Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-08

arose in his carriage and lifted his hat
A broad smile lit up his face and 1t
was easy to see the cheers of the ad-
miring throngs greatly pleased him.
The military grand division of the
procession came after the Rough Rid
ers. Major General James +. Wade,
as chief marshal with splendidly UNI
formed staff. representing each staff
corps of the army, led the division.
Foremost in the line were the pets of
the army and navy. the West Point
cadets and the 'middies' from Anna
polls. with the District of Columbia
national guard, which has come to be
looked upon as almost part of the
regular army organization.
Pets of the Army and Navy.
The cadets, headed by Brigadier
General Frederick Grant, and under
their own superintendent, Brigadier
General Mills. acquitted themselves
splendidly. The midshipmen sur
prised everybody. Sailors are not sup
posed to be good foot soldiers, yet be-
yond question the two battalions from
Annapolis, 700 strong, gave the West
Pointers the hardest contest they had
ever had for first place in the parade.
The boys. in their navy-blue, tightly
fitting tailless jackets and leggins,
marched with a precision that was
wonderful and were cheered at almost
every step. In their wake came the
revenue marine cadets. new feature
in the inaugural parade and one so at
tractive as to be sure of retention in
the future.
The heart of the army. the mainstay
of disciplinarians. the splendidly
drilled engineers, were represented by
the second battalion. Major Burr COM
handing, and as the men marched in
files of twenty double ranks in perfect
alignment they received unlimited ap-
plause.
Finest Body of Troops.
The pick of the army had been
cheered for their splendid procession.
so that while the representation from
each branch of the service was small,
it was beyond question the finest body
of troops ever gathered on Pennsyl-
vania avenue. The signal corps, the
provisional regiment, made up of two
battalions, and the coast artillery all
had representatives The men who
man the great guns at the big seacoast
fortified tons in their spick and span
uniforms, with brilliant touches of
colors of white, yellow, red and blue
and green typiting the various branch
es of the service, in the brilliant sun
light of the mild March afternoon,
made a moving picture calculated to
stir to its depths the lovers of the
regular army.
Porto Ricans in Parade.
Porto Rico was well represented in
the parade. Major Thomas w. Grit
fifth of the regular army, commanded
the battalion of the Porto Rico pro-
visional regiment which came all the
way from their island home to partici-
pate in the presidents inaugural.
They were sturdy lot OF, men.
smaller perhaps of statue than their
American brothers in the service, but
well built, thoroughly trained In
marching. The crowds We're quick to
recognize them and were generous in
their applause of the excellent show
ing these troops made.
Even more unusual, however, was
the sight of the First battalion of
Philippine Scouts, Major w. S. john
ston, U. S. A., commanding, who were
chosen to represent the archipelago in
the first inaugural parade in which
these little brown men of the far east
have participated. Only an American
soldier who has served in the Philip
pines knows how loyal has been the