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This Publication is Officially Authorized by the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Official Program uDson /fT t |F Dis covery of the Inauguration oF| | Hudson River Toe Steam Navigation by Henry Hudson. Robert Fufton. 1807^ September £5 to October 9* 19^9 /fj Printed For The Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission by Redfield Brothers, Inc., Authorized Publishers 311-319 West Forty-third Street, New York Copyright, 1909, by the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission. Officers of The Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Headquarters: Tribune Building, New York President GEN. STEWART L. WOODFORD Vice-Presidents MR. HERMAN RIDDER, Presiding Vice-President Mr. Andrew Carnegie Hon. Seth Low Mr. John E. Parsons Hon. Oscar S. Straus Hon. Joseph H. Choate Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan Gen. Horace Porter Mr. Wm. B. Van Rensselaer Maj.-Gen. F. D. Grant, U.S.A. Hon. Levi P. Morton Hon. Frederick W. Seward Gen. Jas. Grant Wilson Hon. Alton B. Parker Mr. Francis Lynde Stetson Treasurer Secretary Assistant Secretary Mr. Isaac N'. Seligman Col. Henry W. Sackett * Dr. Edward Hagaman Hall Executive Committee Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, Chairman Mr. John E. Parsons, Vice-Chairman Hon. James M. Beck Dr. Edward Hagaman Hall Hon. Morgan J. O’Brien Mr. Isaac N. Seligman Mr. Tunis G. Bergen Col. William Jay Col. Willis L. Ogden Hon. Frederick W. Seward Hon. William Berri Dr. George F. Kunz Mr. Eben E. Olcott Mr. J. Edward Simmons Mr. Andrew Carnegie Dr. John La Farce Hon. Alton B. Parker Mr. Francis Lynde Stetson Hon. Joseph H. Choate Hon. Seth Low Hon. George W. Perkins Hon. Oscar S. Straus Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke Hon. William McCarroll Hon. N. Taylor Phillips Hon. Spencer Trask Mr. William J. Curtis Capt. Jacob W. Miller Gen. Horace Porter Mr. Wm. B. Van Rensselaer Mr. Theodore Fitch Mr. Frank D. Millet Mr. Louis C. Raegener Lt. Com. Aaron Vanderbilt Mr. Austen G. Fox Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan Mr. Herman Ridder Dr. Samuel B. Ward Maj.-Gen. Frederick D. Grant Hon. Levi P. Morton Col. Henry W. Sackett Hon. Wm. R. Willcox Gen. James Grant Wilson Chairmen of Committees Aeronautics Committee Clermont Committee Inwood Park Committee Official Literary Exercises Hon. James M. Beck, Chairman Mr. Eben E. Olcott, Chairman Mr. John E. Parsons, Chairman Committee Gen. James Grant Wilson, Chairman Aldermanic Committee Cornwall Committee Law and Legislation Hon. Timothy P. Sullivan, Chairman Hon. J. H. Clarkson, Chairman Committee Patriotic Societies Committee Mr. Theodore Fitch, Chairman Contracts Committee Mr. Francis Lynde Stetson, Chairman Aquatic Sports Committee Hon. M. Linn Bruce, Chairman Lectures Committee Plan and Scope Committee Capt. A. B. Fry, Chairman Mr. John J. McKelvey, Vice-Chairman Mr. Henry M. Leipziger, Ph.D., Chairman Hon. Frederick W. Seward, Chairman Decorations and Reviewing Public Health and Convenience Art and Historical Exhibits Legislative Entertainment Committee Stands Committee Committee Committee Mr. Charles R. Lamb, Chairman Dr. Eugene H. Porter, Chairman Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, Gen. Chairman Mr. Francis Lynde Stetson, Chairman Sub-Committee on Art Exhibits Dedications Committee Public Safety Committee Hon. Robert W. de F'orest, Chairman Lower Hudson Committee Hon. Warren Higley, Chairman Hon. William McCarroll, Chairman Sub-Committee on Historical Exhibits