Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-21

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Frank Ravens, A. W. Lang, f. ]. LAWYER, ]. C.
Lewis, G. B. Leonard, S. Linton, B. NJ. Lincoln,
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J; Pinney, Z. II. Richmond, c. F. Robinson, L.
" smith, A. Smith, G. E. Snow, F. l.: Stannard,
NJ. A; Sullivan, George r. Secor, ]. 4. Thomp-
TInttie, J. R. Wilkinson, VIM: Wheeler, 6. g
Whitney, W. F. Williams, ]. E. Williams, r. H.
Williamson E. S. Williams.
- Ihe uniform is a snowy and striking one.
The coat and breeches are scarlet faced with
ola olack, with velvet leggings, and bear skin
cap. The uniform resembles that of the famous
Colostream Guards of England.
SKETCH OF THE ORGANIzATIoN.
The First Company Governors Foot Guard,
OF Hartford, was organized by the general as
sembly of the colony of Connecticut in 1771 for
the purpose of attending the governor and the
general assembly upon occasions OF state. Dur
ing the revolutionary war, the guard acted as
an escort guard of honor for Gems Washington,
ahd tha
OF their coming to Hartford. They also escorted
Lafayette when he visited this country in S24.
When GenJackson visited the city the guard led
the pageant in his honor. They took part in the
Bunker Hill Centennial celebration in 1875,
the centennial celebration of the surrender of
the capture of Major Andre at Tarrytown, 1880;
the New York evacuation day centennial,
1854.
The Philadelphia Troop.
The First Troop, Philadelphia City cavalry,
with their fine horses and striking uniforms,
attracted marked attention in the procession.
The members Of the troop are prominent Phila-
delphia gentlemen. The officers are: Gen. Ed
ward Burd Grubb, captain; Joseph Lapsley
Wilson, first lieutenant: J. Edward Carpenter,
second lieutenant Charles E. Kelly, cornet; J..
William White, surgeon; John X. Fell first SER
geant; j. B. Porter, John Hoffman, r. c. Dray-
Hanse, E. a. MccslIoush, William lila Kelley, cor
porals; Thos. Riddle, H.G. GrCome, j. C. Groome,
y. Middleton Il. r. Hatfield, II: I: Dickert, E:
Price, j. r. Conrad, Clarence r. Lewis, E: B.
Smith, 3. F. Clyde, c. T. Cresswell, H. W. Ed
wards, W. R. White, r. Tobin, privates; Ellis
Pugh and G. l.. Fisher, trumpeters
The uniform consists of horseman's cap
with long plume, dark blue Jacket, white
breeches, black topped BOOTS and the usual &C
cOutrementS.
A CENTURY OF PATRIOTISM.
The history of the First Troop Philadelphia
city cavalry is an eventful one. Organized in
IVA, when the first measures were being con-
sldered for resisting the tyranny of Great Brit
ain, there We're among the twenty-eight Origi-
nai members three members OF the committee
OF correspondence who We're appointed to OBJ
tain united action from the colonies. The re-
cords show that from the beginning the men
who composed the troop believed in and labored
not for defense alone, but for the independence
of the colonies They acted escort to Gen.
Washington as he passed through Philadelphia,
OF the army at Cambridge, Mass In the early
years they were employed by Congress in con-
ve eyide dispatches and money to the army at
from New York and Long Island, re-
treated to the banks of the Delaware
the troop was In his personal service and in the
advance with the commander-in-chief. They
crossed the Delaware on the night preceding
the surprise and capture of the enemy at Tren-
ton and shared in the victory at Princeton AT
Brandywne and Germantown they were ac-
tive participants, and at the close of the cam
paign. in 1777, Gen. Washington rendered to
the members Of the troop commissions in the
army as a reward for their gallantry, and gave
them their discharge in complimentary letter
which is preserved with feeling of honorable
pride. During the remaining period of the war
the troop was constantly performing duties as
When Washington visited the city during the
sessions OF Congress and on other public occa-
sions, the troop bore a conspicuous part. They
We're called out in 1894 to aid. in suppressing
the whisky instruction in the western part of
the state. In 1914 the troop again took the
field against England. The history, of the
breaking out of the civil war, is marked by the
participation In the civic demonstrations, which
occurred on the visits of the successive Presi-
dents to Philadelphia, and in aiding the sup
preston of local disturbances. When the Union
was threatened, this organization was among
the first to tender its services to the government
AS company the troop participated in the
three months service, and in the Gettysburg
campaign, besides giving to the general service
oIlCeIs TdDkl11S from majors cap
tains. In March, 1873 the troop attended the
second Inauguration OF Gen. Grant. The troop
has a large mem bership.
