The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 6, 1897, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIL—NO. 3% SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDA Y MOR;VIN(;, JULY 6, 1897. PRICE FIVE CE SIS B [29) & J {BUNTRY. 1 HE Fourth of July, as everybody | called it, in spite of the fact that | it was really the fiith, was cele- l brated in this City yesterd iv with | as much noisy enthusiasm as | ever. A booming National salute ushered | in a beautiful clear day, with only enough breeze to open the foldsof Od Glory. | Thousands watched the parade in the morning, and the parade was well worth watching, and shouted and ap- plauded during the literary exercises in the afternoon. And a good part of the City’s population gathered near the park | in the ever o0 witness the magnificent display of fireworks which set the very heavens ablaze. The ngsters performed undisturbed otic duty of shooting off fire- No effort was made to prohibit or interfere with firing them, and all over | the City from morn until midnight the fusiliade continued. Young America bad | done its part well in celebrating the Na tion’s one hundred and twenty-first birth- day. A number of accidents more serious ary run of Fourth o! July | a4 backyard conflagra- | tions marred the pleasarescf an oth wise enjoyable day’s celebration. A fire | on Clay-street hill destroyed several build- ings and d4id damage to the extent of $10,000, and out at the Chutes a man had s i blown off. The usunal :eries of bizzes and accidents kept the fire- and hospital geons busv. — - A SPLENDID HOST. The Great Street PRarade Cheered by Thousands. One of the greatest, if not the greatest, | events of the day was the big military | er procession. Promptly at 10 o’clock the !benrinc, marched with a precision that was subject of much complimentary talk, and as a whole created a most favorable impression of the soldiers who garrison | the posts in the City and on the islands in line started to move up Market street, where thousands of people lined the side- walks, craned out of windows and crowded upon every available vantage point to view the great procession. All along the line of march the boys in blue received an ovation from cueering multitudes. On Van Ness avenue the crowd was particu- lariy thck, and the broad stairway lead- ing up to St. Mary’s Cathedrat was turned into a temporary grand stand for the hun- dreds who congregated there. The Japs from the Heiy much favorable attention, an display of day fireworks from the float of the California Japar isty drove the ubiquitous smzli boy into ecstacies. Tue fishermen and sons of fishermen in their natty mes gave a salty flavor of old altogeth'r pleasing to tne eve after the long, stiff columns of the military had passed. ei attracted the unique On the whole the procession was among | the best ever seen in the City, and many of the objectionable features of former | parades were omitted. The promnptness | with waich Coionel W. P. Suilivan Jr., the grand marshal, started the parade was especially appreciated and praised by the thousands of spectators who thronged the line of march. The line oi march was as follows: From the place of formation, Market, Davis Beale street; thence up M 10 Mont- and the grand marshal st Post street. After passing the reviewing officers the various organizations were dismissed. The military division of the parade was the feature of the procession, and the ap- pearance of the regulars from the Presidio and other postsin_the vicinity, and the | snal Guard in full | members of the N dress uniform was favorably commented upon by the many onlookers who crowded the sidewalks along the line of march. It goes without saying that regulars up- peared well as to uniforms and soidierly The members of the National Guard as a whole looked much better than on occa- when they appeared in service uni- form, and the men would have presented h more striking appearance Lad the ! | mejority of the men been attired in uni- was not with ihe men, but with the coats furnished them. Troop A, First Cavalry, bad to appear in service uniform, for the reason that the members are not provided with full-dress s and that fact being taken into consideration their appearance was very The signal corps, Captain Perkins com- manding, in full uniform and mounted, were tha beau ideal of nutional guards- Their dark blue uniforms with or- hetmets with perfect soldierly bearing, made them a most conspicuous feature of the division to which they were assigned. The United Sales troops were at the rendezvous beiore the appointed time, ready to fall in at the hour announced for | the moving