New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-21

mord of tbe procession made his headquarters.
His staff officers were Lawrence Mercer. assistant
adintant-ceneral and chief of staff; Elijah NJ
Fisher. inspcctor-general; John McCusker, quar-
termastcr-geueral; j. w. Tinkclmeicr commlsSary
general: and Colonel J.W. Grady. Thomas H. Ham
ilton, Howard Green, George lamann' Johh H.
Van WICK. IL. A. Griffin, Thomas Shift
and Washington $ Toland. aides de camp.
The several corps hal been ordered 10 be IN read
mess 10 march ut hali-past o'clock, hut IL was
nearly an hour later when the PROCESSION nloNSn up
Eighth-ayc through Thirty -fourth-St., ht1aIWhy'
Ihirtieth-st, and down Flfth-ave., past tne heah-
quarters OF the National Committee, where nr.
Blaine received marching salute accompanied nv
hounds of enthusiastic cheering. In which the men
IF the hattalonS and the immense throngs on
the side walks united with the create nthuSiasu
The scene they passed his point was Que long
10 be remembered by all who witnessed IT, The
waving lines Of torches, the bright uniforms the
wild cheering. and the dense narsc' OF people as
Scmhlcd IN the vicinity all went 10 make moving
and breat hing panorama such Is only presented
in New-lOrk IN the midst of Il Presidential cam
paign as lively as that winch the RrPabicanN are
making this year The fine display made
by the uniformed hattalliIns of the Inn ana
XIlth Assembly Districts, both IF which are Ia iAe
With Senate District represented by treoelct -
Gibbs due largely to the cNcrtonS 81 that gen
tleman, who has been extremely active in getting
the men Together.
THE CLUBS THAT COMPOSED II.
First came the XlIth Assembly District Blame
and Logan Club 800 strong dressed in citizens
!
their coats and carrying canes. They were CON-
Inaudcd by Senator Gibbs the president of the cub
! and were followed by the Gibbs Pioneer Corps
numbering / % men in command of Colonel j. g.
| r. Dllendahl. Their uniform consisted OF WHITE
slakos and coats and blue trousers ana
! aprons and they carried wooden axes. be-
! hind them came the Blackic IOuayef. led Oy
| CAPTAIN George CARLY. They numbered seventy
! men. and carried IN their hands spears from winch
/ srramed small American hdgs.
! Following these was wagon win cHlclum
! light, and after il came band followed nv inc
! Carried Legion, 300 I'M number, comnanIed og
! Colonel Wmdolph. On me regiments" H'aI
were iieutenant-C olOncl James Pearson, MAJOR
| George b. Nudge Paymayter George ). Crane ana
| Adiutant Henry Gibson. I'm the van were 70 com
| naIies of Plumcd knights tie first company being
| in command of i. Donegan and the second IN com,
lnand of Captain Clark. The men were uniformed
with steelcOOred cloth helmets capcs and tTouSeT
| The helmets of the officers were OF metal ana me
rest of the uniform Of gold coiOTed cloth Another
! wagon hearing q calcium hight broke the Inc. l'-
| hind 1t followed The McCook Bakery numbcnhE
| 100 q dram corps in advance. Their dresS was u
| white cap and coat with black trousers ana "hi'T
| leggngs. Captain John Miller cominahIeu
them. The rear of the Xllith Assembly DIS
Frederick S Gibbs Pinned Knights.
! Next came the various organizations of the lAth
| Assembly District under the command of eN-Alder-
man John ". Jacobus. who was mounted on a
! black charger and WAS loudly checTcd. FIRST the
Pioneer Corps If tie lNth District came INTO view.
They looked and marched well in their blue lack
J cts with red trimmings, Nhlte heHnctS' Nhl'c
| trousers and white legglngs, each man nearing 4
| batte-aXe. There were sixty of them, and George
! Hibbard was in command Then the lAth Assem-
| ply District Blaine and Logan ASSOCIATION marched
by. They were in citizens clothes, and looked Ike
/ the solid men of the district. There We're no boys
/ among them. nor IN any Of the Organlz3 IONS NJ
were evidently Old enough to vote. Ihcrc were ~
| of these and on their banner was luscrlOeu me
| words Blaine ana Logan ana Victory:
| Following these was the famous Jdc0hUS ba'teI\,
| preceded by drum corps. There were go men IN
1 this command and they were led by Captain Alfred
/ l.. Hall They looked exceedingly well IN lhrT
/ white shirts red helmets. dark trousers and Nnto
one hand aud with the other grasping the
rope attached to an artillery wagon
eagle and small flags. Their excellent marching
called forth frequent pIauollS. ouoWh@ 'hcii!
was a wagon bearing calcium light, which added
not a little 70 the brllancy OF t"c scene. Bchlhd
THE wa, the James Nallou WorkingmenS Blaine
and Logan Association. They wore white shirts
with red trimmings and caps OF siySeIy
hue and carried bGtle-axc torches. Ihey
were 100 strong and looked wei:
Next IN order the : y. ~imons0n Bat TALON of
the X}llth Assembly District. \. Is. Wilson, lr..
commanding. In this battalion was included a
company of pioneers. who wore blue shirts, silver
hued caps dark trousers and white eCgings; They
numbered forty, ana were commanded By Captain
The smonson Infantry, numbering sixty
men, were behind D. jhls c"inlIana
this detachment They wore white suiGj, WIKI
blue trimmings, dark Uou~rr, and Wh.'e htiMt T.
Then came the simon on battcrY OF 80 men l'H pl
Captain samuel Ash. They looked cNlrrm' ~ neal
ia Their white shirts with red trimmings, Icd Arl-
NETS with white pumes, dark blue tlou>tIs ana
white lepgugs Another wagon bearing calcium
light brought mp the rear OF the procession,
which after passing the National HeadquarieT s,
broke into detacAluents that marched throush
some OF the principal streets on their way 10 theT
several headquarters.
AFTER THE PARADE.
! While the paradmg organizations were passing