The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-04-04
VERMoNTAND THE CENTENNIAL

QuaTtermastsr General VIM. II. Gil
more has returned from New York,
where he received every attention from
the Centennial Commissioners and COM
pleted arrangements for the entertain.
ment of the National Guard OF Vermont
and for the Commissioners and the Coy
ernor's staff, and IL these are carried out
according to the understood programme
the representatives Of this State cannot
but feel repaid for their time, care and
trouble. Through the attention and
foresight of Col. Robert ]. Kimball, the
Governor and all mounted officers will
be suitably and finely mounted, he hav-
log secured superior saddle horses for
all OF them. The Governor. Lieutenant
Governor and Commissioners will be in
vited to join the party that leaves New
York Monday morning, April Goth, in q
steamer which proceeds to Elizabeth
port, N. j., 70 meet President Harrison,
and will then go with him to witness the
Naval review, thence to foot Of Wall
street and march to the Equitable build
ing and attend the reception to be held
in the apartments Of the Lawyers
Club" The Governor, Lieutenant-Gov'
ernor and Commissioners are aleo invit
ed TO the grand military ball to be given
at the Metropolitan Opera House that
evening.
On Tuesday morning April SOth the
Governors party, are invited to be pres.
ent at services to be held at st. Pauls
Church and the sub-treasury after which
the Lieutenant-GOver and Commits
sioner will proceed to seats reserved for
them on the grand stand opposite the
Fifth Avenue Hotel where President
Harrison reviews the parade, Governor
Dillingham; and staff will join the Yer
mont troops at their place in the line.
These will arrive ON the morning of the
30Ih on the steamer City of Lawrence at
foot OF Desbrosses street, North River,
and will march to their position in the
column. Although no official orders are
yet issued, it is generally understood
that Major General Schotield, U. s. A.
Chief Marshal, expects to form the line on
the east side OF Fifth Avenue below the
street, also through Waverly Place and
Broadway, the Regulars on the right,
Marines and Navy next, then the orieI-
nal Is States, then Vermont (the fret
child OF the old 10 and the rest Of the
States. President Harrison will pass up
this line, thus giving every marching
man an opportunity to see him. After
the President Las taken bis position on
the reviewing stand, the troops will
wheel into column and march past,
saluting the President, then moving
through Fifth Avenue to Central Park
where the parade will be dismissed. The
same evening there will be a grand dis
play OF FIRE works from several parks
and especially at Madison Square; and
grand banquet at the Metropolitan
Opera House.
On Wednesday May 1st,. the grand
civic parade will occur, marching over
the same route and will be reviewed
from the same stand by the President,
Governors, Commissioners, etc. 1t is
said that upward of 10000 men will
march on each day, and that it will
take some five or six hours for each |
column to pass President Harrison the |
military and naval displays will be the |
Rrandest affairs of the kind since the |
final review Of the Union armies before |
President Lincoln at the close of the Re- |
bellion in 1865. The troops from the |
several States will be in fine shape as
they are constantly drilling and are put
ing themselves in the best possible con-
dition.
W. understand that Governor D ling |
ham has been requested to detail a |
mounted officer to serve on the staff of |
Chief Marshal General Schofeld, this is |
a high compliment to our State as well |
as to the officer who shall receive the |
detail. We are told that every company
in the national guard of Vermont is |
hard ut work drilling and brushing up
N nrnnr that tho Sfain no no RNrnnA |
of them as it was during the war, ". III
for itself such proud name from the |
citizens Of New York during the draft
riots,
The only thing that is going slow is
the money; at this time there has been
about $500 subscribed, and the COM
missiOners need at least 5000 10 make |
this a decided success. Will not our
patriotic citiztns hurry forward their
checks to Gen. W, II. Gilmore (treas-
urer), at Fairlee, Vermont, without de- |
lay? Col. w, Seward Webb, president
Of the Wagner Car company has tender
ed special sleeping car to Governor |
Commissioner and staff for |
their trip to and from the centennial.
All parties desiring to purchase tick
cts to the Grand Ball should send their |
names to Mr.. T, s. Peck, 1865 College |
street. Burlington, without delay. The |
price Of tickets 10 $40 for each person,
and all orders must be in by April 9th |
as there is 80 large demand for tickets |
the committees cannot hold the time |
open longer, The Vermont papers are
requested to publish the above facts for |
the information Of our people.