National Republican., 1884-02-23
THE TWENTY -sECoNDIN ALEXAN-
DRIA.
How Washington Assisted Its Sister City
In Military Display.

| ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 22.-Whep the father
OF his country was born there was not much
fuss made about il, except in tho immediate
! Washington family. The anniversaries of
that event, whilo ho was littlo boy, were
not celebrated outside of that small circle.
! The people of this coun try have been trying
| for many years TO atone for this neglect.
| Tho people of this city, where Washington
used to do his trading, 30 to church, and
attend lodge meetings, have always
been interested in him, but their
enthusiasm has been spasmodio To-day the
celebration has been q reminder of those Of
! fifty years ago. The oldest inhabihant Says
however, that it lacked two things, the road
ing of Washington's farewell address and the
delivery, by some honor ed citizen. OF o Gu
| loPy upon the great man. Tho streets hogan
TO iill with people early in tho day, and by 12
o'clock. at which hour the procession wqs ad-
vertised to start, all the sidewalks along the
advertised limo OF march were thronged.
Flags, little ana big, were iloated from all the
| business houses and from many residences.
Tho stars and stripes and flags Of other ma
| tiOns hung from lines stretched across the
street in many places. Tho market house
was covered with streamor5.
| The first of the invited guests to arrive
| werctho members of the George Washing
| ton ocial club of Philadelphia, sixty in
number, who arrived at about the time
/ Nlltl bUC Sun iOSts hlOsb vi lutIu WBIe Ill
masquerade costumes. The Washington
military companies were arriving all the
| morning by rail and boat The Warrenton
| Rifles, of Farquhar county, were also received
early in the day by the Alexandria Light In
| fantry and st. Johns cadets. Tho parade
began TO form in Washington street at IL
o'clock, the right of the line resting on Cam.
eron street directly back of old Christ church
of which Washington was an attendant
| The red brick house across Washington street
from the churChyard was completely filed
with pretty-Women, They were not n part
of the parade and are mentioned hore only
as having drawn a large share of the atten.
tion of the crowd away from the regular per.
formauGo. The same distraction was observed
at several places along the line of march
| particularly at and in the neghborhood of
the Tontne and Braddock hotels. The pro-
cession was advertised TO move at noon but
did not until nearly ! clock. The crowd
endured the delay with much good nature, as
the weather was perfect and it was delight
enough to be out in the fresh air. Evidently
! the greater part of the crowd was made up of
strangers. Frcqueutly,two men would ask each
other for information concerning the pro-
cccdings, only to fnd that both were
strangers to Alexandria. IL is believed that
fully 10000 people came from Washington
and many others came from tho country.
| There was not much drinking to tho health
OF Washington early in the day and not
much drunkenness but after the parade mon
| formed in line in front of the saloons and
| took their turn for drink. Tho result was
| the appearance on the street Of some reeliug
men and few fights. The crowd had not
yet begun to show signs of impatience, when
tho line moved down Cameron street in the
! following order:
Squad of mounted police under command
of Capt. Webster, chief marshal; Il. s. Dan
| gcrfeld, chief of staff; j. p Beck ham, +. l..
Brockett, @. G. Gibbs, J. NJ. johnson, J. A.
Marshall, Walter Roberts, w. b. Smart, and
| X. s. Window, aids Mai. G. j. w. Summers
and Sergt. Mai. Charles Fletcher, ofSt. Johns
cadets, special aids These were all mounted
| on fine horses.
First division-Marine drum corps, of
| Washington; Alexandria Light Infantry, 35
men, in gray dress uniforms, Capt. Mushback,
commanding; Warrenton Rifles, SO men,
| Capt Gaines, commanding; company Union
Veteran corps, Of Washington, 4S men in
dress uniform and bearskin shakos, Capt.
| Thomson, commanding; UnionVeteran cadets
30 in number Capt. Hammar, commanding;
companies b and g of the Continontals, of
| Washington, As men, Capt. Mills and Capt.
| Vermillion commanding; drum corps; COM
| pany Union Veteran corps, of Washington so
men, Capt. Tappin commanding; Custer
camp, Sons of Veterans, 80 in number, in
dress uniform, Capt. Clifford commanding;
drum corps st. Johns cadets, 10 in number,
Mai. Newly commanding; GonZaga cadets,
| 80 in number, Maj. McHenry commanding;
| COrCoran cadets, so in number under Lieut..
Col. Irvine, Capt. Edwards commanding COM
pany A, Capt DAILY commanding company b.
Second Observation-Disclosures Uhler, Warleld,
| and Ballenger.
Chief Engineer OBrien, of Alexandria, and
Chief Engineer Cronin, of Washington; Fire
| Wardens Green, French, Wadders, and Price
in carriages. Wcber's band, of Washington;
Hydraulian Steam Fire Engine company; Re-
lief Hook and Ladder company; the George
| Washington Social club of Philadelphia;
Columbia Steam Fire Engine company;
Robert Il. Lee Hook and Ladder company,
composed Of small boys with diminutiye truck.
Fourth divisiOn-R. ID. Cats, marshal,
trades and advertising cars of Alexandria and
Washington, handsomely decorated.
The appearance of the military companies
and cadets was creditable, aud brought forth
frequent applause from the crowds that lined
the streets. Among the cadets tho Corcorans
were especially noticeable for their bearing,
| and the Sons of Veterans for their uniform.
This is the first time that the last named
organization has appeared in parade. They
have never been drilled with arms but
two hours, and, considering that fact,
their appearance was good, Their
uniform is the same rs that worn by Gen.
Custer, brown velvet sack, trimmed with
gold braid, blue pantaloons, with yellow strip
down the outside seam, red necktie. 1t is
| pretty, DuV IL Is not mllltury, Inc appear
ance of the Continentals was particularly
fine, their handsome uniforms seeming to
increase their size. Eddie Dunn, the very
very small son Of Maj. Dunn, of the National
Rifles, was with them, and was dressed
throughout in tho Continental uniform. He
is not much bigger than n good-sized bun
has u handsome boys face, and whom he
went through the manual with gun not big
enough to speak about, many soprano voices
were heard to declare him too cute" He
received more applause when he appeared
than all the rest Of the military.
The engines and hose carts Of the fire COM
panies were covered with paper flowers and
aud other decorations aud were drawn by
five horses. Many Of the men carried hose
nozEGs, in one end of which were bunches of
Gala lilies. Near the end of the limo
of march the companies We're reviewed
by tho chief engineer and fire wardons from
their carriages
The George Washington Social club at.
, tractCd most attention from their remarkable
costumes. George Washington was repre-
, sented by very small boy on white pony.
; Among the other representations were La.
, fayotte, William Penn, Robinson Crusoe and
his Man Friday, Uncle Sam, Columbia,
Liberty, Indians, clowns, and high priests
Some OF the dresses were very rich and costly.
The line of march was on Cameron street
to Royal, on Royal to Queen, on Queen II
? Fairfax, on Fairfax to Duke. on Duketo Pitt,
on Pitt to King on King to 81. Asaph, on 81
Asaph to Duke, on Duke to Patrick, on Pat