The Detroit times., 1912-07-24
|ETROIT'S BIRTH
RE-ENACTED WITH
RICH PAGEANTRY
adillac Voyages To City. Es-
corted Down the River By
Giant Fleet
WEN ROYAL WELCOME
IN GRAND CIRCUS PARK
.uto Parade. With Thousands
of Machines in Line, a Fea- .
ture of Days Program

hotor boat races and swimming con-
ests, Detroit was pulsating with the
pirit of Cadillaqua, Tuesday. II was
he greatest day of the weeks cele-
ration considered from the stand
ONT of land attractions. Music and
birth were in the cir the live-long
ay. and the enthusiasm engendered
months OF careful planning reach
d its crest In the depletion or the
oundina of the city 2l1 years ago
~ Cadillac.
The arrival and reception OF the
eity's founder was like a great, mas
erful play. with the broad, glistening
liver ard the city as its stage. The
peetacle was both grand and impress
i've.
The first act in the historical drama
was staged on the river when at IL
o'clock, Cadillac, the role being play
ed by Andrew IL. Green, was sighted
Lake st. Clair of the Detroit
Motor Boat club house. He was IN
his canoe, padding along toward De-
roit when overtaken by the scout snip
Naramada with a company OF as
inguishod citizens aboard. he was
aiken aboard the motor boat, with his
canoe in tow and the ship motored TO-
ward the fleet of motor boats, canoes
Ind sail boats waiting off the head OF
he island. Aboard the Narmada were
-adillac's two priests (roles played by
Joseph Mack and James l.. Lee), VINO
had accompanied the gallant French
man on his explorations from La
Chine. Quebec.
AS the Narmada drew near, the
enormous fleet gradually took shape
i'm a long, slender procession, Col.
IFrank J. Hecker's yacht, Halcyon,
the flagship leading and headed Tor
the foot OF Thrd-ave. Aboard the
Halcyon were the governor and stan
of Is. Col. Hecker, communicating
Ichief. United States Senator William
alden Smith, Strathearn Hendrie, and
other distinguished guests.
Boats Fire Governors Salute.
AS the boats proceeded down the
river they passed the United States
revenue cutters Tuscorora. OF Milwau-
kee; the Morrell of Detroit; the
Dubuc. o. Chicago; the training ship
Essex. Of Toledo, and the BON Juan
de Austria. the training ship of the
Michigan Naval Reserves. Each OF
Ithese vessels fired the governors
salute OF II guns as the flagship pass
| ed Motorboats and canoes were
gaily decorated with the maize and
blue and the procession made an i'm
posing sight.
When the feet arrived at the foot
OF Third-st., the second act OF the
play began Cadillac, on landing,
was received by the counts Of the
| court of Cadillaqua TO the number Of
Hoo who had previously disembarked,
and preparations proceeded for Cadil-
|lac's triumphant march through the
city. The yoyageur and the counts
were conveyed by automobiles up
Jeffersoaave., TO Woodward-ave., and
thence as far as Larned-st., passing
lines OF soldiers and sailors who
fianked Jefferson-ave. from Third-st.
Ito Wooaward-ave. Arriving at Lar
nedst. Cadillac and his counts re-
NAMED until the naval and military
escort was formed. Cadillac and his
counts being last In the procession
moving to Grand Circus park.
The procession was headed by a
platoon of police Thence came Col.
Charles A. Booth, grand marshal,
astride a spirited charger. The Twen-
ty-sixth infantry, u. S. A., followed
and then in order came the Twenty
sixth infantry band. a detachment oil
about 90 men from the Unied States
revenue cutter service, the First In
fantry NJ n. G., and band, Lieut.-Col.
Walter Barlow. commanding; the
Michigan Naval militia; governor
and staff In automobiles, and the men
of Troop B. NJ. N G.. The parade.
was five blocks long and formed an
imposing escort for Cadillac and his
counts, who rode in 20 automobiles.
Crowds Witness Parade.
The ctreets were densely packed
with admiring throngs, and all along
the route Of march up Woodward-ave.,
people .truggled for places of want
age from which TO witness the parade.
At Grand Circus park, Cadillac was
met by tribe OF 200 'makebelieve'
Indians, the chief Of the tribe present
ing him with pipe of peace. The
military and naval organizations drew
up along the curbs Of the street.
Street cars were halted. Thousands
OF people stood in the park witnessing
the spectacle.
The governor, Cadillaqua officials,
the counts, and their guests were
seated in the reviewing stand. Cadil-
lac WdE tnen 1OTmAlly reCelNeu Wy
the governor. Homer Warren, pTesi-
dent of the Board of Commerce. and
George r. Moody, president of Cadil-
laqua. Each, as they received the
French voyageur, spoke in glowing
terms OF the boon he had bestowed
on this generation, the lustre OF his
name and the glory OF the city. Mr.
Warren then presented Cadillac with
a scroll containing the record of De
troits progress of the past IL
months, the scroll enclosed in a cop
per box. This will be deposited In
the record vaults OF the city hail and
is not to be opened until 100 years
from today
TIE president of Cadillaqua then
presented to w. f. Blaine. the auto
mobile which was awarded him for
suggesting the name Cadillaqua for
the water fete and he also presented
an automobile TO G.. r. Brand. for OBJ
tanning the largest number OF mem.
bers I'm the association. The car wa
donated by the Studebaker corpora
ton.
These ceremonies being concluded
the parade disbanded.
Auto Parade Feature.