Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-20

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| DEPARTMENT OF THE POTOMAC.
| The District Grand Army Men Make an Ex-
| cellent DISPLAY.
1t Is the iuvariable custom Of the G. A. K. to
accord to the department in which the aEnr.l
enc"ml ment is held tn. left of the line. and in
the great parade today the Cepar .nent of tho
Potomac had that honor. In his original order
| on the subject Department Commander A. T.
Iinsmore directed that the local posts should
assemble at the starting point at $50 am, bat
In General Order No. 8. issued the 18th in
slant. he modified his order so rs to require the
posts to assemble at pm. sharp. This modi-
fication Of bis order gave the members of
the local posts ample time in which to view the
greater part of the parade before being called
upon TO participate in il themselves That il
was a wise modification was evidenced BY the
fact that comparatively few Of the members Of
the local posts tailed to partici Late in today's
parade.
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED IN LINE.
OF course 1t was naturally expected that the
Department of the Potomac would furnish
larger contingent, proportionately, for the
parade than any other department. and TINT
exrectation was not unrealized. For ont of the
3, 700 men that comprise this department not
less than $500 marched in the parade today
And every comrade in the deuartment marched
as valiantly as when he marched 10 the front
generation ago. Not SO quick in their move
ments were they today, but time nor wounds
and exposure had Icssened their en.husiat M.
And that the Department Of the Potomac was
known and honored far beyond their jurisdic-
ton the loud and hearty cheers which its ap-
pearnnce along the line of march evoked plainly
evidenced.
The department promptly formed on LIST
street from to c streets southwest, and on C
street southwest, from LIST to 9Th streets. with
head Of column on b and LIST streets and headed
by Department Commander Dinsmore. who was
attended bv Senior Vice DEPARTMENT Com
nander John McElroy and Junior Vice Depart
ment Commander Nathan Bickford, moved off
III the following order:
THE OFFICIAL sTAFF
Official staff Of the department commander
Assistant adjutant general, Arthur Hendricks
assistant quartermaster general, J. E. McCabe;
inspector. John Johnson; judge advocate, Pat
rick OFarrel chief mastering officer. J. W.
Butcher; fenios ld-de-ca,np. W. P. Seville: as
Fistant insrectN, 4. T. Brooks. ]. W. r. Will
i Jams, L. 3. Cutler, Michael Mahany,
Wells, A. G. Brust H. N. Gilman.
Aids-de-camp-J. F. K. Appieby, A A. Arnold,
J. G. Baker, F. A. Belt, Il. Bennett, c. G. Boil
linger. ]. W. Bradbury, s. W. Bunyea, James
Brooks, T. j. Burrell, J. A. Burrows, r. NJ.
Calhoun, ]: l. Christiancy, T. B. Crisp, J. H.
Day. ?. b. Dickerson, J. H. Elliot. G. s. Emery,
J. E. Engle, F. Fl. Evans, +. A. Flanegin. L. Q.
Fletcher, F. Fowler, Z. P. Getchell, J. A. Ora
ham, c. L. Griffin, G. c. Harris. c. E. Har.ung,
J. c. Hawley, G.. W. Hazer. A. W. Hodgman.
W. H. Hoover. J. II. Hewlett, A. B. Hurbut,
J. b. johnson, II. c. Jones, J. Herman,
]. E. Krouse, ]. I. Layton, u. F. Lee. H. S.
Tinker, D. F. Mcbride, W. W. Mcdonald, G.
W. McElfresh, Peter McGirr, X. V. Mckinney,
Arthur McNally. T. H. N. Mcpherson, H. c.
March, D. NJ. Marsh, W. H. Mills, W. H. Miner,
D. Newcomb, R. ]. Nicholson, F. A. Niles. P.
NJ O'Bryon. A. Oglesby, David Parker H. G.
Potter, G. W. Pratt, W. II. Prescott, ]. P Reid.
