Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-21
CEREMONY MONUMENT GROUNDS, SHOWING GRE

Union of the archdiocese Of Baltimore.
parading in Washington today, greet
your eminence as great prince of the
church. and as the chief pastor of souls
in this archdiocese. Our parade today.
We trust, is an expression Of the teach
ingS that your emnence has for the last
half century inculcated, patriotic citizen
ship of the highest type, clean speech and
a public condemnation of perjury and in
decent language. a fearless profession Of
belief in the divinity of Christ, united to
Catholicity. and ever loyal and uncom-
promising This was signed ]. r.
Meagher. spiritual director of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Tapa1 Blessing Bestowed.
Mgr Bonzano gave the papel blessing
while all knelt.
This demonstration" said Mgr. Bon
zano, lis one of faith and loyalty to the
church and to God. and it is likewise a
demonstration of loyalty to your cOun-
try. Although thi is a religious demon
stration. il also is patriotic. l cOngratu-
late you all and give you the blessing in
the name of the holy father
At the conclusion the massed bands
played Holy God. We Praise Thy
Name" the crowd singing. America"
was then sung
Judge De Lacy, judge of the Juvenile
Court of the District of Columbia. was
respected by all denominations. Judge
De Lacy expressed the opinion that as
long as a million men can be gathered in
this country in the name Of Christ the
perpetuity of American institutions is as
sured.
Col. j. ii. Joyce. president of the Holy
Name Society of the archdiocese of Bal
timOre. spoke of the organization. and
said that II has enrolled in its member
snip the flower of Catholic manhood"
ha L. hoe in he ri
We're Mgrs. Lee and Mackin of Washing
ton. Mgr. Adolph of Buffalo. DR.. Grimald
of the Christ College. DR.. Saleau of the
Marist Seminary and representatives of
the Catholic orders. DR.: Burns, Holy
Cross; Dr. Skinner. Paulist; DIR. Elliott,
Apostolic Mission: DR.. Waldron, Domini-
can. and DIR. Godfrey, Franciscan.
Route of the Parade.
The parade preceding the services on
the Monument grounds started promptly
at 30 o'clock from the Union station.
vending its way down side streets to
Pennsylvania avenue. to 18th street.
thence to the Monument grounds. Pat
rick j. Haltigan of this city was grand
marshal of the day and had as his aid
Capt. G. Eugene Edwards, commander of
the Corcoran Guards Of the District of
Columbia National Guard. The parade
was led by platoon of mounted police
and the crowd was prevented from surg
ing into the marching ranks by bicycle
patrolmen. Each man and boy in the pa
rade carried a Holy Name Society pen
nant
Patrick j. Brandy, marshal of the Bal
timore forces. followed by the band of
the 9Th Regiment of the Maryland Ma
tional Guard. led the parade proper.
There were seven bands. in this division.
musicians heading representatives from
each of the parishes OF Baltimore.
The second division Of the parade,
about 1.tIb strong. was composed of dele
cations representing Baltimore and also
this city and Alexandria.
The last division comprised the Wash
ington delegation and was headed by Vice
President Shaeffer. assi"ted by a corps OF
aids.
Special trains bringing the members of
the Holy Name Society and thousands of
friends from the Monumental city came
into the Union station yesterday morning
and afternoon. the last arriving about
O'Clock. All of the streets in the line of
march from the station to the Monument
grounds were lined with spectators.