The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-01

Gen, John MCAilister schonsld, In Com.
RRpd 0f the Military In the Centennial
Procession.
held In the hands OF the popu.ace began
waving and New York and It's many
thousands OF visitors were happy,
THE ORDER OF MARCH.
The right of the line was given 10
the West Point Cadets, 400 strong, who
were followed by the Regulars under
Major General Howard, and these con.
stituted the First division. Tho Second
division consisted OF State militia, They
marched In the order OF admission as
States to the Union, as follows:
lelaWNFe-7Sg men, Governor benjamin. T. o.
tlg's 81 GQmmHnding, ~ and stAif; Flnt Regiment,
.PennSylvgnIa-s,OO men, Governor James A
Beaver commanding, and Gtllf. Second IrIHadu,
BRIG. Gen, John a. Wiley; Third Brigade,
Brlg' Gen. John u, $. Goblin; the staie FenCI-
New Jeney--S.7OO men, Governor Robert s,
GreCn commanding, and 6taiI.
looFgtA-1 mon, Governor John u. Gordon
commanding, aud sat. thp. militia being the
Connectlcut-GOO men, Governor Morgan q.
BulklOy commanding, and StaG; Fourth Rcgi.
meHt, Colonel Thomas l.. Watson.
Observation-Disclosures men, Governor Oliver
Anl0s c0nRandlng,. STAR and hQBoEnry EAlr;
Governors Escort firt Corps Cadets 81. v. N,
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas y, Edmunds; Sec.
Ond Corps Cadets n. V. NJ, Lieutenant Colonel
!. Frank Dalton; the Anclcnt and Honorable
Artillery Company OF Massachusetts, chartered
In l7sS, ?D men, Captain Lieutenant Henry +.
Smith; Fifth Regiment Infantry; Second lIrIg.
ade u. Y A., Colonel VIM, A. Bancroft.
AatyiaRd-M mGn;r riqVCEnQr L, l.. Jackson
South Caf0llnA-ajO mon, Governor John +.
Richardson commanding, aud staff: the Cover.
nOFS Guard, ut Columbia, Capt VIM. Douglass;
the washington Light Infantry, o. Charleston,
tho Butler Guards, Capt. WA. Hunt.
NST, usmIAhsTO-l.O00 mon. 6nvarnnr Charles
II, Sawyer commanding, and staff; the entire
National Guard Of the Stltei Fist Reglmunt
Col. George NJ. u. Lane; second Ilegimelt, Col,
ElhfldgC J., CApp; Third Regiment, Col. J. n,
Peterson; Company a Cavalry, Capt. Erwin II.
smith; First battery Artillery, Capt. Samuel 3.
Piper,
commanding, and STALL Separate companies
New York-l2,OOO men, Governor David leu.
nett Hill commanding, and staff; First Brigade,
llrigldlGr Geneml Louis Fitzgerald command.
Ing, aud staff; Second Brigade Drlgadler Gen.
erll James Mcle0d, pTpOElyn, commanding;
Third Brigade, litigadIGr GpnOral AmAlcA ].
Parker, IT,, Albany, commander: Fourth Brl.
glde. Brlgadler Genenl Peter q, Doyle, lulalo,
commanding.
North Car6llna-1SO men, Governor Daniel q.
| Fowl commanding, and stall.
Rhode lsland-ijO men, Governor Royal G,
TAFT commanding, aud stHII.
Nermont-1JO mcu, Governor William +, Dill.
llnRhAm commanding, and staff; First ReRl.
ment, Col. J. Esteyi First Separate Company,
Capt, s. Claud O'COufor; Second Company, Cant,
AK brown FIller'g Light battery, BrGvet Col
| Levy X. Fuller.
HenIucky-ijO men. Governor Simon II, Buck.
ner commanding, and SiRil; tho Louisville
commanding.
