Year: 1872




The police parade yesterday was, In every respect
. magnificent success. The men turned out In
teroe, and nothing was wanting when the roll was
called to add to the general attractiveness Of
the occasion. 1t should be understood by
the unsophisticated, who are not as
familiar as they ought to be with the ways and
means Of police authority, that yesterday was set
apart as day when the police should make grand
display their own account In view OF the invita-
ton OF certain class Of men, who style themselves


ORAHaEMEN.
1t is unnecessary to state that q year ago this
July the Orangemen were the cause Of o great
strife in the netropolis-that owing to
their desire to parade their new patent leather
shoes and broadcloth coats and brand-new yellow
scarfs, there cnsued battle, during which many
unfortunates were shot down and not an Orange
man laid in the dust. Under the
circumstances 1t was natural, this year,
shat the police should have due and
honorable honor accorded to them; 80 . few
yesterday the grand result was made manifest. 1t
is not often, to be sure, that


THE PoLICB OF THE CITY


are granted an honorary parade; but great deeds
beget great occasions, and yesterdays parade was
grand exception to the general rule. The hour Of
ten O'Clock was fixed as tho time when
the parade should be begun. But accidents
should always be taken into consideration, when
. grand display Is matter Of interest. Supern-
tendent Kelso had decided as early as Friday
morning that some eight hundred men should
make themselves VISIBLE baton in hand and re-
vslver in hind pocket at Lafayette place. the grand
rendezvous His arrangements were perfect He
had 30 planned out his plans," 80 to speak, that
nc could tell at any time Of the day when,
where and how he should best serve the general
public by the placing OF his forces, and his STRAIT
cgies were so intricate that but few outsiders
able to understand them. In the first place, in SOL
emn conclave Of the Commissioners 1t was decided
shat certain number Of men, fully uniformed,
should turn out for the paradefrom seven to eight
hundred. The orangemen, who were to be


THE ESCORT


the leaders had said, would number about four
thousand; 80 the police felt at and were 10th
70 believe that they would have anything to do dur
Ing the day but don their hats and present their
bat0ns to all passers-by. There were many, It is
true, who had idea day before yesterday that
the Orangemen were to turn out In tremendous
force, and that they would do all In their power to
strike terror to the hearts OF every Irishman who
dared to lift his voice against the loyalty Of the
lodges; but their aspirations were doomed to dis
appointment. Escorts Of all kinds, military or
otherwise naturally enough are not expected to be
- strong In numbers as the partte pr0teoers, and
the Orangemen, called yesterday acted according
70 the rule. They were


FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.


They numbered little over 800, the police they
aeigned to escort over 700. This was reversal OF
things Of course but how often promises broken
70 the ear ave win have g. 900 in line, said the
grandiose marshal on Thursday; but when, after
great beating OF drums and sounding Of trum.
pets, yesterday came, and there appeared upon
the scene barely three hundred forlorn-looking
horse with all the dignity OF an orange peeled king
oil" oA0"'n'O. 1--we ARE ALL uEREu


Eight O'Clock was the hour fixed for the depar- |
ture Of the Gideon's Band, or Lodge No. 10, which |
III sna SsrneT TnsS
were to be part Of the escort Of the police
ssS in te t nssona ssd the But
to be escorted BY the police nom their dark room
ner to the rendezvous at Lafayette place. Just
think of 1.-THE processonists. expected to escort
sss escort could The oco being toa the
Hank Smith said it was impossible, the
cool and calculating ManIerre said i would be in
thing would be putting the police on par with |
the escort; The majority, therefore, as Il always
does carried the day, and the greater portion of


THE POOR GiDEONITEs,


trembling In their boots, scattered themselves |
0rOaucaSt, ana came uOWn TO the rendezvous in
the cars. A few took to the Twenty-third street |
stages, others to the Broadway cars and all with
their orange scarfs stuffed in their coat tail pockets
fearful lest some horrible Irish servant girl might
make deadly onset upon them, and rob them of
all the little courage they had left Thanks to this
courageous man9uvre. the Gideonites reached !
Lafayette place with unbroken bones, and were
able TO report In healthy condition to the "Mas-
Their" who was to tell how they were to do honor
TO the police parade. The time for the start was |
not long in coming the meanwhile. First and fore
post came Walling, the great military man OF the
man in deadly strife, and who consequently was
chosen for the head position in the line Of the in
vlted paraders. He had full command Of all
nearly eight hundred strong. Then came Dilkes,
mesa from Long Branch, proud Of his Longellow
lowed by McDermott, the funniest man
In the department, who never says a
Washburne, not yet toned down from his following
after strauss and Tim Clinchy, the great with his
corps, and Irving, with his hundred men good and
true who, too modest to wear blue coats and brass
buttons, turned % out in citizens clothes to investi
nnd out on the SLY the kind Of people the escort
would draw together on the sidewalks II was
long past eleven O'Clock before the parade was act
The police were managed wen and arranged
came upon ne scene. Tains S has Sas e'iSGi faiI
platoon 90 ,a. In ~ the he, van; then came long
was the Orange escort BOO strong OF course il was
mol exacLy tne correct position OF an escort: but
the police being two to one, aid not care to mince
matters as to etiquette and military regulations and
the Forward was finally ordered. The parade Of
the police from lafayette place to Broadway and
mp Broadway to Union square was peaceable one.
The Orange escort tried to do their duty properly
IN the meantime, and the marsbals McGee and
Johnson, made effort to look all-:mportant. But
they and their escort were, in the language OF
Pompey, ''nowhar.v The parade was q police
parade, ard as such the people considered 1t.
Crowds i0n0wed the procession from block to block,
but not IN greater numbers than ordinary.


Sidewalk COMMITrEESv