A. B. Fry, Lieu
tenant Colonel Charles Sheriff. Major A. f.
NIcIrtvre Major John ]. Byrne. Major John l.
Sader Major Charles o. Davis, Lieutenant COL
one, William Iittauer Captain Edwin Dayton
7 Iieutenant John Barrow. Lieutenant Chatneiu'
General Weissert. past commahder-lh-ehlei'
General BakewelI. past department commander
c. A r.; Colonel j. A Gouloen' III IL iU
phv chairman of the Memorial Committee. and
roIoral David S Brown. DIT. John II. Finley.
Drasidert of the City College was made con-
n;cuous by a civilians suit
FORMATION OF THE COLUMN.
A. the head of the column were the regulars
from Forts Siocum. JAY Totten and Schuyler,
- oor,,onies of them under Colonel A II.
Merrill. Trim and ready they looked. marching
o,.o,,,, with a free swing. Behind them clat-
tarod their caissons. drawn by eager horses
rouo,rire- them came the National Grardsmer,
headed nv General Charles F. Roe and his aids.
SQUADRON A. with it's cavalry band, led the line.
Then came the 22d Regiment. under Colonel
FRANKLIN BARTLETT; the 1st Battery. under Cap
tain Louis Wendell. and the I'd. under Captain
Davfd Wilson. General George Moore Smith
,,.,s AZ the head of the First Brigade. Captain
Oscar +. Frlandsen led the list Signal Company.
haLin5 which came the 9TH Regiment, marching
proudIv 10 it's magnificent band. great burst
Of applause greeted the crack regiment TO be
merged into a louder one as the Goth came
along with Colonel Duffy at it's head. Following
came Colonel James NJ. Jarvis with the Sth:
Colonel William f. Morris and his 9th at the
head of whose enlisted men marched First Ser
reant Resus the oldest first sergeant in the Ma
tionol Guard of the State; the Eth with
Colonel George r. Dyer at its head. and the
list under Colonel William G.. Bates, which
again caught the throng's fancy.
In the Naval Brigade were company of
United States Marines and the LIST Battalion
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