New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13

their alignment. the policemen whom
Inspector Lahey had stationed 20 Feet
apart along the curb of the avenue
could not keep the crowd from bulging
a little into the roadway, squeezing the
men on the extreme left OF the march-
ing columns out OF line. Captain W.
C. Harley, who has acquired con-
siderable reputation as marksmah'
led the first battalion Of marines.
Then came the sailors OF the nag
ship Connecticut leading the FIRST di'i-
sion of bluejackets. The first DIVISION
commanded by Captain H. d. Wilson,
of the North Dakota, comprised the
sailors of the Connecticut. Florida
Utah. Delaware, North Dakota ana
Michigan. Lieutenant Galbraith LED
the first battalion.
This first regiment of sailors also mad
trouble with the narrowness OF the
lane through which they had to march
twenty-five breast. But when the Sec
ond regiment, under Captain Roger
Wells, OF the Louisiana, swung past
the companies had adopted a forma-
ton which took up only part OF the
roadway, and the bullying line OF
"cits" across the street no longer pre-
scented a problem. In this second regl-
ment came first the sailors OF the
Louisiana, and then in order those OF
the South Carolina, Kansas, New
Hampshire and Vermont.
The crews Of the Virginia, Georgia,
Nebraska, Rhode Island and New Jer-
sey made up the third regiment, under
Captain H. p. Jones. Of the Rhode
Island. They marched In the order
named behind band which had ceased
PLAYING temporarily as 1t passed the
reviewing stand. '~
Braaaed and Made Good.
Interest in the fourth regiment cen
tired In the crews OF the super Dread
noughts Arkansas and Wyoming,
which made up two-ffths Of 1t. The
boys OF the Arkansas possessed the
only bugle, fife and drum corps In the
whole procession. They had been brag-
ging about this feature all the week.
and the performance justified them.
Captain w. l. Howard Of the Idaho
commanded this division. The crews
composing il marched in this order:
Minnesota, Idaho, Ohio, Wyoming and
Arkansas.
hrs a
Day parade the city has enjoyed since
that of 1892, marking the four hun
dredth anniversary OF the discoveries
landing on San Salvador. The Santa
Maria, on which Columbus voyaged
across the unknown ocean, would not
much more than duplicate In size one
Of the numerous launches which each
Of the twenty-one battleships repre-
scented In yesterdays procession car
ries about with her.
Two near collisions marked the land
ing of the Ave thousand six hundred
sailors and marines In the line OF
march which. considering the con-
gested state Of the river, due to the
unprecedented mobilization Of war
ships and the vast numbers Of steam
boats and motor launches conveying
visitors to and from these fighters. was
considered a remarkably clean record.
Riverside Park, just above the Goth
street pier, was banked with thousands
Of men and women and children, to
whom the landing of this army proved
the most interesting sight Of their holi-
day, for the tangle Of river traffic to
a certain degree provided that hazard
which in actual warfare would have
been supplied by the fire Of the enemy.
Petty Officers Presence Of Mind.
Lieutenant Commander Gherardl su-
perintended the Decentralization from
the navy tugs Sonoma, Patapsco and
Patuxent; the especially commissioned
excursion boats RosedaIe. Sylvester and
Isabel and from the numerous strings
of barges towed to the landing by the
navy launches. A Police Department
tug. sent to assist him in the matter
of regulating river traffic, got in the
way itself Of the tug Ontario which,
in trying to avoid her. was carried by
the tide head on against the 9th street
pier. Thanks to the presence Of mind
of petty officer in the bow of the
Ontario a grave accident was narrowly
avoided.
A few minutes later the Rosedale
lust grazed the stern of the Isabel at
this same pier. The Isabel had locked
on the north side and was landing her
detachment Of sailors when the Rose
dale arrived. Her pilot, disobeying the
shouted to him from the
pier to land his men on the south side
of the pier, first tried TO make the end
of the pier, and when he found this
attempted TO slide In be-
yond the Isabel In attempting TO
avoid hitting the Isabel he blocked the
landing of two other boats. AS II was, !
he Just grazed the Isabel's stern, but |
finally tied up successfully and dis !
charged his passengers.
The landing operations began at |
12:1S o'clock and continued until leo.
The first batch of sailors to Land came