The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-22

BenedCn SHY Of OaZzl1ng Due, with a fresh westerly breeze to relieve the intense warmth of the July sun, Eagles by the thousands marched through Bridgeport today in one of the most spectacular parades in the history of the city.
 From cities throughout Southern New England, from New York and New Jersey, even from St. Louis, came members of the F,raternaI Or parade, and field day of the organiza- tion.
 Crack naneuvers, natty uniform, brilliant parasols, gorgeous floats, symbolic presentations of the princi- pies of Liberty, Truth, Justice and Eauality-aH contributed to the be- wildering kaleidoscope Of the state parade.
 It would be futile to estimate with any idea of accuracy the number of people who witnessed the parade The line of march covered several miles, and grass plots were filled with cheer ing, enthusiastic spectators
 Itswa.s nearly noon before the parade got under way, and it took nearly an hour for it to pass a given point The parade was reviewed at the City Hall from a specially constructed review ing stand, occupied by notable Eagles, Mayor Wilson, the committee of judges and other notabIes.
 Consternation seized the officials of Bridgeport aerie, who were watching the parade from the reviewing stand, when a quarter of an hour after the van of the parade had passed, it be- came apparent that something had gone wrong.
 The first division and a part of the second division passed the stand, and there were no more paraderss in sight. A score of teams, automobiles and two trolley cars came east in Park avenue, past the reviewing stand.
 Fred c. Mullins and Col '. J. Mur- phy at once started an inveSti gation. They knew well that only a small part of the parade had passed, and that the traffic which had broken in to the line of march should not be there.
 Mayor Wilson lost not a moment in taking things into his hands. He haStened down from the reviewing stand, and taking a. position at Broad and State streets, directed Traffic Policemen John Corrigan and Edward Mccarthy in clearing the threatened congestion. A passage was broken through the wall of spectators, teams were hustled to one side, and the traffic that had broken into State street was ordered into Broad street. The two trolley cars were allowed to trail the parade to Main street and north where they got out of the line of march, but no further interruption was brooked.
 While the occupants of the stand were growing apprehensive- of some serious happenings, Col. Murphy who had command an automobile from the crowd of spectators, sped through Park avenue to Park Place where he soon learned the cause of the l trouble. The second division, com prising strangers, had not followed the orders of the marshal, and instead of eounterrnarching at Park Place, had continued souther1y towards the Sea- wall It was not until Marshal Jamie son of the Fourth division reached Park Place that he saw that the pa rade had gone wrong.
 He lost no time in countermarching with his own division and dispatching word to the lost divisions to fall in as soon as they could countermarch from the park. In this way, with Jamieson at the lead, the second sec ton of the parade came along, about 10 minutes after the last or the origi- nal parade had passed the reviewing stand.
 The police detail in the center was greatly strengthened but it was with difficulty that traffic was kept clear. By II o'clock the paraders began to seek their places in line, and at 11:3o except for the delegation from the Berkshire division which came by train nearly hour later than sched- uIed, the various divisions were rest ing on the side streets near Bulls Head awaiting the order of Grand Marshal P. H. Brady to start.
 At the Stratf1eId hotel, where the reception committee maintained head quarters, visiting state and national officers were entertained
 By the time the paraders had re- turned to the center of the city from East Bridgeport many were nearly overc ome with the exertion. Though many bore gaudy parasols there were hundreds who had mo protection from the intense warmth of the noon day sun. and the heated pavement and long line Of march combined to fa- tigue them severely.
 Scores dropped out of line when they had com mpleted the portion of the march that brought them back to ths