New-York tribune., 1885-08-09

Ol
oocL and his staff turned and marched up Broad .
av to take position at the right Of the i-ne OF the
rr.ooss;on. Following General Hancock ana MS .
taft was Battery F. of the 9th Artillery, with iour
feld pieces and cassons, under command oi m~o.
wallace T. Randolph. Then came iine body OF
oz5 reoulars from the Engineers Corps at WiIietts
po;nt nnder command OF Brevet Ma)or-General
Henry r, Abbott, preceded by band ana ioiowou
nv four ambnlances. Batteries i, H. NJ ana VI
tb. 9Th Artillery with the battalions band, came
next sixteen files front, commandca pS Coisnei
Abram C. widrick Those completed 'he s''"'i'
from tho Army. A. .,,o
;ackets and marines from the war vessels ana tne
NJ Yard. The sailors dressed in their baggy
hlne trousers with white canvas legg'ngs, whte
s,,rts and broad-topped peakicss caps maae
p,easins and picturesque contrast Win 'he o'uc
nniforns of the marines. The sodiery bearing Oh
tho Navy officers mounted, ana the marcnine VI
,h hIue-iackets were favorably compared with the
on,eo,ance of those who received their pracucai
education at West Point aud on the heio. he
Navy contingent was in command OF Commhnoci
Henry Il. Robeson and Lieutenant Mclean, faSsed
assistaut-Surgeons ID. n. Bentolette ana howaro
+ Ames and Ensign b. C. Dent as aides. Follow
inq the staff came twsnty Diue-jacAes sap
ners and miners from the steamer Omaha
command Of Ensign Guy W.
Rrowp Next came the Marine Band from
Washington preceding q battalion of about 800
\ ,ror;nes IN seven companies. under command OF
,.onta;n Edward F. Meeker and Frederick ii.
Carrie battalion of blue-jackets. OF ten compa-
nies s,xtecn files 'front.' came next preceded oy 'he
hand from tho flagship Tennessee. lhey "eio ~
command Of Lieutenant William IL. Emory a"u
Naval Cadets Joseph Strauss and BENJAMIN Wngh,
In the rear marched the hospital detail with
strctcbers to pick up tho sick.
The rear of the Naval forces was composed OF
1913 bue-iackets, divided into six companies eac"
drawing a Gatlug field gun. They were III com
nand of Lieutcnants William W. hlmoali anu Al
bert Mertz, and Naval Cadets Arthur II. Du''oh
and Walter O. Hulme These were io"o"oo
nv four ambnlances IN charge of Passed As
4 s;stort Surgeon Charles w. Rush. of the Omaha.
. and Passed Assistant Surgeon Daniel NJ. Guiteras-
: To he we'll provided for qucnchng thirst. ana 10
o,ord AGAINST serious results from drinking too
much water. each sailor and marine was furnished
with n canteen filled with tea into which was mixed
n Gill of brandy This was provision maue Nv 'ho
surgeons who also carried an additional supply 10
4 each ambulance. The entire line of the Army ana
Navy was formed and IN its assigned position III
4 Broadway early rs 92O O'CLOCK
+ FINE APPEARANCE or THE NATIONAL "oAnp'
The regiments composing the First Division New
af,er o'clock and marched directly to the positions
y oss,g,.d to them From that hour until 10 o'clock
,hs streets in the vicinity OF Flfthave aud Broad
,x,v and Twcnty-third-st. TO Canal-st. were allve
4 r,th marching men, while above tho hum OF the
gathering crowds was heard the music OF the r"gi-
n mental bands and the fife and drum corps oil the
2 Grand Army Posts Everything was done III an
q orderly manner. Before the hour named Tor the
start the military column was Iar'nea' rev r,,Sye
lam I'M on
from Iwenty-sxtL-st. to fourteenth-st. along
our,cenlhs to BrOadTiny T6D sa head SOw "
fhe military CO umn rested ou fiith-ave
inst above the Worth Monument inns
was tho lst Battery Captain Louis mema1 a.,
3 of Brigadier-(ieneral William g. Ward aud stan.
h FIRST Brigade next caught the eye; The I'D ksg-
ment Colonel JOSIAH Porter, va. drawn up ~ ilhs
extending from IN front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel
70 , ichleenth-st. Next was the 9th Reglmcnt,
Colonel William Seward, jr, beyond tels ., ne
I'm kegimeut, Colonel stewart. ana on tnc 1911
4 tAe l2lh .,egimeut. Colonel James IL Jones o,
The second Brigade was preceded by ne "a "a
Eaitery carta,u si. r. T. in h"f fn Gsliorm were we're
next IN limo. and beyond these. tne,l ,
uskct barrels gIeios tnnS. n the clark sGn wS1s th
09th Colonel James Cayanash; the sth. O9loAei
a George ID. scott. and the 1lst. Colonel l.. a.
sMcApu. Beyond these were tne Hii,soN NE x,y, 1'
N york Stat. National Guard and the visiting
military ORGANIZATIONS. Shortly before ~ oci"oA
a HANCOCK
& g.rscoasly dressed stat rode along the line. me
trooos saluilhg by presenting arms as tne cay ~.
cade passed. On reaching the mead oi a INC ns' m
Division Major General shaler aud his stan t"oH
fhsr places AT the right of the column All were
\ finely mounted and made da-hing appearance
4 he staff was composed Oi the lole"IhB'
Colouel H. A. Giderslecv-, Colonel Carl Jusscn Lieu
Of BciJamin :. Church. Lieutcnant Coion
= ~ san,ord. Lieutenant Colonel Edward Mitchell
In Rasrhton Lieutenant Colonel EiwaFd I. Wood
p Rel MAJOR f. 5. Collins
] TolIowinr closely after General Hancock and
q atatf was tho division of United states troops
marines ana sailors. Ii was nearly lO:5C "hen ", "
| rear of this DIVISION had passed the right OF I'M
i 11d Regiment As soon as this was done
l the regiments composing tho National GUAR
wheeled ~ companies ana pla,oohs s IRON onn mn
taken up All OF the regiments had their iags an'
Suidons draped, and officers and men wore IL ~
, Il usual badge of mourning on the lcit arm Ih
men marched with their arms reyersc'
and tie officers carried their swords II
IKE manner Every rbd ,esaS"' n9S and tf"7f 7ah 0a
\ usual. were much the strongest in point OF nun
bers. Wendels Battery looked we'll Both officer
and men were fairly We'll mounted ana M ala 10, SUI
with the regular batteries IL numbered seventy
: General William G. Ward and staG neatly au'
$ soldierly atired and vel mounted, followed Tn
battery The I'D was headed by Gilmorc's Ban'
: OF sixty pieces aud the drum corps As the req
s ment began It's march the band began playini
r Nearer my God 10 1nee." with impressive effect.
Y The march was at slow time. / he regiment ba'
ten companies of tive nty- -four files fron, with tn
band and dram corps numbering q littl
4 Il more than 600 men. II its ful
, dress of white coats blue trousers aud white helmets
d he 9th Regiment ooked neat and soldierly IN IL
State uniform. Ii had ten companies OF iftce
. files frsnt, "a total OF 375 officers and men. lh
Ellth Regiment also wore the state uniform
! looked and marched well. IL had Mn
= \ companies, about $50 officers and men. III
= 10Th Regiment sustained Its reputation rs a so
: military organization. IL had ten companies q
sixteen files hont and about 40 officers and men.
Ihe "a baerS, rS,d S"kR krgade Tbe men wer
: mounted and looked neat and sold'er-hks
! n hnrn were sixty Officers and neI