Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-04

| ent Hayes was the first to shake the hand Of
General Garfield and greet him as President
| The special Senate committee, col. Bright and
tie vice President escorted the Pres,d ant's and
| ex- Pres ident's party from the platform 10
thor carriages, they TO take their place in the
p1oct sSion.
THE GRAND PROCESSION.
The storm Cf rain and sLo v, which prevailed
! last night, cleared up about 3 O'clock this
| morning, ard the sIush rapidly melted No
| withstaEdfrg the unfavorae,e weather, tie
streets were soon alive with people ana Penn
! sylyan1a avenue presented ali CxcCed!ngly Rnl-
HaIed appearance with It's gay holiday frap
| pings ana thousands or people on the s.dava,kS
As tne nfst olVistoD. escortiUg the President ,
| the Capitol, passed down the hl Iconips an
WI COWS along The route We're also nlled VITA
spectators. As the carriage c0btatsiag n :,
P1esiCo elect went by, he was loudly cheer reAi
rom time 10 time, al d took of his hat bow Irs
DIS fcknowlecgments by the Time the grand
| proct sslon was ready 10 Start from the Canirnl
eastward. the sleer on the avenue had melted
and lun off, and the streets were drying ranidly.
the crowd, too. had greatly increased, and
passed along. The procession Sas in fiy;
divisiors, ard was, indeed, an fa1posin /.
Spectacle. The military display was Gaer than
| enY seen here since the war.
FIrAt Division.
This division (Which escorted the President TO
the Capitol was preceded by two platoons of
mounted police. under command OF Major Brocl,
Then came Grand Marshal General w. T.
'ShelHan and aids, Col. Bacon. Gen. Poe, Coz
@ Do9ge, &c Gen. Itdhall, Col MoiroT, Gen. AspIn-
wan. Col Dayton and Lieut.. Greeu, L 3 a
BreVet Major General r. b. Ayers colonel .
a.tlleTy ana staff, A6jutant 1sr Lieut. Georga
Mitchell; Qnarteimaster. list Lieut. Z. Smith
arc Majors. Ioder ana Gibson: Il artillery banT
~ rjeces. Battery b, I'd artillery, 1st Lieut.. f.
b. iIuffard "a Lieut.. E. NJ. Weaver, tr; IS men
batteIy {. 20 artillery, Capt WA. p. Grave;
30 meG. Battery ID, "a artill ry. lsJ Lieut.. j. c.
Scantllng; 40 men. Battery II. 21 artillery
Capt, Jas. E. Wilson. 20 Lieut.. F. E. HoObs: s
mtn Battery X. 2d artillery. Capt. John II.
Calf, I'd Lieut. Geo. T. E Harrison: 70 men.
Baite1y A, Sd artillery. 1sl Len. II. Osgood; 81
men. Battery ID, Sd artillery, Capt K s. Tarn-
tUll. 1st Lieut.: John L. Meyer; So men. Bat
Lieut.: Christopher w. Harold 1ot Lieut. J. f.
MGuiE; 35 men. Battery !, Sd artillery 1ef
Lieut.. }, b. Eaton. "a Lieut.. c. w. FosfeG: s.
men. Battery III, Sd artillery, capt. E. II. war
neI, lst Lieut.. c. A. Posiley, Il Lieut. Il. ID.
Run oaugh; 5, men. Company q. Isl artillery.
Capt. S. 5. Eder; So men. Company G. 5th a.,
uileiy. Capt. W; F, Randolps; 80 meo.
TIE foot artillery was uniformed With black
SIGECs. led Iacii2gs DARK riCe coat and facingS
Glue paLts REQ StIipa.
Battalion Of [. 5. Marines b eaded by the ful
hallBe Band, Prof. SouSa, 80 ODD pieces. This
battaICn numbered about 400 rnuSketS. In six
conpaIies, in the ShOwy uniform OF the corpz.
oalk b.ue coats trimmed with red, With yellow
epauetteS, light blue pants haJ with ye,Iotg
pompon. The battalion fully sustained the
high reputation OF the marine corps for pre-
cision OF nloVtment. Capf. X. s. Colllm was In
~ 4.
ano lhe companies were commanded respect
lively by Cspts X. L. Meade {. +. Williams. e.
Z: Cochrane, and First Lteuts. L. Ii. Harrington.
NJ, c. GoGGrell and c. L. Potter.
FIRST Cleveland Troop itle Presidents escort
lfoHi LIS loIne) hne-lockigg body Of men
neatly 80 in line, In French claSSeur uniform
aao helmet with yellow plumeS, making very
handsome appearance This troop was ofi.
ceercd as follows: Capt. W. II. Hafues FRS
Lieut.. Ii. Ii. Baxter, Second Lieut.. n. Schnei-
Ger, surgeon C. L. Collins. First Sergeant II. E.
Enrn 40
seant +. I. M0xley. Quar;ermaSter Sergeanc
Colgate Hoyt, First Corporal ID. L. Norton
IblIo Corporal j. n Stewart, Fourth Corpora!
