The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
81 FLOATS IN BIG
HISTORICAL PARADE
Magnificent Spectacle, with TO-
900 Marchers, at Hudson
Fulton Celebration
new Y0RK'S PAST IN TABLEAUX
Floats Moved In Four Dlvisions-pra.
..matic Incidents of Indian, Dutch,
Colonial and Modern Periods Por-
trayed-Review in Court of Honor.

Colonial and Modern Periods Por-
trayed-Review in Court of Honor.
New York, n. Y, Sept. 30.-Three
centuries of history passed in review
through New York streets, displaying
In monster panorama the story of the
city from the days Of the red man to
the twentieth century present.
The historical pageant, first of the
three great land parades that mark
the Rudson-Fulton celebration, differ
ed from any parade which the city
has known heretofore in its living tab
leaux that were presented before the
eyes of hundreds of thousands of per.
sons.
Starting at one o'clock from Gen.
trail Park West and 10th street, the
procession Of floats, attended by an
army of fifteen thousand marchers
in costume, moved down the boulevard
to Fifty-ninth street, thence to Fifth
avenue and down to Washington
square. There were fifty-four floats in
the column.
Governor Hughes and official guests
Of the Hudson-Fulton Commission In
cluding the special delegates from
various nations, reviewed the pageant
at the Court of Honor, in Fifth ave-
nue., between Fortieth and Forty-sec-
ond streets. Major General Charles
F. Roe, grand marshal, and his staff,
! reviewed the column just north of
Washington square. At the head Of
line rode Mayor Mcclellan and Her
man Ridder, chairman Of the Parade
Committee.
The floats, arranged in chronology
cal sequence, passed in four divisions,
illustrating the Indian, Dutch, Colon
| ial and modern periods. They ror-
! trayed the scenes that existed when
Hudson came to Americas shores, the
momentous events that closely fol-
lowed his voyage, the city as the
Dutch knew it, the capture Of New
York by the British, the lie that was
lived under British control, the STIR
ring incidents of the Revolutionary
War, the period OF Robert Fulton and
his "folly" and some of the milestones
that typify progress OF to-day.
Preceded by heralds, the first float,
title car OF the Empire State, typifed
New York from the day of the bark
canoe to the present day of the mon
ster Lusitania, from the period of the
wigwam to the present day Of the
skvscraper. The following floats Of
the first division showed the formation
Of the Indian confederacy. real Iro.
quois Indians having posts in the
! moving tableaux.
The second division illustrated Hud-
sor s discovery his fate in later years
at lie land; Of riutinous crew, the
purchase Of T9ohattau Island from the
Indians Tor $24, Peter Stuyvesant and
Dutch days on Bowling Green.
The Colonial period, embraced in
the third division, portrayed the stir
ring deeds of Washington, of Nathan
Hale, the publication of the constitu-
ton and the Inauguration Of the first
President Of the United States. The
fourth division showed Robert Fulton
mC stering the problem of steam navi-
cation, the old boats that piled the
Erie Canal, the old sleigh that form
erly furnished winter transportation
in Broadway, the "old masheen" of
fire fighters of early years, Garibaldi's
horne on Staten Island and the intro
duction of Croton water in New York,
concluding with a monster figure OF
Father Knickerbocker receiving the
millions of visitors to the present zig
celebration. The Garibaldi float was
manned by ten Italians who were in
actual service under that famous
commander.
All these floats were manned and
escorted by delegations from various
patriotic, civic and political organiza-
tions, ranging from the Sons of the
Revolution to the present day "In-
dians" of Tammany Hall.
The historical characters represent
ed on the floats were carefully select
ed and drilled in a special school of
instruction. Special dressing rooms
were provided the tableauX artists near
the start Of the parade. The floats
themselves were designed with great
care, and the trucks carrying them
were especially built for the service
They were drawn by four horses each,
the horses brightly caparisoned and
with uniformed attendants at the
reins. Each float had an escort OF
one or more marching organizations
the whole number attached to the es-
corts coming to about 10000
Commissioner Baker had 5000 po-
licemen In readiness at o'clock to
line up along the five-mile route OF
march over which the procession
moved, shortly after noon. There
were forty policemen on every block
along which the pageant passed. Nc
such display of authority has ever
been made in connection with SINH
Low demonstration In this Oft"