The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-30
PARADE TAFT WILL REVIEW
MARCH OF THE VETERANS CIT
SHORT FOR Old LEGS.
neviewing stand a. the soldIers and
saIlars AiSnument On RIVeTslde Drive
Lane Moves &C . A. M.-WSFkh0rse
Parade on urn Avenue az lO:AS.

neviewing stand "a the soldiers and
saIlors NOnument On nIverslsie Drive
Lane Moves &C A. M.-WorkhOrse
Parade On urn Avenue az IOs4s.
Il has been a good while since a Prcsi-
dent Of the United States reviewed the
Memorial Day parade Of this city. and
great plans have been made 10 have the
spectacle to-day one worth seeing. The
President viii get here at $50 O'Clock this
morning and. has announced that he will
be here even Il he has 10 pay his own fare.
Congress having been arguing lately a bit
about Presidential oarfaros. The Presi-
dent will drive a. once to the house Of his
brother. henry W Taft. at 30 West Forty
eighth street. for breakfast. and at $50
will be taken over by Gen. George d.
Loud. the chairman Of the Grand Army
committee. TO the sherman square Hotel.
where he will meet the other members
Of tho reviewing party aud will hold q
short reception.
A. go the President. with the Old Guard
n bis special escort and the Veteran Corps
Artillery. Military Society Of the War
Of 1872. as a guard OF honor. will 60 In an
automobile 20 the reviewing stand at the
base Of the Soldiers and Sailors MOnu-
meni. az Riverside Drive aud Eighty
ninth street There the President will
aliEht with the other members Of the
reviewing party and will watch the pa
raiders pass
Out Of reconsideration for the Grand Army
veterans. growing year by year moro
feeble. to-day's march for them will he
shorter than in previous years. their
parade forming at Seventy street
and the Drive and disbanding at Ninety
second street.
There will be q distinguished company
on the reviewing stand with Mr.. Taft.
Two Major Generals. Daniel =. Sickles
and Julius II. Stabl. and Brig. Gems.
Arson O. McCook. Horace Porter. John
T. Lockman. Thomas Il. Hubbard. Nicho-
las ". Day and Walter Howe. the latter
in charge Of the Department u the Fast,
Col John J. MCCOOk. Col John Jacob
AHtor and eight members Of Congress
will he In the party.
Mounted police will head the parade
proper, which will move at . A. ". As
they pass up Riverside Drive the United
States regulars will wheel IN from Seventy
first street and move up West End avenue
and Ssventy-second street into Riverside
avenue behind them. There will be two
battalions Of regulars commanded by
Lieut.. Col. l.. {. Phillips ~ the Coast
Artillery Corps Next come two battal-
ions Of sailors and marines from the
Rhode Island and the Connecticut under
Lieutenant Commander W VI. Falconer.
q. n " Next Maior-Gensral Charles
=. Roe will lead the State troops IN two
divisions his escort being Squadron A.
The other troops will he the Ninth Pro-
visional Regiment ~ Coast Artillery.
the First Battery. the Field Hospital CORPS,
First Company Signal Corps, the seventh.
Twelfth. seventy first and SiXty-ninth
regiments and the First Battalion Naval
Militia.
Thess are all escort 20 the Grand Army
Posts. which come next. he AIDED by Col
OeorRe D. Dewey, grand marshal. with
John A. Dix Post a. special escort. There
will he four divisions " the survivors Il
the civil war. but the line this year viii
show their fast decreasing numbers
more plainly than ever. The Spanish
War Veterans. the Army and Navy Union,
two divisions II cadets and the italian
societies will close the parade.
Tonight IN Carnegie Hall there viii
b. the usual Grand Army exercises and
an Grafton.
z. 5. Grant Post will lhold q service at
Grants Tomb At 1'cluck and there will
b. exercises alsn az the Soldiers and
SailOrN Monument. conducted 10y the Rev.
y 7 Willis.
The United Spanish War Veterans az
: o'clock will parade from iOeth street
down Broadway 20 ~ Michaels Church
tor 8hgtr annual sarNtnfr
Services will h. held also az the Harris
Island Cemetery by Gen. Guy " Henry
Camp ~ Spanish War Veterans. the boats
leaving the Fast Nnety-first street dock
al o'clock.
Next perhaus m interest On to-days
military parade and exercises will h. the
annual turnout Of the workhorses. under
the patronage II the Womens Auxiliary
Of ths society for the Prevention u
Cruelty 20 Animals The parade will
start AZ tO.b A. VI. The march will be-
up Firth avenue from the Washington
Arch and the reviewing stand will b. az
Twenty-third street.
There will he ceremonies IN Rodman
Drake Park. where Rndman Drake the
poet was buried. 90 excite interest IN the
restoration Of that landmark. President
Miller % The Bronx. James l.. Wells and
Charles De Kay. grandson % Drake.
viii be- among the speakers.
The home II Thomas Paine az New
Rochelle will be dedicated this afternoon
az the Paine National Museum. under
Association. The exercises will be at
2P.
The Ancient Order of Hibenians will
attend mass for deceased members az
the Cathedral this morning marching
from Cathedral Hall az o.3O.