F. c. Revells, A. Ridgely. S. C. Robb, G. c.
Ross. W. Shanklin, j. E. Smith, W. H. Smith,
1a e. Sow E j. Sweet, Sparks w. T. r. M sSi
$. W. Tuley, @. vermillion, A. Wall, J. Z.
Waters, James Wells. c. s. Wilder, Daniel
Williams, James Wood, L. H. York and J. Il.
Young.
The past department commanders are as
follows:
Frank H. sprague 1873 IA; Benz F. Hawkes.,
1876; A. II. G. Richardson, 1877; Geo. E. Cor
SOD, 1878: Harrison Dingman, 1879; Charles C.
Royce, 1880; William Gibson, 1881; Samuel s.
Burdett. 1sS2-'s3: y. s. Alexander, 1884; New
ton y. Brooks 1889; Jerome B. Burke, lss6-'s7;
Charles p. Lincoln. 1888; William S. Odell,
1883; NJ. Emmett Creli. $780, ]. NJ. Pipes, 1891.
THE OLD GUARD
The armed guard of the department. "The
Old Guard about 60 strong, followed. acting
as an escort to the department. They were
headed by the Third L. s. Artillery Band, Rich
ard Reimnitz, leader. Capt j. NJ. Edgar was
In command. the other officers being First
Lieut.. Samuel Gordon. Second Lieut. A. H.
Van Deusen and Third Lieut.. Emmett Smith
The command made splendid appearance and
was received all along the line with the greatest
enthusiasm, the reception of their color guard
of twelve one-armed veterans being received
with one continued outburst Of cheers
John A. Rawlins Post. No. /. the senior pos.
of the department, headed the line of posts,
under command of Post Commander Geo A.
Darling, his staff being J. L. De Jester, s. "
commander: Seth ". Tuley, J. V. commander;
Dennis O'Connor, ndjutant; r. Z. Schwickardi,
quartermaster; j. W. +. Williams. surgeon; G.
G. Boliinger, chaplain; I. Il. Sheppard, officer
of the day; Christian Keiner, officer of the
guard.
Kit Carson Post, No. 2, was headed by its own
bugle and drum corps, and Post Commander
George II. Slaybaugh had for his staff: Albert
Z. IL.
Hutchinson, junior vice commander; George
E. Davis, adjutant; j. W. Wisncr, quarter
master; c. II. Bowen, surgeon; L. {. Stevens,
chaplain; W. H. Fuss, officer of the day; Ed
ward A. Welsh, officer of the guard.
Post Commander II. II. Martin attended by
the following staff. marched at the head of
Lincoln Post. No. s: Daniel Williams senior
vice commander; James NJ. Holmes. junior vice
commander; George b. Rose, adjutant: John
A. Van Doren. quartermaster; John X Boude,
surgeon; Benjamin swallow chaplain; VIM. 2.
Seville, officer of the day; Samuel A. Campbell,
officer of the guard.
THE FIRST CoLoRED POST.
Next followed the first colored post formed
| in the Department of the Potomac-O. p. Nor
ton Post, No. 4. Post Commander Walter Mid
dleton, having for his staff John A. Scott senior
vice commander; Alex. Freeman, junior vice
commander; j. W. Butcher, adjutant; G. II.
Shorter. quartermaster: s. W. Hurbert, sur
geon; II. c. Saunders, chaplain; Alex. Oglesby,
officer of the day; Ambrose Cook. officer of the
guard.
Post No. Was that named for the hero OF
Gettysburg, George ii. Meade, and the officers
were Joseph w. Deueaue, commander; Charles
Matthews, senior vice commander. E. C.
Grumley, junior vice commander; W. W. e.
bridge, adjutant; Calvin Farnsworth, quarter
master; NJ. Bruckheimer, surgeon; Henry S.
Stevens, chaplain; John c. Bishop, officer of
the day. James s. Waugh, officer Of the
guard.