The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-06-02

left the column and took seats on Tie plat
form. Tie judges Of he courts, the
chiefs Of The government bureaus and 9th
err pubic officers were similarly accomo-
daed Tie crowd in thai part Of The city
was extremely dense, it being the main
point Of attraction, and the reviewing place
where was assembled the highest dignitar-
! les. Gen Custer rode powerful horse,
| FESTIVE ana al times ungovernable. When
near tho treasury department the animal
! madly dashed forward to the head OF the
| iaes. The general attempted 10 cheek
| III. course, and at the same time endesv>
or;ng to retain The weight 0. flowers which
was previously placed UPON him. 10 the
flight the general lost his hat. lie finsly
conquered bis horse and rsjoined bis col
umn. Passing The Presidents stand be
made low bow, and was applzuaed by
| the multitude
Between the rear Of the Oh corps and
the advance Of the 5th corps there was an
interval OF 10 or Is minutes. An i'm
;DeDse number OF persons rushed into the
opening which was in front of the stand
occupied by President Johnson, General
Grant, and the members of the cabinet,
and gave each che repeated cheers.
The troops occupied six hours-from 8
| o'clock a n. till three O'Clock p. N.
Washington, HAY "a
We had anothe, bright Gay for the re
view. Fresh arrivals this morning aug
meuted the already large numbers of ssran-
gers who had visited Washington, to wit
ness the grand military parade. The
tastefully decorated stands near the execu-
tive mansion, were again occupied by the
President and number Of the cabinet
and 1t Gen. Grant, together with distin-
guished army and navy officers, chief OF
the bureaus, the diplomatic corps AID fam
lilies and others, The vicinity Of the re,
viewing point was denseIy crowded over a
larger area than yesterday
This locality boing the most attractive,
the aFtny of Tennessee moved from the
capitol ut a m, proceeding towards the
executive mansion. Al The head Of the
column RODE Maj. Gen Sherman, who as
vociierousy chfeed all along the line
The greeting Of this hero was IN the high
sented with two large wrca,hs Of flowers
one Of Which lad been pisced around bis
horses neck, and the other hung upon bis
own shoulder Maj Gen. Sherman was
accompanied BY Maj Gen. Howard, next
] followed Maj. Gen. Logan, staff escort.
| He yesterday assumed command OF this
army. Maj, Gen. Logan appeared at the
head Of the command. This corps is com
Prised OF troops from Michigan, Missouri,
Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Illinois, Louisi.
ana and Wisconsin. Tae l7th army corps
vas preceded by lis commander, Mai
Gen. Blair, with his staff, followed BY tie
headquarters escor.. The troops Of this
corps are from Ohio lI!inois, New York,
Wisconsin,. Indiana, Minnesota and Mich
/ igan. The rest IN review was the army OF
Georgia, Mai Gen Socum, commanding
The 20ih corps was commanded by Maj
Gen. Mower, compo-ed Of volunteers from
! Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York,
Wisconsin, Massachusetts. Ohio, Delaware
! Indiana and Michigan This was succeed
] eli bg The 14th army corps, Brevet Msi
| Gen. }. {. Davis commanding. It WAS
| composed Of volunteers from Wisconsin.
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, New
York, Minnesota and kentucky. The re-
sPectlye commanders OF the armies, diyis-
ions and bIigades, have upon their PERSONS
/ professions of flowers and as they passed
along the I;ue cheers were given and flags
waved.
Much amusement was occasioned by a
display ct pack horses and muIes They
were all heavily loaded With commiasarY
supplies, including chlckees, coon, dog
and goat, which vas comfortably fssten
GO to three Of the saddles. These we're
The pets Of soldiers
IN interesting feature in the parade
vss the exhibition OF flags and banners OF
vaIlous patterns, some of them entirely
new, some carried were torn bv BULLETS
and reduced to shredR, while otheTa, entire
as TO material were faded hy exposure TO
The weatbsr. or biackened by The smoke OF
battle. Several stats we're carried. from
which the flags had been shot away. All
/ The eDear>heads were ornAnented with
| flowers.
Il was remarked as in contrast to the
army OF the Potomac, that the iroopa
comprising the armies Of Georgia and
tennessee, wore the vide brm felt hats.
or plantation pattern. Their appearance,
IN ali respects, were equal to that of The
army OF the Potomac, withstanding
they had performed more marching service.
Their movements were much admired and
! spplauded. he commander OF each ar
my and corps and division, attended By
one staff officer, djsmounted after passin Q
tie general IN cbiet, and joined him until
his army, corps or division had passed the
reversing stand, when he joined bis com
maEd.
Brigade bsnds, or consolidated field
music, tuFaed out aud played as their
brigsdea passed. One band TO each divis
ion played during the march from the
capitol to The treasury building.
After the troops passed the reviewing
officers, they were marched to .heir res
pec:lve quarters.
Secretary Seward, notwithstanding his
severe physical affection, took a deep in
terest IN tho review. Gen Augur made
Lea comfortable and furnished him with a
good posiiion at the headquarters Of the
dcfences Of Washington, that lie might
witness The grand military display.
The atnies of Georgia and Tennessee
occupied six hours in passing-the same