The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-01
VETERANS MARCH GAYLY
PAST THRONGS
Fiftieth Anniversary of Ending of Civil War Sees Re-
o,arkable Demonstration for Grand Army Sur
~vivors-Parade Reviewed on Drive.

Ciinese relief expedition VINO noN ar.
wear.;s he uniforms % policemen and
h'en"n OF Manhattan went y" IN such
numbers that at tines one nj ght have
t'tugh, a d~epartrental parade were
passing. And tnere were olive field
pieces. gay Seven Ii BOYS. sturdy and
bus!nesslike Sixty -nintilcrs. engineer
corps. nat;y cavalrymer. field hospital
wagon trains that suggested Plies
icak or Bust H. RE tiains, aviation
corps and Boy Scouts wlthon end.
Admiral Sigsbee. accompanied h.
Grand Marshal Sherburuc. G. Van Tas-
sci, led the way to the Soldiers and
Satlots Monumen: just back OF the re-
viewing stand when ;he parade had
passed. While the guns OF battleshlp
and cutter out in the river banged one
a minute Cor twenty-onc minute In
salute. brief exercises we're held.
The Rev. Dr.. Rober, f.. Jones offered
a prayer there were hymns by Mss
Gould's charges from the Julia Rich
man High School and the Rev. Joseph
Silves man delivered a brief address IL
which he besoush his hearers 20 stand
by the President in days like these.
simultaneously over at the Main
Monument In Columbus Circle the Con.
Tolerate veterans were remembe ring
their own dead. The Bronx and Brook
Ign were having parades of their own.
Rut as the afternoon approached gold
lace and Hot Time" tunes were for
got en- as he thousands wended their
way along the drive for the afternoon
exercises to he held In the cool shadows
Of the sunlit tomb inscribed Let Us
Have Peace
A. the head OF the parade was n
platoon Of police under command OF
S~herburne c. Van Tassel. grand mar
shal. with Joseph b.. Lord az chief
aid. The order for the organizations
IN lire was as follows
Battalion OF United states troops from
Governors Island.
Sa,icnsi Guard a.,,Shmsn;s: T,r.,
infentry. sixty-ninth Infs n,ry. Twelfth In
santry' Tweniy-seeond Corps Ensineer..
ley. Squadron \ Machine qua Troop.
Compan% a siglal Corps, First Field Hos
pitai Third Ambulance Company. First
q. A. Il. pos.s. sourty .fou- in number. In
four divisions.
United spanish Wa veterans. consisting
OF ffteen camps.
Army and Navy Union. ten ssr-!scns.
Cadet battalions and boys br!gades.
The graves OF the men who wore the
gray as well as those who wore the blue
were decorated with flags and flowers.
Members of the Confederate Veteran
Camp OF New York visited several ceme-
%terles. where with loving hands old SOL
dlers placed on mounds floral tributes
in memory Of those who fought val!antlv
for the lost cause.
Men Of the Maine Remembered.
The memories Of the men who gave up
their lives on the battlcship Maine.
blown mp in the Havana harbor. were
honorcd by Manhattan Camp No. !.
United Spanish War Veterans. the mem
hers OF which held short exercises at
the Maine Memorial at the Columbus
Circle entrance to Central Park and
placed a wreath on the monument. Dur
Ing the afternoon the camp put flags
ani wreaths on the graves OF ninety
eight comrades In seven cemeteries.
The grave of Admiral Farragut in
Woodlawn Cemetery was visited by
naval veterans Of lS61-65 belonging
to various organizations. The naval vet
Grams attended services last night at
Grace Methodist Church. West lO<th
street near Columbus avenue.
Acting Mayor McAneny presided last
night at exercises In Carnegie Hall.
which were attended by Farragut Pos,
and other ava veterans.