of the column, and so were the police and a number of other organi- zations, but the start was delayed for thir- teen minutes by the non-appearance at the point of formation of the National Guard. The delay was annoyving and brought out not a few unplessant remarks from tiiose who were most Interested in the moving ptune which was | At a quarter past 10 the advance was d tbe mounted police moved the north side of the street, halt of Market street being blocked with a line of cars which had not been checked at Sixth street, as had been intended. lowed thirty men of Company A, First Di- vision of the police, who carried for the first time a handsome ivory-mounted parade baton presented to him by one of the police de- partments while on a tour of inspection After thess came Company B, Cap- tain Epillane, thirty men, these two com- i panies being preceded by the Park band. Then followed Colonel W. P. Sullivan Jr., grand marshal, in the uniform of colonel of the First Infautry, the rank on which {he was _retired. Lieutenant - Colonel | Thomas M. Ciuff, his chief of staff, was t and the vacancy was fillel by Lieutenant F. A. Kuhls, and then came the following aids to the grand marshal: not pre<e Heury Angelo, Charies H. Brink, Wa Burke, Wiiliam J, James R Maxwell, Thomas Maggini, A:bert Raymond A. Rutz, Frank Shermen, J. C. Simpsor Sciultz, Howard Taylor, Fra Buck, P. Beamish, W. A. Steve iass, F. M. Gulvin, M. Garci Kelley. Cinire Kneer, F. H. Kerrigan, W. A Kemp, George Luke, C. Callan, David Raab H. Stratton, Ernest ¢ Fred Kaufmann cCarthy, Charle Following next in order came Brigadier- General William R. Shafter mounted ona heavy white charger. The general ap- peared for the first time in the uniform of his new rank, He was accompanied by the adjntant of the department. Colonel J. D. Babeoek, his aids de camp, First Lieutenant R. H. Noble and First Lis tenant J. D. Miley, aud the memubers of his staff. After tLese came the First Ar- tillery band and Companies E, A, G and F of the First Regiment of Iniantry, Col- onel Evan Miles commanding; the Third | Artillery band and batteries D, G, K, L and I of the Tuird Artiliery as foot com- panies, Colonel E. B. Williston command- ing, and then Light Battery C with four | pieces of artillery, comraanded by Cap- | tain Joseph M. Califf. The parad: of the | United States troops closed with Troop B and Troop [ of the Fourth Cavalry, Cap- tain James Lockett commanding the bat- talion, an | the hospital corps in charge of Captain Guy L. Edie, M.D., assistant | surgeon. The corps had out an ambu- lance with all the appurienances re- quired and drawn by four of Uncle Sam’s | proverbial mules. 2 Behind the troop and closing the first division of the parade were the little brown men_from the Japanese man-of- war Heiyei, now in port. There were eighty of them, not iuciuding the officers and band. They were attired in dark- blue marine suits, white leggings, and wore a head-dress similer to that worn in | division. His aids were Isadore L. Blum, | the United States navy. On the band | M. P. 0'Dea and Dan.el Murphy. Tke | were Jupanese figures which none of the | cadet regiment was commanded by spectators sought to decipher, taking it for | Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas F. Ryan. granted that it meant that the men were | His staff was composed as follows: aps, and that it was no The men—who marched with a peculiar gait, but their | J. P. Duffey, inspector; Lieutenant James movemeats were very correct, and tbey, many favorable com- meots; at many points march they being cheered by men and | given marks of approval by ladies, who | waved their handkerchiefs at them. The men were under command i Uyemura and li came two car r Cavanaugh, Andrew Deth- eison, H. H. Davis, G. C. Groezi ger, Albert { Hampton, J. B. Willinms, Edward Lester, red Ranbe, George Paul [. Barris, David s, C. D. Doug- | Dr. Joseph iages containing the Jap- anese Vice-Consul and officers ol . MeDeavitt, J. Me: obert . Russ, George hultz, H. M.Zimmerly, The second division had in the advance Brigadier-General Warfield, L'eutenant J. G. Giesting and the members of General Brigadier-General Shaf- ter, who was not in command of his brig- | ade, allowed his sword, while in line, to its scabbard, but Warfield, who likewise Wwas not in com- | mand of the brigade, as there was no brig- | ade out, bad his sword drawn while on the line of mareh. Warfield’s staff. | Brock; sécond lientenant, C. Higgins, ¥ | Reilly; first l1eutentant, J. O Nei headed by Colonel J. F. Smith in | command and accompanied by his staff. Of the three majors of battalion—Major Boxton, Major Sime and Major