National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-04
! SOLDIER GUESTS.
AN ARMY ON A PEACEFUL MISSION.
The City Oeeapisd By TrOOps-Sketehss Of the MILL
tary Organizations That VIII Appear in
the Parade To-Dsy-Soms No
table Bodies OF Men.

Never before, except perhaps when
! Pennsylvania avenue resounded to the tread o.
the victorious Army of the Potomac at the time Oh
the grand review in 1865, have there been assem-
bled here SO many organized bodies OF mon, mill
tary and civic, as will to-day pass down this his
torlc thoroaghfare. For the past twelve hours the
steady influx of military companies. veteran
clubs and civic associations has Swelled the al
| ready large array of strangers within our gates
until the resources placed at the disposal OF the
committee on public comfort, which one week ago
| were deemed ample, have been taxed to the full
| est extent. Washington this morning Is one vast
| overcFowded hive from which there 60 up the
constant rattle of drums the blsre Of trunpets
/ and the insplritins crash of martial music.
Adding the organizations to arrive this morning
! to those already on the ground, it can be safely
predicted that the parade to-day viii tax the en-
orgies of the chief marshal to carry out the de-
! tails of his published programme. At an early
hour the city presented she appearance of large
| intrenehed camp, the squads and companies OF
| soldiery moving up and down our streets making
/ scene at once novel and spring, the gay uni
| forms and ringing shouts WILDLY recalling the
| days of 61 when armed hosts we're being mar
| shaled with all the pomp and circumstance OF
glorious war TO protect the life of the nation Be
| low will be found brief sketches of the various
commands and organizations that are to take part
i'll the pageant to-day:
| The Pennsylvania National Guard
| Major-G General Hartranft, commanding
division Pennsylvania National Guard, having
ordered the division to Washington for inspection
and parade this day the city is being subjected to
| a peaceful invasion of Keystone troops, who will
! march in line to-day six thousand strong and
| form a conspicuous part of the procession. The
| following shows the general organization of the
| Pennsylvania National Guard:
! Division oficers-Maior General John F. Hart
ranft, division commander: Lieutenant Colonel
George H. North assistant adjutant general; Lieu
| tenant Colonel Russell Thayer, inspector; Lieu
| tenant Colonel J. Ewing Mears, surgeon; Leuten-
| ant-Colonel Charles S. Green, quartermaster
Lieutenant Colonel John r. Coke, commissary
Lieutenant Colonel Siias W. Pettet judges dYo-
| cate: Lieutenant Colonel Aaron K. Dunkel, pay
master: Lieutenant Colonel E. W. Matthews ord
nance officer; Lieutenant Colonel George Sander
son. jr inspector of rifle practice; Majors John B.
Compton. William W. Brown, George W. Grant. S.
S. Hartranft, Edward o. Shakespeare, and William
F. Aull, aides camp; Major Lewis R. ForteScue,
| A. d. C. and signal officer.
| Officers of the first brigade, Brigader- General
| George r. SnOwden. commander: Major Walter G.
Wilson, assistant adjutsnt- general; Major A. D.
| Hepburn, inspector; Major William StrutheE,
i quartermaster; Major R. S. Huidekoper, surgeon
Major ]. C. W. Fridmuth, commissary; Major
Joseph H. Burroughs, judge advocate; Major Alex
| ander Krlmbhaar, ordnance officer; Captains A.
| L. Witherill and Charles H. Townsend, aides de
camp; Captain E. Burd Grub, first troop Phila-
delphia City Cavalry; Captain ]. o. Winchester,
| Keystone Battery; Captain A. Oscar Jones, Gray
Inyinei5IeS; Major John W. Ryan, State Fencibles
| Colonel 7. E Wendersheiul, First Regiment Colo
/ mel Robert p. Dechart, Second Regiment; Colonel
| Sylvester Bonnaffon, Third Regiment.
| Second Brgade-Brigadier- General Frank
| Reeder, commander; Major CassiuS NJ AuStett,
assistant adjutant- general; Major H. II. Gilhyson
| inspector; Major William H. Horn, quartemaSter;
Major David R. Beaver. surgeon; Major B. Frank
Breneman, commisSary; Major Horace Brock, ord
nance officer; Captain Edwin II. Huliek, aide de-
camp; Captain Wilson NJ. Mattock, Washington
Troop; Captain John DeInthorne, Griffin Battery
| Colonel T. Fl. Good, Fourth Regiment; Colonel
John W. Sehall, Sixth Regiment; Colonel ]. P. S
| Goblin, Eighth Regiment; Colonel Alfred Rupert
Eleventh Regiment.
