New-York tribune., 1906-05-31
LIVING HONOR DEAD.
THOUSANDS IN Parade.
Veterans, Old and Young, Join IN
Memorial Services.

Perfect weather helped to make the Mehoriai
Day parade in Manhattan an unusuaiiy iii-
pressive spectacle yesterday morning. Ihere
were about fifty thousand persons In the rahAS'
United States troops, marines and sailors troi,
the warships regiments of the National Iualu'
veterans of the Grand Army OF the Repuohc,
Spanish War veterans, cadet organizations ana
military clubs all led by bands playing patriotic
music.
THO line stretched almost the entire distance
from its starting point at the Columbus Circle
along broadway Seth street and the Riverside
Drive to the reviewing stand at the Soldiers
and Sailors Monument at S3th street All along
the route thousands of people stood thickly on
tho sidewalks TO witness the parade The re-
viewing stand was crowded and Riverside Park
near the monument black with people.
The cool air made marching in the bright sun
light comfortable even for the veterans OF the
Civil War. There were about nlteeh iiuiio "a
the veterans in line.
General Adna R. Chaffee, who reviewed ths
parade was escorted to the stand from tne
Hotel Regent by the Old Guard. He rode in
carriage drawn by four black horses. Colonel
George s. Grimes being with him. Standing
with General Chaffee in the review were General
Crenville NJ Dodge. General Anson G McCooK'
General James NJ. Snyder, department. COM
rnander of the Grand Army of the Repuohc'
Colonel Edward ]. Atkinson, past department
commander; George A. Drew. grand mafshai OF
the parade; Colonel Edward j. Mitchell, Con-
eressnen Washington Gardner and Joseph A.
GouIden and DR.. William II MaAweh' Ci'S
Superintendent Of Schools.
The head OF the column reached the reviewing
stand at 10 a m. 1t nearly noon when the
last Of the organizations marched past the stand
Az the end of the parade. Dr. Albert S.Casweh'
diractor of music in the public schools. had
bugler sound a call. and 215 boys from the High
School Of Commerce. De Witt clinton High
School Morris High School and the Stuyvesant
High School gathered at the base or the monu-
n1ent where the memorial exercises were hefd-
This big chorus of picked voices under the direc-
tion OF Dr. Caswel opened the services with
Nearer, My God. to Thee" and later sang Lead
Kindly Light" and America.
The exercises were made particularly impress
sive when the warships in the North River 1ust
below the monument began firing OH the hatlohai
salute of twenty-one guns
General George B. Loud presided as chairman
Of the exercises, and delivered snort patriotc
sneech He referred to the unanimity with wh1ch
the day was celebrated. not only throughout the
length and breadth of the land, but even IN the
orient the day had It's significance. and flowers
and flags were placed on the graves of those who
marched camped. tough. and died for their
country. The soldiers of the Union. though eter-
nallv victorious. he said. shared the inheritance
of a united country with their former foes; all
we're Americans now in the common purpose or
protecting the starry banner.
"Grander than the Greek and nobler than the
Roman" he said. "is the memory of those who
did their duty and blushed to find II fame
The monument he said, would stand long to
perpetuate the memory of the soldiers and
sailors who saved the Union. Their ranks were
thinning daily and almost hourly. but future
generations would come TO pay tribute 10 the
nations heroic dead.
when the schoolboys and the gathered assem-
bage had sung the national an them Com
n1ander Edward Fitzgerald. bugler, sounded
tans and with the benediCtiOn by the Rev. s.
r willis the exercises were brought TO close
The monument was draped with the national
coIors and many memorial wreaths and gar
lends pIaced there by individual Grand Army
nosts oruamented its base.