New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-18

! been found, for they were OLD soldiers and.
almost to - man, Irish. This gallant com
pany, one of the best drilled and best
disciplined companies of militia any of oui.
! States can boast of, ia commanded by
the following officers: Captain Manning,
Lieutenant W. +. Kirk. Lieutenant John
}. Darling.
! The Banners.
1t is difficult to speak OF banners seen
only as they. float in Il heavy wind while
! borne through one of our streets. Itwould
! he equally difficult to speak of them as they
appeared turled in st. Patrick's church fac
| ing the altar. But although there may he
! difficulties about the ease, still we can not
help remarkin. that the stars and stripes
looked remarkably well alongside of the
green flag with its golden harp. Every
branch carried, both banners. and both
We're carried with apparently the same ven
Grafton. The magnificent flag of Branch
No. |, blessed by the church in the morning,
was the object Of universal admiration. Its
gorgeous green silk. ornamentcd with the
golden harp, had all the wind it needed to
! spread it to the breeze and exhibit in full
! its beauties. In the procession it was ear
ried, as a necessity from its weight and size.
! ~ !: carriage.
| Another gallant banner carried Oh its
| front hero oi Ircand's time of glory and
| triumph. IL hero who. on Il battlefield where
| the invader was worsted: the great Brian
| Boru on the white silk ground of the front
was ii splendid introduction for the greater
| St. Patrick in the green diverse.
The banner OF Branch No was also an
elegant and beautiful adornment of
St. NLichaci's Association.
This well-known association, in the parish
over which the Rev. Father Tobin SO ably
| prcsiies. mustered in force as the guests of
branch No. i. They marched at the head
OF the Branch during the parade, and in
company with the militia, participated in
the hospitality of their hosts at the Hawkins
Branch, on st. Charles street, in the eve
ming. These gentlemen wore Il simple
badge of Glue, without other ns gnia.
The Parade.
The crowd was large. and merrily the
horses Of marsllals and aids pranced as the
music struck up to give the signal of march,
after the high mass at ST. Patlicks. There
was 4. great deal OF music and considerable
Urancing by the horses before the free and
independent sons of St. Patrick were all in
line. The march snce commenced, how
ever. all went rs ''lnerry rs marriage bell"
These a'Hleric men, with long strides. took
up an immense amount of ground ut u step,
and marching that would have done Stone
wall jackson credit was the consequence.
The long stand of two hours at the church.
and the tciiousnesS that always accom-
panics professions on their start at least to
the participants, was forgotten. and jacks
seven league boots were not more willing to
cover the required distance than We're the
men of the "old dart, arrayed in green.
and marching in honor of their patron and
national saint
We clip from the morning Taper the route.
as published by authority. and carried
on; III practice. to z i've our readers an idea
of the amount of walking that was done on
the occasion:
The procession will form in line a, the
position indicated. The head of the process
sion will move up st. Charles street TO
Poy,lraS. down Poydras to Camp. up Camp
TO II. Patricks church. where the as>ocia-
tons will attend high mass in a body. After
mass tire procession will reform on Camp
street and proceed up Camp 10 Julia, down
Julia to Carondelet. up Carondclet 70 st.
Andrew. up 81. Andrew 70 Prytania. up
Prytania to First. up First 10 Magazine.
down Magazine 10 Felicity, up Felicity to
Annunciation, down Annunciation to Ca
liope. down Calliope to Magazine. down
Magazine 10 Julia. down Julia TO Camp.
down Camp TO Canal down Canal to Royal,
down ROYAL to Esplarade down Esplarade
t. CuSac;iv0. tiov = Casaeaiyo 10 Afantl,-
Vile. up ManGevliie 10 Ike i-eNec, up lIey.c
to Esp.anade dowr ESpanadc to Chartrcs
up Chartres to Caua.. where the procession
will be dismissed.
On Camp street.
The march down Camp street was a per-
feet ovation. Tie newspaper offices hung
their flags out. and the windows. galleries
and hanqucttes We're. crowded with ladies.
As they passed under the national colors
hanging in front of our office, we received
Il salute, and return our thanks to the asso-
citation.
Branch No ]! in attempting to take their
flag past our office. got it. ineXtricably
almost mixed up with our national emblem.
and for two or three minutes the Irish and
the American flags were inseparable. Thus
may j: he forever. The procession. rs it
passed our office, was in every way cred
liable.
The Arrangements.
The arrangements were carefully made.
1t was not intended that the parade should
take place in diSagrccahle weather, while at
the same time it was most desirable that it
should take place on the seventeenth of
March. Still the committee looking ont for
father weather. issued the following order:
In the event that the weather prevents !
the procession taking place it viii be indi-
Gated hv eleven taps on the fire alarm bells, !
repeated three times. The procession will
then stand postponed to the following Sun
day. same time and place
The Organization.
The following are the officers of the gal
liant men who carried the green flag side by |
side with the national colors yesterday:
Officers Of the Ifibernian Beuevoien, and
Mutual Aid Association.
We give the following list OF officers of |
the society, appointed especially for the |
parade:
FIRST DIv!sION.-Edward Sweeney, grand |
marshal; John Mcpheln. aid to grand |
marshal: NJ. McManiyle, aid to grand mar
shal; Patrick Kelly, aid to grand marshal, |
Branch No. /; Thomas F.. Cullen. aid to |
grand marshal, Branch No. >; William II. |
Byrnes. aid to grand marshal. Branch No. |
3: Patrick Comfort, aid to grand marshal,
Branch No. i; Patrick Phlbin. aid to grand
marshal, Branch No. ); Thomas Gatiiney, !
aid to grand marshal, Branch No. 6.
INVITED AssoClATIoNs.-Marsha John
O'Ncill, Hibernian Benevolent and Mutual
Aid Association, Branch No. |.
SECOND DIvIsIoN.-Marshal William En-
Aid Association, Branch No. .; Marshal |
McCloskey, Hibernian Benevolent and
Mutual Aid Association. Branch No. 3.
THIRD DIvIsION.-Marslal 0. G. William
son, Hibcrnian Benevolent and Mutual Aid |
Branch No. 4; Marshal Robert
+. Diamond, Hibernian Benevolent and
Mutual Aid Association, Branch No. }:
Marshal Bernard Monaghan. Hibernian
Benevolent and Mutual Aid Association
Branch No. 6,
In addition to the above we add the fol-
lowing list OF officers of the several organ
izations:
BRANCH No. Marshal, Miles Farrell;
aids, John G. Roche, =. Conigsby, Gan
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