The School-Boy Cadets were without doubt one of the best features of the parade, and next to them in interest came the boys from the public schools.
These lads also marched splendidly, with fine bearing and excellent discipline! And what a fine-looking set of boys they were! They had no uniforms or guns to help their appearance, nothing but their own bright faces to show them off, but every mother along the line must have felt proud to see the kind of lads that her boys are growing up amongst.
Young America showed to very great advantage in the Grant parade, which will be memorable as the second occasion on which such a great number of boys were marched in line. The first time was at the Columbus celebration.
It is said that nearly five thousand lads marched.
It is somewhat sad to turn from our own beautiful military pageant to the Græco-Turkish war.
The people of Europe are speaking very severely about the behavior of the Powers in regard to Greece.
The decision of the Powers, it must be remembered, is not the result of the wishes of the people, but rather of the scheming and planning of the diplomats of the various countries.
The Powers have a great deal at stake in Turkey, and there is no doubt that, whatever they may say, there is not one of the diplomats who does not wish to see Turkey get the best of it.