Show bin with pomp A itt tort atte AFFAIR grand military and istavan display THE PRESIDENT sic reviews the parade and is loudly cheered many state delegations NEW YORK april 27 special the crowning honor to the memory of U yeses kimpaon grant ment aad patriot were paid by the republic it is the seventy fifth cf the birth of him who was destined to become the greatest and most successful general of the civil war tho man of appomattox twice president of the states and it was eminently appropriate that this anniversary should have bean selected for the dedication of the imposing and majestic mausoleum in which his will hereafter rest until the sound of gabriels trumpet summons tho dead from their slumbers As greater honors have never been paid to the memory of a departed monarch or man or the people as today twelve years after his laseine pa seine marked the final entombment of ail that is mortal odthe silent man the nearest approach to it in history is perhaps the demonstration demonet ration of the french people on the arrival from st helena of the remains of the first napolean and their entombment in a of the in balides va lides but irom every point of view the demonstration of today towered over the event in question as icalla reported although the bulk of the funds for the memorial were contributed tri by the people of greater new york yet the celebration was no mere local affair the republic was depre by its chiet executive the members of his cabinet and nivea of the people in the senate and house of representatives every foreign country joined in the solemn ceremonial thrones its accredited ambassadors or ministers at washington or where such representation at the capital was lacking as in the case of greece through its consul beneral in this city while in addition every european country china aud japan were represented by warships dispatched to these waters for the occasion twenty states more or leas were re pre through their governors Kover nors and coate veterans who were among the bardean fighters against the forces of grant during the war marched shoulder to shoulder with the men that wore the blue a demon aa the new world has never I 1 been before and possibly wil never eee again it was estimated last night that fully half a million strangers had been added 0 o the regular population of the city while the arrivals on the early morning trains from the northeastern states as well as from the west increased this by many thousands chere was no attempt at elaborate decoration but the baars and stripes floated from every flagpole flag pole from the battery to harlem people were early astir and the streets uptown up town began to fill up at an early hour stands capable of accommodating half a mallion people bad been erected between fifty ninth street and the tomb at prices for seats ranging from fifty cents to ten dollars there being in addition to the municipal stands and those erected on their own grounds by residents along the line the formal exercises at the tomb took place at eleven and occupied lettla more than an hour stands and other seating tiona for eighteen thousand people had been arranged abent the tomb bat only a tithe of the occupants were able to get more than a birds eye view of the proceedings the participants and distinguished 0 the city assembled at the fifth avenue hotel at half past nine and shortly after this preliminary parade moved to riverside drive troop A acied as escort then came a carriage drawn by four horses and occupied by president mckiniry ex president Pre cleveland mayor strong and general horace porter following came a double column of carriages containing the diplomatic corps of the cabinet eena tois and governors of slates with their the commonwealths mon represented were delaware illinois kentucky maine maryland massachusetts new hampshire new jersey new york ohio pennsylvania rhode island vermont and west virginia the parada followed the route laid oat for the military pageant for the afternoon the sidewalks were crowded and distinguished people who were recognized were enthusiastically greeted little time was lost in commencing the pro gramme when be rear of the presidential parade bad taken positions epou the plat roi the memorial services opened with the rendering 01 america by a hundred musicians under the leadership of frank dam roach every head was bowed as bishop john P newman general grants pastor and moat intimate friend and who accompanied him on his tour of the world stepped forward and with uplifted bands delivered a fervent alluding to the progress that was made by the country during the administration of the man to whom they were now paying the final honors that could be paid after the prayer the chorus gave a hymn of thanks and president mckinley Ms Kinley was introduced hia reception was enthusiastic in the extreme he spoke for some twenty minutes in his usual clear cut style laying stress upon the lessons to be learned from a study of the life cf the great commander then the chorus and orchestra rendered the star spangled banner and general horace porter as president of the grant monument association delivered the formal oration this sketched the rise and progress ot the movement which had culminated in the erection of the memorial and gave some financial and other statistics response was made by mayor strong who accepted the monument in the name of ew york the hallelujah chorus handels messiah was given and with the singing of the by the immense audience the exercises were brought to a fi ting conclusion meanwhile the great land parade had absen forming down town the head of the column being stationed at madison avenue and twenty fourth street upon the conclusion of the exercises at the tomb nearly 1 the column moved to fifty fifth street thence to fifth avenue and fifty ninth thence to tho boulevard Boul evaid to riverside drive to the memorial it was estimated that nearly fifty thousand men were in line there were three grand divisions those respectively of military veterans and civics the military division had the right of line and was constituted as follows first brigade U S regular troops cavalry infantry and artillery 2600 U S marines 1600 national guard of stale of new york second brigade national guard of state of new york third aad fourth brigaded brig adee national guard of state of new york fifth bri gade national guard slate of pennsylvania sixth brigade national guard of state of new jen ey seventh Dri eade national guard of states of connecticut massachi maryland virginia rhode island vermont aco jhb 1100 and district of columbia eighth brigade there were fully union aad confederate veterans in the old soldiers division while civic brand division included patriotic societies municipal brigades etc was about slung on arriving arri vinH at park the parade surrounded the tomb being reviewed by president mckinley and dis guests upon the platform him while the land parade ws in progress the vessels composing the naval parade were making their way up the norih river the parade was in four divisions the first division american squadron and foreign war cesis the second of other naval vessels and those belonging longine be to the U S light bouse department ile third of IT 8 revenue cotters and other and the fouch of of ft e merchant marine the ships formed their columns between twenty third and streets and proceeded up the river to a p t e motica ent when they to k nr poi ions accor irk to assignment when the of the land parade had passed the memorial president mckinley and the ther guests were escorted to the dolphin and reviewed the fleet all the vessels carried flakis at full mast giving the color salute to the president as the dolphin passed up and down the line by gun or whistle had been prohibited by bear admira osborne Osbo roe who had charge of the parade ane spectacle was a gorgeous one at the ion of tha review the presidential party was driven back to the hotel april 57 special the event of today will ba brought to a fitting close by the banquet which ia to be given this evening by the union league which it is claimed will surpass anything of a similar nature ever before attempted in new york president mckinley and aice president hobart wil be the guests of honor but the invitation vi list contains the names of a thousand prominent men including members of the cabinet and of the diplomatic corps generals genei als of the army and admirals of the navy active and retired officers of all the foreign ships that were in parade all living ex presidents and vice presidents and the visiting governors with their military statis invitations bad also been extended to president diaz of mexico and lard aberdeen governor general of canada but both of them have bent regrets there wera fifteen members of the grant family on the presidential stand this morning of w ch are grandchildren of laty general this afternoon the family was at asme to intimate friends at the residence ol 01 colonel grant on east sixty second street but there was no formal reunion tonight the entire family will dine together GALENA ills april 27 special while the grant memorial exerciser were in progress today in new york the residents of this city where the general made his home for so many years in hla wae working davs were assembled to participate in appropriate exercises in accordance with the buei torn established shortly after the death of the great commander there was a parade followed by a mass assemblage in grant farar at which patriotic music was rendered and an eloquent oration was delivered by kev clobert D D of chicago |