The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-15
TAFT Day IN iowa
Great Preparations Being Made
at Des MoIRes.
WILL REVIEW BIG ARMY PARADE.
Over 5000 Regulars Gathered for Tour
nament Will Greet the President,
Their Commander in Chief.

nament Will Greet the President,
Their Commander in Chief.
Monday, Sept. 20, the date of Presi-
dent Taft's visit to Des Moines, will
be the greatest day Iowa has ever
seen. When the president leaves his
train at the Des Moines Union station
at 1880 a. M. he will be met by local
Z 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 Gummins, 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 10.
Gust to the state capitol, passing en-.
tirely across the business district and
over a line of march four miles long.
At the base of the soldiers monu.
ment and facing the south approach
to the capitol, a great reviewing stand
with seats for 600 persons has been
erected. From this stand the presi-
dent will review the parade of 6, 200
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. -s- aa
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
400 mounted troopeTg. will partici
pate, flying Tegimental colors, troop
! 8uidons. ETC., ands3with two; mounted
cavalry bands playing. Next will come
q detachment Of the infantry, with
two infantry bands. Twelve batteries
ns field artillery, several platoons Of
rapid fire guns and a mountain battery
will form the next section Then will
come the signal corps with field and
wireless telegraph outfits and a
mounted detachment Of ia men. The
hospital corps, with full paraphenalia
for emergency and field hospitals and
with wagon trains, ambulances, ETC.,
Is next. A detachment from the bal.
loon corps will follow in order. Then
will come the engineers, with bridge
trains for building both ppntoons and
spar bridges. The wagon train Of the
commissary. with all of the camp and
field paraphenalia, will be next in line
and with this will be an escort Of CAV.
airy, With detachment Of infantry
seaAawings Inaalle there will be seven,
!. military hands In the line. of. march.
The location of the reviewing stand
3 an IDEAL one. 1t Is two blocks re
moved from street cars and faces the
/ capitol lawn. (which rises ID the shane
OF Ilnatura lamp hitheater from the re-,
!. viewing stand to the south entrance
! d The capitol. and which ,sis Of sum.
Client area 20 accommodate crowd Of
10000 people, - ss,g:szs.T;e ~
As soon asEthe parade has passed,
the picket line in front of the review.
ing stand will, fall back SO that the
assemblage may come up closer, oc.
cupying the street in part, and Presi.
dent Taft will then deliver an address
a Of half hours duration. At the con;
clusionl OF his address, the president
will go to the fair grounds. where he
will inaugurate the tournament pro
gram. From the fair grounds he will
be escorted west on Grand avenue tt
East Sixth, south to Walnut, west te
West Fifth and south to his train.
The line Of march of the military
parade will be from the capitol square
& west on Grand to Sixth, south OF
Sixth to Locust, west on Locust tt
West Ninth, south on Ninth to Wal
nut, east on Walnut TO beyond the re
viewing stand
The committee on arrangements ii
routing the president and the parad'
has endeavored to cover a scope o
territory that will permit the thou
sands who will be in Des Moines t
have every opportunity to see the ma
lions chief executive and to view tn
great military parade without Grove
ing. The reviewing stand will seat so
people and in assigning seats upo
this platform the committee ha
deemed it best to give to the workin