The kentish Guards. of Rhode Island.
The Kentish Guards, company C, Sd battalion,
Rhode Island militia of East Greenwich, was
one of the notable bodies in the procession. The
following officers and men were in line, COM
manded by Col. VIII f. Brown, who has been a
member of the company for seventeen years:
Oficers;-Col. Win 4. Brown, Lieut.. Col. Ar
thur W: Rowland, Major John Mcleod, Capt
Harry Williamson, Lieut.. Tom C. Brown, Adju-
tan Gd IhGmas Chase aTtesmaster Emerson
bowen, Chaplain William L. BuTdick, Ordnance i.
Sergeant William Warburton, Orderly Sergeant
J; Herbert Lowell, Second Sergeant L. Irving
Potter, Third Sergeant Samuel l.. Horton, Color
Sergeant William +. Ellis, First Corporal Charles
A. Place, Second Corporal Thomas B. Seamans
Third Corporal Moses z. shipper, Fourth Corpo-
raj Charles NJ. Crandall, Color Corporal Henry
c. Mitchell.
Priates.-Charles w. Branch Edward Butter
worth, Charles f. Bowman, Francis P. Byrne,
Dewy, James 4: Darling, Edward Earl, Henry ~
T. Eldridge,, Levi n: Fits, Edgar Holden
Lewis Ley a B. Hning gio Fred Hammond Albert n
Mott, Fred. Prefontain, Horace Palmer,
Algernon w. Place, Thomas A. Pierce, jr, James
Stone, Horace Sisson, George H. Seton. Edward
G. Spencer, Leander SfssOn, Moses w. Teft Ohio
Tarbox, Thomas j. Tilley, John A. Touriee.
Joseph W. Vaughn, George a. White, James f.
The uniform ofthe company attracted atten-
ton. 1t consisted of Il shake, 18th regiment
pantern, straight visor, yellow pear-shaped
pompon, small end up, yellow metal ornament
with. X. c.; French pattern fatigue cap with
droop visor, yellow metal wreath with letters
K.G; dOuble-breasted bark blue dress coats
richly trimmed with yellow broadcloth and
gold lace, fiat buttons with K.G.-1774. The
breast of the coat reverses. and when buttoned
to the right it shows a clear yellow with gold
lace, and TO the left clear blue with gold lace
IL is worn both ways. The Kentsh guards
We're granted a charter by the colonial assembly
of Rhode Island in the the year TIA in re-
wich, the object being the preservation of the
colony in time of war; Many Revolutionary
officers were members of the company among
them Major Gen. Nathaniel Greene, at one time
the first commandant of the company Col
Christopher Greene, the hero of Red Bank, who
defeated the HesSians; Col. Micah Whitemarsh
Col. Archibald Craig, Major Flagg, Major John
number of officers of lower rank, making in all
thirtytwO who entered the patriot al nv as
commissioned officers. During the Revolution
AIRY war they were constantly emplOyedsin pro-
tecting the coast of the state. On the morning
after the battle of Lexington, with one hundred
and ten men, rank and file. they We're on the
march for the scene of action, but after march
ing twenty miles they received another express
ton. They then returned to East Greenwich
where they Kept up "a regular guard for long
time They erected a fort at the entrance of the
harbor, mounting 10 cannon, to prevent the
enemy making a landing, and nothing but their
continued efforts prevented the foe from burn
ing the town. Some time after this they took
boats and crossed the bay to Bristol (about six
niles, and with eighty men, rank and file
drove the enemy, numbering two hundred and
fifty, into their vessels, when they sailed for
NpwpOrt They were also i'm Sulliyap,S awe