CHAPTER XLIV. 

 HUDSON HONORED IN NEW YORK. 



On September 30 was held a great military parade, one of the largest ever 

 seen in America. Twenty-five thousand men of arms marched past the 

 massed representatives and special envoys of thirty-seven nations, while 

 2,000,000 citizens, seated in grand stands or standing along Fifth avenue, 

 shouted themselves hoarse in cheers. 



Although there were tremendous outbursts for each body of American 

 troops, and unstinted applause in overwhelming volume for the British sailors, 

 the most conspicuous reception of the day went to the sailors of the German 

 fleet, a picked body of magnificent men, who, as they reached the reviewing 

 stand, fell into the formal slapslap of the parade goose step and burst into 

 "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," with an overwhelming volume of brasses and a 

 fervor which took away the breath of the listeners. , 



The occupants of the benches sat silent for a moment, and then, rising 

 bareheaded to their feet, cheered, and cheered, and cheered again, until the 

 voices gave way and they could only wave hats and handkerchiefs in a long 

 echo of applause. 



GREAT DAY FOR WEEHAWKEN, ETC. 



For the first time during the celebration all the small towns within strik- 

 ing distance of New York suspended business today to watch the parade of 

 the sailors and mariners of seven visiting nations, the regular soldiers, the 

 blue jackets, the national guard, and the naval militia of the United States, 

 and the police of New York City. 



So many men representing so many branches of the war department of 

 the world have not been seen on American streets before; so many wearing 

 American colors have not been seen since the days of the civil war. The 

 total count of those in line today outnumbered the enlisted roll of the Ameri- 

 can regular army before the Spanish-American war. Forty-four hundred 



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