The National tribune., 1882-06-24
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
The Crack Posts of tho East-Old Battle Flags.
Exchanging Tunes.

The Crack Posts of tho Esst-Old Battle Flags.
Exchanging Tunes.
1t is worth chronicling as an illustration
of the good feeling which prevailed that
many of the G. A. r. bands in the procession
played "Dixie" and Maryland, My Mary
land, while the bands escorting the South
ern militia showed fondness for Rally
Round the Flag" Columbia the Gem of the
Ocean," and other popular airs in the Union
army.
Post No. q of Philadelphia, brought with
them drum and fife corps of forty menl-
bers, uniformed in blue and red. They at
tracted a great deal of attention. In thes
parade the Post appeared in white pants, the
threesections-Post,g guard, and drum corps
thus forming the three distinctive col0Ts, red,
white, and blue. Of the colors carried by
Post many are notable There are four
Post flags, (guides,) one State flag, one Ma
tiOnal Flag, the regular Post flag and Union
Jack. OF old battle flags, there are the
Twenty-ninth, Seventy-second, (two flags,)
Eighty-second, Twenty-third, Forty-sixth,
Sixty-ninth, Irish Brigade Ninety-ninth,
One Hundred and Nineteenth, two flags,)
Sixth Corps headquarters flag, Sixth Corps,
Second Division, headquarters flag, Fifth
Corps, Second Division, Third Brigade head
quarters flag, and the Twentieth Corps, First
Division, headquarters flag. The flags are
all carried by the men who now own them
as they are in most instances presents from
corps and division commanders. The color
guard is commanded by Officer Of the Day
IL. w. Allen, of Post 2.
Wilson Post, of Baltimore, which escorted
Dahlgrcn Post No. 2, of Boston, and Post
No. 2, of Philadelphia, to their hotels, carried
several tattcred battle flags of the old Mary
land Line, which they rescued from decay
in the cellar of the state house at Annapolis.
The crack organizations of the veterans
are the Three Big Twos," or, as they are
tacetiously called, the "tOo, too toos," of
Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington.
Dahlgren Post 2 of Boston, Post 2 of Phila-
delphia, and Post of Washington are GER
tainly fipe-looking men, and deserve the dis
tinctiOn they have won. They are composed
mostly Of lawyers and prosperous business
men, not few of whom are well known
outside the borders of their own cities. The
members of Dahlgren Post, who were the
guests of Post 2 of Philadelphia at that city
on Monday, arrived here Tuesday afternoon
with the PhiladeIphians, and were met at
Union Depot by Wilson Post of Baltimore,
who escorted the former to the Eutaw House
and the latter to the CarrOllton. All along
the march they were loudly cheered and
applauded, while favorable comment was
heard on every side. Dahlgren Post mus
tered SO men, and was accompanied by Mart
lands Brockton Band of % pieces. They
wore sidearms, white baldrics, blue uniforms,
2hfId 'Hsnc8tk hats The officers We're Col
George c. JosIin, senior vice-commander, in
command; DR.. II. s. Everett, acting vice
commander; DR.. A. D. Smith, surgeon; Henry
Bright, Jr., acting chaplain; VIM. F. Clark,
adjutant; e. a. Knipp, quartermaster; Chas.
IL. Whiting, officer of tho day. They viii go
to Washington in company with Post ?, of
Philadelphia. The Philadelphians are ac-
companied by their fife and drum corps of
thirty-One men and firing party OF forty
red uniforms. The firing party are uni
formed handsomely and conspicuousiy.
They wear the Russian shake, white coats
trimmed with light blue, and gold and light
blue pantaloons They carry breech-loading
rifles. The officers of the Post are Frank \.
Lynch, Commander; L. r. Fortesque, Sen
ior Vice-Commander; III. E. Fegan, Junior
Vice Commander; Harry W. Allen, Officer
of the Day; j. o. Winchester, Adjutant; n.
f. Lightner, Quartermaster; Charles F.
Kenneday, Chaplain. Ex-Governor Hart
ranft, of Pennsylvania, is q member of this
Post, as is also Judge Fell. Commander
Lynch has gallant war record.
One of the popular attractions of the
parade was Comrade Theodore Hoff, of Will
mington, Delaware, who is six feet seven
inches in height, and weighs 271 pounds.
He served four years in the war before he
was twenty-one. In the parade he rode in
barouche, and was everywhere hailed as
"the great Jumbo"