New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
pride DAYS FE4TURE.
R;-,crside Drire ThrOnged As Tet-
Grams March By.

The Dz-ade in Manhattan was the centre OF n
..-s, in the forenoon. II was spectacular mill
-. rareant. in which the springy step and brill
=, rn;fo-n1s Of the trim young soldiers formed
s ,,t-sst with the bent. White-haired veterans
II the blue
riverside Drive from I'D street, where the COL
= .o--r7ed. TO SD street, where the parade vas
,,+escd. was thronged with men. women and
49,, The crowd was Iensest Al the Soldiers
- sailors Monument. where in the reviewing
md sat Mayor Mcclellan. General Henry NJ
- commander in chief of the Grand Army Of
-. Berublic. General William H Daniels. Depart
-er- commander, and other Well known soldiers
= citizens After the parade services were held
u the monument.
-ho,sar5s surrounded Grants Tomb in the after
morn 10 hear Governor Hughes's Memorial Day
,-s-i.n before the veterans Of Ulysses S. Grant
Prs, ". 81. Of Bgooklyn-
The qsv was ideal The marchers may have
soucht il little warm. hut those who re-
Numbered the rain Of a year ago were grateful Tor
ne sunshine and clear skies
committee Of the United Irish-American So
5s-r placed wreaths and flags the Emmet mon
--re,t in ST PauIs Churchyard There also the
NaeNevin Society. of Cleveland, decorated the
rrsre Of Dr. William James MacNevin- John A
DIX Post Paid its annual visit TO Trinity Cemetery
10 hold services over the grave Of General John A
Dix In Central Park army OF boys and girls
neld MAJ Day carnival
rhe parade was unusual. if for nothing else, by
starting on time. Captain Thomas O'Reilly, grand
marshal assisted by Colonel Isidore Isaacs. adju-
tsut general and chief Of staff, and several aids
formed the columns with unusual precision, and at
O'Clock 2 platoon Of mounted police under ser
Esant Walsh. leading the 5000 soldiers sailors,
marines and musicians. left Sherman Square
In n. reviewing stand with Mayor Mcclellan
General Ne1ius and General Daniels were Major
General julius H Stahl. Major General Anson O.
Mc-ook Colonel Edmund Hendricks, Colonel Johh
? Denny Colonel John Jacob Astor General Har-
Ian P Christie and Lieutenant Bernard A Fiooa.
n tte Army and Navy Union: Colonel Asa bTd
Gardiner CONGRESSMAN Herbert Parsons. Justice
Charles " DAYTON. Commissioner Robert :" Heo-
herd Justice James a. Blanchard, Justice vernon
M Davis Borough President Ahearn. Alderman
REGINALD s Doull. Justice Irving Lehman, justice
Henry Y Gndersleeve DR. William II NlaN"eii'
superintendent Of Schools, and henry
MANY Of the wives and members of the lai1,ii7s -
Grand Army Of the Republic oflc'als sal III inc
s-and waving flags. The special guard Of honoI Al
the stand was from the veteran corps OF aI
: y Y Major Charles Elliot Warren colriilalio
ing.
Six companies Of the coast artillery corps com
-,sr5a5 b,- Major Il C. Schumm. formed the head
r the column They were followed by oetaGi-
r,er- of United States sailors and marines from
ire Brooklyn navy yard commanded by Lieuleh-
ant Commander Yates Stirling, 5r-
Major General Charles F Roe conrnahoed 'i7
site militia which Was led by Squadron A com
M l6ed b7 Major Oliver p. Bridgnlan- lhen
-s-le the 9Th Provisional Regiment, Coast Arhlery
Co-ns the Isl Battery of the 1st Battalion Flelu
Artillery and the Field Hospital Medical CorIs
Xext marched the First Brigade. with brisaoieF
General George Moore Smith commanding the bri-
-.6e s-s4 The lsr Company. Signal Corps, unoer
Lieutenant Thomas II. Baldwin. was followed pE
ne -th Regiment. commanded by Coloilei D@iI'I-
Appleton: the 18th. Colonel George r Dyer the 'I
Colonel William @ Bates, and the 6sth- Cnoei
~r.-1az-
drew Z Kalbach commanded the lNt I'D d'la''o-
Naval Militia which ended the national euaIu -
cert Of about sixtv-eight hundred men
Tf5TRTy-HTNE G. A. r. POSTS
7li-rv-uine Grand Army Posts were represented
,-,,r -. r,s-chers in the next four divisions
There ve-e also associate posts and camps Hoi
The Sons of Veterans. The marshals Tor 'ls ST.
ton we're Michael J. ODonovan' Colohel I fidiNey
3 Dersson. Colonel (. 3. Hehble ana 'oioiiei
Adam BroRu -
Xsx, csr,e The United Spanish War Veterans
II the aftb division with Colonel James r 'ouTt
as marshal The sixth division vas maui ~ "
members Of he Army and Navy Union with zen
s s-al s E Adams as marshal -,
n the seventh and eighth divisions were the
cadets some of whom were grandsons and le"
Er.s,-Erandsons Of the lue-coaed veterans furthcF
up in the column Their was the St George ba'-
talon and the First Separate BattaIl"h' SL Iai
thoonew Battalion. St. Nichaels' Grace frS'
Provisional and First Independent na'l "a Hois '.
There were also H. line the Wanamaker Caae's
ths Hebrew Orphan Asylum Cadets. New iork
Tuner and Lincoln Cadets and the Second Legion
American Red Cross
There we're not more than 1900 Grand Army
nen IN the psrade They were cheered Ioyaily
all sorE the line march Winfield scott fos'
bearing tattered and shot riddled banners sho"eo
cnv fifteen men. Noah l. Farnham 1osi mus
tered eight but Mead Post was almost mere
memory With four men, two Of whom had 10 ieaH
the others Seve-al Of the posts were escorted
ty young girls In white. Sumner Post OF veteran
Zousves and several companies Of "iighiand
with band OF forty pipers furnished Drlgh' spo's
~ color. There two negro postS' li4iu"e1S
eiesens and William 4. Andrews
Memorial exercises were held on the steps Oh