New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-25
NEW ROCHELLE, 'ENFETE,'
SEES HUGUENOT PARADE
Nation, State and NelghborS
Help City Honor Its Founders
with Splendid Pageant.
M. JUSSERAND APPLAUDS
French Ambassador One OF
Guests of Honor - Great
Throng Sees Line of March
and Historic Floats.

and Historic Floats.
All New observation-disclosures ana WIVES
sons and daughters, nephews. nieces ana
friends-turned out yesterday either 10
march in the parade. to sit in the grand
stand or to stand on the curbstone' For
tho celebration of the 225th anniversary
of the founding of the town by Huguenot
refugees had arrived. day in which the
afternoon parade, according to james
pose who ought to know having lived
in New Rochelle the whole of his ninety
seven years. surpassed anything ever
seen in the town. To this parade 'he
national. state and city governments 'ne
surrounding towns New hoChe"e ~
liens. irrespective of age, sex Oh O0'''
The Huguenot Association, the NoIes-l"'
women societies and a couple OF huhureu
,,e,ness firms. had all contributed oil
,beir time. money and inventive genus
And. 10 cap the climax, the parade was
reviewed by his eXcellency, the freh0n
. Ambassador. Jules Jusserand; by Ools"'
General Lanel and by the two delegates
iron, old La Rochelle. NM. Chatohet anu
GarrigueS. ,,,.,aorf
The Ambassador and Mayor Waldorf
ora the guests of honor were seated III
the centre Of the reviewing stano III -''''''
street and a finer sight than the stand
filed. as it was, with New RocheiIe
fairest. NJ. Jusserand probably never saw
Az any rate, the smiles and bows VII"
which he answered the applause tha'
greeted him when he entered the sIahu-
stand abundantly testified to his pleasure
q : did the patience with which ne anu
his DISTINGUISHED fellow countrymeh
waited for a full three-quarters Oh an
bo,,r under as hot a June sun as ever
heat upon a parade But when the paraoe
did arrive il abundantly Jusuhed the "a'''
First came. on horseback Chiei OF / oIi0e
Edward J. Timmons. police chlel WIZ
really knew how TO ride, and then came
tbe grand marshal. Lieutenant Harry y
Perlev. of the 10th Infantry, y. G' y. l.
The first division Of the parade was COM
nosed of the military, headed by Major
crote Hutchinson. Of the regular army
and the Fort Slocum Band playing Inv
Pod White and Blue" to applause from
s.orde applause which was led by the
F,rencb visitors when the colors passed oE
escorted bv troops from Fort Slocum'
The marching of the regulars was sp'e''-
did.
Troops in Bright Array.
battalion Of the 10th Infantry Ma
nd
19at+erv d. Light Artillery. The NaNal
Militia. in white, presented a smart APP
pearance. The rear OF the hrst DIVISION
was brought up by a small company Oh
snanisb War Veterans, carrying a large
American flag.
The second division was composed en-
tirelv of fremen. ard splendid showing
q made. The New York Fire Department
was represented by motor engine a mo
tor aerial ladder and a motor hose wagon
and the splendid bearing Of the men
evoked cheers from the onlooKers'
particularly effective showing was maze
nv NEPTUNE Fire Company Of Ne" ho-
cbeIle whose members executed a series
of complicated movements as they were
passing the reviewing stand
There were fire companies from New
Rochelle. Port Chester. Tuckahoe. Rye
Mount Vernon. Bronxville, Greenwich and
half a dozen other towns. but the great
applause for this division came when an
automobile passed carrying half a dozen
veterans OF the New Rochelle force one
Of whom was the living image Of the late
Count Tolstoy and another of the late
General Booth. The rear was brought up
nv two silent but most faithful members
Of the towns force-Old Bess, aged twen-
tv-four. and Sleepy Joe. aged twenty
which several years ago answered 10 their
last alarms and now pass the sunset OF
their DAYS In pastures Of selected grass.
Historic Float Applauded.
The civic division was led by the float
OF the Huguenot Association. represent
ing the landing OF the Huguenots at
Ronnefot Point On il were friendly
Indians awaiting the newcomers from
beyond the rising sun. Huguenot women
and children, and particularly gallant
young noble. with wide. feathered hat
who might have been the young Condo
himself-who was assisting pretty
young girl from rowboat 10 the land.
II was altogether as artistic picture as
any parade could hope for or obtain. The
float was followed by a representation OF
Governor Leisler, the first Governor Of
New Rochelle. surrounded by n guard
Of Huguenots, armed with pixies and
blunderbusses.
Ambassador Jusserand and Mr.. Chato-
NIX. the Huguenot delegate from La Ro-
enene. stood side by side at attention as
the float and its guard Of honor passed.
Then followed a band blaring out the
"Marseillaise."
The suffragettes were next in line, for.
Of course. no parade is nowadays COM
plete without them. Yesterdays delega-
ton was led by an attractive young
woman. who rode her horse in a manner
that would have aroused a cowboys ad-
miraton She was much applauded.
A hay cart filed with children scatter
ing suffrage literature followed. and just
as II passed the stand dove was let
loose from the cart--perhaps as a symbol
that the cart did not contain militants.
Bacchus on Parade.
The last division was composed OF city
carts and the floats and wagons OF va
rious commercial houses. one OF which. a
wagon made to look like a beer garden
from the Rhine, from which German stu
dents pledged the reviewers. brought
forth laughter. which was increased when
one OF the city watering carts filed by.