The Portland daily press., 1882-03-24

hall, hotels, ana other pubic buildings tnroV
out their bunting, bat many private residenc
were thus adorned.
At noon the Cadets, headed by Chandler
band, marched to the Maine Central station t.
receive their visitors. The Rockland compan,
arrived at one O'Clock. AS they entered tn
station they were received with torpedo sa
lutte and a salvo of artillery Line was imme
diately formed and the visitors escorted to thu
armory. AS they passed down Congress street
they received many words of praise from tht
citizens who lined the sidewalks. The TillsoI
Light Infantry is composed of as fine looking
q set of young men as one usually sees. They
are tall and straight, their step is firm, theil
uniforms bright, and they march with steadi
ness and precision. After stacking arms ir
Old City Hall, the two companies and Chand
ler's band repaired to the United States Hotel
where they sat down to an excellent dinner
The afternoon was spent by the visitors in visit
ing places of interest in Portland. The follow
ing is a roster of the Ellison Light Infantry:
THE COMPANY.
Captain-H. G. Chapman.
Lieutenant-E. W. Berry.
Sergeants-M. W. Mowry, W. ii. Kittredge,
Corporafs~J. W. Anderson, G. E. Young
R. n. Burnham, Frank Singhi.
Privates-E.. L. Deake, N. f. Cobb, w. E
Mayo, Knowlton, Ingraham, Xix, Lemuel
Tyler, j. S. W. Burpee, R. II. Burpee. W g
French, Geo. d. Achorn, Chas. G. Kif, +. =
Mcnamara, A. Shea, D. M. Murphy, j. W.
Blackington, G. L. Torrey, w. Bartlett, Sam.
uel Tyler, Samuel W. Lawry, D. g. Morey.
DANA LIGHT BATTERY.
AT 440 D. M. a committee from the Brown
Light Artillery consisting of Corporals Mar
wick and Gould, Privates Howe, Hinckley
and Fuller. proceeded to the Maine Central
station and escorted the Dana Light Battery
of Lewiston to the Preble House. The Artil-
lery were accompanied by a. drum and fife,true
military music, and the Battery also was re-
ceived with torpedo salute. The Battery
looked finely and numbered twenty-eight men
and three officers under the command of Ser
geant Moody. The following is roster of the
battery:
G. W. Proctor, D. Guptil, w. B. Moody, F.
Hathaway, j. A. Chase, j. r. Gilbert, j. ID.
Bubier, G. G. Cole, e. Dodge, W. j. Davis,
T. Blockum, f. j. Felt, G. e. Faance, G. w.
Fuller, A. K. Farnham, W. Hayford, L. w.
jackson, 6. M. Kavanagh, M. Moriarty, T.
n.
Stubbs, B. Stevens, e. j. Tibbetts, e. A.
Willis, G. A M. Wasgatt, W. A. Whidden,
W. P. johnson, R. Sawyer, G. Fisher.
CITY HALL.
At6.45 p. m. the doors of City Hall were
thrown open to ticket holders. So great was
the rush for tickets the week previous that it
was found necessary to place five rows of set
tees around the hall to accommodate the pub
lie, and when the doors opened last night every
vacant place not reserved was quickly filled.
Upon the grand staircase with its handsome
festoonings of bunting, the crowd pushed its
way and crowded into the main hall, where,
as soon as they could collect themselves, they
expressed their delight at the decorations in no
set terms.
THE DECORATIONS.
Mr.. Beal of the Boston Decorating Company
decorated the hall very handsomely with the
same elegant designs which created such sem
sation at the Tigers ball in Boston.
The wall at the rear of the stage was intend
ed to represent Roman panelling, with drab
groundwork, each panel separated from the
next by Corinthian columns in Pompeian red.
The centre window formed a superb portico,
from which depended brilliant representing
a knights crest in nickel plate, surrounded
by beautiful floral wreath. In the centre Of
the portico stood full length figure of Victory
presenting laurel wreath. The windows at
either side represented pavilions, draped with
rich curtains of orange, blue and crimson,
bearing in the centre superb brilliants which
a.. nj tbo nm oop
audience. These pavilions bore on their caps,
in large letters, the one "Tillson Light Infan-
try and the other, Portland Cadets" Two
large scenic pieces stood at either side of the
stage, representing huge vases filled with man.
moth bouquets, and the front of the stage
was draped in crimson bordered with gold. On
the right and left sides, respectively, of the
central portico were American flags dependent
from rosettes of brilliants and nickel-plated
spear heads, and festooned to the pavilions on
either hand. On the panels, between the por-
tico and pavilions, were banners, lancet shaped,
embossed with military emblems.
The windows, on the side of the hall, over
the doors, were draped with crimson, and those
on the opposite side of the hall in orange,
crimson and blue Festoons of red, white and
blue bunting decorated the sides and rear Of
the hall. The window directly opposite the
main entrance was canopied in red, surmount
ed by blazing brilliant, from which depended
the Cadet banner bearing the inscription "P
c., Orga nized January 4, 1907 The front Of
the gallery was draped in light blue, on which
was hand-painted, at great expense, mos
lovely floral festoons, each caught up with 8
true lovers knot. There were 400 yards o.
drapery employed in this festooning, and that
on the rear gallery, facing the stage, bore the
inscription, "Welcome,' little cherubs holding
up the wreath that enclosed the legend. A
large brilliant flashed its prismatic hues from
the centre window of the rear gallery and was
supported on either side by Roman banners,
while other banners, painted in heraldic de-
vices, adorned the gallery inches and corners
A broad band of blue drapery, heavily border.
ed with gold and studded with stars, adorned
the upper portion of the rear wall, in graceful
festoons.
The central chandelier was dropped several
feet, and tri-colored balloon filled its place
the circle at the bottom studded with brilliants
From this balloon streamers of bunting radiat
ed to the sides of the hall.
THE CONCERT.
At 7.30 Chandler's full military band treatet
the great audience to the following admirable
concert, which lasted an hour, and was warm
ly applauded:
Priests War March. ......... ....... Mendelssohl
Observation-Disclosures So. ............S Supp
WaltZes-Les Sirenes ......... ......... Waldtufe
Selection-La Mascotte. ............. ...Audral
Galop-lnduSu .r......' .,..Niple
THE DRILL AND BALL.
The invited guests assembled in the Mayor
office at $50 p. m. There were present Gov
Plaisted and Adiutant General Beal, Inspec
tor General Lynch, Judge Advocate Genera
McQuillan, Sergeon General Hitchcock, Com
missary General Pullen, and Col. Hawthorn
and staff; It. Col O'Donoghue, Major B. j
Hill, Division Quartermaster and Major I.
Shaw, of Gen. Chamberlain's staff; His Homo
Mayor Libby Col. J. Marshall Brown, Lit. Co
Sprague, Surgeon Bray and Assistant Surgeo
Wells of the First Regiment staff Sergean
Major Chase, @. M. Sergeant G. A. Perry
Commissary Sergeant G. A. Plummer, Ho
pital Sergeant f. W. Kinsman, of the nor
commissioned staff; Capt. Fl. A. Mcdonald
Its. Norton and Holmes of the Portland Ligh