Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-09-19
AT MARIErrA.

AT MARIETrA.
65las sewn Crowded - v,sisor. 70 witness
NJ the Reunion Exercised
~ 1fAnrErrA, September l0.--The citizens
1k ~ beautiful river town extended q
e&y welcome to the Grand Army posts
ooV. The occasion was the third ANNUAL
&unnicu Of the posts Of Lancaster county,
11lA number Of posts present by invita-
- lrom s.cc,,0eInins counties. Nearly every
6oii1ing iio',s Own was Handsomely dec-
'5Do1e4 4JWllh flags and bunting. The weather
7V06 Ill that could have been desired and
- olreets Of the town were thronRed all
y4oV. Special trains were run to the town
- I'll were crowded. Tho one from Ian.
Gnnooe carried nearly thousand passengers
B ~ The trains from Columbia, Harrisburg
1nA oeher towns were we'll filled.
u o. the arrival Of the posts they were met
- 0cmmittees of the Marietta Post and
: 1soosted 10 tho headquarters, on Market
G1seet Here tsnts were pitched in field
- one sssisned to each post
THE PARADE.
a ~ 1880 O'Clock tho parsde was formed
Win posts In their numerical order, on
* &1G1ekee atreet, right resting on Elbow street,
80 moved shoftiy after II O'Clock In the
zfollowing order:
Ii Chisf marshal, Capt. Horace l.. Halde-
pnon.
Alds, Col. d. b. Chase, Col. k. d. Roath,
Cspt George b. Ettla, Cspt. 9. X. Wisntr
~ sergeant A. Wisman.
Gen. 3. D. Baker Post, No. g. Philadel.
s pAla
0sn. John sedsewick Post, No. 81, York.
Gen. w. H. Keim Post, No. 10, Reading.
WIN. Starr Post, No 7s. Middletown.
0sp. Geo. b. Thomas Post, No "a, Lam
E Gonter.
Col 9. q. Simmons Post No. lle, Harris
& Inn. with battery and advance guard.
0sn. Welsh Post, No. lis. Columbia.
Lisof. r. w. Smith Post No. 27O Wrights.
vlllA
B 0sn. Heiutselman Post, No 800. Man
no1m.
Sergeant s. W. Lsscomb Post No. a5l,
L Doseitou.
Il John Ripple Post, No. 1853, Bsinbridge.
John A. Ross Post, No 1858, Atglen.
Admiral Reynolds Post No. 405, Lam
4 Ann1or.
J. N. Men Post No. ios sirasburg.
Ospt Snow Post, No. s6l Pleasant Grove.
1lteut d. H. Nissley Post, 40. 67s,
! Mount JOY.
~ - 4eODuAs ~ = OntD 1otS
yoln n. Good Issf' No bo2. Elizabeth.
lbhsld Scott Byerly Post, No. 5ll,
ouarryvilie.
Stevens Post, No. 5l7, Lititz
Lieut.. Lsche Post, No. 524, Ephrata.
Stewart Post, No. 566, Rswlinsvilie.
Captain Geo. Hess Post, No. b7l, Safe
Harbor.
Capt II. N. Kuhl Camp Sons OF Veterans,
3 Mo- 81, York.
Gen. Welsh Camp Sons OF Veterans, No
\ -, Columbia.
women's Relief Corps, OF Lancaster.
Honeybrook Post OF Coatosvilie, with
oetillsry.
Lisutsnsnt VIM. h. Child Post, No 22e,
Z naristta
~ The following bands and drum corps
ware In the line Of parade: Citixens' cornet
Mayt0wn; Metropolitan drum corps, Ian.
eaassr; Junior American Mechsnios' band,
I 1Giddlstown Paxton Military band, Hsr-
R1Dburg; Keystone Cornet band and drum
{ onRpst St6elton; BAinbridge band /;
Dsownstown band; Mt Joy band; ELIZA
1 bsthsown cornet band; Qusrryville band 1
6 oa1e Harbor drum corps; Liberty band and
Il 1fum corps. Mannheim; Lititz Sons OF
vsesrans drum corps; Ephrats ooTnet band; /;
Worth Infantry band, York Independent
drum corps, York; Wrightsville oornet
4 band; Camp Is, Harrisburg, Sons of Vet
esan drum and flute corps; Independent
oo.nes Rand, Paramount, Little Britain
tewnahip.
The parade moved over the following
route: East on Second street to borough
Iine, counter march to Elbow street, to
Market west TO Decatur street. counter
: 1aEuh TO Bridge, TO Walnut, 10 Gay, to
Centre Square, whore the column was
massed. and an address of welcome made
q behalf Of the municipal authorities by
Col d. BrAinard Case. Toe response was
nnde BY Hon. Marriott Brosius, OF Lancss.
III. He thanked the citizens OF Marietta
1ue the generous welcome extended to the
Grsnd Army men.
The column was then reformed and
narched mp Gay street to Walnut, and
down to oommissry hesdqusrters, where
Ginner wss served. 1t was gotten up by
- citixsns OF Marietta and the local post at
- oxpsnse Of about tfteen hundred dollars.
Ths dinner was served In two large tents
30 st the first table eight hundred vete-
gnn9 were accommodated.
xhe Joint committee of arrangements who
aEo entitled 70 great credit for the faithful
D0uUk IA Wuicu tucy uiScnhTS6O tn6lr
1utaos are /: H. l. Haldemsn, piesident
d. Geo w. Reich, treasurer George II.
&nla, secretary d, B. Case, A. Balm, A.
Dowman, g. r. Butler, &. Il. Wisner, E. L.
! ue1nhold, q. w. Aehsffsy, g. G. Lindsay,
- Bennett, 4. w. MoEiroy, d g. Engle,
=. d. Wike. b. A. Hsines, G. w, Hicks.
W1. l. smedlsy, H. Burd Casssl, A, wis.
4 0a1, l. 8. Haldemsu, Jacob Thums.
THE AFTERSooS PRooRAMME.
Ths programme for the afternoon con.
olnis Of Wheei.barrow, and sack races shsm
y battles. game Of base ball and dress parade
enA this evening there will be campfire.
CoL AsRee, department commander,
VIII hsve charge OF the dress parade, with
xhoa ]. Stewart a. sdjutsnt
For the wheel barrow and foot races the
Z entries are John Anderson, John johnson,
Jehn Brown. and Andrew MoCurdy, four
4 oelnsed boys
10 climb the greasy pole the entries are
DSnnk Reed Benjsmin Livingston
4he skin, canoe and tub races on the
y1vor could not take place because it was
- high.
Whils these sports were going ON grand
Wunhaal concsst was given ON the grand
G1nn1. A laree:iot of fireworks has been