Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-06
Military Parade Proves One of
Greatest Features of Ak-sar.
Ben Festivities.
GENERAL SMITH In COMMAND
Regulars, Militiamen, Cadets and
Scouts Cheered by Crowds.
FIVE BIG BANDS PARTICIPATE
Mounted Police and Board of Gov.
ernors at Head of Long Column.
GUARDS MAKE FINE SHOWING
with Gold Braid, GIistenInE
Sabres aud Floating
banners.

WIN NroAu
sabrcs aud Floating
banners.
order Ot March,
Mounted Police
Band
Board OF Governors,
Brigader General r. A. Smith, United
States Army
staff
Band. Fourth Infantry.
Fouth United States Infantry.
Ambulance
Companies A, 3 and h, Signal Corps.
United States Army.
National Guard and staff
Band Second Regiment, Nebraska Ma
tional Guard.
Second Regiment Infantry, Nebraska Ma
tonal Guard
Band. First Regiment, Nebraska Ma
tional Guard.
First Regiment Infantry, Nebraska Ma
tional Guard.
Machine Gun Platoon, Nebraska Ma
tional Guard.
signal Corps, Nebraska National Guard
Engineer Company, Nebraska
National Guard.
Field Hospital, Nebraska National Guard
Band
High School Cadets.
Boy Scouts
Wagon Train, United states Army
Thousands OF soldier lads passed in re-
view before the assembled mutitudes on
the streets of Quiveras capital city this
afternoon-60O United States regulars
from Fort Crook and Omaha. 1870 boys
OF the Nebraska national guard and the
Omaha Hgh school cadet battalion. 500
strong
People began to gather on the streets
as early as | o'clock, an hour before the
parade started. 10 get good positions
from which TO view the spectacle, and
as the pageant passed there was not
single point Of vantage along the entire
route that was not crowded. Members
OF the board of governors, who rode at
the head of the parade, said II was idle
to try to estimate the number of spec
tators, but presumed II entirely safe to
say that there were many more thou
sands of spectators than there we're, hun
dreds In the parade.
All along the route the marching men
we're cheered Justify, from the vanguard
of mounted police TO the drivers who
brought up the rear with their army
wagons and mules. II any soldier Lad
had feared that the public heart had in
the least lost It's affection Tor the mil
itary uniform his fear was dispelled.
and the High school cadets by the
spectators. many of whom declared that
the appearance and conduct OF these
amateurs at war was not so very far
behind that Of the regulars.
Changing Panorama.
II was a constantly changing panorama
OF gold braided officers, companies OF in
fantry, signal corps men, bands, machine
guns, field hospital corps, engineer com
panies mules and supply wagons-such
a panorama as can be seen in Omaha
only once a year, and that during the
k-Sar-Ben festival
Following ltoon of mounted police
and band luL. Brigadier General Fred
erlck A. smith, commander Of the De
partment OF the Missouri with his staff
at the head of the column of troops. As
the parade neared its end General smith
and his staff took positions in stand
that had been erected for them in front
of the army building at Fifteenth and
Dodge and reviewed the passing troops
A slight delay in the start of the parade
was occasioned by the lateness Of the
soldiers from Fort Crook, their train
being half an hour late.
Nebraskn's Citizen Soldiers.
The Nebraska National Guardsmen IN
the parade were led by the brigade staff
followed by the Second regiment. The
First regiment came behind the Second
and then followed the engineering corps,
the signal corps, field hospital corps ana
the machine gun company.
The general staff was to have been
led by Rrigadisr General e. H. Phelps.
but he was unable TO take part The
staff consisted of Colonel A y. Fetter-
man. Colonel Allan d. Falconer and
the United states army officers who are
detailed to the guard-Major Julius A.
Penn and Captain Robert l. Hamilton.
In the brigade was BriEadier General
Joseph A. Storch and in command of
the Second regiment was Colonel F. ].
Mack and Colonel George A. Eberly com
manded the First
The First brigade consisted Of Major
H. II. Antics, -.sjor NJ. ]. Flaherty,
Major Charles H. Dean. Major Louis H
Gage and First Lieutenant e Wood
Smith
second Regiment.
The second regiment, led by Colonel
r. j. Mack. had the following staff;
Lieutenant Colonel Hugh e. Clspp Cap