The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14
PATRIOTISM JUST
: BUBBLES FORTH AS
, MAYOR LEADS WAY
=.
Great Procession starts From
CITY Hall on Time and
. Grows at II Goes.
BANNERS SHOW WE'LL
THE SPIRIT or THE DAY

Ma'oa Mt"hc' came down tho steps Of
CITY lial at exactly 9:3O o'clock. 10.
5ssum.ng that the parade started from
.:hat spot, and that tho eity'h clock was
having one of It's truthful days. the pro-
ces,,on moved exactly oil time.
Even the captions admitted that IL got
under way at .3j.
By that time the Mayor. pausinG on
the curb in front of the hal, with oen.
Wood and Animal Usher to he ridd,ed
by n camera battery. had got into his
carriage with his secretary. Theodore
Rousseau Col. William Barbour. chair
man OF the parade committee. and
Roger W. Allen. the committees execu-
tive secretary.
The General and the Admiral with
thor aids had entered n carriage next
IN line. the sixty cutaway coated citi-
zens who were the Mayors executive
committee and civilian escort headed
by Charles -. Blazicr. had right dressed
themselves into four lines OF refulgent
silk hats. mounted and plain clothes
police had surrounded the Mayors group
then Col. Sheriff.. the grand marshal.
Out IN 'front.' OF 'Ol. n. r. ScTeTmeTnOTN
ana Major A. II. whitney n his star
Of twenty-five on horseback. raised his
silver baton. Tipped II once. twice and
the march had begun.
Not forgetting that Lieut.. Billy Ken
mel the City Hall Argus, sat IN on the
box beside the driver Of the Mayors
carriage and was hailed as Gen. Wood
by more nan one shouter along the
way uptown.
Clear Field for Parade.
Thanks to the police lines. the leaders
OF The parade had "A clear G,ld for their
much applauded exit acroes the city
Hall plaza and UP Park Row and Centre
street past the Municipal Building. Just
north Of this building the hrst of the
tributaries, $500 city employees. mar
sNallcd by Joseph fIartigan. Commits
siorer OF Weights n Measures. Joined
the main stream. The first placsrd h
came INTO view. held aloft by the stand
nrd bearer Of tradesmen waiting In a
side street for their turn, bore the one
word "Rubher."
And the frs, Of the remarkably few
s,xns Of hostility TO the purpose OF the
day was encountered at Duane street
,,st after col sheriff. and the seventh
PrNiu.ut Band had turned the column
into Lafayette street. ~ that corner
stood n dummy man fastened 10 n square
of cardboard lettercd ".Anti-Prepare.'
VI was tryinG To- make a speech to the
Municipal Rand when a policeman cleft
q hol. in the sidewalk crowd and shot
NJ. Anti through it to the far back
ground.
From the walls Of the Tombs huns
four American flags. The ~fortunate--for
tie ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In cells on the
Lafayette street side could be seen peer.
Ing down oh The highway spectacle
Something invisible 70 the prisoners
r.. ught the marchers just then. II was
an army aeroplahe from Governors Isl
md winglnc southwark over Park Row
rho preparedness hosts had 20 sore"
their heads around to see II and there
were many kinks in the lines until the
hiplane sank out Of sight. Some march
ers guessed that the army had sent ont
% Its few aircraft UP as one OF the days
object lessons.
Mayor Carefully Guarded.
At this time there were siNteer
mounted policemen and fourteen pla!r
Clothes men surrounding tho Mayor
carriage. Even when two of the cavalr.
drew pack and escorted Admiral tshei
and Gen. Wood the Mayor and his part,
were so well screened that they coulI
hardly he seen from the sidewalk. There
were many thousands Of persons al
along the route from City Hall TO Madi
son Square who didn't know that undeI
one OF the silk hats whose CLEAN the.
raw ccas~ionally over the backs OF police
horses was the Mayor OF New York
That probably explains a noticeable ah
sence Of applause except from window
and roof observers whose view was un
INSTRUCTED.
Turning west from Lafayette stree