The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12
Great Preparations Being Made
at Des Moines.
WILL REVIEW BIG ARMY PARADE
Over 5000 Regulars Gathered for Tour.
nament viii Greet the President.
Their Commander in Chief.

seen. WQen the pTeSlueuI Raves HIS
train at the Des Moines Union station
at 1880 a. m. he will be met by local
reception committee, composed of the
directory boards of the city's CONNER
cial organizations, by the state officers
of the League of Republican Clubs,
by Governor Carroll and staff, Sena-
tors Dolliver and Cummins, Congress-
man Hull and other members of the
Iowa delegation in congress and by |
General Morton, commanding the De
partment of the Missouri, U. S. A., |
with his staff, a troop of cavalry and a |
cavalry band With this formidable |
escort, the line of march will be taken
up and the. parade will pass through
streets upon which over $4,000 will
have been expended on decorations.
The first march will be nearly two
miles long. The parade will go north
from the depot on Sixth avenue to
Walnut, west on Walnut to Twelfth,
north on Twelfth to Grand and west
on Grand to Terrace Drive, the resi-
dence of Senator Cummins. where the
president will breakfast
After the breakfast the parade will
reform and will move east on Grand
avenue to Sixteenth street, south on
Sixteenth to Locust and east on Lo-
Gust to the state capitol, passing en-
tirely across the business district and
over line of march four miles long.
At the base of the soldiers monu-
ment and facing the south approach
to the capitol, great reviewing stand
with seats for 600 persons has been
erected. From this stand the presi-
dent will review the parade of $500
troops that will participate in the ma
tional tournament of the United
States army at the fair grounds in
Des Moines, Sept. 20 to 25 inclusive.
This parade will be the largest of a
military character ever seen in Iowa
and the largest peace time parade OF
the United States army.
The column will pass in review
equipped as an army would be for
participation in war campaign. The
cavalry will have the lead and over
2,4O0 mounted troopers will partici
pate, flying regimental colors, troop
| guidons, etc, and with two mounted
cavalry bands playing. Next will come
detachment of the infantry, will
two infantry bands Twelve batterie.
Of field artillery, several platoons O
rapid fire guns and mountain batter!
will form the next section. Then will
come the signal corps, with field ,ang
wireless telegraph outfits and /;
mounted detachment of TIA men. Thu
hospital corps, with full paraphenali;
for emergency and field hospitals ant
with wagon trains, ambulances, etc
is next. A detachment from the bal
loon corps will follow in order. The
will come the engineers, with bridg
trains for building both pontoons an
spar bridges The wagon train OF tn
commissary, with all of the camp an
field paraphenalia, will be next in line
and with this will be an escort of ca,
airy, with detachment of infantr
following. In all there will be seve
The location of the reviewing stan
is an ideal one. 1t is two blocks +,
moved from street cars and faces til
capitol lawn. which rises in the sbaE
of a natural amphitheater from the r.
viewing stand to the south entrane
OF the capitol, and which is of suf
cient area o accommodate a crowd
10000 people.
AS soon as the parade has passe
: the picket line in front of the reviey
g ing stand will fall back so that IL
: gssemblage may come up closer, O
cupying the street in part, and Pres
dent Taft will then deliver an adore
of a half hours duration. At the co
clusion of his address the preside
+ will go to the fair grounds, where
o will inaugurate the tournament pr
y gram. From the fair grounds he W
o he escorted west on Grand avenue
Y, East Sixth south to Walnut, west
s West Fifth and south to his train
y The line of march of the militia
n parade will be from the capitol saua
;" west on Grand to Sixth, south
e Sixth to Locust, west on Locust
West Ninth, south on Ninth to w
nut, east on Walnut to beyond the
viewing stand.
vt The committee on arrangements
TT routing the president and the para
y has endeavored to cover scope
IS territory that will permit the tho
ID sands who will be in Des Moines
IS have every opportunity to see the !
10 tons chief executive and to view
o. great military parade without CROW
a ing. The reviewing stand will seat {
e people and in assigning seats up
-e this platform the committee /
,e deemed it best to give to the work.
w newspaper men of Iowa the pref
g ence, inasmuch as the gathering is
20 be largely nonpartisan and of m
tary character. Over 200 newspal
publishers from over the state ia
been invited to act as vice preside
and nearly all have accepted.
= these seats will be reserved on
II platform. Other seats will be reser'
- for the men of Iowa who are in offic
II life, for distinguished citizens, etc.