The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-05

VI nreWorks shared with bands OF
music the task of adding liveliness to the
occasion.
Within an hour the great procession was
wei In line. and the task of arranging
them was most efficiently performed by
the marshal's aides, Messrs A. B. Stewart,
y. +. Shaubut, w. Compton, w. II.
Moore, Josiah Collins. jr., James A. Pant
ing and H. F. Phillips, all splendidly
mounted, and wearing distinctive badge
throughout the march they carried out
the instructions of Marshal Brookes, and
were mainly instrumental in the rapid
and orderly movement of the procession.
Inc line OF march was kept clear by an
ADVANCE guard. consisting of a platoon of
police, under command of Chief Bolton
Rogers. The men marched with admir-
able steadiness, and displayed the benefit
OF their occasional drilling.
The platoon of police was lead by the
three mounted men, Messrs. Brooks,
Boyd and Bryant. Then four abreast
came Captain Peer, Captain Barck. Lieu
tenant Sullivan, Lieutenant Templeton,
Lieutenant Sims and Messrs. Thorn, Jay
cox, Townsend, Kelley, BirdsalI, Sullivan,
OBr1en, HogIe, Brennan. Cove, Powers,
Cummings. Faucet, Sandstrom, Osborn,
Leckie, Foster. Purdy, Mefford, Pierce,
Hanna, Corbett, Thompson and Dunton.
All the men were dressed in their best I'M
horms, and the white gloves and red tas-
sells gave them very gala appearance.
Marshal A. NJ. Brookes, mounted on q
very fine horse and supported BY Mr.
Compton, led the way and was followed
by the First Regiment band playing mar
tial airs. The place of honor as vanguard
was assigned to Troop B, of the National
Guard. from Tacoma, forty-two strong.
under the command of Colonel NJ K.
Smell, Captain James Ashton, Lieutenants
". |. Robb, J. A. Bamber, j. Dangon and
Z. Barry and Sergeant z. \. Borenger.-
This body was warmly appIauded, and as
1t performed several rapid military evo-
buttons on the way was cheered again aud
again. As dignitied as any member the
troops Mascot" a pet greyhound in
full dress, marched in its accustomed
place and received q full share of atten-
ton.
Seattle Division. Uniform Rank, Knights
of Pythias, twenty-five strong, with their
rich uniforms, presented a splendid ap-
pearance on horseback. Colonel II. A.
Bigelos. of Major-General Canadians
s.aff. led. Following him came Sir Knight
F. w. Durham, bearing the banner of the
division, 8 beautiful piece of red silk, en-
broidered with gold. He was mounted on
a magnificent gray stallion, and was
dressed in the costume of an ancient Ger
man warrior. Following him came the
division in command of Colonel J. B. Met
caife, acting as captain, First Lieutenant
Wilbur +. Collins and Second Lieutenant
o. o. Denny.
Rainier Encampment, No. Is, Independ-
ent Order of Foresters, came next with
twenty-five uniformed men under COM
mand of Illustrious Commander William
Cruise.
Stevens Post, G. A. R., turned out thirty
veterans with Senior Vice Commander N.
V. Mills at their head. Immediately fol-
lowing them came John f. Miller Post,
twenty strong, under Commander J. w.
! Langley.
Then came the carriages with the in
vited guests from Canadian cities and from
| all parts of the state. The first contained
Hon. E. o. Graves, president of the day;
Rev. David Claiborne Garrett, rector of
| st. Marks. chaplain; Colonel James
| Leddy, reader of the Declaration of indie
| pendence, and Rev. 5. A. Bright, the
orator of the day. Mr.. Jacob Furth was
| assigned to accompany Mayor White and
Mayor Grant, of Victoria, and the other
carriages contained guests and officials,
| among whom were President G. W. Hall,
of the board of aldermen, and City
Clerk Miller escorting Hon. l.. w.
| Myers, United States consul at Victoria.
Major ]. r. Hayden had with him Lieu
| tenant-Colonel Holmes, Captain Jones and
| Captain Ogilvie, of the British artillery,
| who paid their hosts the compliment of
| appearing in the elegant uniform of their
| branch of the service. Judges ]. p. Hoyt,
Roger s. Greene and Eben Smith kept each
other company. President r. W. Jones,
of the house of delegates, was accompanied
by Aldermen Amasa S. Miller, NJ. Korn
and Frank n. Wilcox. Hon. w. w. Jesse,
of the state fruit commission, and Hon. p.
ID. Moore, state librarian, were escorted by
Alderman J. p. Sweeney and Delegate
w. FL. Davis. Ex-M3yor Robert Moran
and Senator W. K. Forrest were seated
with Alderman Bogardus and Delegate
4. V. p. Lansing. Ex-Alderman +. w.
Wald, Mr.. Andrew Knox and Mr.. A. z.
Burwell; Mr.. Frederick Ward and Mr.. d.
E. Durie; Colonel c. NJ. Sheafe, Mr.. L. {.
Neufelder, Mr.. ID. II. Gilman and Delegate
Krug were also occupants of carriages. to-
gether with large number of guests. who
were freely invited to accept place in the
line, but who arrived too late TO be re-
corded and assigned to special hosts for
| the time.
Following the carriages came the fire de-
partment, which turned out in splendid
form. The men were looking their best.
and every bIt of metal in the engines and
trucks was polished till it dazzled the eyes
of the beholders The ladders were draped
with festoons of flowers and red. white and
blue streamers, and the engines and hose
wagons were hung with bunting and roses.
Every fireman wore q boutonniere in
honor of the day.
The order of the companies ytas: Chiefs
wagon, chemical No. l, truck No. ?. engine
No. |. tender No. 1, engine No. l, tender
No. ?, truck No. /. Two engines and two
chemicals were left at the houses 10 respond
to calls of fire, and an arrangement was
made whereby the treboat should blow the
alarm.
The chiefs wagon contained Chief Gard
ner Kellogg and his assistant. q. NARROW.
The men with chemical No We're Capt
ain +. Gillian, Lieutenant +. Corfee, Pipe
man Thomas ellis and Driver Clarence
Moore.
Truck No Captain Otto Weide, Lieu
tenant Paul Brosted. Henry Ross, Martin
Middlestead, Chris Miller Ben Humes,
Joe England, E. Lehman.
Engine No. and Tender No. Captain
A. h. Hunt, Lieutenant J. A. Farr. Engi-