New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
CITY PAYS HOMAGE
TO THE BOYS OF 81
100000 Cheer as Veterans
of Civil Strife Parade in
Riverside Drive.
HONOR, TOO, FOR
SPANISH WAR MEN
Old Soldier ON Clutches Bravely
Hobbies Beside Comrades
Warship Fires Salute.

The uniform Of blue and the tattered
Stars and Stripes received annual homage
at tho hands OF greater New York yes
terday. for between s o'clock in the morn
ing and midnight 10000 citizens paid
honor to the flag. the boys of 81 and
Spanish War Veterans. Only a handful
OF Civil War Veterans were conscious of
the tribute. for in the majority of cases
tho sole honor that could be paid them
was the decoration of a grave.
In sense it was the city's second Me-
mortal Day OF the month-the services for
the Vera Cruz dead being held May IL.
The weather. particularly during the
parade, aided greatly in making the day
a success.
While the veterans marched the sun re-
manned discreetly behind the clouds.
emerging only in the afternoon. when
there was no danger of prostrations
among the old soldiers.
As in previous years, the parade along
Riverside Drive proved the principal at
traction, and the services at the Soldiers
and Sailors Monument and at Grants
Tomb also attracted large crowds. Count
1880
throughout the city during the day. Gull
minating in a service at Carnegie Hail in
the evening, presided over by Mayor
Mitchell.
Seven hundred members of the Grand
Army of the Republic. all white OF hair
and here and there one with an arm or a
leg missing marched or rode from the be-
ginning of Riverside Drive, at I'D St. TO
the monument, at seth ST. The veterans
assembled at 9 o'clock, and the parade got
under way almost Immediately.
Escorting the old soldiers was an army
of nearly l0,0Oe ranging from members Of
the regular army TO Boy Scouts. The
route was lined ten deep with spectators,
and thousands more leaned out windows
or perched on roofs to get view or the
procession. Apartment buildings, as well
as automobiles on the side streets, were
gayly decorated. and everybody united In
giving the veterans a noisy welcome.
AT intervals along the route amoulances
were stationed, lest the exertion prove too
much for some of the older men, but thelr
services were not required. Every man
finished the march, and the proportion OF
those riding in carriages was small.
Vet Makes Trip on Clutches.
George II. Sherman, seventy-fve years
old. made the trip on crutches, and then
departed to aid in the decoration Oh
graves.
The reviewing stand was at seth St and
the Drive. the chief reviewing ofhcer
being General Washington Gardner, COM
mander in chief of the Grand Army OF the
Republic. The Old Guard, in command OF
Major Ardolph l.. Kline, acted as speciai
escort to General Gardner, and the Vet
eran Corps of Artillery, in command OF
Colonel Charles Elliot Warren, was the
guard Of honor.
Others in the reviewing stand were
George McAneny. President of the Board
of Aldermen; Borough President Marcus
NJ. Marks, County Clerk William f.
Schneider, Henry Clews, John d. Grim
minis. Representative Joseph l. Goulden,
General Nicholas w. Day, past vice-com-
mander in chief, G.. A. r., General George
b. Loud General Thomas II. Hubbard.
Colonel George L. Dewey and Commander
William Barry.
Colonel William f. Kirchner was grand
marshal of the parade. He was assisted
by Colonel Isadore Isaacs and Colonel
John W. England. Uncle Sans regular
forces were but scantily represented In
the line Of march, one company OF the
10Th Infantry being the sole contribution.
A detachment of marines from the Ten
nessee. recently returned from Vera Cruz,
were near the head of the line, and shared
the applause with the veterans. The ap-
sonce of other sailors was explained by
line on the programmes: United States