The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-01
Two Million People Cheer As
the Magnificent military
Array Passes Along
GERMAN SAILORS MAKE
HIT WITH THEIR SONG
Never Before Have So Many Men in
Army Uniform Been Seen in
New York and the Enthu
siasm is Tremendous.

New York, September 39.-Twenty-five
thousand men of arms today marched
past the massed representatives and spe-
cial ENJOYS of 81 nations. while 100000
citizens, seated on grandstands or stand
ing along Fifth avenue, shouted them
selves hoarse in cheers The great mill
tary parade was the climax of the Hud-
SON Fulton celebration. Although there
were tremendous ovations for each body
of American troops and unstinted APP
plause in overwhelming volume for the
British sailors, the most conspicuous re-
cepton of the day went TO the sailors
of the German fleet a picked body of
magnificent men, who as they reached
the reviewing stand, fell into the formal
slap slap of the parade goose step and
burst into "My Country Tis of Thee"
with an overwhelming volume of basses
and fevor which took away the breath
of the listeners. The benches sat ST.
lent for moment and then rising bare
headed to their feet, cheered and cheered
and cheered again, until the voices gave
way and they could only wave hats and
handkerchiefs in long applause.
Applause from one stand or another
was continuous all through the parade,
but now and then the crowds showed
some evidences of being surfeited with
festival Impressions. Between the bat
terf OF eheers for the Germans and asain
the thunder OF applause for the precision
of drill with which the West Point ca
diets moved past, the characteristic Yam
kee humor of an American crowd found
opportunity for expression in a thous-
and familiar salutations to those in the
lines
No Lack of Interest.
There was ample evidence today that
whatever may be the interest in historic
pageants and parades of merchant ships
past anchored men of war-gold braid,
bugles and the roll of the drums have
lost none of their fascination for the
great mass of the public. For the first
time during the Hudson-Fulton celebra-
tion, all the small towns within strik-
ing distance of New York suspended
business today to watch the parade pass
the court of honor and the official re-
viewing stand. of the sailors and marines
of seven visiting nations the regular
soldiers, the blue jackets the National
Guard and the naval militia of the United
States and the police of New York city.
So many men representing so many
branches of the war departments of the
world have not been seen on American
streets before so many wearing American
coors have not been seen since the days
of civil war. The total count of those in
line today outnumbered the enlisted roll
of the American regular army before the
Spanish-American war Four thousand
four hundred police kept the crowd in
line, and at the same time by a special
system of platoon relefs the regular and
reserve forces of every precinct in the
city was maintained at its full working
force.
Great Parade.
The parade followed strictly the order
of official precedence. First came Ad-
miral Sir Edward Seymour's men. the
blue Jackets and marines of the British
fleet; then the Germans, and following
the men of the Netherlands and the Ital-
ian midshipmen in company front, with
their sailors bringing up the rear Then
came the representatives of the United
States, the coast artillery. carrying the
service Springfelds for the first time;
the United States marine band of the At
lantic fleet In scarlet and gold with a
sprinlxling of Filipino musicians blowing
bravely: the marine corps. the sailors of
the various ships of the fleet in division
front the naval militia the national
guard and lastly the drab-garbed regu-
Jars. The cadets of the Argentine train
ing ship. trim and youthful. found place
between the American sailors and the
naval militia.
Tonight marked the climax so far as
spectacles go. of the celebration In Great
er New York.
Final Programme.
There remains the carnival parade, but
in appearance it does not vary in ap-
pearance from the historical pageant of
last Tuesday. The airship and aeroplane
flights continue, but the public has al
ready had first taste of them, and to-
morrow morning sees the departure up the
river OF part, at least of the naval
concourse, which more than any one
thing has drawn the crowd and given
the celebration international dignity. The
torpedo fiotilla submarines and naval aux
iliaries, with one OF the light draught
scout schooners, followed by a parade Of
MERCHANT craft will leave tomorrow to
escort the Half Moon and the Clermont
from their present anchorage to New
burgh, where they will be formally turned
over to the celebration of Upper Hud-
SON. divisions, which will continue the
festivities for week to come
There were aquatic sports this aft
ernoon In the Hudson Off Riverside drive
and tonight there were literary exercises
and a Staten Island banquet at which
Glenn H. Curtiss. the aviator, made his
first appearance at formal public func-
tion since his return from European tri-
jumps. Sharing the honors with him were
Governor Hughes and Dr. Cook OF polar
fame.