The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-30
PRESENTATION OF COLORS TO THE HA
LEM HOME GUARD.


Company A, Captain Crasto, of the Harlem Home
Guard, yesterday presented with stand Of coors
The ceremony took place at the quarters of the company
very fine body OF young men. They are all residents
of Harlem and attached TO the New York Legion
Home Guard. At present the organization has not
sumed military phase but the ardor Of Young America
not TO be restrained in such stirring times
and Of the number of the company-upwards Of
one hundred and twenty men-some sixty have pledged
thsmssves TO go active service. Captain Crasto
the balk go,d intent. and il expected
a company for active service will be formed
Before the presentation the men met ather quarters,
anc AFTER ahort Delay the roll OF the spirit sfng drum
beat the assembly. After short parade the colorss
beautiful Get, the gift OF two ladies OF Harlemwere
brought out when the following letter from the fair
nors was read
HAmxx, May %, 1851.
Captain CRas1o Harlem Home Guard
DEAR sm:-isasc accept, with toe compliments OF the
Undersigned this dsg'he only true emblem OF
ceupty hope IL may il wave, DER the land Of the
free end the home OF the brave.o
Very respectfully, MRS NELSON CRAWFORD.
MRS. W. b ASTEN.
Captain CRAsro In response said-thst receiving
th,s tag at he hands OF the ladies' who presented it,,
might have been well IL it had fallen 70 the lot Of
spebk,r competent to do justice to the occasion
But incapable was still II had been the unanimous
wish his company that be should be their Spokesman.
In returning The himself his
pstrroc ladies' honored them, he could only
say on behalf Of the Ha lem Home Guard company A,
that they fully apprec ated the honor that had been
COME red upon them. And though they were
organized company for active service, yet for
and ali he would he Convinced that should
al eacy by that old flag he nut spoke the seu
mems Of The whole command in declaring that thsy
wou d faithfully and cheerfuny execute any DUTY the
exgencies a the country might require at their hands
(Cneevs There glorious rennis cences connected
with fag nnd toey had heard much about 1t OF ae,
Blu, half sufficiently Wherever 1t has waved
in fore gn chimes, every wheued by the gals OF
ships Of commerce. then that flag hns, the sent,
the fair donors have expressed II, beeu the
symbol Of the lard OF the and the home of the
flee. lie trusted IN God TIA. generations yet unborn
would look upon the glorious stars Stripes, aud that
they wou0 be TO them copquerpg Rymbo in the hour
and gloom That flag had been insuted and dts
honor South but he believed there not man
b, fore him that would not willingly forth to battle
shed need the last drop Of he blood to rstore
stution VIII oh 1t sym bolzed. (Cbeeys II had ever yet
known defeat and he trusted in God it never would
though II bao sen for time dsgrsced by those who
should have died II from spot stain, and to
ceived from The hands OF the apostles OF 1776
DC trusted that the glorious confederacy be
queatbed 10 them, though surrounded with
cIou ubich dOkeped the whole face Of their country,
would prosper ill the end Of time (Cheers
would bless the patriotic ladies' who had presented
Them with the beautiful flag which they would go
fovth to battle and grant that their posterity weud
continue enjoy the essDgs o. their free and glorious
Dsutcns. trusted that their brothers IN arms. who
had forth tn do battle the " freedom and
Hberts woulc achieve the great work condded the
that fhoy ~ond fuetaued by the God Of battles and
that thosc whoee fate II would be 70 ~ called 70
sudden coah would inherit Sudden and eternal glory.
After the presentatioa the company marched to
besutiful green space, where tbcy put through
,her evoutions befove largo OF the inhsbi
iaDts. Those evoutions were most CroditAbay per.
formed
The officers Captain Crastro, First Lieutenant
Manchester, second Licutesxnt Ketcham, Third Lieu
tenant Temp son-