New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08
CHEERS GREET POLICE.
THE EPARADE and REVIEW
Fivs ThousGnd Strong. They March
superbIu-MGyor -4scards Medals.

IT. ,b. hare Of martial music, between living
s,ns ~ enthusiastic burgesses. perfect weather
90 under cloudless Neapolitsn blue skies. FIVE
,,oussnd policemen. afoot. ahorse and awheel.
s,ers reviewed by Mayor Mcclellan and Com
missioner McAdoo yesterday The spectacle OF
ave thousand lusty bluecoats, their chests in
mated and shoulders thrown back. marching
m. man. their upper brass buttons twinkllng
tn the sun. was one not lightly TO be forgotten.
T1ue time and again a line sagged out OF the
brawtne or a locust was dropped before the
reviewing stand. through excess Of zeal. but. ac-
eepted generally. the parade was a striking trib-
ete 10 Colonel McC1ellan's appointee, the work
bt Mr. McAdoo's predecessor, General Greene.
being also apparent In the military precision
snd fine discipline shown by horse, foot and
cyclists alike. noticeable feature OF the pa
sade was the new uniform OF the officers. the
risored, quasi-military caps with bars and stars
Instead OF the old laurel wreath bearing the
written word Sergeant" Captain" or 'Tnspec-
tor" as the case might be. attracting consid-
trable remark and commendation.
In view OF Friday nights annoying contre-
temps at Madison Square Garden. Remember
to salute the colors" was the ripple which
hound the reviewing stand at the Worth monu-
tnent. in Madison Square. before the review be-
gar So, throughout the review. every occupant
bf the stand rose or uncovered promptly and
nnhesitatingly the standard bearers broke
brnt the oolors and marched past.
onlooSers also impressed by the absence
~ well known faces. Out of ninety-two in
keotors ana captains who paraded, only thirty
two held their present rank three years ago,
when the force was last reviewed by Tam
hany Mayer
How the populaoe applauded the modern edi-
ton OF the blue and the gray! How they ac-
Eaimed their favorites,-many OF whom be-
tonged TO out Of town precincts. and are only
Been In Manhattan at the annual parade.
inspector McClusky OF the Detective Bureau
rad In brand new uniform trimmed with velvet
IND gold, and sitting his mount. Guileless. like a
bcntaur; Captain Stephen O'Brien, Of the CITY
Han precinct, formerly President Roosevelt's
detective; Inspector Donald Grant. who was re-
eently reinstated Captain John J. McNaIIy. who
pontrouted largely 10 avert the threatened
panic at Proctors One-hundred-
9th Street Theatre on Friday night. and a score
Of others. all had their need 0: welcome and ap-
tlause
At $50 O'Clock the parade, headed by In
ppector cortright swung out OF Battery Place
tnd up Broadway with n dozen bands playing
phst thoroughfare was packed with a mass OF
scouting and applauding people. and thou
taaos OF rolls OF ticker tape few from the win
po"s OF the Office building7, Lower Broadway
presented an appearance of a general holic ay
haes hooting from Office windows, fy!ng from
tA'scrapers ana being carried by enthusiastic
spectators. The ioucest roar OF applause was
plst which greeted Inspector Schinittbereer
bho headed the 3d Regiment Everybody
,ee'heo 10 know him. Inspector Donald Grant
eV'er received more rousing welcome but the
,'s'''ehess Of his charger prevented him from
p'o'e man smiling acknowledgment.
~ took just a little more than an hour for
the parade to pass 4 given point. Al Rroadzva,,
10 Futon-st crowd was gathered on the
oooen superstructure over the subway. No
' apparently paid any attention TO The
"sef OF this. until Inspector Donald Grant
"eu the spot. He ct once issued an order
~ iess than four minutes the platform
49, Aoot OF space on the two big reviewing
'ut N Madison Square was occupied AZ 3,3O
-alslt an hour before the paraders were
q large nurnber OF those on the stands
-, eH- section OF the stand On the
A.. sue of Fifth-ave. was set apart for
,.,.s ' nag ofncials. The inclosure was deco
.rd uie national colors, the Mayors flag
-. oo@t or arms OF the city The Mayor
commissioner McAdoo ana otber on,c,.l. go
s''s's, Who had attended the annual luncbao,
'ns the police parade. given AZ the CAFE
t',ilIn ny T. J. Oakley Rhinelander and Philip
bs,,..- as they walked down F1rth-aye.
H. me walls OF spectators to the review
s-, ''Sna were loudly cheered. In the party
r.t Deputy Commissioner McAvoy, Deputy
a. '-osi'iier rls. Lndsley. CHIEF Clerk Kipp. of
= 60 oe Department; Philip RhineIander, T.
8 ithihelancer, Captain ]. A. Moss. u.
q ~'o 10 General Corbin: Commander f.
- Dairy. Z. 6. N; Payrnaster John *. Sand
p. :. o N: DR.. Isaac L. Kipp and August
- Others on the reviewing stand were
a.. ,,1..sl .u'''lFsl Henry Erben, u s. N; e1-Dep-
go, commissioner Ebstein. Mrs. Ebstein,
p.'ss Police Commissioner Davis. Mrs.
p controller Grout. Charles V. Fornes.
p-ss'st OF the Board OF Aldermen: Borough
40 .,' -, Ahearn. Senator Plunkitt, ex-chief
Msssess Sohn Mccullagh and Justice Zeller.
along tb "I1uhd the stands and stretching
swenfvs,, stoewalks IN Fifth-ave.. between
tortv tbo,.ssI.e ana Twenty-sixth SITS. were fully
o. 81, IN minutes before the hour So. >c- The head
"nedaI DlAce .rce 10 reach the reviewing stand the
prex,,o,,.' '''eH Those who had been decorated tn
hono,sS Seafs and the three who were TO be
Etasi - seventeen in allied by Sergeants
tns i,nss0 a0 ocneipp, marched down the avenue
rlsus,1 up N front OF the stand Mayor Nc
ana Commissioner McAdoo Jeff their
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