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


United States Marines.
With its peerless band playing a
martial aid and the men stepping like
automatonS, the provisional regiment
Of United States marines headed by
Lieutenant Colonel Karmany aud his
staff followed. led by soldiery man
with an empty sleeve. He was Cap
tain Harry Leonard who left one arm
on the battlefield on Tientsin, when
the American marines pointed the way
TO all nations in the march to Picking.
The marines are always popular and
they were greeted with tumultuous ap-
plause as they marched proudly along.
They opened the way for something
new in an inaugural line of march in
the shape of provisional regiment of
sailors. The crews of the joint
armored cruisers Colorado and West
Virginia made up a full regiment and
not merely detachment or two as in
the past.
Squadrons of Cavalry.
There may be cavalry in other
ever saw on this side of the world the
superior or perhaps even the equals Of
the gallant Seventh and Ninth
Squadrons which moved up Pennsyl-
vania avenue sixteen files deep, their
pennants swapping in the sharp north
West breeze. The Seventh rode bay
horses as closely matched as bits of
mahogany save the last company,
which was mounted on housekeeping
black chargers. The black men of the
Ninth mounted on their bay Steeds had
come all the way from Kansas to do
honor to the president to whose aid
they had come in his hour of need in
the bloody conflict on San Juan Hill.
Formation of Parade
The parade was divided into three
grand divisions: The military grand
division came first, as follows Major
General James f. Wade. United States
army, chief marshal: First division
Brigadier General f. d. Grant, COM
handing; corps of cadets, U. s. NJ. A.;
Midshipmen U. s. n. A.; United States
forces, Brigadier General T. II. Barry;
National Guard District Columbia.
Second division Governor S. w.
Pennypacker, Pennsylvania; Governor
Preston Lea, Delaware; National
Guard. Delaware and Pennsylvania;
Governor e. c. Stokes, New Jersey;
National Guard, New Jersey, Georgia,
Connecticut, Massachusetts; Governor
Edwin Warfield, Maryland; National
Guard. Maryland. South Carolina, New
Hampshire, Virginia.
Third division Governor f. w.
Higgins New York; National Guard,
New York. North Carolina. Rhode ISL
and. Vermont; Governor NJ. T. Her
rick, Ohio: National Guard, Ohio,
Louisiana, Indiana. Maine Michigan
Florida; Albany Burgess corps; Mill
tary cadet Organizatio of universities,
colleges and schools.
Then came the veterans division:
Major General 0. 0. Howard, U. s.
army, commanding - Veteran assOcia-
lions civil war; veteran associations
Spanish-American war; veteran assO-
Citations United States army and navy.
Closing up came the civic grand di-
vision: B. III. Warner. chief marshal.
First division-Major General 0. o.
Howard. United States army. First
brigade, Second brigade, Third brigade.
Second division Brigadier Gener
al Joseph Wheeler, United States
army. First brigade, Second brigade,
Third brigade.
Third division = ]. w. Lyons in
charge
The parade was reviewed by the
president from stand ON the south
side Of Pennsylvania avenue opposite
the White House. and also by the
grand marshal at Vermont avenue.
The Inaugural Ball.
The inaugural ball in the evening
was most magnificent affair While
her father was officially the guest of
the evening. and Mrs. Roosevelt the
matron, around whom most interest
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