The Portland daily press., 1889-05-31
Laying the corner Stone.

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Singing-America-by all present.
Laying the Corner Stone.
When the hour came for the formation of
the procession for the afternoons exercises,
Congress street was so full of people that
pedestrianism was attended with great diff
Guilty, and when the parade began the win
dows and piazzas of the houses all along the
route, were crowded with spectators. The
different commands formed in their respec-
tive locations, and at p. m. promptly the
word "march" was given by the Chief Mar
shall. This was the order of procession:
Platoon of Mounted Police
Chief Marshal Gen. C.P. Mattocks
Mounted staff.
John c. Cobb, chief of staff Assistant Adj. Gen.
Charles d. Clark; Quartermaster John s.
Aids u X Galley Fred p. Ellis; Daniel
Arthur X. Hunt, James O. Hamlen
Waldo H. Perry.
FIRST DIVISION.
First Regiment Band-Frank L. Collins leadr.e
Col. j. j. Lynch, commanding, with the following
staff:
Adj Harry Frank seEgt Maj Dlngbaeh
Sullivan, Com. Sergt John ID. Drink
water, Quartermaster Sergt.
Thos. j. Lappin.
Principal Musician John c. Jones.
Company A., Portland Light Infantry, NJ. V. NJ,
capt. b. A. Norton, First Lieutenant
Portland Cadets, Capt. Baker, First Lieutenant
Frank York, Second Lieutenant Ross.
Company b., Mechanic Blues, NJ. V. NJ, Capt E.
w. Philbrook, First Lieutenant f. ID.
Mccarthy Second Lieutenant
Fred Potter
tenant r. H. COnley, Second Lieuten-
ant 5. l.. Foley.
Gagt. HaTfnetty F Snaras suf M NJ
j. j. Hankard, Second Lieu
tenant I. j. Hogan.
Latin School Cadets, Capt Chas. Bayley, Lieut..
Geo. Hamilton.
SECOND DIVISION.
American Band of westbrook- S. Babb
Battalion of Patriarchs Militant, Mai f. L. Nose
LIEUT. and %d %es sne K0 o9SMnY and
Quartermaster Chas. Paine, Lieut.. and
Commissary ii. B. Ball.
Grand Canton Ridgely q
Component l. Capt. Chas f. Tobfe, Lieut. A. G.
Perry, Ensign John B. Brown.
Component 3, Capt; J: T. johnson, Lieut.. Chas.
Component 10, Capt. J. NJ. Studley, Lieut.. G. III.
Cloudman, Ensign j. s. Cushman.
THIRD DIVISION.
Portland Band-Frank Moore. leader.
Commanded by A. A. Nckerson Assistant In
spector General on staff Of Commander
States g. A. r.. with
mounie ed staff
Bosworth Post, 2. GAIT. Com. r. G. Berry, Sen.
Vice Com. VIM. S. Dunn, Jun. Vice Com.
Wm;H Sargent, Quartermaster John
Thatcher Post. III, G. A. r., Com. Lyman Han
Vice Com Bradford Ieighton UW Adi D.
w. Scribner: Officer Of the Day
G. w. Sawyer.
Cloudman Post. 100, Saccarappa, Com. A. III.
Burroughs. Adj N. A. SWEET, Quarter
master Robert Dobeck
shepleiy ys Camp gt O. = Of W. Capt j. R. Lowell
d. Greene, First Sergeant E. A.
Austin, Quartermaster
E. A. Merritt.
FOURTH DIVISION.
Commanded by Capt. whitman s. Sawyer
Carriages containing higher officers of Patriarchs
Militant, crippled veterans, ex-nlayors
of the city and the present mem
bers OF the City Government.
There were dozen carriages in the fourth
division occupied by the Senior Vice Pres-
dent of the Association DIR. Seth c. Gordon,
Mayor Melcher, Ex-Mayors Putnam, Chap
man, Richardson and Walker, Rev. Theo-
dore Gerrish, the chaplain of the day. Chair
man Hobbs of the Aldermen, President
Crockett of the Council and the members of
the City Government, Messrs. P. II. Brown.
w. s. Dana of the Executive Committee of
the Soldiers and Sailors Association, Hon.
Nathan Cleaves, Surveyor of the Port, City
Treasurer Hersey, Clerk Burgess, Auditor
Novel;, several of the decrepit comrades of
the various posts of the Grand Army, who
were unable to walk, under the charge of
Deputy Sheriff Capt. II. r. Sargent and
Major General o. B. Written, Patriarchs
Militant. with Col. c. w. Foster and Ma
jors r. Y. Barber, and F. E. Bickford of his |
staff.
A brisk shower unfortunately came up |
just at this time, causing the battle flags to |
be stored in rubber cases, and mackintoshes,
water-proofs and overcoats to be speedily |
donned by some of the organizations, thus |
somewhat dimmlDg the brilliancy of the