The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-31
President Goes to New York to
Review Great Parade Of
the Veterans.
OLD GUARD IS SPECIAL
ESCORT FOR EXECUTIVE
Head Of the Nation Leads in
Cheering Defenders of
the Flag.

NEW YORK May 30.-New York to-
day observed Memorial day, not merely
with traditional ceremony, but with the
city Of the president Of the United
States TO review the parade of the vet
Grams. Ideal weather conditions pre-
vailed.
Enormous crowds were drawn TO the
streets and avenues through which
marched the rapidly thinning ranks OF
blue, and great host was massed
about the stand at the soldiers and
sailors monument, where President
Taft watched the Grand Army men
and kindred organizations pass in re-
view
As usual the dav was kept as a gen.
eral holiday and after the mornings
impressive ceremonial the city's throngs
gave themselves up TO recreation
President Taft arrived early from
Washington and was driven to the home
of his brother, Henry Taft, Breakfast
there was followed by meeting with
the other members of the reviewing
party and brief reception at the Sher
man Square hotel.
Veterans for Escort.
The trip to the reviewing stand was
then in order, with the Old Guard as the
presidents special escort and guard
OF honor comprising the veteran corps,
artillery and military society of the war
Of 1872
The distinguished party invited to
surround Mr.. Taft on the reviewing
stand comprised Major General Daniel
h. Sickles and Major General julius II.
Stahl, Brigadier Generals Anson G.
McCook, Horace Porter, Nicholas w
Day, Walter Howe, John T. Lockmau
and Thomas II. Hubbard, with NUM-
her pf and nfhar upf h1pe
A detachment of regular army men
headed the marchcrs, 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 battlcships Connccti-
cut and Rhode Island, the head Of the
parade moved up West End avenue to
Seventy second street and into River
side drive and on past the stand at the
monument.
Details Of Services.
The state troops. including the
Seventh, Twelfth, Seventy and
SlXty.ninth regiments, marched next
and then came the veterans Numerous
other ceremonies of a patriotic nature
featured the day In the city. These in
clude services at Grants tomb on Riv-
erside drive by U. S. Grant post. and
decorations on the graves of the vet
Grams, while Grand Army exercises
were planned for tonight in Carnegie
hall, An interesting civic event of the
holiday was the workhorse parade up
Fifth avenue AT New Rochelle, the
home of Thomas Paine the Paine ma
tional museum was dedicated.
After reviewing the parade President
Taft returned TO his brothers. residence
for luncheon.
He had received great ovation all
along the route or the way 20 the
stand and was repeatedly chcored RS
he took the place OF honor among the
reviewers. Mr.. Taft smiled and bowed
and beamed nJ tho tributes.
As the ranks of the veterans came
marching by. the acclaim of the throngs
was turned from the reviewers TO the
reviewed. Salvos Of applause were
launched as the veterans. many Of the
older among them obviously firing from
their tramp, filed past the stand. saint
ing as they passed. none joined more
heartily In the cheering for the men
IN the line than President Taft him
self