The Washington herald., 1907-05-03
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or drilled body of men has been seen here
since the last Inauguration day parade
The alignment Of the infantry was per
feet. and there was little 10 choose De-
tween the New Jersey artillery and On-
Gle Sans as far as apparent service
ableness and discipline are concerned The
President. Gen. Grant, and Gov. stokes
reviewed the troops, and the President
/ turned and complimented the governor
upon the excellent showing Of his militia
men.
! Soldiers Bare Heads TO COiOrs.
The crowd watched the parade in si-
lence. From time TO time. the lines OF
veterans between which the troops
passed, broke into cheers, and as the
colors OF each regiment passed the old
| soldiers barred their heads in respectful
salute. The President and his staff did
/ likewise, and some few OF the spectators
| followed suit. over IN the section next TO
! the Presidential stand sat a little group
of brilliantly dressed foreign officers
/ Among them was Col Miehl, OF the Sec
ond Regiment of Belgian Artillery, and
] Mai Lefebure, OF the General stan al
! Brussels. As the color company OF each
/ regiment of passing troops drew near
these foreign officers rose as one man and
/ brought their gloved hands To the vizors
? of their caps. Not once did they fail 10
pay this respect 10 the flag Of this coun-
ftrv. All around them sat handsomely
/ gowned Washington women and their es-
/ eorts
Detail of Parade.
The detail Of the parade was as follows:
Mai. Gen. J. Franklin Bell chief Of STAFF L. s
/ A., commanding.
/ Corps, L. S. A, chief of stan.
/ Lieut. Col BENJAMIN AlvoFd adiutant general S
department. e, 5, A, sdjutaRt general.
Capt, W. NJ. Wright, General stan Corps, o. S.
Capt. r. E. L. Niche. General stan Corps. u.
[ S A. aid-dc-camp.
Capt stanley D, Embiek. ARTILLERY Corps. Z. S.
A. aid-de-camp.
Capt C. Fred Cook. organized militia, DistricS oi
Columbia. aid-de-camn
Capt John VI Rogers. adiutant, Second Infantry,
organized militia, New Jersey aid-de-eamp
FIRST DIVISION.
Col Charles A p. Hatfield. Thirteenth cayalry.
L S A. commanding.
T,zenty-third Regiment United States Infantry.
One o0npAny. Fourth United ststes Infantry.
Engineer Rand.
Z Seventeenth. EUFff t0tflir 4N1tta HttAe -e-fNt%
Companies United States Coast Artillery.
Fourth Batter United States Field Arliier5-
Headquarters band and Second Squadron. ThiF
| teenth United States Cavalry.
Marine Band
Four companies United States Marines.
Company c, Hospital Corps L. ) A.
SECOND DIVISION.
/ Rrir Gen. George Il HsUies. organized militia
District Of Columbia commanding
second Regiment infantry. organized militia
District uf Columbia.
First Regiment. infantry, organized militia. DIS
tIict OF Columbia
First Separate Battalion. organized militia. Dis
trict Of Columbia,
lumbia.
) First Battery Field ARTILLERY. organized militia
. District Of Columbia.
e Naval battalion. organized militia, District o
Columbia
Ambulance Corps, organized militia, District o
THIRD DIVISION.
Bug. Gen. Dennis F. Collins. organized militia
State Of New Jersey. commanding.
Third Regiment Infantry. organized militia. stat
Battery A. Field ARTILLERY. organized militia, stat
of Sew Jersey.
second Troop Cavalry. organized militia. State q
e New Jersey.
The command formed in line on Six
; teenth street, facing west. with the RICH
%
] / Sixteenth street and Columbia road north
+ west.
The commanding generals Of the secon'
and third divisions assembled and forme,
their divisions IN order of march befOr
proceeding 10 the place of formation 0
the parade.
Dwight Presents President.
+ At the close of the parade Gen Dwlgh
3, ifv,~ lao IN, oh arh
1 in which he said Mr. Roosevelt was
J. worthy successor 10 Washington and Lin
!, coin. The President rose and was greete,
/. by a demonstration.
I. The President spoke quite at length an
? lextemporaneously. He touched on man.
|, topics. but the main theme of his address
was the necessity for a life Of endeavo
and the honorable discharge of all duties
l. agreeable or disagreeable, whether durin
peace or war.
+ The President reiterated his remarks a
7. the opening of the jamestown Expositlo
Il In regard to peace. emphasizing his stan
.. that peace is only desirable when it ca
: be retained without sacrifice Of principle
l. righteousness, or honor.
Gen. sfcIxIes Net Present.
4 Following the address of the Presiden
b; and an overture by the Marine Band, un
g der direction OF Lieut.. Santelmann,
D. letter of regret was read by Gen. Kin
, from Mai Gen. Daniel Z. Sickles, VIII
=: was TO have delivered an address. bu
3. was prevented from attending through III
r ness.
7. Gen. SickIes III.
} The letter is as follows:
is Dear General: I am very sorry to I'm
myself prevented by a painful indispos
3 ton from taking the part assigned to n