Morning journal and courier., 1883-06-20
Charleston visitors.

- Their Arrival and Reception To-Day- The Concluding Meeting at the Mayors Omce-The Reception Programme as Completed.
 The Washington Light Infantry of Charles ton, S. O., arrive this morning by boat from New York, and will be received as detailed below:
 The final meeting of the general commit tee was held at the Mayors office last even- ing. Mayor Lewis presiding. But little re- mained to be attended to. Facts were gleaned as follows:
 The banquet to the Washington Light In- fantry and distinguished guests from Charles ton, S. O., this evening at Pecks Grand Opera House bids fair to be 8 large and bril- liant gathering. Plates will be laid for. three hundred guests. The banquet will be served in courses, Barkentin to be the caterer. The galleries will be open to ladies and others who have expressed @ desire to attend. Those of our citizens who have tickets for the banquet are requested to meet at the New Haven House at o'clock to escort the guests to the Opera House. Tickets will be taken up at the door.
 Superintendent Dutton has extended the guests an invitation to visit the public schools.
 The Mayor requests the reception commit tee to meet at his office, City Hall, this after noon at o'clock, when all the guests are in vited to assemble. At the close of the pa rade the general committee are requested to meet at the Mayors ofice City Hall. THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME ITO DAY AND TO-
 MORROW.
 The official programme for the reception and entertainment of the Washington Light Infantry of Charleston, s. O., is as fol- lows:
 A committee consisting of General E. s. Greeley, Hon. J. D. Plunkett, Lieutenant A. M. Johnson of the reception committee will meet the Washington Light Infantry and guests at New York and accompany them to New Haven. On their arrival here this morn ing they will be met at the boat landing by the Second Company Governor Foot Guards, Captain Morse commander, who will escort the Washington Light Infantry to their quar- ters at the Grand Union Hotel. On their arrival 8 national salute will be fired on the Green. The following delegation for the reception committee will meet the guests and escort them in carriages to the New Ha- ven House: Hon. J. B. Robertson, Hon. N. D. Sperry. Hon. Fl. G. Lewis, General George H. Ford, Hon. H. B. Bigelow, General George M. Harmon, General s. R. Smith.
 At o'clock the individual members of the Foot Guard will take the individual members of the Charleston command and escort them about the city to various points of interest, entertaining them in various ways, until one o'clock, when banquet will be rendered the visiting company by the Foot Guards at their armory. The guests, in the meantime, will be shown about the city, after which they will be taken in charge by the gentlemen who visited Charleston in 'S1, who, in their own behalf, will tender them a complimentary dinner at the shore, going by way of Edgewood, and accept of hospitali- ties that have been extended by MT. Donald G. Mitchell Returning at p. m-, they will be escorted to the Foot Guards ban quet. After the banquet reception will be given by ex-Mayor Robertson to his Charles ton friends. At p. m. the guests will ar rive at the Mayors office and participate in the parade, which will be formed in the fol- lowing order
 Chief Webster
 Platoon of Police.
 Second Regiment Band Col. Charles P. Graham commanding, Escort and
 Stah.
 City Battalion, Second Regiment. comprising the following companies City Guards, Co. B. Capt.
 L. l. Thomas ssr1feld Guard, co. 6,
 Capt. J. H Keefe Light Guards, Co. |.
 n-Oommissioned staa. Second Company Governors Foot Guard, Capt. E. J. Washington Light Infantry Charleston, 8. C.; Capt
 Brigadier General s. R. Smith and Staff.
 Guests in Carriages.
 Sassacus Drum Corps. Admiral Foote Post No. IT, G. A. R., George M.
 White, commander. Henry O. MerWin Post No. 52, G. A. B., J. D. Plum
 kett, commander.
 Band. Wilkins Guard, Go. A. Fifth Battalion, Captain
 George W. Ladieu.
 Drum Corps.
 Co. c, 0. O. l. Battalion. Captain R. T. French. Second Company Governors Horse Guards, Major
 H. H. Strong. --
 The procession will move out of the north gate to Elm street, through Elm, York, Chapel, Wooster Place. Greene, Olive, State, Eld, Orange, Elm, State, Grown, Church, Elm to the Green, The line will be re. Honor the Mayor. the Aldermen and Board of Councilmen, after which there will be a dress parade on the Green, and Q re- ception to the guests at the Mayors office, to which the members of the various commit tees and prominent citizens are invited. At 6:30 the Charleston guests will be re. ceived and entertained by the Jsffersonian club at their rooms At 8 o'clock the Wash ington Light Infantry and guests will be es- corted by the Foot Guards from their respec- tive hotels to the Grand Opera House where banquet will be given by the citizens of New Haven to the visitors from South Caro- lima. Covers will be laid for 300 guests, which will include State and city officials, military commanders and many prominent citizens.
 On Thursday morning at o'clock the guests will be received by President Porter and the faculty of Yale college and shown about the colleges, after which they will visit some of the large manufacturing concerns, returning to dinner at 12 o'clock, after which they will be escorted to the depot and take train for Hartford, accompanied by some of the members of the reception committee. The following dispatch from New York was received yesterday The Washington Light Infantry of Charleston, s. O., arrived in this city this CTuesday) morning on the steamer City of Atlanta. There are about forty members accompanied by Mayor Courtney of Charleston and 8 few other prominent southern gentlemen. The infan- try drilled upon the deck of the steamer after their arrival and were welcomed to this city by Major Mclean of the Old Guard. Cap tain Marshall, of the infantry, replied to the brief address of Major Mclean, thanking him for his kind words of welcome. The in- fantry then, headed by Major Mclean, marched off the steamer and went to the Old Guard armory. The infantry report a very pleasant trip from Charleston.
 Last evening Mayor Lewis received the following:
 NEW YORK, June 18th. Hon. Henry G. Lewis: The Washington Light Infantry are here in New York, being entertained by the Old Guard. Will leave for New Haven by the II o'clock boat. All well and anticipating . good time tomorrow.
 B. S. GREELEY.
 Senator Bayard.
 Senator Bayard, who delivers the oration at the Yale Law school commencement, will be the guest of Hon. Francis WayIand. The subject of his address is Responsibilities of the Legal Profession in 8 Republc.p