The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-15
PARADE OF 1000 POLICEMEN
ei,NOR REVIEWS THEM AND
JS rIr,NTD IT THE SHOW ING.

N PLriNED IT THE SHOWING.
r.,e, 81 Wen and Less % the Applause
IA, Inhi, tduals Medals % Homer
pr-.rnird RisI Duty Drtn Follows
I.reat TrsWd al AloaG the Line.
rr5.r ne trees oi Madison Square
- ,ss "a Worth monument Mayor Oaynor
-..,s-f.v reviewed nearly a.OOO aplen-
4,4ry irrIlei policemen His pleasure vas
I-~slv oppressed.
Pos. Is h. Observed. a. others did.
,h. --trks n a new force. The fat wad-
,lsr. v1o m the old days rolled Wheezily
Dvtha grand stand were missing. What
he Navor saw was an organisation OF
Young men. brisk. quick footed. accurate
and keen for duty.
A r,cst distinctive sign Of the change
,hs, has come over the force was the alb
..rcs 4 applause for individuals. Now
and then when a particularly tine step
mig company 81 policemen swung by the
-nnd there was handclapping and a buzz
n approval. hut one heard very rarely
that ,hout and clapping that used to salute
Inspectors or captains who we're known
f,r sensational performances in ths
rspierI,ln or elsewhere. The crowd
Yesterday applaudsd the machine. not
the MAI
Fo- sra and downright interest dis
rIsva4 II was a crowd that excsllsi any
n rsrsnf years at least For hours along
Rroaivay and Fifth avenue trafiic crawled
NJ vas damned hehind waves Of PEOPLE.
Acres NJ spectators watched the start
~ ,hs parade from Aston place and I.afay-
etc street Broadway was choksd 20
Trsntv-third strest. Along Madison ave
mo N Fou.eth street and down Fifth
Avsnue 70 Madison Square there was a
pressing and a squirting and a shifting
thai gave the workaday policemen plsnty
u 10 BESIDES watch their fellows
rHRoN0s ALONG THE LINE
,Ione the parade routs tho windows
- buildings we're filled with bobbing
hsais Eids chung like birds 20 The
branches 81 treos in Madison Square.
- high up N the towur II tho Metro
rolta7 Building that they were mere
fots from the grand stand people watched
20 show With field glasses. Two men
vsrs rer~hed on the roof OF the Flatiron
Puhng Occasionally they leaned over
re cornics of the sharp apeT. giving
reople VIM watched them a touch OF the
shivers
he long grand stand which lay on tho
vssf side Of Fifth avenue by the Worth
Monument was heaping full BY iI.No A. NJ.
Urhke the stands Of former years. IL was
uncovered and they who wore peri-hable
straw bonnets and they who were topped
With sfls hats peered anxiously at a modest
am Rain bOded hut did not CONS until
after the last bugle had sounded and the
Last sharp command had been given.
rarnmany. always interested in the
poIice took NJ many places in the stand.
On~ Jaw former commissioners and ex-
hossas of tho police and leaders Of districts.
They watched silently. for the most part.
and a sort 81 sadness seemed 10 be In their
Eass The proud relatives o. the paradsrs,
women mostly. were there by hundreds.
Youcould hear their voices ring OUT clearly
when Captain Tom Of Lieutenant jim
strutted by saluting stifiy but with an
eye 70 the section Of ths stand where his
FeAl audience was posted.
THE AAToR ON HAND EARLY
The Mayor was more than punctual
Hs arrived IN state. coming from Police
headquarters in Brooms street with
Commissions William =. Baker and
sec1nd Deputy Charles " kirby. First
Deputy Frederick II. Bughsr was not
among those present. Thirty men rode
Nth no Mayor and handed him over TO
,r- Cardians Of the stand. Presently
a-.-c1 NE most brilliant figure among
~. SPECTATORS. Rear Admiral Leutze.
Coumandant Of the New York Navy Yard. |
The Rear Admiral was In full dress, plumed !
chapesu epaulAts and sword Fire Com |
missioner Waldo and Mrs Waldo preceded |
. string n officials
While folks were waiting for the review
~ commence a stout man in a gray suit |
tn0k up q position in a cleared space !
5rro-s the avenue from the grand stand. ]
triangle II grass that the police had I
cleared Tor -y1lutions % the bands The /
111i man leaned comfortably against a /
ne. OCCASIONALLY a policeman touched |
him 90 fine arm. whsTeupon the man IN /
gTay flashed a gold badge which glittsTed 4
unnder'IIly 10 was Coroner Albert = |
SFWauns 81 Il The Bronx demonstrating /
that boz had q right to back up against a
u-s" % h- wanted TO- He Was ths only /
nan IN al th- crowd with a private Grand
stand and b. -taved until hs got tired.
Little things amused the crowd during
L@ 0ait A police dog. blanketsd and
bia rbu0ued mis- name Of course was
Bun WhisScd madly around the parade
ground. barking 90 show how mech he
understood what Was forward and what
N important part Of the ceremony he
anew himself 10 be, Small boys there
must have been a thousand OF them In
Madison SQUARE ducked between the
i-R- OF policemen. squirting for places
q" vantage Occasionally one Skinned
w fr,e with the agility OF a squirrel.
Two b.ankstet Sioux from Col. Cody's
oI''' aupearrd on the edge Of the crowd
q no uars stOlidly took position and
stood throughout the parade without a
cAnge 81 cOuntenanoe 10 faT A. anybody
co., n notice There was an extraordinary
a--04nr ~ interest shown in the Mayor.
Nr.- these incidents were happening
much Was going on downtown Al
e1arf.v lH31 A. NJ Chief Inspector Max
N1hm'therger. sitting a big hay horse
v Lafayette street. nodded TO his bugler
d Jug high note foated over the heads Of
thousands ~ People. Schmittbergsr'
h0-ss took q jump forward. then settled
'a'. dancing walk The parade was