The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-11
Mr., Fred P Wright Washington, D. O., Mde-de-


Brady; Junior Vice Commander Amos
F. Mayford; Medical Director j.
Edwin Mason; Chaplain, the
Rev. Benjamin Swallow.
Band.
Posts of the Departments of the g. A. r.
John A. Rawlins Post, No: 2, Commander NJ. E.
Urel.
Lincoln Post No 8, N. NJ. Brooks, Commander.
o. P. Morton Post, No. 4, William E. Hall, Com
George g. Meade Post, NO No s, Thomas G. Allen,
Commander.
John F. Reynolds Post, No. g. L. B. Parker, Com
mander.
Boys in Blue, Gen. E. c. Ford, Commander.
q. s. Grant Club, Col Seeley.
"Pap" Thomas Club, Col. Monies.
Columbia Club, Col Hart
Roscoe Conkling Club, Col Oyster.
James A. Garfield Red-Ribhon CLUB, Col. Fillmore.
The United States Naval Cadets.
INFANTRY AND ARTILLERY DIVISION.
Com. Robson, Lieut.. Com. Thomas, Lieuts. Parker,
Rush and Miller.
Two Horse Batteries.
battalion of the Washington Light Infantry, four
companies. Col. G. w. Moore command
ing; First Lieutenant W. N. Dali
ton; Second Lieutenant,
B. r. Rose;
Hampton Cadets, Virginia, Capt. Romano.
Langston Guards, Norfolk, Va Capt W. 81.
Palmer, forty men.
National Rifles, Washington, Col. J. o. P. Burn
Fitzgerald; second platoon,
Capt. Bassett.
Signal Corps, United States Army, Brigadier Gen.
W. B. Hazen, commanding.
Ninth New York Regiment, Col. Oscar Rider,
mastering 800 men.
ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION.
As the two Presidential carriages came out
of the White House grounds. a shout long
md loud, went up. President Garfield, Vice
President Arthur and ex-President Hayes I'M
covered as they rode down the avenue, and the
shoutings and hurrahs were almost incessant.
Bodies of armed and unarmed men marched
and countermarched on the avenue and at al
most every approach to 1t, getting into position
for the procession on the return from the Capt.
tol.
The procession was formed in accordance
with the programme, and marched in order to
the east front of the Capitol, where a large
platform had been erected for the accommoda-
ion of the Presidential party, Senators, Repre-
sentatives and members of the press.
As Gen. Garfield passed through the east
door of the Capitol building to theportico, he
looked upon the most extraordinary spectacle
that has ever met the eyes of President in
making the journey from the Senate Chamber
| to the spot associated with the beginning of SO
many memorable administrations.
In front was a solid mass of people, princi-
| pally men, covering all the space between the
Standing through the masses of people in
black was line of bright uniforms, and
fringing the edges of the crowd were pictur-
! esque groupings of color in guidon, plume and
flag. Beyond, branching out on the circling
roadways of Capitol hill, like the lines Of a
waiting army, were masses of troops, the bright
red facings of the light-blue evercoats and the
trappings of the men in black or dark blue
| shining out in sharp-cut splendor III contrast
| with the heavy masses nearer.
On the terraces to the right and left; on the
,oof of the Capitol; in the windows and on
| he balconies and other prominences were
rowds of people struggling for place or foot
| ,old.
| AS the procession debouched upon the ter
| ace the head moved steadily to the front, but
| The main part of the column composed OF
grave Senators and Representatives and ladies
| who are leaders of society, broke into
fragments and deployed to the right and left,
IS if preparing for an impetuous charge on the
| Towd in front. There was good-humored
| scramble that threw even the staid diplomatic
| corps into sort of panic, and the gold lace
! picturesque costumes went to the front in the
! spirit of impulse that seemed to control the en-
| tire crowd admitted to the platform.
| The Britishers and the suites of the German
| French, Spanish and Japanese Ministers looked
| on with amusement at first, and then, breaking
| canks, proceeded to skip over the chairs anC
| scramble forward after the manner of the dis
| tinguished Americans.
For few minutes the scene was an exciting
one, but in q short space of time the people
had settled down to dignifed repose of man
ner, and stood expectantly waiting for the cere
monies to begin.
The space on the platform had been very
carefully mapped out, but the scramble had
| broken up the geography of the arrangement
and newspaper men found themselves WHERE
| the diplomatic corps ought to- have been, anC
/ Senators and their ladies looked serenely dow
| from the place where the plans and specifca
ions said the reporters were to be.
President Hayes, Gen. Garfield, Chief Jus
tice Waite and others of the Presidential par
ty, arrived at the appointed place without be
ng subjected to the pressure prevailing OF
either side, and were received with tremendou
heering.
Gen. Garfield was seated with the Chief JUS
ice on his right and the President on his left
Behind him sat his mother, wife and daughter
Mrs. Hayes and daughter, and Vice President
Arthur; and, to his left. Senators Pendleton
Bayard and Anthony, of the special COMMITTEES
of escort.
Gen Garfield, when introduced, threw off hi
oyercoat, and, waiting until the cheering sub
sided, began his address. He read from manu-
script, and spoke with unusual dehberation
but the first ringing sentence was in its dictiol
and delivery SO like Garfield that it met thu
expectancy and fixed the interest of all within
| hearing.
The day. which had been dreary and stormy
| frightened about this time, and the sun cam
out from its hiding place. There was a strong
cold wind blowing from the south, taking VI
with a western impulse as it swept round tn
! corner of the Capitol building, and Gen. Gar
field spoke against this. Yet his voice was
during the first start of his long address, clea
r. -. e
time to the southeast and received repeated ID
vitations from the crowd below to face til
other way.
There was less freedom OF gesture than /
| usual with Gen. Garfield, but at times b
! caught the hampering manuscript III hi
clenched hand and flung it aloft in an emphati
forceful sweep. Again he brought his close
hand down with fierce fervor on the rail
| front, but for the most part contented himsel
| with making his points effective by the extraol
binary plan of emphasis and meditation at hi
| command AS an oratorical display the effol
| did not come up to his famous Chicago speech
and not once did he lean back in the old famI
lar wav, and swing his arms as is his Won
when he gives free rein to his impetuous ora
tory.
Following is Gen. Garfeld's inaugural ad
dress in full:
FELLOW CITIZENS We stand to-day upon a
eminence which overlooks hundred years {
national life-a century crowded with perks
but crowned with the triumphs of liberty an
love. Before continuing our onward marcl
let us pause on this height for a moment, t
strengthen our faith and renew our hope by
glance at the pathway along which our peopl
have travelled 1t is now three days more tha
100 years since the adoption of the first write
constitution of the United States, the article
of confederation and of perpetual union. III
new republic was then beset with danger G
every hand. 1t had not conquered place
the family OF nations. The decisive battle {
the war for independence, whose centennii
anniversary will soon be gratefully celebrate
at Yorktown, had not yet been fought. III
colonists were struggling not only against II
armies of Great Britain, but against the settle
opinions Of mankind, for the world did II
believe that the supreme authority Of go
eminent could be safely intrusted
the guardianship OF the people themselyc
We cannot oyerestimate the fervent love {
liberty, the intelligent courage and savin
common sense with which our fathers mad
the great experiment Of self-governmen
When they found after a short time that Il
.onfederacy of States was too weak to me,
the necessities Of a vigorous and expandin
! republic, they boldly set it aside, and in j