New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-13
REVIhwED Br GEAERAA GEANE

4 BEbOELNN REGIMENT Al IFS BHHI--GEiI RAJ
GRANT RrCFiVED WITH FNTIC,lNsM-GAY
sC,NIs At THE AENOEY-rHE GUN-T- PRESENT
-tNpiNG IHE EvH>iNG Win A DANCE.
Goucih Grant visited Brooslyn yesterday. He
WAS enter III the afternoon at dinner 1t
Colonel Au~tcns house, aid in the evening h. le-
viewed the l3.h Regiments IT'S armory. AZ / p H..
General CHRISTENSEN of the Fith Brigade. National
Guard Ol The - Itr IF NcwYork. came Ia Acw-l nix
and escorted General Grant TO I'rnOkyn. lIo WAS
driven immediately tn tho nome OI Colonel Austen.
No. SCI Sarnctt-St. There h" entertained at
dinner b, tire Ulcers of ia, iilh Regiment, Colonel
Als:rn ~ SLING Although the company was of
necessity Limited. several distinguished military
g'ntlcmcn wcrt Present. Tie following persons sat
down with General Grant: General Chester 4.
Arlhnr. ate Treasurer Wendell, General Junes
.JnuIdau commander 81 The Second Division G"uc'a
AIRED {. barnes OF Governor COrnriPS staff. Cen
ctal Mol;u,ux commander of the Eleventh Brigade,
Majortirn"ral Henry ". Slocum. Aust N Corbin.
John f. Nichols. f.. 4. Lawrence, General Powell
Lrutenani-C Colonel Chauncry Major Wm!. Adju.
,iut DAYS. CJmmis>ary -Gcncra Wernbrrg, Mas.
Austen and the Misses Austen. There were no
formal sp-'cles made NJ The dinner.
Colonel Austin, however. proposed General
Grants health and the General responded by sim
pie " Thank YOU The Dinner served III .
oclock and occupied abont two hours. Alter dim
urr the General and the other guests spent an hour
IN CONVERSATION, At o'clock the guest of TIE
evening Has driven to the regiments armory at
Flaibush-aSc. aud Han,pn-pLcr. Long brtorc his
ARRIVAL nn immense throng of invited guests had
b. gun To- aIiivr Carnage loads OF ladies were
fuiltnV up 10 the entrance continuous stream,
until il seemed rs If the large armcry buil,liuHi
would hr Incapable Of holding them all Ample
pIrrlratIOn. howrver. hid. been made to receive
AID accoinmOdatr the pss,mhlagc Largo number
Of men had been detailed TO aci Il, duorhccp r. and
u-hrIs. and wrro increasing III their efforts max.
the guest, couf"rtablo.
In the Gr r,om of the armory everything
arranged To afford good o;pottuniic, for seeing the
exercises of the evening. high pai form had been
erected in the centre OF the room the south side.
upon winch "a number of invited guests aat. IN
Tccly in front OF tl tier OF seats VIII ch formed
tnrrryIrwing stand. 10 the right o thus stan.l in
thu corner OF the hall, another Stand OF smaller
proportions. but sufficiently large To hold about
forty people. On the opposite side of the room, d.
rc.iy IN the centre. WAS another stand OF about the
SIC. Around three sides OF the hall ran low
platform upon winch chairs were paced
10 accommodatc large number OF guo.ls.
AZ each end ot he armorY are large galleries cx-
trndUng entirely across the ball, to when many
guests were admitted. The ceiling Is open mum
Der OF place, 80 that small galleries are formed on
the floor above. From these positions Gr, ar many
prrsuns watched the movements of the regiment
Before General Grant entered the hall, DodWurtn's
position on the hurth side oil thr room anu enter
tanned the audience with concert. The selections
WrOers Overture 10 JubtI.'a MIzurka by IhOmss
a secretion from Fiotow's Martha " and piece
called " A Day IN Camp by Harvey DodworGh, IN
which many army calls were introduced
AT halt past General Grant, escorted by Colonel
Austen, entered the room, and WAS ,ccelvod with
applause. lilo toOn seat IN the centre OF the IT,
cclving stand Beside Inn SAL Generals Christensen
and SocunI, the Rey. Henry Ward Beecher, chap
lam of the 18Th Regiment, the Key. Newland
Maynard. chaplain Of the a. h. and Austin Cor
BIN. At quarter oil y, the dram corps beat the
assembly" and the regiment formed by cOmpan-
les IN the corridors In "a few minutes tho first
company lied INTO places. followed ia regular order
by tne othcIs Nearly GOO men were III the ranks
Colonel Austen took command 0i the men. soon
rs they were all assembled and gave the word to
march. a large number of evolutOns, including
marching by tours. by column, by battalion. and by
flies. was executed.
HE regiment was then drawn mp in lines. the
limos were opened ana the men PINT III position Tor
review. General Grant escorted by Colonel Austen,
slowly walked around tho lines, the band Playing
grand march. AT every side of the vast building
thr distinguished guest was received with unlimited
applause and waving OF handkercblCls. After pass
ing entirely abound tho lines, General Grant re-
turned to his seat The regiment was then formed
INTO battallOns by companies and marched past the
reviewing stand according 10 the usual custom
he officers gave the regulation marching salute. TO
winch General Grant responded by ralsIug his hat
The regiment then brought once more into
lines by wings. Colonel Austen then drilled
the men III "A great many OF the movements OF the
manual. Alter he had drilled them III the usual
notions the left wing was laced toward the review
ing stand and the right i'll the opposite direction
The order to untix bayOnets WAS gwen and was iO
lowed by the order to load The men were then cX-
ercsed IN the motions of loading and firing without,
of course, any cartridges III tue rifles. The exact
click of the locks in the act of firing elected an APP
proving smile from General Grant anu hearty
ROUND OF applause from the large audience After
this tue men were once more formed INTO column.
the rIies were stacked in corners and the companies
marched INTO the corlidoIs' Whcle thc ranks were
broken.
Ihe rest of the evening, until very ate hour
was devoted to dancing. the rcglmentai band sup
plying the music. General Grant returned to this
city late last night.