Tilden— only the first named was in the parade. The several companies in the regiment made a creditable turn-out as to numbers, Company C, Captain Drumbell, the largest number in the ranks. A, Captain Jenks, closed this division. The thira division, comprising the First Regiment of the League of the Cross Cadets, jormed on Front street. They pre- sented a very neat appearance as they vung into Market street, after the Na- tional Guard aivision had passed. The Lieague of the Cross band, consisting of forty pieces, headed the division. musicians made a splendid appearance in | their bright red uniforms. N corps of drummers trimmed with red. Philip J. Lawler was the marshal of the Next came a in dark uniforms, i taude. Abbiati’s band was followed by t | Captain H. F. Sullivan, adjutant; Major Joseph G Morrissey, surzeon; Lieutenant Deviin, commissary; Lieutenant H. Maboney, quariermaster. & 11Following the band and drum corps | came the st Baailion, Major D. J. McGloin commanding; Lieutenat Ed- | ward F. Fay, sdjutant. Tt included com- panies A, E, F aud D, ofticered as follows: | Company A, captain, F. S. Drady; first | lieutenant, William C. Hubbard; second | licutenant, Robert G. Drady. Company B, captain, D. J. McCarthy; first lieutenant, Edward Crowley; second lieutenant, B. Malone. Company F of O.kiand, captain, M. F. Hynes; first iiectenant, Jame: Company D, lieuzenant, L. D. Dwyer; sec- ond [ieutenant, George H. Sullivan. Major Daniel C. Deasy commanded the Secoud Battalion. Lieu'enant Frank L Gonzalez was his adjutant. The battalion included the following companie: pany G, cartaii, E. J. Powers; tenant, W. A. Madden; second lieutenant, E. Matthews. Comvany K, captain, J. H. lientenant, A. Hanley, Company L, can- tain, Jjohn Carr; second lieutenant, N. DenYer. Company B, captaiz, J. T. Cur- ley; first lieutenant, ¥red Hooper; secona lieutenant, S. Riley. ‘The Third Battalion wasin command of Major William H. McCarthy; Lieutanant Wiliiam Kelley adjutant. The following companies composed it: Company H of Oakland, eaptsin, Jumes E. Power; first lisutenant, L. H:aly; second lieutenant, J. Reagan. Company N, captain, J. J. Power; second lieutenant, F. Wyms. Company I, lieutenant, Charles S. Kelly; second lieutenant, ti. J. Power. Com- pany M, captain, E. J. Dinan; first lien- tenant, F. H. Johnston; second lieuten- ant, E. O'Neill Cuptain A. de La Torre Jr. was marshal of the fourth division. His sids were | Grattan D. Phillip:, W. W. Finnie and H. wo companies of Independeni Rifles, commanded by Captain L. Schneider. Carriages containing the various City officiais followed. Ex-Acting Mayor Rot- tanzi smiled at the multitudes from the first carriage. With him were Mayor Phelan and the president of the day, George R. Fietcher. Following 1n carriages came Hon. Frank McGowan. the orator of the day; Leon Sumuels, secretary of the commit- tee; James S. Devlin, treasurer, and Chrig Newman, chairman of the literary com- mittee, members of the Board of Super« visors, the Board of Education and other City officials. Reclining in one of the carriages lan guialy pufling a fragrant Havana Judge Campbell waved the glad haud and beamed patriarchal smiles at the specta- tors. The Health Department made a good sbhowing. Membersof the Board of Health | in carriages followed the Receiving Hos- pital ambulance, which had been gzayly decorated for the parade. The employes of the Health Department followed in uniform, commanded bv Chief Food In- spector J. P. Dockerv. The division was closed by the County Hospital and Alms. house ambulances. The fifth division was commanded by M. Perich, marshal; Dr. Kunstlich and A. H. Chelgrew, aids. Iirst came the Aus'rian band, followed by the Austrian military company under command of G. Dabelich, captain; A. Popovich, first lieutenant; A. Gargare, second lieutenant. They were followed by civilian members of the Austrian Benevolent Society, led by M. Sabadin, president. The gay green and gray uniforms of the members of the company, and the glossy black feathers in their hats made a very conspicuous and pleasing contrast. Veterans of tne Mexican War followed in carriages. Following were those who turned out to take part: President C. Lange of the Mexican War Veterans’ As- sociation, Matthew White, Colonel John Stewart, Major £. A. Sherman, Dr. W. L. Dickinson, Captain William L. Duncan, C. B. Moore, Charles Mullen, M. Corco- ran, Charles Byrne, Edward Johnson, John Bannister, Thomas Dustin, Charles Brown, T. Cranz. Samuel Sampson, G. Bingham and F. Rooney. =~ |~ %J',uum g o === smvnd /AL 7T THE SCENE ON MARKET STREET AS THE PARADE PASSED UPWARD TO THE REVIEWING STAND.