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James M (for Merrill) Hutchinson (1864-1934) January 1935 obit (newspaperarchive.com/us/california/oakland/oakland-tribun...) reads: Funeral with military honors was held here today for Lieut Col James Merrill Hutchinson. 70. United States Army, retired, who died Monday in the hospital of the National Soldiers Home at Sawtelle near here of shock from broken hip Col Hutchinson was an officer of the 71th Regiment United Stales Infantry (old 107th New York National Guard) during the World War. He saw service in the Cuban War of 1893, the SpanishAmerican War, Mexican border troubles before outbreak of the world war and spent four years in the Philippines with the late Major General Leonard Wood. He served also as special government agent In Washington D C, New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, San Francisco and Los Angeles

JOHN BRENNAN Lumber Storage and Trucking 60th ST AND WEST END Avenue Adjoining N.Y.C. Freight Yard and North River NEW YORK CITY books.google.com/books?id=KA0yAQAAMAAJ&dq=john%20bren...

Maj. James Merrill Hutchinson described as leading the First Battalion of the 71st Regiment as it entrained for Texas on June 27, 1916. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1916-06-28/ed-...

Street sign suggests that the location is intersection of E 60th St and Fifth Avenue in New York City.
2022 Streetview indicates that the building with columns is no longer there.

The location is known as Grand Army Plaza
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Army_Plaza_(Manhattan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Army_Plaza_(Manhattan)#/media/File:Grand_Army_Plaza_NYC_Circa_1920.jpg shows the building at the northern end of the block on the east side of Fifth Avenue that has the large red brick building.

It was the Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.,
collections.mcny.org/CS.aspx?VP3=DamView&VBID=24UP1GR...

I think K. T. means Knights Templar and that the Com. stands for Commandery. There seem to be many Washington Commanderies -- with different numbers.

New York Times of June 14, 1925, beginning on the front page of section 2
timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/06/14/11904941...
reports that there would be a parade on Fifth Avenue the next afternoon, with 28 bands. There would also be a "combined band" led by Paul Whiteman (from the Ivanhoe Commandery).

The band led by Whiteman is shown in a nearby Bain photo that has not been uploaded to Flickr. See
www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2014718395/

Aside: The NYT article cited above includes a history of the Knights Templar starting in 1113 in Syria during the Crusades.

Thanks swanq, we'll update the information in all of the photos showing this parade.