The Irish standard., 1908-06-06

10 made up entirely Of negroes.
The st. Paul division was undo,
senmand of Captain William j. MUIR
( ply as marshal, with John G. Hardy,
nsorge T. Daley and John w. Boer-
/ her az general aides.
& In the lead of the st. Paul division
were the cadets Of ST. Thomas college,
with their band and drum corps of hfty
cadets. under the direction Of NJ. Nc
Carly as drum major. The cadet corps,
numbering 500 boys, was under COM
nand Of Colonel John H. Mears, and In
their uniforms Of gray with black braid
they made a soldierly appearance The
precision Of their drill was subject Of
favorable comment all along the line.
Throughout the entire St. Paul d.
vision evory man carried small flag
or pennant Of yellow and white, the
papal colors. The pennants were white.
with only the word, ST. Paul, In yell
low, but on the flags was device
showing crossed keys and the papal MI
IRE.
The state section, made up Of six
divisions and representing parishes
from the country districts outside the
twin cities, was headed by aide-de-
camps, L. F. Kennedy, Charles B. Hoy.
J. ]. Fitzgerald, A. J. Eckstein, P. J..
Sheehan and James McConville. About
six hundred men were In line in the
state section.
First in order came st. Peter parish
from Mendoza, the Oldest parish in the
state, for it was organized In 1889.
with forty men 1t occupied the place
Of honor at the head Of the state sec
ton. Then came the parishes from
Belle Creek. Anoka. New Prague,
Chaska. Dayton and Eden Valley. Par
ish banners were carried by each dele
cation. Following the Eden Prairie
delegation came Hutchinson, with
twenty men, followed by men repre-
senting the parishes Of Faribault,
Graceville. Hastings. Inver Grove,
Montgomery and New Trier.
There was quite sprinkling Of men
representing parishes at New Ulm.
Norwood, Oakdale, Redwood Falls and
Red Wing in line The historic old
parish of ST. Albert, at st. Michaels,
was represented by twenty members
Of st. Albert court No. 144o, c. o. F..
This is one Of the Oldest parishes in
the state and there were men in line
who were pioneers at ST. Miohaels be-
fore the railroad reached there. Rose
mount, st. Bonifacius and st. Walbur-
"a parishes were represented by dele
cations numbering about twenty men
each.
saltwater must be credited with
having turned out the most men in the
state section. Leading the 100 men in
line, all members Of the Ancient Order
Of Hibernians, under whose banner
they marched, the crack saltwater
band headed the section. A neighbor
organization, ST. Mary Of the Lake
court, No. $40, c. O. F., of White Bear,
was second in point OF number Of men
in line. Seventy men marched under
the banner of this court, an excellent
representation from St. Marys parish
Of White Bear.
Led by a gorgeous float representing
Father Hennepin In 1850 at the Falls
of st. Anthony, the Minneapolis Sec
tion Of four divisions brought up the
rear. The first division of Rossiter's
band preceded the section. The float
was drawn by eight horses clad in
white blankets with minneapolis en-
blazoned in yellow letters on the sides.
"A white-clad page led each horse. For
ty Chippewa Indians from st. Bene-
diets church, on White Earth reserva-
tion, took part in the pageant; five of
them were at the paddles In the canoe,
In which stood erect Father Hennepin
represented by George Leonard. Two
old Indian chiefs were in the canoe
Chief Joe Broad, aged SIS years, and
Chief Nah -kah- ge- Shig. aged 50. The
Indians were in charge of ]. w. Pelzer
representative Of Father Aloysius.
A. L. Lennon was aide in charge Of
the first Minneapolis division. The
Citizens band marched Immediately
ahead of one of the most striking de.
tachments in the parade-the 275 stu
dents from De La Sale institute. As
aides to Captain H. L. Laliberte anG
Lieutenants F. Bremer and c. Hurley
sixteen Of the boys were mounted. The
uniform was college hat with purple
4 band, blue blouse with stock tie, whit.
duck trousers, canes and pennants.
Freeman's band headed St. Anthon,
I parish, which had representation a
follows: c.. r. A, and M. B. society. n