Then came President Glf1ald ACCOMPANIED
by ex-Pfes1dent Hayes driven by four horses
All along the lire the fart. WAS greeae VII
cheers.
Cleveland Grays, fine organization. Wit
neat uniform and shake, making superb dls.
play.
Union Veteran corps OF Washington. Lieut.
UTell and Harrison, so men ia line. ia uniiorIt
OF the U. S. Infantry, headed by field music.
Central City Veterans, G5 men. headed b;
haurer's band OF 20 pieces. This command.
composed exclusively OF members OF Post g.
q. a. R., Department OF New York, made =
splendid showing having 65 men In the old rev
olution9ry unifoTm-buff knee breeches, fair to-
BOOTS, blue coats. faced with buff, buff vests.
Tuf1ied shirts and cooked hats, with drab AMI
blue standing plumeS General Sniper, CON-
nander, and T. Ryan and n. Dumbach, vice
commanders
Utica Citizens Corps, ,CaptJ. II. Doug las, As mep,
headed by fine band. The corps was uni
formed Ia dark blue dress coats. trimmed with
light blue pants and bear Skin Shoko. This
Command is oI OF the Oldest In the state.
OSWego CitiZe MS corps, Capr.H. Thompson
headed by band OF 20 pieces. uniformed a.
artillery, in blue. trimmed with red.
Grand Army or the Republic eight platoons.
uniformed in dark clothes. Mcclellan caps, ann
badges. under the command OF Department
commander VIM. Gibson, John Cameron
A. A. q. This detachment was headed by &
fine drum CORPS.
They had with them also the Grand Army OF
the Republic, Department Of Maryland, neariJ
Weber'sjNilson Post Band. General ". Z. "
Ross, Department Commander OF the state, was
In command. with the following staff: Adjutan5
General C. ii. Richardson, Assistant AdiutanI
General john Il. Suler, Assistant QuarterInas-
ter General VIM. II. Sear!eS Inspector r. y
Bowerman Ju6ge Advocate Herman L. En-
mons, Chief Mastering Ofiicer Charles L. Mar
burg, Assistant Inspector John c. Erdman.
Aides de Camp George b. Creamer. w. Ii Fore
man. Robert ". Scarlet, Z. Il. Murray, N, N.
RittenhOuSe, Samuel T.. Young, Geo, w. Jonn-
son and jesse West
The Eoys In Blue: EIlery C. Ford, major gen
eral, commanding; edlutant general, Paul Bro
die; cLief or staff. Brig adler General Robert S.
Graham: inspector general, Col. VIM. Gibson;
chief mastering officer, Col j. John Cameron;
judge aGvocate general Gel Vim. A. Lawrence;
surgeon general, Surgeon ID. W. Bliss; chief OF
artillery, Col julius r. HannemaD; qIafCer-
master general, Col. o. III. Neaiy; commiSsary
general Col. L. b. Cutler; paymaster general,
COL george TruesCell; signal officer, Col. 7. D.
Ge6geT; aides.de camp, Lieut. Col n. Gardner.
Lielt.Col l.. Y. Mitchell, IIeut-Col. w. A
Moore. Lieut.. Col. Fred Mack. Lieut.-Col. j. c.
S. Burger. Lieut. Col B. Z. Chase, Lieut.-Col
Nm. +. Deknight, Lieut. Col. Il. Z. OYlphant;
Roscoe ConkliDg Club. coloLel, z. w. oyster:
Z. S. Grant Club, colonel F. A. Seeley; Pap
Thomas Club, colonel, N. ID. Mon Is; James A
Garfield Club, colonel Geo. III. Fillmore; Col
umb'a Club, colonel A. Hart
Light Battery A, ID artillery, Capt. o. C. NJ
Pennir gton; First Lieut.. A ID. Schenck, First
Lieut.. Edgar S. Dudley, Secnnd Lieut. w. p
Eogerfon; &C men; four field pieces. Light
Battery c, Sd artillery. Capt William SIN
ciafr, First Lieut.. W. A. kobbe. jr., First Lieut.
Ramsey ID. Potts, Second Lieut.. Charles B
Satterlee, Second Lieut.. Douglas A. Howe; Is
men with four field pieces. These batteries
mace most crediteble display, wearing for
the first time their new regulation felt helmets
with plumes or red hair, and, with the SNOWY
upiform OF the servfce-blue coat with red
well.
Washington Light Infantry. companies. Col
w. q. Moore, commanding, with the Washing
ton Light Infantry band 22 pieces, Prot Donch,
leader. This company numbered about 15O
men, uniformed In white Austrian cloth coats,
blue pants and shakos. They marched, as
usual, With the procession ofveterans.
National Rifles, OF this city, headed by their
own baId, OF 16 pieces, Prof. w. T. Weber.
This was the second public parade OF this corps.
1t was o1cered by Captain j. 0. p. Burnside
and LieutenantS Fitzgerald and Bassett The
uniform is OF brilliant scarlet cloth coats,
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