. Minutes . ich they marched to the samemusic nearly half a century before, and the succeeding genera-tions found no mind to cheer in the sadness of reminiscence. From a spectacular point of view the parade was equal toany of those that have been given in other cities, but the small-ness of the Mobile police force was found a disadvantage inhandling the crowds, which got out of bounds in half a dozenplaces and seriously interfered with the progress of the Royal and St. Francis Streets the throng pressed the columninto small space and twice the police had to clear a way. Theheav
. Minutes . ich they marched to the samemusic nearly half a century before, and the succeeding genera-tions found no mind to cheer in the sadness of reminiscence. From a spectacular point of view the parade was equal toany of those that have been given in other cities, but the small-ness of the Mobile police force was found a disadvantage inhandling the crowds, which got out of bounds in half a dozenplaces and seriously interfered with the progress of the Royal and St. Francis Streets the throng pressed the columninto small space and twice the police had to clear a way. Theheaviest pressure from the crowd was in Bienville Square, how-ever, where spectators broke into the line of march several times. Starting from Government Street, the parade traversedRoyal to St. Francis, turned there to Bienville Square on thewest side, thence to Dauphin and across Claiborne to Govern-ment Street. Going Avest, the parade countermarched at CedarStreet, beyond Barton Academy, where 2,000 school children. 22 Twentieth Reunion, Mobile, Ala., April 26, 27 and28, 1910. were congregated and with waving pennants and cheers evokedreturn cheers from the veterans. The return to the square wasmade by way of St. Emanuel Street and as the head of thecolumn reached that point Government Street for seven blockswas occupied to its full width by the parade and spectators,while the end of the column had not yet left Royal Street. Thescene here was the most inspiring of any on the route, therebeing room on Government Street for orderly movement andthe parade was there conducted with military precision. Estimates of persons who have judged parades and pro-cessions varied as to the number of men in line, those estimatesranging from 5,000 to 15,000 men. The procession required anhour and fifteen minutes to pass, but its march was slow andthe halts quite frequent. The head of the column was given to the First InfantryBand, a platoon of police clearing the way as the parade ad-vanced. Imme
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