New-York tribune., 1905-05-31

IN the last year some have died and others
have become so feeble that they could not march
| So yesterday, the Grand Army marched IN four
divisions only. instead of five heretofore.
Otherwise the Memorial Day parade of Grand
Army veterans, regulars sailors, marines. cadets
and National Guardsmen was. perhaps, the Iarg
est and most represen tatfve New-YorE has ever
| seen. In ALL 1t Is estimated that sixteen thou
sand men were in the line of march. grizzled
! veterans Of many scars followed by lusty youths
| that had not smeed powder
From dawn to dusk the city paid its tribute to
its dead heroes. whether they had worn the blue
or the gray Even the strange emigrant who
had arrived only last week could not but feel In
some fashion the spirit Of the day.
A DAY OF OUTINGS.
Thousands made pflgrimages to the ceme-
teries to place flowers on the graves Of ldth and
kindred who had lost their lives in the great
battles Of the nation. Likewise the day afforded
many opportunity to leave the city for day
in the country, the country retorting in kind.
The parade inspiring sight Forty
nine Grand Army posts were represented from
Manhattan and The Bronx. Colonel Joseph H
Lord was grand marshal. and had a STAFF of
former officers in the army.
A line Of march had been prepared which
differed considerably from those in former
about 60th-st., and the line of march led to the
Sailors and SoldierS Monument in Riverside
Drive, where the review took place. the dis
handment being at 92d-st, and Riverside Drive.
Drive
The reviewing stand was filed with men and
women known for their deeds of vaIor or con-
spicuous for their civic acts. Leutenant-Goy-
ernor NJ. linn Bruce was the reviewing officer
with the Old Guard as his especial escort
Not only did the review take place at this
point, but there were exercises also, orations
addresses, songs and, dearest of all to the mil
itary breast. there were salutes. The United
States gunboat Tacoma anchored in the
Hudson. off this point. and when the head of
the line reached the monument, and again at
the memorial exercises at Grants tomb the
guns doomed out the national salute.
In the parade proper the United States troops
had the right OF line. and included a detach-
ment from the Tacoma, a detachment from the
Sth Infantry at Fort Jay. marines from the
United States ship Alabama. as we'll as a battalion
Of sailors from the same ship. Five regiments OF
infantry of the National Guard signal corps
battery, Squadron A and the 22d Regiment
Engineers followed. After them came the Grand
Army Of the Republic, ending with italian and
Hebrew organizations.
particular feature of the parade this year.
and one which was followed with exactness, was
that every marcher was in uniform. No civic
organizations unless uniformed, were permitted
to march.
On the reviewing stand with Lieutenant
Governor Bruce were Major General Daniel E.
Sickles Major General o. o. Howard, Samuel
Sloan, Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew, ex-Mayor
Low Perry Belmont. Rear Admiral Coghlan.
Cornelius y. Bliss Henry Clews and Herman
Ridder
Besides the general exercises at the monu-
ment there address by the Rev. DR..
George T. Strowbridge A chorus of pupils of
Public School No. 165 sang America" Nearer.
My God 10 Thee" and several other hymns.
At the close of the parade John A Dix Post
No. 135. Commander George Z. Dewey pro-
ceeded up the Hudson the steamer Alber-
tina. and the members landed at the grave OF
General Dix in Trinity Cemetery. They carried
with them. as they did during the parade the
famous flag which hoated from the revenue cut
ter Mcclellan New Orleans in January,
1861. and the OF the famous dispatch
from General Dix then Secretary of the Treas
ury, which closed with the words If any one
attempts 10 haul down the American flag shoot
hina the spot" This flag is now the prop
eTty OF the Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, the son of