The national Republican., 1861-05-14

which were at first issued for | o'clock yestcr
day morning, (as was announced III Yesterdays
paper,) were afterwards cuuutsJinanded, and
o'clock 2. Nj. named as the hour for the com.
panies 10 be in line. At that hour, the various
companies commenced marching up to II
street, where the line had been ordered to be
formed. All the companies turned out in
large numbers, though a guard had to be left
at the various headquarters.
Before the hour Of three o'clock, Lafayette
square, the Presidents square, and all the
streets in that vicinity, were completely packed
by well dressed people, the greater portion be-
ing ladies, who had assembled to witness the
pageant. About that hour, the line was formed
in the following order, and the line Of march
taken up:
Brigadier General Peter F. Bacon Colonel
Charles p. Stone, Inspector General.
Presidents Mounted Guard, Captain Owen,
66 men.
iSirth attdlion.-Lieutenan Colonel James
A. TAFT; 7. E. Clark, Adjutant
Martial music.
Company A, National Guard, lieutenant
Lloyd, II men.
Company G, National Guard, Captain Marks,
7s men.
Company E, National Guard, Captain Nor
Company F, National Guard, Lieutenant
Carroll, So men.
Second Battalion-Lieut. Col. Everett; J.
D. Hatton, Adjutant.
Martial music.
Metropolitan Rifles, Captain Nalley, 81 men.
Jackson Guards, Captain McDermott, sc
men.
Company A, Putnam Rifles, Captain This.
tleton, 80 men.
Company B, Putnam Rifles, Captain Gun.
nell, 40 men.
Constitutional Guards, Captain Degges, 80
men.
Fourth Battalion.-Lieut. Col. Towers.
Company A, Washington Light Infantry,
Lieut.. Williams, 10 men.
Washington Light Guard, Captain Marks,
10 men.
Company E, Washington Light Iufa ntry,
(Zouaves,) Captain Powell, so men.
First Battalion, Georgetown.-Major J. Nc.
II. Holingsworth Adjutant Burch.
Drum corps.
Anderson Rifles, Capt. Rodier, 81 men.
Potomac Light Guard, Capt. Boyd, &C men.
Darlington Home Guards, Capt. Goddard,
70 men.
Andrew johnson Guards, Capt. McBlair, A
men.
Sirth Battalion.-Major J. Grey Jewell, Ad,
jutant Shellcross.
Drum corps.
Company A, Union Regiment, Capt. Car.
Company B, Union Regiment, Capt. Kelly,
SO men.
Company D, Union Regiment, Capt. McCel
land 81 men.
Henderson Guard Lieut.. Rapley, "a men.
Seventh Battalion.--MsjorP P. II. King, Ad
jutsnt Garrett.
Martial music.
Mechanics Union Rifles, Capt. Rutherford,
80 men.
Company D, (Howitzer,) Washington Light
Infantry Battalion, Lieut.. Cross, SO men.
Company G, Union Regiment, Capt Miller
81 men.
City Guards Capt. Clark, 6s men.
Eighth Battalion.-Capt. Gerhardt, of the
Turner Rifles, commanding.
Drum corps.
Washington Rifles, Capt. Loefler, ll3 men
Company A, Turner Rifles, Lieut.. Braun
80 men.
Company B, Turner Rifles, Capt Krzyzanow
ski, 95 men.
Third Battalion.-Major J. R. Smead, Ad
jutant Webb.
Drum corps of the twelfth New York regi
ment.
National Rifles, Lieutenant Davis, 54 men.
Company F, Union regiment, Captain Fletch
!, er, 10 men.
slemmer Guards, Captain knight, s5 men.
Cameron Guards, Captain Elder, GA men.
i The divisions we're arranged in line accord
, ing to the seniority of their respective com
manders.
After joining in line, the procession marched
up H street to Eighteenth, and thence dow
{ Pennsylvania avenue to the Presidents House
l., passing in at the west gate and out at the east
and thence to New York avenue, where the va
rious companies were dismissed.
As the procession passed the White House
= it was reviewed by President Lincoln, who wa
. accompanied by Secretaries Seward, Chase, anc
f Cameron, Marshal Lamon, j ohm S. Nicolay, Esq
his private secretary, and also by the following
g staff officers of the District volunteers, VIII
were present by the special invitation Of tn
General Totten, Major Barnaclo, Major STAINS
!, bury, Major Ramsey, and Captain Beckwith
. The President expressed himself as beinj
J, highly gratifed at the really fine appearance
q y made by the military generally, and was pal
:, ticularly struck by the martial bearing Of a.
% eight footer in the ranks of the Turner Rifles
y whose head lowered far above that ofany othe
l. member Of his company. A general laugh wa
% created as the President pointed out the gallan
> soldier
J The National Rifles having been pointed ou
l. to the President as the company from which s.
many secessonsts had taken their departure
a he remarked, with considerable warmth, " 1t
q fne.looking company now, at any rate"
The parade certainly very far eclipsed an
y former parade of our District military, and wa
! witnessed by an immense number Of persons
q 1t was display of which all who participate
q in it may well be proud, and shows conclusivel