Daily Republican., 1881-10-21
YORhTOWN.

Tho Closing day Of the Centennia
Aelebratk0n-'Th The Miliiary Re
yiew-Sple endid Marching of tn,
tIOOps-Fhe Naval Review.
YORKTOWN, Va, Oct. 2O.-The steam
er Charleston, with the Governor o
) Connecticut aud staff and troops OF
hoard, arrived ut about u quarter I,
10 O'clock this morning. The pilot q
the steamer did not know Yorktown
barbor, and anchored his boat at she
mouth Of York river until he c0ul 4 get
pilot TO bring her into port. Nigh,
before last the weather was rough, and
two thirds of the troops We're seaSlck.
The military review today was :,
brilliant success. The weather WIS
charming and the sprinkliug of the pa.
rade ground prevented the duss from
being as binding as on previous days.
An Immense crowd lin.d tho GROUND
over which the troops passed, but the
Sentinels along the line Of march kept
them back.
On the grand stand, to which persons
were only admitted by ticket iroun Gen-
eraA Hancock 5 quarters, were the nresi-
den5 OF tbs United States, aud meabers
OF his cabinet. Senators, CoDgressmen,
Governors of States, General Sherman
and staff, the French and German dele
cations, aud large number of other
distinguished men, as we'll as many
ladies, Promptly at 10 O'Clock the re-
view began, and the column passed the
grand stand in the following order:
Gen. Hancock and staff "a Artillery
Band, four companies of the 2i Artillery
and four companies of the 3u Artillery,
armed as infantry; four companies of
the lst Infantry; the U. s. Marine Band ;
twepty-fuur companies of the Marine
Corps; sailors OF tho flagship Franklin,
with sh0velS and picks; sixteen compan.
les OF sailors from other vessels in the
harDor, armed as infantry; band, from
the tia sship Franklin; sailor boys from
training ships, with eight Gatiing guns,
btnu OF veterans, from the Chatham Ar
| tillery, from Georgia, with two guns CAP
tured from Cornwaili,; band and drum
corps; ten companies from New Jersey
troops (ntantry) band and drum corps;
lst Delaware Regiment, six companies
infantry; band aud drum corps; Penn
sgivania National Guards; band and
drulu corps; tstMd brig gIde, Twelve CON.
panles band and drum corps; ID Mary
land brigade, five companies; band South
Carol,ua brigade, ten companies; band;
Sd New Hampshire, three companies;
Virginia brigade, headed by Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee, with mounted body guard of
10 neu (cheered); band; Virginia Mill
tary Institute Cadets, s companies; band
and drum corps; lst Corps Boston Cadets
(Cheered); band; lst Virginia Regiment,
d upanies; lst Battalion V;rginiaLigh
Artillery on root, 3 3compHnles; band: 3i
Nirsi companies infantry
4.h Virginia Regiment, ScompanleS in
flntry, white and coiored; DodswOrth's
Band and Drum Corps; 18th Brooklyn
(statt mounted and veterans on fooO, 8
companies (cheers); drum corps; Go.
D., Veterans, ButAio, n. Y; band; lst
North Carolina Regiment, companies;
Washington Eight Infantry, Charles
ton, 5. G., companies; 7 companies ID
North Carolina Infantry; band; "a
Battalion Rhode Island Infantry, )
companies; band; ist Vermont Intan-
try, 3 companies band battalion OF
Kentucky Infantry, companies; band;
ID Michigan Regiment . companies
(cheers); band and drum corps; 1st
Connecticut Eeglment, 10 companies
(wildly cheered). because of the fact
that they were supposed to have been
lost; they arrived just in time to got in
line; mounted trumpeters; Pennington 5
Battery, U. S. g., 4 pieces; st. Clair's
Battery, pieces, (those were regi-
Inents that came overland and were
cEeered.)
The marching of the troops generally
was very fine anu excited great interest
among military men, and ELECTED loud
cheers from the Multitude.
General Hancock and General Fitz-
hugh Lee were both loudly cheered
wherever they appeared, as a tribute to
the "Blue" and the Gray" and rec
ogniton of the fact that both are now
marching under the same flag of COM
mon country. The following is an Off
cial roster of the troops here and par
ticipating in the review to-day:
The State troops WED with each other
in drill and discipline, and the friends
of each claim the palm for some crack
corps. The regulars excited general ad-
miratiOn.
The camps present very animated
appearance, and the frequent guard
mountings, drills, dress parades, sal
utes, calls, cOurtesies between the diff
ferent commands, serenades, speeches.
social visits, etc, occupy a great deal
Of time and excite great interest. The
raw recruits are having their first
taste of soldier life, and the veterans
are amusing themsel YES at their expense
on the ways which would only occur
to old soldiers.
The two pieces of artillery captured
at the siege Of Yorktown, and presented
by Washington to tie Chatham Artil-
lery of Savannah, are here in the bat
terry of that old organization, and ex-
cite the greatest interest.
As illustrative of the discipline OF
some of the volunteers, it may be men
toned that one of their sentnels re-
fused to let Secretaries Lincoln and
Hunt and Postmaster General James
enter the grand stand without the usual
pass required Of every conner. The com
mander Of the armies, the ruler of the
navy, and the director of the mails OF
the nation had TO be subjected to orders
of "the officer of the day There have
been fully tsn thousand troops present
during these exercises.
In the afternoon General Hancock
gave reception on board the st. John
Amongst the guesIs were President Ar
thur, David Davis, President of the
Senate; the French and German visit
ors, Rear Admiral Wym an, officers OF
the army and navy, members of the
Committee, and the Gov
ernOrs and officers of States.
state Of tho ThermSmetef