Hon. Nathan Warren (Mayor),Ch’man Dr. George F. Kunz, Chairman Executive Committee Queens Committee Manhattan Committee Auditing Committee Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, Chairman Mr. Louis Windmuller, Chairman Mr. John E. Parsons, Vice-Chairman Hon. Joseph H. Choate, Chairman Hon. N. Taylor Phillips, Chairman Reception Committee General Commemorative Exer¬ Medal Committee Hon. Seth Low, Chairman Badges, Flag and Poster cises Committee Dr. George C. Batcheller, Vice-Chairman Committee Mr. Henry W. Cannon, Chairman Pres.Jacob G.Schurman, LL.D., Chairman Mr. Edward D. Adams, Vice-Chairman Religious Services Committee Mr. August F. Jaccaci, Chairman Hon. Andrew S. Draper, Vice-Chairman Mr. Louis Annin Ames, Vice-Chairman Memorials Committee Hon. John G. Agar, Chairman Half Moon Committee Mr. Tunis G. Bergen, Chairman Richmond Committee Banquet Committee Col. Herbert L. Satterlee, Chairman Mr. Frederick S. Lamb, Vice-Chairman Mr. Eugene Lamb Richards, Jr., Chairman Mr. Francis Lynde Stetson, Chairman Historical Committee Military Parade Committee Stony Point Committee Mr. Samuel V. Hoffman, Chairman Bronx Committee Maj'.-Gen. Charles F. Roe, Chairman Mr. Gordon H. Peck. Chairman Hon. John J. Brady, Chairman Hudson Monument Committee Music Festivals Committee Transportation Committee Dr. James Douglas, Chairman Brooklyn Committee Hon. Gustav Lindenthal, Chairman Gen. Howard Carroll, Chairman Col. Willis L. Oguen, Chairman Hudson River Scenery Upper Hudson Committee Col. William Hester, Vice-Chairman Committee Naval Parade Committee Hon. Arthur MacArthur Chairman Carnival and Historical Hon. Alton B. Parker, Chairman Capt. Jacob W. Miller, Chairman Parades Committee Verplanck’s Point Park Illuminations Committee New Jersey Committee Committee Mr. Herman Ridder, Chairman Hon. William Berri, Chairman Hon. Edward C. Stokes, Chairman Hon. C. A. Pugsley, Chairman Children’s Festivals Committee Invitations Committee Nominations Committee Ways and Means Committee Hon. Samuel Parsons, Chairman Hon. Joseph H. Choate, Chairman Mr. Theodore Fitch, Chairman Mr. Herman Ridder, Chairman Assistants to the Secretary of the Commission Mr. John B. Creighton Mr. Clarence E. Leonard Mr. George N. Moran Mr. Chester DeWitt PugsJey Mr. Richard B. Sinclair Dr. Edmund B. Taber Mr. David T. Wells Mr. William Wortmaei Captain of Pageantry Mr. A. H. Stoddard For list of The Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commissioners, see pages 31 and 32 SPECIAL ALBANY SUPPLEMENT With exclusive pictures and descriptions of the Floats—pages 13-20 The Hud son- Fult on Celeh ration OCTOBER 7 AND 8, 1909 THE ALBANY COMMITTEE MAYOR HENRY F. SNYDER, Chairman DAVID M. KINNEAR, Secretary ARTHUR L. ANDREWS DAVID B. HILL DAVID M. KINNEAR FRANK B. REESE CHARLES H. ARMATAGE MICHAEL HOLLORAN PATRICK E. McCABE MAYOR HENRY F. SNYDER ANDREW S. DRAPER WALTER L. HUTCHINS HENRY J. McCANN WILLIAM BAYARD VAN RENSSELAER CHARLES H. GAUS WILLIAM B. JONES donald McDonald DR. SAMUEL B. WARD The Program OCTOBER 4 TO 10, 1909 Float, Fraternity Military Tournament at Island Park Marshal, John G. Agar OCTOBER 7, 1909 Fraternal Organizations Committee 10.00 a.m.—Two thousand School Children, representing the American FIRST DIVISION Flag, on the steps of the Capitol. Marshal, Frank F. Crannell; Band; Grand Canton Nemo, Albany; 2.00 p.m.—Aquatic Sports on the Hudson River. Canton Davis, Greenfield, Mass.; Independent Order Odd Fellows, 3.00 p.m.—Automobile Parade. Albany; District No. 1; Float. 8.00 p.m.