The evening world., 1904-05-07
Continual Ovation to 5000 OF
"The Finest" on Its Parade
from the Battery to Fortieth
Street.
INSPECTOR ScHMlTTBERGER
GETS ROYAL WELCOME.
Splendid Body Of Men Present
Fine Appearance-Promincni
Officers Are Recognized and
Loudly AppIauded Along Line.

Headed by the police band 5000 clean
and proud policemen walked up
Broadway this afternoon. making tho
best showing the Police Department Of
this city ever made In the annual par
ade. Enormous crowds gathered along
the line of march which extended up
Broadway from the Battery to Tween
ty-third street. up Madison avenu to
Forticth street, across Fortieth street
to Fifth avenue, and down Fifth ave-
nuo to the reviewing stand at Madl-
son Square.
The long line of blue-ciad stalwarts
passed through a continual ovation.
Nearly all OF the prominent officers OF
the department were recognized and
oheered. There were nine bands besides
the police band in the parade, and the
combination OF music and applause
made the coppers step out as though
they a never had trouble with their
feet in their lives.
Inspector schInittberKer In Line.
A remarkable feature OF the parade
was the presence of Inspector SchmItt-
berger in II. He had charge of a regi-
ment in his regular place in line. 1t was
the first time Scnmlttberger appeared In
a police parade during a Tammsny ad-
ton. when he brought upon himself the
distinction OF being a 'sQuealer."
Schmittberger's friends were posted at
advantageous points along the line n
the welcome they gave him was a roya
or. He looked as proud as 1t Is pos
siblc for a man TO look who has won
Ont against big odds, aud many recog-
nlzed MIN from having seen his pictures
III the lac HADA nera ann hhIiuah xTytfh blvd
An enormous crowd gathered at the
parade. The policemen appeared az
VII ana span A. could be imagined
Creased shoss p9iished and trousers
commanders had paid attention to APP
peaIanee and there was a lack. OF the
aSed and obese In line. The old mon
step up Broadway on Parade DAYS WERE
lett In the station-houses or on beats
this afternoon, while the young and
The men marched in lines sixteen
abreast. and the rigorous drilling TO
which they have been subjected showed
and the distances were kept Consist,
entity. No body Of trained soldiers has
eyer marched through the streets Of
the CITY with more precision and swing.
AtcAdoo with other city o~ficiais and
Ulcers OF the Police Department re-
Hie%ee the men at T~wenty-third street
medals to the three mon chosen for
distinction for acts of bravery. The
crowd surrounding the reviewing stand
TsE in charge " the district.
me boy IN town marched In
.he parade, alongside of his father.
the. son of Benny Smith, OF the ZEN,
derloin station. who has his own uni
form and expects to be a policeman
when he grows UP
5000 Men I'm Line.
Arrangements for the parade to-day
provided for 1000 men IN line. divided
Into ten regiments. Il was ordered
that the commanding officers, from the
captains up, should wear their new
visorsd caps and the new mohair braid
on their uniform trousers. These are
the changes in the uniforms ordered by
Commissioner McAdoo.
The parade was scheduled to start
line Of march settled upon was up
Broadway to Twenty-third street, to
avenue. to Fortieth street, TO
Fifth avenue n down Fifth avenue t9
got the place OF honor at the head OF
The programme issued for the parade
Chief fnspeCtor MOSES W. corsrlshts.
His stan consists of Capt. John T.
Stephenson, Capt. william Dean, com
Francis ]. Rear. Capt. James e. Dill
and Sergeants Richard Coffee.
Charles o. Sheldon, John w. Smith,
Max ~Steinbruck, Jake Brown and Sur
geOn Marvin r. Palmer.
Then came the three modal men
Of the year. They were escorted by
since 1893. The three selected for the
honor this year are Policeman Michael
J. Coyne. Of the Delaney street sta
tkon; Christopher G. O'Brien, of tho
street station. and Joseph NJ. McNier- |
ney, of the East Sixty-seventh street