Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-09
INAUGURATION.
A GRAND MILITARY AND CIVIC PRO-
CEsSIoN
Military Review at the capitol-Admin-
istering the Oath of of1ce-The
Governor Serenaded.

\ the Introductory ceremonies tor forming the
procession were to take place.
! At $3.50 Companies a and G, First In
fantry Battalion, proceeded to the depot tc
receive the Chico and Stockton Guards
which were to arrive on special trains. Upon
arrival of the visiting companies they Were
received by Companies A and G drawn into
line and standing at a salute, while the
! Chico and Stockton Guards and the Stockton
/ City Band accompanying marched by them.
| The visiting companies then took position in
| line on the right, and stood at present arms
while Companies A and 3 marched by them,
the former falling into line of march at the
rear, in columns of four, and in this order
marched under the leadership of the First
Infantry Band to the corner of Seventh and
X Upon arriving at Seventh street, the
Stockton and Chico Guards with the Stockton
City Band in the lead, passed by and took POI
siti0n in advance Of the other companies,
all forming into battalion line on the south
side of X and at front face towards the
Golden Eagle. The battalion was under
command of Colonel Raymond, with Captain
w. H. Chamberlain, of Company G., Second
Regiment, San Francisco, Acting Major.
The battalion was composed of the Stockton
Guard, Captain Eugene Lehe, 40 men)
Chico Guard, w. ". Swearinger, AS men);
Sacramento City Guard, Company A, First
Infantry Battalion, Captain L. j. Kearney
(36 men) and the Sarsdeld Guard, Captain
Z. w. Sheehan, t51 men). While the visiting
companies Were being received at the depot,
and brought to this position. the Sacramento
Hussars, Captain +. Ruhstaller, t35 men),
and Sacramento Light Artillery, Captain j.
l.. Atwood, (S7 meH1, were detailed to re-
port at the Capitol, from which place they
marched as escort to the State officers to Gov
ernor Perkins residence, corner of Eleventh
and II street. Here they were Joined bv
Governor Perkins and his staff. The Gov
ernor-elect was accompanied III his carriage
by Governor Irwin and members of the Leg
islative Committee of Arrangements, the car
riage being drawn by two fine spans of grey.
Next in order was the carriage containing
Lieutenant Governor johnson, Lieutenant
Governor-elect Mansfield and members of the
committee drawn by a similar four in hand
Then followed carriages of Governor Irwin's
staff, general officers of the National Guard,
State officers and invited guests, with Briga-
dier-General Clunie and staff, mounted, at
the rear. The Governors staff was composed
of Major P. J. Harvey, Assistant Adjutant-
General at General Headquarters Brigadier-
General P f. Walsh, Adjutant. General
Brigadier- General John McComb, Second
Brigade, general officer; Colonel j. A
Laven, Inspector of Riffs Practice Aids-de-
Camp-Colonel y. G. Logan, Colonel O.
Livermore, Colonel J. H. Budd, Colonel j.
Henley Smith, Colonel j. l.. Traverse, and
Major S. w. Backus, Adjutant- O. neral,
Second Brigade.
General Clunie's staff was composed of W.
a. Anderson, Assistant Adjutant-G General
and Chief of Staff; Major ". [. Wallace,
Inspector r. P. Major d. E. Alexander,
l.
The procession thus formed marched down
J to Fourth street, at which place it came to
a halt, and was joined by the Mexican Vet
Grams, Z. w. Stewart, Marshal, who had
been escorted to that point by the Sacra-
meuto Cadets, under Captain VIM. McEwen.
The Mexican Veterans here took the post
OF honor between the Hussars and the Gov
ernor, while the Sacramento Cadets divided
into two platoons, forming on the right and
left of the Governors carriage. The Veterans
were here intended to represent the acquisi-
ton of California, and the Cadets the sons of
the State. The procession then filed TO X
street, and thence to Seventh, where it was
Joined by battalion of infantry awaiting it,
with the Stockton City Band as escort, and
marched next after the column as previously
formed, with Colonel Greed Raymond and
staff, composed of Captain w. II. Chamber
lain, Acting Major Lieutenant John 7.
Casey, Inspector Rife Practice Lieutenant
W. L. Chesley, Commissary; Lieutenant d.
J. Simmons, Quartermaster; Lieutenant
Otto Rieffarth, Paymaster, and Lieutenant
j. w. Guthrie, Adjutant, at the rear. The
procession then took up the line of march
along X street to Tenth, to J, J to Second,
Second to K, K to Eleventh. and thence to
the Capitol. During the march of the pro-
cession the military organizations at diff
ferent times broke into and marched
in columns of companies, and again
changing into columns of tours. The march
ing was very fine on the part of all the COM
panies and elected much praise, and the
execution of the various movements through
which they passed up the line of march was
also noticeably good, considering the unfavor
able condition of the streets, and showed
degree of discipline and military bearing
highly creditable alike to officers and men.
Passing into the Capitol grounds at the
Eleventh street entrance the procession
marched to the main entrance at the west
side of the Capitol, where the Hussars
formed into line upon the outside of the walk
and facing the Capitol, while the Governor
and staff and those in carriages
alighted at the entrance and took a
position upon the front steps, the
infantry companies passing in review before
them, with officers and men saluting. The
proceeded to the Capitol and took position in
the Assembly Chamber, where were seated
the two houses of the Legislature in joint
session. Governor Perkins having been es-
corted to the desk, Rev. DIR. Dwinell offered
prayer and the oath of office was admin
istered by Judge benson. The Governor
then delivered his inaugural address, which,
together with the full proceedings held in the
Assembly room, appear in the stenographic
legislative report III another column. Upon
the assembling at the Capitol a salute OF 10
guns was fired by squad of the Sacramento
Light Artillery at the corner of Twelfth and
l. streets, under command of Captain At
wood, in honor of Governor Irwin, ard at the
conclusion of the inaugural address ID were
again fired in honor Of Governor Perkins.
After escorting the Governor to the Capitol
the military marched down TO the Golden
Eagle, where they were dismissed. The Chico
ana Stockton Guar Is we're given a banquet
at the Western Hotel by the First Infantry
Battalion. subsequently, at the invitation
of Senator Traylor, all the military Office
of the different organizations went to his
rooms at the Golden Eagle Hotel
and partook of bountiful collation..
The Stockton City Band, led by I. w.
Schmidt, former Sacramento boy, rendered
excellent music during the march, and its
appearance in gray, trimmed with red and
gold, was highly military and creditable,
while the First Infantry Battalion Band,
with its regulation uniform of blue
and gold, attracted much attention and
their music and marching was the sub
lect of much favorable comment and praise.
During the evening the Stockton City Band
accompanied by the Stockton and Chico
Guards, rendered serenade to Governor
Perkins at the Golden Eagle Hotel, when the
Governor appeared and made a brief speech,
saying hey q friend OF the National Guard
of California, and was proud to be their
Commander in Chief, and would do his ut
most to elevate the standard of the citizen
soldiery.
The Guards and band serensded ex-senator
George S. Evans at the Union Hotel, and at
10 o'clock took train for home.
RED MEMS INSTALLATION. Charles I.
Spencer d. D. G.. s., last evening installed
the following officers elect OF Costumes Tribe
No. IA. Imp o. r. NJ: Saehem, John Buser
Senior Sycamore, Arend Schaeden: Junior
Sycamore. David l.. Townsend; First Sanap,
Nelson Wilcox; Second Sanap, r. Davis;
First Warrior, j. T. Counts: Second War
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