Ohlo-S5O0 men, Governor Joseph Il. Foraker
commanding and stnlf; Inst Regiment Infantry,
| Cincinnati, Col. Frederick W. Moore; First TtOOn
Of Cavalry, Cleveland, Capt. George A. Garreuoi,
and other ltoOpa,
,LouIslGnA17iOOmen. Governor Francis T. Mich.
OILS commanding, aud stall.
| MiAsiAsippi-GgO men, Governor Robert Lowry
| commanding, and stall.
Mlchigan-lO men, Governor c. c. Luce com.
tnlndlng, and stalT.
District Of COlunbla-sOO men, Colonel @, +,
Q, Blounl commanding, and staff Washing.
ton Light Infantry and Eighth Separate Com.
pAny.
fioFda-2OO men, Governor Francl, p. Elem.
ming commanding, and stnif.
| West NlrRinia-300 men, Ex-Governor ]. u.
Jackson commanding, and staff. A place was
also given in this division TO Governor Seay, OF
Alaoamai Governor James l.. Eagle, Of ArkAn.
SaS; Governor J. n. Cooper, Of Colorado; Cover.
nor J. W. Filler, OF Illinois; Governor lIOyey, OF
indiana; Governor Larrabee, Of Iowa; Governor
BurlcIgh, Of Maine; Governor Merriam. Of Min.
n@otai Governor Francis, Of Missouri; Governor
Thayer, OF Nebraska; Governor PCnnOyer OF
QeEonl aud Governor Hoard, Of Wisconsin.
| The Third division consisted of the Grand
Army Of tho Republic aud Loyal Legion, and
mAtched Us follows: COmmRndOr.in.Ch VIII
liam Warner and staff; Deputy COmmander.ln
Chief Harrison Clark, In d carriage; escort OF
TWO delegates from each post 10 the Slate, i,2OO
mem Grand Marshal, COL William 7, WalIOn
WIN 5Hl q w Adjumnt General, Capt. +. T.
symes; The Loyal Legion, 80 mem iorty.iiye
New York CITY posts, 6.OJO men: Brooklyn posts
Marshal Henry W. Knight 1000 men; fifteen
posts outside these cities, 1909 men.
The scenes along the lrst part Of the
ne o. march almost heggar degcriptlon,
Ihe crowd was, OF course, largely made
up Of an outside element quite foreign
TO Now York and the ways Of It's Metro.
politan masses, hence thOre were many
ludicrous incidents natural 10 the occa.
sion. The crowd, however, under ali its
crushing aud suffering, was maryelouSly
good nAtured, It's sense OF such being
apparently subordinated by, or more
properly, drowned In It's excess OF nat.
riotic feeling. AT eleven o'clock the
monster parade had reached the turn al
WaYerly place,
niMENsR CROWDS.
The City Hall aud Waverly place
stands were packed almost u a degree
Justification and numerous ticket hold.
en were unable To gain access 10 tholn,
or in many cases even TO cross the lines,
The police regulations were exceedingly
strict and no one was permitted 10 cross
the line unless for good reasons. Once
crossed, II w4s another five minutes
struggle 10 make on0'B way through The
densely packed throngs on the opposite
side. Broadway as far as the eve Could
sec was a blaze Of bunting and n sea oi
faces. Hou5UtopB, windows, ledpes, tel.
egtaph poles and lamp posts, private
stands without number and every posSl.
bic vantage ground WED with the sldp.
walk crowds In numbers,
Tho ilrst division OF regular troobs.
cadets and the naval CORPS who headed
, the line evoked applause al varInus
points along the line. In fact, Il nuSi
DO said ol the troops generally that they
presented 0 fine appearance and march.
cd we'll, The Ohio division under Cen.
eral Foraker was entitled 10 spOclRl
! cotnmendatlon In this regard, ThalihIS
was appreciated by New Yorkers Was
, evident from the salyos Of applause thAI
greeted them all along the line, Ai
Bt0ome street q careless military office,
0 was thrown from his horse but beyond
!. . severe lbaklng up he tualalhed no ih'
I, jufles. The dense thronp aud pfebsdF,
! bi cOurge caused numerous iaiItinU M