New-York tribune., 1909-09-28
FIRST LAND PARADE
SCENES FROM HISTORY.
Onlu Hard Storm Can Preuent
Street Pageant TO-day.

weather permitting, the great historical pageant
~ the Fulton celebration viii take up the
line OF march al y. IN. to-day. Bright sunshine is
hoped for. but it will take hard rain stop the
narade The commission announced yesterday that
che parade would be held unless there was hard
storm mist or Clouds it vase said. would not
interfere with the pageant. II II storms hard,
the parade will be postponed until tomorrow.
This will be the first land parade OF the celebra-
tion. and it will be remarkable the inn
nosing pageant that has been attempted In
This country. There Will be fty-four floats in the
line representing scenes I'm the history of the
country from its discovery down to the present,
and many floats dealing particularly with incidents
connected with Hudson and Fulton.
Twenty thousand men, representing every
tonal and patriotic organization in the city, will
escort the floats. Tammany Hall will furnish the
escort for many of the floats I'm the first division.
MANY OF them will be in costume. A number of the
Goats are have escorts costumed Indians
There are be bands interspersed at frequent in
tervals, so that the line Of march will be a food
OF music, brilliant costumes. waving flags and
i4bleaus.
A force OF more than three hundred men has
been at work for months preparing the hoats and
upward OF a quarter OF million dollars has been
spent IN the preparation Of the pageant The per-
sons who will take part in the tableaus and the
escorts the floats have been drilled In their parts
for weeks
Each float is mounted trucks specially Ne-
signed for the purpose. Ii will bear in front q
banner giving its name and number, and Will be
drawn by four horses, covered from TO fet-
locks with blankets with Fulton letters
Men in uniform viii lead the horses while behind
the float VIII march the escort. Mayor Mcclellan
Will lead the procession, With Herman Ridder,
chairman OF the historical and carnival parades
committee. Behind them Will come Major General
Charles r Roe, the grand marshal. with his stan,
composed Of:
Lieutenant Colonel George Albert wingate chief
sos staff: aids, Lieutenant Colonel William w Ladd.
pnr Lieutenant
mel Nathaniel b. Ihurston Lieutenant Colonel WILL
sfearns sr lieutenant Colonel George w. Bum
nell Lieutenant Colonel William g. lie Boutii-
tenant Colonel BENJAMIN b. McAlpin. Lieutenant
Colonel Chauncey z. Williams. Major John B Hol-
land, Captain Louis NJ Greer, Captain cornehus m
Vanderbilt Captain Adrian II Mather Captain Al
bert H stoddard, captain OF pageantry. and Mr.
David T. Wells.
The first division will be led by body OF
bers OF various societies. representing the Irish.
Italian, Bohemian, Polish and Hungarian citi-
gems OF New York. They will carry their national
flags and the American flag massed in front of
their organizations. The floats in this division
will represent the Indian period.
The second division will represent the Dutch
period. The division will be led by thou
sand members OF the Italian societies and an
equal number from the Irish societies The title
car will be followed by the Half Moon, the Fate
Of Henry Hudson and the First Vessel Built
Manhattan Island. These floats will be manned
and escorted by the Dutch societies OF the city.
OF the prettiest OF the floats in this division
will be attended by two hundred and fifty school
children. AS the full line OF the march will bo
long for the children they will be relieved at
various points,
Swedish and Irish societies will lead the third
division, representing the Colonial period A
mounted guard from among the members OF the
Society OF Colonial Wars will the arst float
Schuyler and Indians the Court of ST. Jamess.
scOtohmen in klts and marching TO the music
OF bagpipes viii escort the 5oat representing the
Trial OF Peter Zenger. Other floats IN this divis-
ion VIII be the Stamp Act, the Exploit OF Marinus