New-York tribune., 1912-08-25


down - 18th street. OF Fftth svenue. BY
i0:l5 o'clock al vas ready and tie head Of
the nne swung ont from iist street.
srsduslly aecumulA,'ng numbers and
features AZ il passed the other streets
Cereal George =. Dyer. br.gadi@r gen
era, ot the First Brigade y. Y y c.
vas grand marshal. ard his star con-
sisted ot Major ?. I. Y Hopp!n chief n
stsT. and Majo- = J. foley and First
Lieutenant Charles J. Anc.u - aids
Tre parade was led hy lire % six
,e~u mounted police. reaching from curb
to C~rb Then came the grand marshal
and his star. followed by au automobile
containing Dr. George = kurz. chairman
of the citizens reception committee JUS
tice Victor J Dowlirg. !. =. sullivan.
United States Olympic commissions. and
Colonel 2 NJ. Tuo.ursoH. president % the
American Olympic committee
Tha first division was made ~ O.. bat
TALON OF the Coas; Artillery Corps.
L A. under the command Of Major
Robert Z Cal'sa There was something
about the marching OF these regulars that
took the eyes of thc crowds. and raised
burst Of enthusiasm hsd got them In cool
trim FOR the even louder yel's with which
they Dere % salute ths heroc- Of tho day
War Veterans in Line.
t., second division consisted oi United
Spsnish Wa Veterans under the CON-
rnard Of Senior Vice-Comrander Ralph
Parker. mustered from various camps 81
United Spanish War Veterans. Following
them was almost regiment II Roy
Scouts. commanded by Lieutenant Loril-
lard Spencer.
Then came The big third division. =
was led by automobile containing tho
Olympic committee. consisting ~ 9. 7
Kirbv Tyert Jansen Wendell Julian
Curtiss. George " Pauldng and i. II.
Fitzuatrick. Following them cam" more
cars bearing the citizens committee, ta,n
a guard Of honor. representing all of tho
states Of the Union. and another guard of
honor representing. By national cos
tunes. al The nations that competed m
the olympic games at ~-oc@l,lH. i.'n
came car bearing Matthew Hal7.n and
Nike" Murphy. the teams trainer. head
ing The thirty cars carrying the athletes
themselves each wearing his trophies and
an American shield on his breast
This section OF tho parade was ended
by the United swedish societies. who
were a noteworthy feature, both through
their EFFORTS and because Of the attention
paid them by the committee = arrange
n1ents in recognition Of the fact that II
was IN their country that the games were
held. and that il was their country which
won the meet.
The sw.des had entered into their prep
arations FOR the display with such en-
thusiasm that their efforts produced by
far the most ornate and spectacular part
OF the celebra ton. Their group was led
by twenty men. conspicuous for thor
lofty stature. wearing blue and gold
sashes over black Prince Alberts, snk
hats, rosettes OF Swedish colors I'm the
buttonholes and bearing aloft richly en-
broidered banners Then came dftocn
men ard women In gay Swedish peasant
attire. followed b. the Swedish Hundred
Men. In medieval. hslberdier-like cos
tunes. whose gaudy colors called forth
hearty applause from the crowds. They
were followed by a couple OF hundred
members. in civilian garb and Uniform
from a dozen swedish societies
The fourth division was given over 10
clubs of the Amateur Athletic Union
under the command Of Captain J.. D.
Walsh. In IL marched two hundred men
from the New York Athletic club, wear
ing red and white bands around white
straw hats, and carrying white pennantS
with the winged-foot emblem OF the or
ganization in field OF blue They were
followed BY l50 men from the lrish-Amer-
lean Athletic Club wearing the green
winged fist emblem on their hats. ana
carving small American flags. Tben
came representatives from the Pastime
Athletic Club. and Of th!rty-seVen other
ORGANIZATIONS in the union, Including Ger
men. Bohemian. Finnish. Norwegian
Greek and Irish clubs from all borOughs
of the city. representing such various
lines Of activity, In addition to general
athletics. az lifessving. gymnastics and
turn yerein work. The division was ter
I minated BY former champions and college
men.
The fifth division consisted OF organiza-
tions which are members OF the Catholic
Athletic League. They were under the
command Of Major L. +. Lynch. Four
teen organizations were represented.
The sixth division. under the command
NJ H. Obertubessing. consisted OF repre-
sen,atiyes from various branches of the
Young Mems Christian Association. set
element athletic clubs and number Of
unattached athletes
The seventh division. under Captain
Charles ]. Dieges. was made up of
number OF miscellaneous athletic organi-
nations. including the Young Mems He
brew Association and the negro athletic
clubs.
Future Athletes March.
The eighth division, under Dr. Edward
W. stitt, contained the Public schools
Athletic League. representatives OF the
high schools and the playground depart
meut There were two hundred or more
Of these latter and they carried large