. History of the re-union of the sons and daughters of Newport, , July 4th, 1884. CHAPTER VIII,. THE PROCESSION. The punctuality with which theBr^^^^ procession started, and also ar-^^^^=?:, rived at the tent, caused man}- a12^ compliment to be paid to the ChiefMarshal. Indeed, not a tew peo-ple marveled when, within five^ minutes of the appointed time,he gave the order for the line toWHITEHALL. uiovc, for howcvcr much faith might have in the ability of the gentleman to arrange thedetails of such a monster procession as the Re-Union day wit-nessed, it was not thought possible t
. History of the re-union of the sons and daughters of Newport, , July 4th, 1884. CHAPTER VIII,. THE PROCESSION. The punctuality with which theBr^^^^ procession started, and also ar-^^^^=?:, rived at the tent, caused man}- a12^ compliment to be paid to the ChiefMarshal. Indeed, not a tew peo-ple marveled when, within five^ minutes of the appointed time,he gave the order for the line toWHITEHALL. uiovc, for howcvcr much faith might have in the ability of the gentleman to arrange thedetails of such a monster procession as the Re-Union day wit-nessed, it was not thought possible tor him to so marshal thevarious forces as to avoid the wearisome delay which usuallymarks such occasions. But he did, and the result was thatmuch of the pleasure experienced during the day, had its originin that fact. Washmgton Square had been selected as the spot fromwhich the procession was to start. While the Square andlower Touro Street combined are quite capacious, they werenot sutHciently so to enable every section of the line to thid ahalting place within their limits, and the result was that sev-era
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