Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-22

The Massachusetts Veterans Greeted Differ
entity From Three Decade Ago.


CROWDS LINE THE AVENUE TO SEE TIE VISITORS
AND THE wAsHrSoroS Light rxvAxrpx -vr,y
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Three decades ago. when the sixth regiment
OF Massachusetts, volunteers first entered the
national capital there was good deal Of pop
ular reioicine. but there vras also . oooa a.,
of nonul.r d;.oo,.a,. puh,. .,. -
.or,arh.. $500 - - .,. w"
s soM "na' uI'nea 'hen On .he issue wnicn the
were numerous expressions Of regret at the
arrival of soldiers who must inevitably be sac
rificed inst a. aeon 81. IN. .o,,h 90. -, =. A.
tho ....;s.;- D.. -. " Nv
WIG ".i'".ihs ous .nihss nave undergone
material change In thirty years. and 1t is most
improbable that there was a single being in the
crowds which lined the avenue Yesterday after
noon but was Glad n .ea N. ,n.n fro,, Niece
chusetts '- ,
II was but l;ttls nas,5 o,c,ool v.s,.,a.r .,,.,-
noon when a snecipi train rolieJ ;rto ,h. RaI,;-
more and Ob;a darot tn es.u,. 20 a..
train we're The nv st.t. a,'-s;aa;t.. y. La
a welcome had been nrenaraS Tbr.s osscera
of the Wash;prton ;,h, -. 60
tains Miller. Kelly and Ebert On .he nia,-
form. loaded with informaI orsat;nc. AZ ~
teresting feature of tb;s rscsntion was the
presence of Can't Miller When ,ho s;r,h e..
visited this citv Can't W;lIor Ala 81 rrn.yar a.
right hand OF feilorshin Gov Jobnny Vas oysr
in Virginia nettino his .un raadv q ass;st in
the creati& Of yaeanciss in tho Tn;on srnv "
,u,
AM AAnon'
Inc Vlsitors formed on the platform along
side the train. On the right of the line was the
Worcester Iipht Infantry fiftv stronp conn
manded nv Can't Fred n n.v;. w;,b IT,.
we're nnmerons s,aff aa;cars ~ ~. srs, rn,;
ment W.ssachrs.,,s Na.;on., O., - hs,
orary and veteran members of the actiy We infantry
company. Then came the veterans of the sixth
,wenty-three OF them-snd around them the
can,arpd ,opOruou VI PopuiaI Ih.eress na!urauy
Light In,antrv corns rsS drsw srI nm bst,ai;on
front, and when the visitors appeared Col. W. O.
Moore shouted .Present armsr" After n Iittle
maneuyeriug the column formed and nro.
ceeded to fennsvlyan;a avenue Col Moore
and his command beaaed nv the NationaI
Guard Band were in front ana n fine sSow
they made. The four companies in their white
coats. blne tronsers and bearsl;n shaIn. rars
as ponulsr in thar annsSrsnca as s shsv sv.r
we're; thew marched admirahIy
The visiting sol6;erv bromoit with them, tho
band of batter r. Of Worcester and this mnsi-
cal ORGANIZATION Divided time With nanJmastar
Schroeder's aggregation. great many people
occupied the Sidewalks along the line OF march
and there was quite multitude in the vicinity
the Column was moyed on 90 the s,ens or "t tbe
south front of the treasury and there nboto-
graphed. The next move was to the Ebbitt
brief sneeches in which ,bsre were avnress ous
Of mutual pleasure and admiration.
After dinner The ma;or;,v 81 tha v;s;,ors 49,.
escorted singly and in little aronns ~ Georac
Wilson's minstrel nerforma5ce ptbers y;sitsd
the homes Of friends who reside here. while a
few enioyed themselves framing aropnd the
city seeing its beauties bv night WIG
80"
A'sfhA OF THE VISITORS.
complete roster OF the visiting veterans Of
the old sixth discloses the following names:
Can't Georoa w pror,v 90 W., ST., c..
Jobn -, - w De-" =, n.
Josenb NJ Dvson Ada,o c.rnharJ. - 49, e'
,ar Eharias W,hisi xTia ~ "oroeI-
Wilson os Rov,stnpp Hs 90 1919 on,o; y, ~ a,
Westhoronoh H.nrv P.,,;a - e.a ..
NJ Rvde parI .n m1 T,,,t 5 p L. DioaseH
Towsli. Can't w WHIT S w uonpaI r.
S;sson md D rhast.r s s' oeereMrE y; T.
ton. n Moody prescott - nSAipaIh! ~ W Wo
RI peaboTx 81 conno praHA Iangt Mal
Cate NJ co,nn:nv % Ipn. -, L ~ "a f.
docI r. Hasmsr "a NJ S W. =. Dr n,si
nanv r. Stonebam and Mass Wast 'o ona
Wb;ttoLs- % S,nnaL sAN A''ie '"sN ""o
Tbs act;va msmaSars ., A.. so.u.o
Jnsantrv IN to,rn aro VI WAC "'foe''eS Aign'
CO... ~ ~ ~ ~ M Ste
honLs Saaoaa + a.. r II, -. fSH
geant r. A. Hatch. w. r. Gilman II " Rates
+. d. Freeman, F. NJ. Clark, IT,, James Logan,
n; .. Clark, l., W: White, W: 1. Adams, H. L.
Ch.nev nIo, nr.s. nr'gnam' n NJ, casey
ard Frost. John Fulier A Fa;rhants FE
French. s. F. Gates. j. H. Cannon A F Hvde
C. s. Holden. ]. ]. Heron. F. II, Hopk;ns
C. King, X. L. Kingston. H. ] RetteII r
Knight. W. 8. lincoln. g. r. Macomber q
Pritchard. William stevenson T r She, ~
A. Smith, A. p. Shaffer. +. w Taft " p Tar.
bell. A. i. Townshend- y. +, W,rd n n Wa.
rem, T. Walters. ir.. F. w. Wesson r. T,
Ward.
The veteran and honorary memhe-s n, IN.