St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-12
GRAND ARMY DAY.
The BluesCoated Veterans 10 Take
the Palnce TO-Night.


To-day will mark an era in the history of
st. Paul that will carry her name down
through the years until all things are for
gotten. The old veterans who carry the
sears won in the heat and smoke of battle,
will vie with the carnival hosts, whose only
scars are those Won on tOboggan slides, in
making the day one OF unalloyed pleasure
1t is expected that 4, 900 members of the q.
A. r. will be here in uniform. and after pa
rading the streets in the afternoon together
with the carnival clubs, will attack the ice
palace in the evening. and with Roman
candles and other equally as effective i'm
plements of war, will wrest that structure
from the defending hosts who will swarm
the turrets, towers and battlemenis and pour
down shower of fire ON their doughty as
sailants- Company ID, NJ. n. G..
will be deployed as skirmishers,
while the ST. Paul artillery will cannonade
during the attack, and the infantry keep up
skirmishing fire with blank cartridges TO
lend grandeur and reality 10 the event
Around the palace will be placed Gordon
of members of the G.. A. X. eight men
deep, and each man will be furnished with
four Roman candles, containing ten balls
each. AS the ammunition of the front
rank is exhausted, it falls back and
the next line opens fire, which
enables the attacking forces to keep up a
ceaseless fire until the rear ranks have ex-
hausted their ammunition. Wires will be
stretched from the castle battlements into
the camp Of the besiegers. and along these
wires will be sent Kissing bombs that will
explode when they reach the end. During
the bombardment the palace will be illumin-
ated from the interior with forty powerful
L..
and the effect will be enhancing. The mode
Of attack will be similar to that of the Fire
King when he attempted 10 wreSt the
palace from Borealis, the besieg-
ers advancing through the grand en-
trance under command of their chief and
driving the Outposts back until they have
completely surrounded the castle. 1t is es-
timated that there will be 10. 600 men in line
in the grand parade in the afternoon
THE CoSMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
1t was intended that Gov. Hubbard should
act as commander-in-chiefo of the attacking
forces. but as he is absent TO attend the
funeral of Gen. Hancock, Col. III. G.. Hicks
of Minneapolis was assigned to the position.
Word was received late yesterday afternoon
that he was i'll, and Gen. John b. SanbOrn
was appointed commander-in-chief with the
following staff:
Chief of staff and adjutant general. George
W. Cross.
Assistant adjutant general Clark,
Jr.
Quartermaster general, r. c. Walker.
Assistant quartermaster general. Frank II.
Elridge.
Surgeon general, DR.. ]. II. Murphy.
Aides-de-camp, s. Bloomer, Saltwater; II.
A. Norton, Minneapolis; Thomas Moutgom-
cry, st. Peter; Col. J. II. Davidson and Capt.
Ed Simonton, st. Paul.
ORDER OF MARCH.
First sleigh with six horses containing
Mayor Rice of St. Paul; George R Finch, presi-
dent of the carnival association; Gen. Il. II.
Sibley; Gen. John T. Averill.
Second sleigh with six horses: Robert A.
Smith, president of the city council; Gates A.
johnson. vice president of the city council;
W. A. Van Slyke, general manager of the
carnival association, and A. S. Tallmadge,
secretary.
Onicers and regulars of the Twenty-ffth
United States infantry, from Fort Smelling.
First regiment Minnesota National guard,
Col Perry Harrison commanding.
Emmett Light Artillery, Capt O'Brien-
st. Paul cavalry troop, Capt. Msrkoe.
Hibernian rifles, Capt. Fahey.
Capt. Brandt, Norwegian infantry.
Chief Black, with detachment of the st.
Paul fire department.
FIRST DIVISION.
Minneapolis posts: commander. Maj. r.
b. henderson, DIVISION alce. Ten. George
L. Becker. St. Paul. Colors, red. Forms on
Fifth street, right resting On the south side
of Fort street.
SECOND DIVISION.
Visiting posts; commander, Col. Joseph
Bobletter, New Ulni; aide, Capt. Fred Sic
bold, St. Paul. Colors, white. Forms on
Fifth street, right resting on south side OF
Franklin street.
THIRD DIVISION.
Visiting posts, commander, Col. c. s.
Edwards, Spring Valley; aide, W. W. Brades,
St Paul. Colors. blue. Forms on Market
street. right resting on north side of Fifth.
FOURTH DIVISION
ST. Paul posts with Sons OF Veterans. ST.
Paul camp No. /, commander. Col. James
H. Drake, St. Paul; aide, Col r " Pratt,
st. Paul. oolors, pink. Forms on Washing
ton street. right resting on north side of
Fifth
The line of march win be the same as