| Third Observation-Disclosures General Joshua K
| sigfricd, commander; Major j. Wesley Awl, as
sistant adjutant general; Major William S. Moor
head, Inspector Major E. ]. Phillips quartermas-
ter; Major George Yeomans, surgeon Major
Thomas D. LeweS, commiSSary; Major S. ". Stock
weather, judge advocate; Major Henry Belin, jr,
| ordnance officer; Captains Clay W. Evans and
Andrew D. sully, aides -de-camp; Captain Charles
| H Barnard, Ashland Dragons; Captain Thomas
C. Parker, Wyoming Artillery Colonel Alexander
| Caldwell, Seventh Regiment; Colonel Alfred II.
| Steed, Twelfth Regiment; Colonel II. NJ. BOies,
Thirteenth Regiment; Colonel G. Muir. Reynolds,
| Ninth Regiment.
| Fourth Brigade-Brigadier General James A
Beaver commander; Major D. S. Keller. assistant
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| spector; Major Samuel W. Hill, quartermaSter
Major E. ]. Miller surgeon; Major j. T. NJ Thomp-
| son, eommissary; Major james P. Sayer, judge
| advocate; Major William y. Erwin, ordnance OIL
| Ger; Captains Edward Mclean, William d. Will
Jams, and Henry D. Sellers, aides de camp; Captain
| c. s ". Jones, Sheridan Troop; Captain John
! Glenn, Knapp's Battery; Colonel Theodore Burch-
field, Fifth Regiment; Colonel Alex. L. Hawkins,
Tenth Regiment; Colonel Joseph H. Gray, Four
teenth Regiment; Colonel Presley n. Guthrie,
Eighteenth Regiment.
Fifth Observation-Disclosures General H s. Huide-
| koper, commander Major John n. Clark, assist
ant adiutant general Major W. C. Howe, in
spector; Major NJ. P. Davis quartermaster; Major
7, B. Lashells, surgeon; Major George w. Wright,
commiSSary; Major Henry Butterield, judge-ad-
vocate; Major George F. Ryan, ordnance officer
Captains John s. Paden and s. u. Decker aides de-
camp; Colonel P. B. Carpenter, Fifteenth Regi-
ment; Colonel John A. Wiley, Sixteenth Regi-
! ment; Colonel Adam Kurtis, Seventeenth Regi-
ment; Captain David Emery Titusville Battery.
| THE FIRST REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL
GUARDS
by long and signal services has its right to be
the first on the list The regiment grew out of en-
old artillery organization known as the Washing
ton Grays, the veterans of that corps having been
| called together at the outbreak of the war and
! organized into reserve guard" The regiment
was recruited to one thousand men, all old enough
to be exempt from military duty. The first actual
service seen by the regiment was on the It'll of
Nav 1862 when it was called upon to quell
disturbances among miners in Schuylkill County.
Many of its officers and men distinguished them
selves during the war in connection with other
commands In 1868 the regiment was the first one
mustered under Governor Curtin'S call for troops
to repe the invading rebel army, and took part in
the operations about Gettysburg. 1t bore an hon
oFable part in queing the labor riots of 1874 and
1877, and since the war has been conspicuous
participant in many public ceremonies. The
following is the roster of its officers !:
Colonel, Theodore E. WiedersheiTn; lieutenant
colonel, Washington H. Gilpin major, Wendell P.
Bowman; adjutant, II. Harrison Croft: quarter
master, L. c. Tappey, jr.; commissaFy, Henry l..
Elder; paymaster, William II. Taber; surgeon
Aonzo L. Leach, NJ D.; assistant surgeon, j. Wilks
O'Sein, NJ D.; assistant surgeon, W. w. Yalzah, N.
D. chaplain, Rev. Robert A. Edwards sergeant
major, Henry Avery, jr-; quartcrmaster-s ser
geant, J. Dallett Roberts, cOmmissary- sergeant
Frederick Davis; hospital steward, Charles Ciilasi
drum-major, W. I. Baker; band master J. G. Ste
Yenson Beck.
Company A-Captain, Charles A. Rose; first lieu
tenant, George A. Deacon; second lieutenant, j. T.
Smith.
Company B-Captain. J. Lewis Good; first lieuten-
ant, William Ewing; second lieutenant, Louis X.
Opdyke.
Company C-Captain, William S. POuiterer; first
lieutenant Pearson 6. Conard; second lieutenant,
T. s. Sherborne.
Company D-Captain, Harry. o. Hastings; first
lieutenant, G. W. Thomas; second lieutenant