The Portland daily press., 1885-06-24

of the notice Of the public was Hon. John A.
Logan, and to the constant applause which
he received along the line he responded by
doffing his hat.
A battalion of reserve militia, Capt Geo.
w. Proctor commanding, consisting of the
Bath Light Infantry, Capt. II. S. Stetson,
| the Yarmouth Rifle, Capt. F. B. Merrill and
| the Portland Cadets, Capt. f. II. York COM
| pleted the local portion of the procession
The drum, fife and bugle corps of Dahlgren
| Post No 9 of South Boston, headed its post
which acted as escort to the commander-in-
chief, looking as neat as possible in its
| elegant uniform of white, while the post
marched by with splendid alignments and
| perfect distances, looking like battalion of
crack militiamen rather than body of veter-
ans of 90 years ago. Commander KOuntz
and staff, mounted, followed. That the conf
mander-in-chef was an infantry soldier was
| plainly apparent to those who knew him
as he went by, and imagine that he was de
| lighted when the march was over and he
could stand upon mother earth again.
| To majority of the spectators
the Commander-in-chief was stranger and
| it would seem to have been proper to have
had his position more prominently marked
! than was the case. Another tiresome line of
| carriages containing, so the official pre-
| gramme said, veteran generals followed,
and were succeeded by the second
| division, the Grand Army Of Maine,
commanded by General James A.
Hall, Department Commander Bosworth
Post No. Of Portland. the crack Post of
Maine, held the right of the line, and elected
loud applause by its soldierly bearing, fine
marching and neatly uniformed appear
| ance.
From this on, for the best part of an hour,
| the veterans of Maine, the bone and sinew
of twenty years ago, marched briskly, or
limped painfully by, the wear and tear Of
| the years since the war showing plainly on
the bronzed faces of our old soldiers. A
feature of the parade of the Maine delega-
| ton was the presence of war horse said to
| have been in the army during the campaigns
in the Shenandoah and on the Red River, and
| the Post of veterans from the Soldiers Home
| at Togus. A barge containing orphans
from the Soldiers Home at Bath followed
the Maine division, presenting to the specta-
tors pretty picture with terribly pathetic
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weak numerically.
The department of Massachusetts came
next and at once won the hearts of the look
eTs on Commander, Jno. w. Hersey, mount
ed, followed by his staff ON foot attracted
attention and their splendid appearance was
handsomely backed up by the splendid style
of the entire department. Every post was
handsomely uniformed and equipped and the
algnments, distances, etc, were simply su-
perb.
New Hampshire followed Massachusetts
| and were in turn followed by posts from IL
| linois Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kansas,
| Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Connecticut,
New Jersey, Virginia, California, and even
as far as New Mexico The presence of the
men from the West was sufficient to draw
continuous applause along the entire line.
| The Department of Pennsylvania was
under Department Commander Austin Cur
! tin, nephew of the famous Governor
! Curtin. One hundred and fifty men were in
| line. In the Pennsylvania line was also in
| eluded a Post composed entirely of those
who served in the navy, and which had in
| line yesterday % men. Anna NJ. Ross Post
of Philadelphia also had 2S men in line In
the ranks Of the Pennsylvania veterans were
Past Commander-in-chief Robert b. Beath
and Congressman-at-large f. S. Osborne
| The Pennsylvania veterans were headed by
Samuel NJ. clark, the youngest drummer boy
at the battle Of Gettysburg
The fifth division, commanded by w. L.
| Greenleaf, Department Commander of Yer
mont was made up of the following depart
nents: Vermont, Potomac, Maryland,
Nebraska, Michigan, Rhode Island, Colorado,
Minnesota, Delaware, Missouri, Oregon,
| Arkansas, Kentucky, Washington Territory,
West Virginia, Dakota, Florida, Utah.
| Georgia and Tennessee, under one COM
mander, and the Department of the Gulf.
| Oregon had four men in line with the Cali
fornia men,
While the spectators recognized the boys
from near home those from far away were
made to feel particularly that the people of
Maine were doubly glad to welcome them to
Yankee land.
The sixth division, consisting of various
posts of the Sons of Veterans, representing
| Maine, New Hampshire Massachusetts, and
Vermont, commanded by John c. Blake of
this department brought up the rear of this
vast procession.
The Department Of the Potomac had 25
men in line. Among the number were Gen.
Ellis Spear, DIR. d. w. Bliss and Gen. S. s.
| Burdett, a prominent candidate for Com
mander-in- Chief of the National G. A. r.
The Department of Missouri, under Ed
ward S. Jones, Department Commander, had
| about 40 men in line.
The Department of Illinois, under Depart
ment Commander w. w. Berry, had 100 men
| in line In the ranks were Past Department
Commanders of Illinois, I. G. Lawler, Col.
Edgar d. Swain, L. D. Dickerson and Sam'l
In the carriages included in the procession
were the following dignatories:
Mayor Deering, of Portland
Lieut.. Geo. Ames, Mass.
| Woodbury. Burst, VT.
Ex-Mayor Fox, Cambridge, Mass.
Gov. Robinson and staff, Mass.
Gen. Logan.
Hon. T. b. Reed.
John A. Logan, Jr.
A. b. Hall, private secretary of Gen.
Logan.
c. II. Barker, postmaster of Portland.
Alphius Griffin, councilman of Portland.
Coy. Alger, Mich.
Col. Bliss.
Col. Rogers.
Major Osburn of Gov. Alger's staff.
Col. Samuel Wells.
Col. G. NJ. Devlin.
Major A. F. Parsons
Col. Phil Mothersill, of Governor Algers
staff.
John L. Dewitt, President of the Union
Mutual Insurance Co. of Portland.
Col. f. n Dow Collector of Portland.
Gen. Hill of the Goth Maine Regiment, now
of New York
Major Sheldon, Haverhill, Mass.
J. d. Fitzpatrick, Boston.
NJ. c. Mccain, p. j. 0'Neil, NJ. +. Kear-
ney, members of Portland City Government
Maj f. Emery Parker Illinois.
Maj. j. w. Burst, Illinois.
Daniel w. Lincoln, Manchester, Mass.
G. w. Potter, Providence, II. |.
Commander VIM. Smith Of Post No. o
Hartland, r. l.
Wounded veterans unable to march.
Gen. Rideout, Cambridge, Mass.
Councilman Fisher, Charlestown, Mass
Alderman Prince, Portland.
Alderman RUSSELL SOrtland.
Hon. j. A. Lock, Portland.
, Congressman Dingley, Lewiston.
! Congressman G. A. Boutelle, Bangor
| Wm d. Pennell, Auburn, President of the
, the Senate of Maine.
Gen. Slocum, New York.
Gen. Thorn of the regular army
| w.