Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-12-17
As the carriages started on tho peo

| As the carriages started on the peo.
pie ran ahead In order to get = good
glimpse at tbs returning sx-Prssident.
grand cheer went up sll along the
line. Men waved their bats and ladies
their handksrchiefs. TIE Mayor wore
a handsome gold badge, set with dia.
monds and mounted on o rosette of blue
with twilled edges.
| The members Of Councils also wore
fine badges, the body being oblong iu
shape, with q purple background sur
rounded by silver fringe, and with tive
silver tasssls pendent.
| On reaching Broad street, General
Grant was driven to his place in line,
and the grand procession began 10 move
u PIKsT DIVISION.
1 The First Division was composed si
the military and was a most imposing
point Of the procession.
| First came Chief Marshal A. Louden
Snowden and score Of Aids mounted
and enwrapprd in gay sashss with tre-
mendous and costly badges. At little
space behind the throug Of buttonsd
and spauletted Colonels, Lieutenant
Colonels, Majors, Surgeons and Quar-
tsrmasters, the ranks and fle of the
First Division passed along In lines
company-wide and with the precision
and drill of veterans. The Marine
Corps came In more snowy attire, with
whlts straps and shining GRASS buckles
and much military frippery, but with
movement as exact a. that Of q piece Of
mechanism.
Next came the Second Brigade Of New
Jersey commanded by General Sewsll.
Following then closely cam. the battal-
lion from Delawar. under the command
Of Major Macallis e. containing about 100
men. Tho Delaware battalion was
much praised for its excellent marching
and the precision with which it execu-
ted its military evolutions. The Della
ware military held an honorable posi-
tion nearly at the head Of the line.
Next to the Delaware soldiers came Che
great National Guard Of Pennsylvania
in superb array. The Third Brigade
was led by General Seigiried. the second
by General Raeder and the First by
General Snowden.
The left OF the first division was com.
posed of brigade Of cadets under Maj
Bosbyshell bright, quick, soldierly
boys in gray, from the Educational
Home, the Lincoln Institution and the
Pennsylvania Military Aca ,emy.
Following the cadets came General
Grants barouche with long lins OF
carriages, in which sat Governor Hoyt
and his staff, his Adjutant-Generals,
lnspector-Gensrals Quartermaster
erals, C0mmissary- ry-G-nsrals ard other
Generals, Colonels, Lieutenant Col,nels
and SO forth. With them there came
also committees of Coun Ill, officers OF
the Army and Navy, and disnitaries
from this and 0thef States and cities,
and from the capital Of tho government.
SECOND DIVISION.
i This division was Marshaled by
George l.. Brown and contained the
veteran soldiers of the war called,
"The Grand Army of the Republic, p"
the special pets of General Grant
First passed about score or 80 of the
veterans OF 40 war OF 1872 drawn iu
carriages aud following them were the
Scott Legion, the Fire. defenders OF
Pottsville who were the first to nswsr
President Lincoln's call for troops.
Then followed about 5000 veteran SOL
di-rs members Of various Grand Army
Posts Of Philadelphia and the surround
ing country.
they carried with them many torn.
faded and disoolored battle flag that
had been held alott amidst the fiery
shot and she'll OF scores of battles and
were defended by the best blood Of the
nation. These faded tattsred flags
usld aloft by the moving host told over
again the stories of Gettysburg Of the
Wilderness and Of tho fierce STRUGGLES
in front Of Richmond. Some Of the
Posts drag ID with them csnnons
whose iron mouths sent messages of
death from out the Notifications Of
Vicksburg to our besieging heroes
others had cannon which hurled death
10 tho C0nfederates from the top of
more than ono commanding hill.
The Post that came up from Gettys-
burg brought with it a cannon that
was used in the War Of the Revolt luton.
The George G. Meade Post Of Philadel-
phia, Of which General Grant is mem
Der, led with it General Meade's old
war horse, "Baldy," which is now 26
years old. The members Of this Post
wers dressed in cvercoats. B-hind
the Grand Army with its wide ranks Of
quick k-stepping veterans, came two am
balances, handsomely decorated, in
which rode comfortably the msn.b bsrs OF
the organisation who are too badly
wounded to go upon foot.
THIRD AND FOURTH DIVISIONS.
The Third Division was Marshaled
by John Dobson Of PhiladeIphia's lar
gest manufacturers and represented q
part Of the industrial interests Of the
city. Gilmore's famous brass band led
the Division "Textils fabrics" was the
industry represented, and Mansyunk
led the way. Germantown put more
than thousand men in line to show
the greatness Of her workshops, and to
show what hosiery she could make.
The Fourth Division was in charge Of
William Baldwin as Marshal and was
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