Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-30
REVIEWED BY TAFT
Civil War Veterans Parade in
New York.
REGULARS HEAD COLUMN
Sailors. Marines and State Troops
Also in the Line.
GENERAL HOLIDAY IN CITY
Services at Grants Tomb-Sports
Take Prominent Part in After
noon Events
GENERAL HOLIDAY IN CITY

NEW YORK, May 3O.--New York today
observed Memorial day not merely with
traditional ceremony, but with the un-
usual honor of the presence in the city
of the President of the United States to
review the parade of the veterans. Ideal
weather conditions prevailed. Enormous
crowds We're drawn to the streets and
avenues through which marched the
rapidly thinning ranks Of blue and a
great host massed about the stand at
Soldiers and Sailors monument where
President Taft watched the Grand Army
men and kindred organizations pass in
review
AS usual. the day was kept as a gen.
eral holiday, and after the morning S
impressive ceremonial was over the
citys throngs gave themselves up to rec
reation in the open. Sports played a
prominent part in the program of after
noon events and crowds f1ocked to the
beaches and various pleasure resorts
about the suburbs
Arrival Of the President
President Taft arrived early from Wash
ington and was driven to the home OF
street. Breakfast there was followed by
a meeting with the other members of
the reviewing party and brief reception
at the Sherman Square Hotel. The trip
to the reviewing stand was then in order.
with the Old Guard as the President g
special escort, and guard of honor
comprising the Veteran Corps. Artillery
and the Military Society of the War OF
1872 The distinguished party invited to
surround President Taft on the reviewing
stand comprised: Maj. Genls. Daniel f..
Sickles and julius II. Stahl: Brig. Genls
Arson G. McCook. Horace Porter, Mich
olas ". Day. Walter Howe. John r..
gether with a number of congressman
and other notables.
The Parade.
\ detachment of regular army men
headed the rarchers, whose route was
shortened SO that the aging veterans
would not be too greatly fatigued by their
tramp. Followed by sailors and marines
from the battleshtps Connecticut and
Rhode Island. the head OF the parade
moved up West End avenue to ia street
and into Riverside drive and on past
the stand at the monument. The state
troops. including the 1th, 18th, list and
Goth Regiments, marched next, and then
came the veterans.
Cheer after cheer broke out as the old
soldiers assembled and wheeled into line,
and woke the echoes even after the tat
tered battle flags had passed and the
younger veterans of the Spanish war
and civic societies brought up the rear
of the marcners.
Other Patriotic Ceremonies.
Numerous other ceremonies of a patriot
ic nature featured the day in the city.
These included services at Grants tomb
on Riverside drive by L. S. Grant Post
and decoration Of graves of veterans in
the cemeteries, while Grand Army exer-
cises were planned for tonight in Carnegie
Hall. An interesting civic event of, the
holiday was the workhorse parade up 5th
avenue. n function under the auspices OF
the woman'S auxiliary of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. AT
New Rochelle. the home Of Thoma
Paine. the Paine national museum was
decidated.
President Taft planned to return to
Washington this afternoon.