New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-26
PARADE OF THE OLD GUARD.
RAISING THE STARS AND STRIPEs on THF
BATTERY FEASTING At THEIR AlMORY.

BATTERY FEASTING At THEIR AlMORY.
The 10oth anniversary Of Evacuation Pay
busy one for the Old Guard. At sunrise te Battery
Pa!k flag run up by Christopher Il. Forbes, the
srcl t ndson OF sergeant Van ArSdale OF Revolutions
ary fate Dctachmcnts O.. the Anderson zomvcs. Of
the veterans OF the cd Regiment. and other escorts.
under ,he unmand OF Majo? IL. W. Lawrence OF tho
Veteran Zonvc Association. were present, willie the
spcclal quart Of honor around the haEtah consisted
OF Captain George Mo,her George Gerber and Tlomas
BrosIln ~ the same time Captain John g. Norman
Of the w hlugton Continental Guard, ran the flag
ND over the Od Fort" blocihouse In Central lark
4 number Of the Od Guard were present and Capt'in
WcndeYs Battery fixed a salute % twenty -one guns
After luncheon AT their armory. Fourteenth =, ami
Fifth ave the Old Guard fell In" hundred strong. and
under command Of Major George W. Mclean marched
10 the Fo,rccnth-s elevated station and rode down
20 Park Place They marched from there TO
Broadway and thence down to the Battery llsht
Battery four guns. Of The lS Regiment OF Artill'ry
u. s. A. under command Of Captain j. W. Dillen-
la K. which had over from Governors Island,
W waiting for the veterans. was also small de-
t, hmont Of the Washington Continental Guards. under
C, nnand Of Captain John g. Norman.
The Old Guard. I'm their bcarskius. their dark
tue tlric>, with red facings. and their light blue
trousers with gold stripes looked fine body of men
and marched like old soldiers. There were two com
panes present. \ Company. commanded by captain
W. II.
lieutenanls and b Company. Captain james Wenman.
with Leutenants George Chapel and John Gleason
They formed three sides Of hollow square about The
flagstaff. and promptly at o'clock the stars and
stripe, We're hoiscd where for 109 years they nave
eaddened the eyes OF every homecomer, and with
quiet huttcr have kept guard over The lay. Is
the FLAG began to mp the artillery doomed out n
salute Of twenty one guns and the men presented
The Rev. DR.. Charles c. Tiffany chaplain OF the
Guard made a short address. dwelling on the I'm
porance OF the DAY 20 every American, and said
that the hosting OF the webeloved flag Wa not so
much TO cngendcr the patriotism OF the older men,
for that had already been well tested. as II was !"
bring home 10 The minds II the younger generation
firm resolve 10 uphold that flag under every c!rcun
stance and 70 remind them that their father. LOT
the pa, four generations. bad not feared 10 shed teT
blood for IT, and enable 1t 10 be ho!stcd whe.e tcy
mad iust seen IL placed. The chaplain ended Win
the usual ben~iicuon. 1870. . till, l.,
The parade then reformed. and with tho artillery IN
,hc roar marched through BclvcT-,t. and iA"n up
Rroad and Nassau sts At CITY Hall there was a
marchpasra the reviewing officers being MAYOR Giah'
J H. v Arnold. president Of The Board OF HIuerhel ,
Colonel g. L. Mcclellan. prrsd"nlclrct 81 inc h''iu
Of Aldermen and several other CIV Fathers. ls Wei
A. a large and motley crowd. Tn" artillery icll out
after the marchpa,t and returned - Governors
Island while the Guaru took the elevated road 10
m ninth-,t ana marched from there back - thclr
arnory where the day wa ended With quiet fr'lVuc''