The Detroit times., 1910-05-27


planned that a proper parade ought to
take four hours to pass a given point.
But the organizations that had re-
Quested places In the line would form
a parade that would take 20 hours 10
pass.
Would BE Gigantic Parade.
Such a parade would be Ave times
larger than any OF the gigantic parades
OF the Hudson Fulton celebration and
could be likened In size only TO the
passage OF the million Union soldiers
who marched up Pennsylvania-aye. In
Washington after the war.
Every prominent fraternal lodge in
the country, various lodges of Italians.
Germans and other foreign Americans,
clubs. societies, bunds-almost every
unit OF the many associations into
which American people gather, will
be represented in the parade. They
will come from every part OF the coun-
try.
In Battery park, where Mayor Gay
nor, on raised platform, will vel
come Roosevelt In view OF hundreds
OF thousands OF persons, an area will
be roped of for 5000 individuals.
These 5000 favored ones. within the
Enclosure, will include senators, con-
gressmen, financial leaders and men
who are so prominent that their
names appear almost daily In the pub
lie prints. They will form about as
exclusive n little crowd as has ever
been gathered in this country. On
tine platform, where only 200 of the
very biggest of the big can be ac-
commodated, will be seen the faces OF
diplomats and men OF worldwide re-
nown. Col. Roosevelt Is expected to
make a short speech and then he Will
enter a carriage for the parade.
Mayor Gaynor will ride with him.
One thousand mounted policemen
will head the parade, with the police
band.
Rough Riders To Act As Escort.
The Rough Riders will escort Roose-
welt Three hundred Of them will hold
this place of honor. Chas. E. Hunter
OF Oklahoma, will lead them. There
will be Capt. Cocby, who was almost
killed at San Juan, and "Fightin' Par
son" Rev. Henry Brown, and Ben H.
Colbert of Tishomingi, the Chickasaw
Indian rough rider and Marshal Chris
Madden of Guthrie, together with Lon
Muxlow, constable OF Guthrie, and
Dave Hidden. John II. Alternately,
who kills wolves with his hands, and
Abernathy's two sons. who are now
riding horseback from Guthrie to New
York for the ceremony, will also
probably be In line, though they are
not Rough Riders. Sloan Simpson,
who was a veteran In the civil war,
but lied TO the enlisting officers in
Montana when he wanted to join the
Rough Riders, saying he was forty
Ave, when he was fifty-nine, will also
be present and riding.
Many of the Rough Riders don't
want TO take any chances on city
horses" and will bring their OWL In
view of the fact that many of these
ponies have never before seen city,
the chances are that there will be
some real rough riding.
The route, UP Broadway and Fifth
ave. 10 Fifty-ninJh-st.. Will be lined
with stands.
At Fifty-ninth-st the parade will dis
hand, and present plans are that Mr.
Roosevelt Will go immediately to
Oyster Bay, q twohour ride from New
York.
Tugs to Meet Steamer.
There are a favored few, including
the newspaper men, who will get a
view OF Col. Roosevelt before he lands.
Newspaper tugs will start from the
city at midnight TO meet the Kaiserin
Auguste Victoria, off Fire Island. The
boys" will be allowed to board and
secure interviews and photographs.
The reception committee will go
out to Quarantine, in the bay, on
revenue cutter, provided by Collector
VIM. Loeb. and Roosevelt will boa I
the cutter and be taken up the North
river for a two-hour ride to give the
hundreds of decorated boats In the
harbor a chance to parade.
Then will follow the land cere-
monies.
It's going to be a good day work
for Col. Roosevelt to get home. And
everybody has done his best to make
IL quiet and easy for him.
President Taft. so VIM. Loeb says,
promised Loeb he wouldn't be pres
ent.