Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-05-24
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WASHINGTON, May 23.-As early as
o'clock this morning people assembled on
Pennsylvania avenue to witness the grand
review. The day is beautiful; indeed every
thing is in the utmost order for the march
of the war-worn troops. The avenue at an
early hour was washed by the fire Depart
ment, so as to have it bright and clean. In
front of the Presidents house an immense
stand has been erected, on the south side of
the street, for the President and Cabinet
and for the gallant officers of Grant and
Sherman, VINO are to review the troops.
Another stand on the north side is for the
accommodation of members of Congress
and others. A stand is also erected Oil the
square for wounded soldiers. The houses
in the vicinity of the Presidents house are
tastefully adorned with flags and ever
green.
The route of march is packed by people,
all eager to give the heroes of the war a
hearty welcome, and the columns COM
menced to move at 9:15, the first being
headed by Gen. Meade, followed by his staff.
He was enthusiastically cheered all along
the route, the ladies waving their handker-
chiefs. At the Capitol the children are as
sembled, who distribute boquets and loose
flowers to the gallant men as they pass.
The soiled and tattered flags of the soldiers
are pIOuuly NY JiICI dlIIlIl JIc 'HctIS
of the lockers on. The cavalry is the first
in order to pass in review, under Gen. Mer-
ritt. Gen. Custer bears beautiful wreath
on his arm, presented to him at the
Capitol.
In the vicinity of the stands at the Presi-
dents house dense crowd is congregated.
The avenue is perfectly clear of all vehicles
and the march is uninterrupted.
SECOND DISPATCH.
WASHINGTON, May 23.-There are i'm
mense crowds in the city to-day to witness
the grand review. Thousands of persons,
including many from other cities who have
specially come hither to see the pageant,
| line the sidewalks from the Capitol to the
| Executive Mansion, a distance of mile
and half, while windows and balconies
and all eligible POSITIONS including house
tops, are occupied by deeply interested
spectators. All public business was sus-
pended and there was a general holiday
| The Capitol bore the motto in large letters,
THE only National debt we can never pay,
is the debt we owe to the victorious Union
soldiers" At the north of the Capitol at
least 1000 school girls were assembled,
neatly dressed, and there was much pleas
ant excitement among them in pressing for
| ward to present flowers to the soldiers
|
The immense column moved in the fol-
lowing order: Headquarters Army of the
Potomac, General Meade commanding;
general staff headquarters; squadron of lst
| Massachusetts Cavalry, Captain Flint COM
manding; Major General Merritt, command
ing general staff headquarters; escort 5Sth
/ U. S. Cavalry, Lieutenant Urban command
| ing; 3d Cavalry, Major General Custar
commanding. This officer was vociferous-
| ly chcered at various points of the line, and
was somewhat encumbered by wreaths and
| boquets which had been presented him.
1 Other officers were similarly honored with
cheers and floral gifts and the waving of
handkerchiefs by ladies.
Next the I'd and 4th Cavalry Divisions,
commanded respectively by Gen. Daviss
and Gen. Devins; the Provost Marshal Cen
erals Brigade, and the Engineer Brigade.
The troops composing the bodies was COM
posed in large part from New York, West
Virginia. Vermont, Connecticut Ohio, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and
Michigan. The Ninth Corps, Gen. Parke
Commanding; the 1st Division, commanded
by Gen. Wilcox; the ID Division, Brig. Gen,
Griffin, and the Sd Division, by Gen. Carlin
These troops were from Wisconsin, Michi-
gan, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Mary
land, Massachusetts,, New Jersey, Rhode
Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, and
Maine.
Next followed a Division of the 10Th
Army Corps, commanded by Brig. Gen
Dwight, including an Artillery Brigade
the troops being from Maine, New York
Vermont, Connecticut and Massachusetts
The 5th Corps, Gen. Griffin commanding
the 1st Division was commanded by Gen
Chamberlain; the I'd Division by Gen
Ayres, and the Sd Division by Gen. Crifford
Crawford. These troops were composed OF
volunteers from Pennsylvania, New York,
Maine, Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut,
and Wisconsin, with United States Artil-
lery.
reys, commanded by Brevet Brigader- Gen
eral Ramsey the ID by General Barlow,
were principally from New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Michigan, New Hampshire, Massa-
chusetts, Wisconsin, Ohio West Virginia,
New Jersey and Connecticut.
The troops, as they moved along Pennsyl-
vania avenue, presented grand appear
ance, all arms of the service being repre-
sented in full force. The occasional inser-
ton of body of Zouaves served to relieve
the sameness and gave a fine effect Look.
ing up the avenue there was continuous
moving line as far as the eye could reach
of national, state, division, brigade, reg.
mental and other flags. Some of then
were new, the stars of gold glistening il
the sun; these contrasted strongly will
flags borne in the procession, tattered il
battle or mere shreds. Others were thickly
covered with names and dates of battle
fields where victories were won by these sol
diers. The tlag-stafls were decorated will
flowers, and very many boquets hung from
the muZZleS of musketS. s.
These troops did not fail to present
| worn appearance. They were all well ant
cleanly clad, and their fine marching elic
tied praise from every tongue.
On the south side of the avenue, front
ing the Executive Mansion, stand wa
placed, hung handsomely and festoone
with national flags. At various points wer
the Inscriptions "Atlanta," ''Wilderness,
''Stone River" ""South Mountain, ""Shiloh,
"Vicksburg," "Savannah," "Richmond,
petersburg" and Goal Harbor" Thi
stand was in part occupied by Presiden
johnson, members of the Cabinet, General
Sherman and Grant, and other distinguish
ed army officers. On the left were mem
bers of the diplomatic corps and their fam
lilies, 200 tickets having been issued to thi
class of spectators. - ..
On the stand provided for the purpos
were George Bancroft and the followin.
named Governors of States Horatio Buck
ingham, Andrew, Fenton, Fairchild, Brad
ford, Curtin and Smith; Senators Wade
Sherman, Wilson, johnson, Chandler, Har
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