The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-11
OLYMPIA THE MECCA.
Soldiers Leave to Join in the
Inaugural Parade.
EXCURSION FOLLOWS TODAY.
The Seattle Companies and Knights OF
Pythias Take Their Departure
The Banner OF Victory.

Seattle will be we'll represented at the
Inauguration of her favorite citizen as
governor. The three militia companies
and the Knights of Pythias left yesterday
afternoon, and this morning great crowd
OF civilians will follow them on the special
excursion.
The three Seattle companies assembled
at the Armory at noon. At l O'Clock they
there formed, with Company |, of Port
Townsend, in the lead, and marched down
to the Ocean dock. Here there was little
delay owing to the fact that the steamer
Sehome had not arrived from West Seat
tie, where she was laid up. The COM
panies were to have left at 1 O'Clock, but
did not arrive at the dock until 30 and
did not leave until 2:20.
The troops, 80 in all, and the First Reg
iment band of twenty-five pieces, were In
command of Col. Joseph Green. who was
mounted. The mounted staff officers &C
cOmpanying the command were Surgeon
Major l.. L. Dawson, Adjutant Charles
Esplin, jr., and Quartermaster Herman
Chaplin. Company /, being the guest of
the local companies, had the right OF line
and was followed by Companies B. ID and
+, under command of their respective
captains, Booth, Hilton and Ingraham.
The two local divisions of the q inform
Rank. Knights of Pythias, Seattle. No. l,
and Rainier, No Is, with about thirty
men, followed under the command of
Capt. John +. Miller, of division No. is,
Col. Green, the commander OF division
No. 1, being in command Of the battalion.
Col. ]. B. Metcalfe. Adjutant G. H. Crane
and Quartermaster b. J. Reardon were
also present on horseback.
The weather, which had been disagree
ably rainy in the morning, cleared off
very nicely, and everything was pleasant
at the time OF departure. AS the old Sc
home steamed out into the bay, the band
played military march. The trip to
Tacoma was a pleasant one, though
tritie cool. The men. however, were all
supplied with their overcoats and blankets
rolled on top of their knapsacks, and were
entirely prepared Tor more severe weather.
The band gave some excellent music on
the trip. The colonel had taken pains to
have several enormous pans OF baked
beans taken aboard just before leaving the
dock, and the boys therefore were sup
pied with all the necessaries and many OF
the Injuries of military life.
They arrived at Tacoma at 4:30. and
We're met by Lieut.-Col. w. S. Shank, Col.
NJ. X. Smell and detachment of twenty
men under command of Lieut.. ]. 6. Jolly.
and, headed by the First Regiment band,
marched to the armory. After supper
both the Seattle and Tacoma companies
left at $3.50.
A special train will leave the Northern
Pacific depot at 8 o'clock this morning.
and will arrive in Olympia at 1879. This
train is SO timed that it will reach the
capital fifteen minutes before the start of
the parade preceding the Inauguration.
The regular tram returning from Olympia
leaves that place at $50 p. m, and arrives
here at S:45, while the special train will
not leave Olympia till O'Clock tomorrow
morning, after the inaugural ball.
a large company will leave on this early
train. Among them will be many women
going with their husbands. The repre-
sentation from this place will be of the
same non-partisan character as that which
characterized the support given by Seattle
and King county during the late cam
paign. Many persons have already gone.
The same banner that was taken to OIym-
pia at the time of the convention last
summer by the Seattle people who went
UP to assist in the nomination of McGraw,
will be taken along by the excursionists
today, with the addition of row of
roosters on top. The banner reads: "We
Can Win With McGraw," and on the re-
verse side, Give Us McGraw and Vic
tory" The badges today will also be the
same as on the former trip-"Gve Us Nc
Graw and ctory'-surmounted by a
rooster representing that the promised
victory has been achieved. LANCER &
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Several of the heads OF the county offices
have already gone to Olympia to witness
the inaugural ceremonies. Sheriff ]. H.
Woolery and County Clerk T. W. Gordon
both LETT yesterday. and County Auditor
+. A. Twicheil leaves today. County AS
SCISSOR d, r. Abraham and County Treas
urer Byron Phelps will probably he unable
togo.
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