Evening star., 1915-05-30

took place in wash
Grand Review ington Tuesday and
c4on Tr.I Wednesday. May %
0Ps and "a, 1865. So keen
was the public interest in this great
parade of the victorious Union troops
that the trial of the conspirators was
virtually forgotten. Indeed. according
to The Star of May %, it was found i'm
possible to proceed with the case. be-
cause witnesses summoned for that
day were unable to reach the court
room at the Washington barracks, ow-
ing to the closing of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. for the review. Consequently.
after a discussion of the matter, the
court agreed to adjourn for two days,
in order that the proceedings might not
suffer from the Interruptions incident
to the military demonstration uptown.
From time to time during the brief
session of the court strains of martial
music were waited through the open
windows and caused even some of the
prisoners instinctively to rise to look
out. Upon adjournment the prisoners
were removed to their cells. with the
ted to remain in the courtroom to
porarily removed for this purpose.
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The review brought great numbers of
people to Washington in addition to the
troops themselves, SO
Washington that the capital was un-
n..u,l,a comfortably cr w e d.
oAo"ueo. The Star of May %,
hug fta
to the great event:
For the last week the current of
travel to Washington has been stead
lily increasing in volume. and the ex-
ira trains coming in, although nearly
double the capacity of the usual trains,
have proved entirely Inadequate to ac-
commodate the public. 1t is estimated
that each train since yesterday morning
has brought in over one thousand pas
seEGers. Three hundred is the average
number on ordinary occasions. Not only
have the people poured in over this
route, but the steamers from Alexan-
dr1a have been loaded down and the
roads leading to the city thronged by
country people from far and near. Such
a concourse never assembled before in
Washington.
Thousands were turned away from
night in the open air. and at sunrise
this morning occupied points along the
Avenue, commanding favorable views
OF the column, where they patiently
waited TIL 8 O'Clock. The Avenue, hav-
ing been cleaned during the night at
daybreak was we'll watered by the fire
department, and about o'clock cav
airy patrols were posted at it's intersec-
ton with streets, to prevent teams
from crossing and pedestrians from
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THE pupils of the public schools as
sembled at an early hour, and each
district, accompanied
School Pupils by the trustees, teach
,+ ro,;+ol ers and headed by a
band of music, march
ed to the Capitol. the girls taking DO
sition on the steps of the northern por-
tico and the boys on the hillside,
where, as the procession passed, under
the direction of Prof. Daniel, they sang
number of appropriate pieces, includ-
ing The Battle Cry OF Freedom When
Johnny Comes Marching Home Vic
tory at Last The girls, dressed in
white, and the boys. in white pants
and black jackets and displaying min
iature wreaths and bouquets, formed a
most picturesque assem- blage, attract
ing great attention from the passing
troops.
The movement in connection with
the review commenced yesterday after
noon, the 9th Corps, Maj. Gen. Parke,
marching across the Long bridge to
the vacant ground east of the Capitol
where it bivouacked for the night, and
street, the head of the column resting
on 1st street east. The Engineer Bri-
gade and the Provost Marshars Bri-
gade bivouacked for the night on the
and crossed at 3 o'clock this morn
ing, taking a position on A street
north. The 5th Corps, Maj. Gen. Grif-
fin, crossed the Long bridge Immediate
ly after and moved eastwardly suffi-
GENTLY far to countermarch, forming on
Pennsylvania avenue, with the head
of the column also on 1st street east.
The I'd Corps, Maj. Gen. Humphries.
moved at am, after the 5th Corps,
across the river and formed in col
umn on the streets of the fifth ward
south of Pennsylvania avenue. The
Cavalry Corps, Maj. Gen. Merritt, form
ed on Maryland avenue, with the head
of the column abreast of the northern
entrance to the Capitol, prepared to
move at Q o'clock.
Cheers and waving of flags greeted
the commanding general (Meade) as
he moved along with his troops, the
bands filing the wide
Passing the Avenue and intersecting
p:.. streets with melody, and
AAesAoen1' the arms CLEANED in the
sun like a river, while the tattered ban
ners waved gloriously in the morning
wind. The head of the column reached
the stand before the arrival of the
President and Gen. Grant. The guard
presented arms, the vast assemblage
cheered and the gorgeous cavalcade
passed on, Gen. Meade returning to a
seat in the stand and his staff forming
in the adjacent streets"
After the grand review the conspir-
acy trial was resumed on May 25. 1865.
and interest shifted
Indictments back to the grim
building at the Wash
for Treason. ington barracks. An
interlude was afforded by the indict-
ment of jeff Davis and John C. Breck-
enridge by the District grand jury for
high treason. The news is contained
in The Star of May 6, 1865, in a brief
paragraph, as follows:
1.-THE grand Jury of the District to-
day found bill of indictment against
Jeff Davis and John C. Breckenridge
enridge were indicted separately. The
overt act was the raid in July last
within the District of Columbia and
the jurisdiction of this court, killing