Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-11
The Grand army Reunion.

A large delegation of members of the G..
A r. will leave this city to-day for Wood
land to participate in the second annual re-
union of the posts of Northern California.
Woodland is in gala attire. Almost every
business house on Main street, as well as
upon the side streets and line of march,
has been deliberately decorated. The decora-
tons throughout the town bear the inscrip-
ton, Welcome G. A. R." Masonic hall,
the headquarters of the G. A, R. durin :
the reunion, is profusely decorated, a
streamer being suspended across the street
at the entrance inscribed Headquarters
q. A. R." From the top of the stately
building are swinging streamers, inter
spersed with flaming banners.
The Executive Committee has chosen
Colonel w. H. Whine as Grand Marshal
on the day of the parade-Saturday, MAY
18th, at 10 A. NJ He has selected as his
aids the following gentlemen n. NJ.
Weaver, DR.. George H. Jackson, S. NJ.
Montgomery, j. &. Crutcher and r. II.
Beamer.
The line of march will be as follows /:
Forming on Court and Second streets, down
Court 10 Sixth, Sixth to Main, Main to Sec
ond, Second to Lincoln avenue, Lincoln
avenue to First, First to Cross, Cross to Col
lege, College to Main. Main to Con-
vent, countermarch on Main to Second,
Second to Opera House. where an ad-
dress will be delivered by Henry c. Dibble,
Commander of Lincoln Post, of San Fran
cisco.
The procession will be escorted BY the
First Artillery Regiment, n. G. c.. and
Veteran Guard, of San Francisco. Music
will be furnished by brass bands from San
Francisco, Sacramento, Chico and Wood
| land. 1rIlu from,
| Marysville and Woodland. This no doubt
| will be by far the largest procession ever
| witnessed in Woodland.
The Department Commander, T. H.
Goodman, aud staff; General Dimond and
staff, General Sheehan and staff, Major
General o. o. Howard, Past Department
Commanders, and many other distin-
guished guests are expected to participate.
The Posts which will be represented are
Sumner Post No. 3, Sacramento; Farragut
Post, No 4, Vallejo; Hslleck Post No. 10,
Chico; Warren Post, No. "a, Sacramento;
VIM. H. Seward Post, No. 65, Woodland;
Colonel Z: D. Baker Post No. II, New
castle; Eddy Lee Post, No. 73. Fall River
Mills; J. X. Mansfield Post No. rs, Red Bluff;
Winslow Post, No. 10, Redding; Cofinth
| Post, No. so, Marysville; Modoc Post, No 81
Adm; w. T. Sherman Post, No. 96. Oro-
| vile; Champion Hill Post, No. 10O Plym-
outh; Belmont Post, No. 1O1, Auburn;
Winchester Post, No. los, Anderson; Placer
vile Post No. los, Placerville; General ].
+. Miller Post, No. ITO, Colusa Monitor
Post, No. 112, Willows; John w. Geary
Post, No. 113, Dixon; Colonel Preston Post,
No. ia, Winters; williamsburg Post,
No. 116, Williams; South Mountain Post,
No. III, Lire ,ln; Fair Oaks Post, No. 120,
Sacramento; Kenesaw Post, No. 123, Or
land.
A dispatch from Woodland last evening
says:
The first delegation of visitors which ar
rived to-day were: Corinth Post, No. so,
with drum corps, of Marysville, Captain
| Charles Cobb commanding. Their special
car was handsomely decorated. w. T.
Sherman Post No. So, of Oroville, Captain
J. t. Cress commanding. Also representa-
tive delegations from Halleck Post, No. 10,
of Chico, and John W. Geary Post, No. lib,
of Dixon