The Washington herald., 1906-10-10
serves, and the National Guard ,
District OF Columbia
Citizens Lead Division.

serves, and the National Guard of the
District OF Columbia
Citizens Lead Division.
The second division was fed by an escort
Of meEnJed citizens. in dark clothes. high
halls ana frock coats. who made q fine
showing. ana elected much applause frcm
the soldiers in line; after them came tha
Minute Men. one hundred strong under
command OF Col Dimmick. then sixty
bows from the Home Industrial School
wItii their own drum corps there We're
sixty OF these, .n command Of Sergt
L0wder Their peunant bore the inscrip-
zion. "fhe Soldiers OF Tomorrow. ANA
the little fellows were greeted with gener-
Gus applause at every step.
la the third division came tic Spanish
War Veterans. escorted by the Old Guard.
with their great bcar-skin shak0s and
the grayhaired veterans of the civil war
in command OF Col. Entrikin, commander
Of thu Department Of the Potomac q.
A. f.
NcV York, under command OF Mai.
Fr1nk IIeek. Department Commander, lod
the Spanish War Veteran contingent.
New York mustered hundred men in
linc-the largest delegation Of all. In all
= the thirty-odd departments represented
Were men in the blue and gray uniform
Of Tie order. and men in their former
service uniforms of khaki or blue. They
marched with military precision. and It
was difficult to believe that many of them
had not kept step TO the sound of drum
fo@ eight years, affording another evil
dcHce Of the fact that military training
is never forgotten.
The Maine Was Cheered.
Ohio had the honor of eseortiHg the
color team Of the National Ladies' Aux
Hiary. whose members marched with 40
less precision than the men, and who
We're greeted with vOcifer0us applause
along the entire line of march. They
made "a pretty feature Of the parade with
their white dresses ana flags.
Directly behind them came n float.
drawn BY four white horses, wearing
pumes of red. white and blue, while the
float itself was lavishly decorated with
the same colors This float created The
greatest enthusiasm whenever the watch
ing thousands caught sight of it. for il
contained a splendid model Of the Maine
as il appeared just before that ship was
blown ~, in Havana harbor, thus precipi-
tatiug the war which banished from the
American continent the last vcstige of
foreign dominion The float was driven
by C0mrade Marling. OF one Of the local
camps. and was escorted by Dewey Naval
Camp in a body.
Local GarrisOns Represented
Behind the float marched the members
of the local Army and Navy Union gar
risons white and colored, several hundred
strong who brought up the rear of the
procession in fine style The appearance
OF the colored men Of Guy V. Henry Car
rson. No 10. composed Of former mem
bers of the Ninth and Tenth United
States Cavalry and the Twenty-fourth
and Twenty-ffth United States Infantry.
elected much favorable comment
President on Line of March.
\ pleasing feature Of the parade oc-
CURED just as the Army and Navy Union
contingent was passing the White House
on the return AT that moment a ear
riage drove out of the White House
grounds. II contained President and Mrs.
Roosevelt. They were Immediately rec
OSnized and greeted with cheers by the
men iu line The President recognized
the salutatiOn. and dJmed his hat-au old
slOuCh campaign hat-while the men iu
the ranks and the crowds along the line OF
march rent the skies with their applause.
Some disappointment was expressed
among the veterans, especially the q. a.
r. that the President did not review the
parade. In fact. the parade was halted
for nearly an hour before the counter
march. i'm the hope that Mr.. Roosevelt
might express a desire To review the sol
Eflre although r1r4--ilrTc ar-gY1 1Irtrr
had been made for him TO do SO.
on the COuntermdrCh. the parade was
reviewed by Grand Marshal Urell and
staff in front of the Treasury Building
after which, Fourteenth street being
reached, ranks were broken and the pa
rade of the third annual encampment OF
the United Spanish War Veterans passed
into history as one OF the most pleasing
incidents IN the annals OF the order