The Washington critic., 1888-04-05
THE BRIDGE OPENING.
An Important Meeting of The Gel
ebratiOn Committee.
SETTLING THE PRELIMINARIES.
Perfecting the Arrangements for
the Great Demonstration.

The Executive Committee of the Free
Bndge Celebration held largely attended
meeting last night and transacted great
amount of business, as this was the last
formal meeting but one, which will be
held on the evening preceding the parade,
to determine any minor matters that may
come to their notice, and in this connec-
ton Mr.. BENJAMIN Miller offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which was unani-
mously adopted:
ResoiUed That after the Executive Commit.
tee adjourn tonight the perfection and work
ing out of the details OF the celebration as
planned and determined upon so far by the
work of its various committees, shall now be
pliaeea y the hand hands OF COMMITTEE vested
consist of Mr.. s. G. Palmer, chairman, and
the chairmen of the various other commit
tees. together with the chief marshal, Mr..
Austin Herr.
The following motion, made by Mr.. ].
Il. Clements was accepted: THAT the
business houses be closed on the day of
the parade at ~ o'clock, and that due
notice be given them through an adver.
tisement in the columns of the daily
pressn
A motion that the District Commission
ers be requested to close the District
buildings at II o'clock on the day of the
parade and also that the faculty of the
Georgetown College be asked to give the
students half holiday on the day of
celebration was carried unanimously.
Mr.. William III. Manogue was delega-
ted to obtain from the Commissioners
whatever permits were necessary for the
Decoration Committee.
Mr.. M. A. MCGOWAN, chairman of the
Committee on Fireworks, stated officially
that the display would take place from
the Aqueduct Bridge.
For the information of the business
N...s l..
and who desire to know if they will be
permitted to continue their line of march
after the formal dismissal of the parade
at Fifteenth street, q motion was made by
Mr.. Taggart as follows 'That the trades
display have the sanction of the Execu-
tive Committee TO continue their portion
of the parade to any part of the city, pro-
Vided that any expense incurred for music
over the stipulated contract time be
betrayed by them.' The motion was
adopted
Mr.. Hugh Taggart, chairman of the
Military Committee, read the following
acceptances from the District National
Guard Company d, SECOND Battalion,
Captain VI. II. Murphy; Company @,
Captain A. ]. Robinson Company d,
Captain j. j. Costinett, all of the Third
Battalion. Corcoran Cadet Corps, Cap
tain Eugene Edwards, Fourth Battalion.
Independent companies: National Rifles,
Captain j. Il. Oyster; Cleveland Cadet
Corps, Captain Alexander Vandachen-
hausen. A battery from the arsenal and
troop of cavalry from Fort .Myer will
also be in the line.
| A letter was received from Captain r.
ID. Harrison of Company A, Second Bat
talon, Union Veteran Corps, First Com
pany, stating that the command would
be pleased to attend with full ranks, if
tlaO ,,,,tt A,rs.. al.A A..N
that members in the Departments and
q the Government Printing Office could be
excused at o'clock.
In this connection the committee re-
ported that Commissioner Webb, presi-
dent of the Board of Commissioners, had
been requested to tender the respectful
compliments of the citizens to the Presi-
dent and request that he review the pa
rade, and also that he present the request
that feave of absence be granted to men,
bers of the various military bodies en-
ployed in the Government Departments
fora portion of the day on the date of
the parade.
A communication was also received
from Major Q. A. Fleetwood, command
ing the Sixth Battalion washington
Cadet Corps), stating that they had a
band that always attended them ON pa
rade, and asked if he was at liberty to
state that the committee would engage
their band. The committee accepted the
band and asked that the amount be ap-
propriated to pay same.
Captain G. A. Mushback of the Alex
andria Light Infantry stated that he
would lay the matter before his COM
mand, and they would undoubtedly ac-
cept.
Mr.. w. II. Manogue, chairman of
Committee on Civic Societies, reported re-
sponses from twenty societies to date
Governor Lee of Virginia has granted
to the District Military, permission to en-
will be met at the bridge and escorted to
the grand stand by special committee
and then assigned their place in the line
of march.
Mr.. McShane of Baltimore will have
three large bells in the parade. These
are the bells that will be used on the
Georgetown University clock.