The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-19
FOURTH EDITION



The Wilmington delegation Of G. A.
II. veterans met at their respective
g. A. II. Posts this afternoon at
o'clock. Smyth Post being the fartheet
down town gathered up the other
posts ell route for the D. 4 o.. Della.
ware avenue depot, where they left In
the g Is p. nj. train for Washington.
With the members of tho Grand
Army Posts and their friends who ac-
companied them there were about 500
persons who boarded the train. Head
ed by their bands OF music, the parade
presented n grand sight as 1t marched
up Market street and out Delaware
avenue. The following started with
General Thomas A. Smyth Post:
George w, King, Commander; W. II,
Middleton. ST.. Vice Commander; John
Spencer, Jr, Vlce-Commandcr; John
Devenish o OF D.; Samuel Spence. q.
NJ; George W. Mckay, Surgeon; Jacok
OF G.; Charles Combs, Sergt, Major;
Samuel Lewis, Q. NJ. Sergeant; Nathun
Moore o. s.; Nathan Simmons, ]. s.;
Peter McAleer, j. Mancill, W. Williams,
John Ibaugh, John Dooley. Il. 5. q.
Brown. James Mcdowell. Vim. Fisher.
Potter Overdeer, Robert Liddell, David
Myers, Benjamin Willis, William
Porter William Mcdowell, Richard
McClelland, NJ. S. Cain, IL. ID. Entrl-
ken, George Wood. w. Whitfield, John
Crozler, Alexander Crozier, Harry
Feldmeier, Charles II. Foster, X. NJ.
Ennis, Thomas Boles, Il. Il. Layman,
George Rouss, Daniel Ross, Jesse l..
Ialley, +. Hoffman, l. McDanels, John
&. Bryant, George Coates, John Rich
arlson. Richard Heritage, Jacob s.
Slifer, Robert Smith, George Cooley,
Charles Pierce, Jacob Thompson, Syl-
yester Solomon. A. Gamble, Samuel L.
Wood, William ID. Fuhr, Milo W.Locke,
Joseph LEVER Pierre GeEtieu, James
Stafford. Thomas l. Webb, William II.
Miller, John Turner, Robert q. Fraim,
George Poynter l.. Kettlewood. David
English.
There may DO others who will drop
In. DUPONT Post had about $50 men,
Sumner Post so, Sheridan Post 80,
Grant Post 30, aud there were some
$50 more from New Castle. Midd letown
and other down State Posts,
The veterans We're accompanied by
the commander and other officers OF
the Delaware department, q. A. r..
and will form the twenty-second di2is-
ion In tho parade.
While in Washington the members
OF the various posts OF this city will
attend the various reunions of regi-
ments and divisions to which they be-
longed during the war, The Delaware
posts contain members Of almost
every division in the late war.
Tue headquarters Of the Delaware
veterans will be at a school house In
Georgetown. quito a number who
could not go down TO Washington to-.
day In the regular train will go down
on other trains to be- in Washington by
10 o'clock tomorrow, in time to join
in the great parade.
All day yesterday and to-day trains
with soldiers ran over both the b. u o.
aud r., w. IL Is. Roads every hour or
80 apart. ..--.
Ali freight traffic has practically
stopped until the encalnpment Is over.
Large crowds of people assembled at
the respective uepots yesterday and
to-day to sec the train loads of old
Veterans pass through. Neither OF
the two trunk line railroads ever car
lied 80 many passengers before In the
same time, and yet their arrangements
seem to be 30 complete that they
could do more