—Fraternal Night. SECOND DIVISION OCTOBER 8, 1909 Marshal, William M. Hussey; Band; Knights of Columbus; Float; 9.00 a.m.—Naval Parade. Knights of St. John; Ancient Order of Hibernians; Float; Catholic Benev¬ 1.30 p.m.—Hudson-Fulton Parade. olent Legion; Catholic Mutual Benefit Association. 8.00 p.m.—Fireworks in Beaver Park. 8.00 p.m.—Banquet by the Citizens of Albany to the Official Guests at THIRD DIVISION the Hotel Ten Eyck, Mayor Henry F. Snyder presiding. Marshal, Ben. V. Smith; Band; Arab Patrol and Cyprus Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; German Veterans; OCTOBER 9, 1909 Walliroth Commandery; Constater Volks Fest Verein. Naval Parade escorts visitors to Troy and in the evening a chain of bonfires, reaching from New York to Cohoes, will mark the close of the FOURTH DIVISION display feature of the Celebration. Marshal, Wm. Gaboriault; Band; Improved Order of Red Men; Float; Degree of Pocahontas, Improved Order of Red Men; Minesela OCTOBER 10, 1909 Council No. 103; Float; Modern Woodmen of the World; Float; Band; Sunday evening, at 8.00 o’clock, public exercises in Harmanus Young Men’s Montefiore Society; Dr. Max Nordau Lodge No. 251, Bleecker Hall. I. O. B. A.; Order of B’rith Abram; Albany Hebrew Tailors’ Association; Eintracht Singing Society; Cascilia Singing Society. ROUTES OF THE VARIOUS PARADES FIFTH DIVISION THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1909, 3.00 P.M. Marshal, Hugh F. McCoubrie; Band; Royal Arcanum; Float; Automboile Parade.—City Hall to State Street, to Broadway, to Knights of the Maccabees and Visiting Tents; Floats; Royal Foresters Clinton Avenue, to Pearl Street, to Madison Avenue, to Western Avenue, Band of Toronto, Canada; Independent Order of Foresters; Floats; to State Street, to City Hall Park. Foresters of America. SIXTH DIVISION THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1909, 8.00 P.M. Marshal, Anthony Coudy; Band; Benevolent and Protective Order Fraternal Parade.—Hudson Avenue to Lark Street, to Madison of Elks; Float; Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; Christopher Colum¬ Avenue, to Lake Avenue (countermarch), to South Pearl Street, to Clinton bus Society; Prince of Naples Society; Carabineri Society; M. L. L. Delle Avenue, to Lark Street, to State Street, to Eagle Street, through Court of Grazie Society; St. Anthony’s Society. Honor to Pearl Street and dismiss. SEVENTH DIVISION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1909, 1.30 P.M. Marshal, James L. McHale; Band; Central Federation of Labor; Hudson-Fulton Welcome Parade.—Riverside Park to Westerlo Floats; Labor Unions; Drum Corps; Floats. Street, to Grand Street, to Elm Street, to Eagle Street, to State Street, to Lake Avenue, to Second Street, to Ten Broeck Street, to Clinton Avenue, to Pearl Street, to State Street. THE NAVAL PARADE New York Floats (Sixth Division) leave line at Ten Broeck Street and On Friday morning, at nine o’clock, the fleet will rendezvous off return over same route to Riverside Park. Riverside Park and proceed to Cedar Hill, where the Half Moon and Clermont will be met and escorted to Albany- The Naval Parade, on its THE FRATERNAL PARADE return, will be saluted by the firing of one hundred guns, the ringing of church and fire bells, the blowing of whistles, and music by the consoli¬ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1909, 8.00 P.M. dated bands assembled at Riverside Park. At the first shot of the guns Route of March.—Formation on Hudson Avenue, right resting on the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commissioners, the Common Council Eagle Street.