Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-19
BENNINGT0N'S FIELD
Dedicating a Monument to Stark and
His Followers.
IMPOSING CEREMONIES FHIS MORNING
Presence Of the President and His
Official Associates.
SPEECHES AND CHEERS.
ON BENNINGTON's BATTLEFIELD.
Dedicating the Monument to Commemorate
IMPOSING CEREMONIES FHT MORNING
SPEECHES AND CHEERS.
ON BENNINGrON's BATTLEFIELD.
Defeating the Monument to Commemorate
the Contest.


Dedicating the Monument to Commemorate
the Contest.
BENNINGTON, Vr., August 19.-The ceremony
OF dedicating the monument erected to COM
memorate the battle Of Bennington crowded
this little town to overfowing today The
presence Of the President Of the United States
and members Of his cabinet. as well as the gov
ernors of three Of the states, gave the event a
more than local interest. 1t brought people
from every part of the United States but par
ticularly from the New England states, to wit
ness and take part in the ceremonies. Probably
In the whole history of Bennington no such
distinguished gathering will be held here again.
AT the encampment grounds around the Sol
diers Home, where the interest of the event
centered during the early part of the day, the
soldier boys were aroused by the reveille call
before o'clock. The crowd was up with the
soldiers. for with the first break of day the
streets began to assume lively appearance and
the roads leading into town began to empty
their stream of carriages and wagons into the
camp grounds. Every private as well as many
puDuc house In Bennington was crowded last
night, and many slept on the lawns. while hun
dreds were glad to find sleeping quarters in
tents which afforded little protection from the
chili night air. The first of the special trains
was not due before o'clock but the wagon
roads brought very large accession to the
train arrived the gaily decorated streets were
well filed.
THE PRESIDENTS ARRIVAL.
The principal interest was in the arrival of
the President and his party. who had spent the
night at the home Of Gen. ]. G. McCulloueh at
North Bennington, five miles away
Gov Page did not go to meet the President
He drove over to North Bennington last night
accompanied by Adjutant Gen. Peck and spent
the night with tien. Mccullough. This morning
he sent Col Seward Webb of his staff 10 act as
the Presidents escort and with him went a
dozen members Of John A. Logan Post, q. A
X, OF Orwell, VT. (mounted), under command
Of II. e. Hibbard. These Grand ARMY men
were In undress cavalry uniform and carried
sabers- The carriage which had been provided
for the President was drawn by four white
horses with plumes of red, white and blue in
their head stalls. On the box sat two coachmen
in livery.
As the procession approached Bennington,
the mounted escort rode ahead of the carriage
In winch sat Col Webb and Gen. Mccullough
with the President. Behind this carriage were
others In which sat members of the Presidents
party. IL was the duty of the mounted escort
to keep the road clear and it Was not without
difficulty that they succeeded in making pas
sage for the Presidents carriage through the
crowds of vehicles which filled the country road.
All the way from North Bennington to Ben
nington the President was greeted with cheer
ing, to which he responded by taking of his hat
and bowling.
The start from North Bennington was made
shortly after O'Clock, but progress was slow
and it was after o'clock when the little pro-
cesslon reached the Soldiers Home, where the
carriages drew mp and the President with the
assistancesof Gov. Page left his carriage and
entered the governors parlor. Before he en-
tered the house he turned and bowed repeatedly
to the cheering multitude which had surrounded
the building.
BRIEF RECEPTION.
In the parlor the President held O brief re-
ception, at which the members Of the gov
ernor's staff and other distinguished persons
were introduced to him. In the meantime the
militia forces had been assembling on the
parade ground without The corps of cadets
from West Point accompanied by the post
marched to the place Of assembly, and a num-
Der OF Grand Army posts and regiments of
Patrlarchs Militant were drawn up on different
parts of the parade ground.
Brig. Gen. W. L. Greenleaf, chief marshal
and his staff mounted in front of Gen Green.
leaf tent at the end Of the parade grounds,
and the marshars orderlies, rode backward and
forward across the parade carrying orders to
the marshals Of the different divisions. The
hour fixed for starting the parade was 10
o clock, but 1t was nearly 1870 when the last
report showed that the divisions were all in
readiness for the start and word came to the
chief marshal that the President and the re-
viewing party were ready. minute later the
President and his party left the home and re-
sumed their seats in the carriages which
awaited them.
IN THE CARRIAGES.
The arrangement of the carriages was changed
slightly for the parade. In the first carriage
sat the President, Governor Page and Adjutant
General Peck. In the second were Ex-Governor
nf Ham nf he
Bennington Monument Association, and Hon.
Edward Z. j. Phelps, the orator of the day. In
the third were the Secretary of War and Rev.
Charles Parkhurst Of Boston, the chaplain Of
the day.
In the other carriages were Attorney General
Miller, Private Secretary Halford, Gen. W. G.
Veazey, Maj. Gen. Schofield, U. s. A, Gen. ].
G. Mccullough, Maj. Gen. o. o. Howard, U. s.
A.; Gen. Russell A. Alger, Senator Justin S.
Morrill,, Gen. Alex. S. Webb, Senators Chandler
and Gallinger of New Hampshire, Representa-
tives ]. w. Stewart, W. W. Grout and II. H.
Power Of Vermont, Hon. Adace f. Walker OF
Chicago, Col; Lansdon, U. S. A;
Maj. Ainsw0Eth, =; s A.; the governor
the governor Of Massachusetts, and his staff
the lieutenant governor of Massachusetts and
committees of the two houses of Massachusetts,
legislature; John King of New York, Hon. 8. T.
Chittenden of New York, Hon. Daniel Roberts
of Burlington, Hon. s: s: Tarben Of Bos-
ton, Hon. Henry c. Hall, historian of the
Sons of American Revolution; Gen. ]. b. Carr of
Albany, Hon. George F. Edmunds, Col. Nc
Donald and Col Batchelder, U. s. A., of WASH
ington; L. p. Deming Of Connecticut, Howard
Cole, Russell Harrison, Gen. Warner of Albany,
Hon. w. II. Brearly Of Detroit Col. b. B.
Smalley, Capt. Taylor, U. 8. A.; Lieut.. W. II.
Humphrey, Capt. Taylor of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery of Boston, Hon. G. G. Bene-
dict of Burlington, II. Walter Webb, second
vice president of the New York Central Rail-
road Company, and the lieutenant governor,
the secretary OF state and other officers OF
Vermont
Only the President and his immediate party,
with their escort, to the number Of about forty,
rode in the first carriages. These fell in be-
hind the battalion of Amoskeag veterans which
had been appointed o special escort to the
President They led the first division, which
was under the command of Col Julius Estey of
the first regiment, Vermont National Guard
On each side Of the President's carriage walked
three Grand Army veterans, under command Of
the major, John S. brennan.
Following the carriages in the line were the
first regiment, WIG, three companies of the
New Hampshire National Guard . militia COM
pany from Troy and one from Hoosick Falls,
N. Y, the Light Guard battalion of North
Adams, Mass, battery b, fourth artillery U. 8.
A., under command Of Brevet Mai, Harry @.
Cushing, and the first light battery, v. n. G.
These constituted the first division
A. the chief marshal gave the command for
the column 10 starts platoon OF mounted depu-
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