The Washington times., 1894-08-28
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Gray, of the Third. They presented splen-
did appearance in their fine uniforms and
white helmets, with red plumes. and were
escorted to camp by the Massachusetts Sec
ond Regiment Band of twenty-slx pieces,
who came on the same trains
JOINED THEIR DIVISIONS.
Many Knights from Maine and New Hamp-
shire came on these trains to join their dl-
visions which had preceded them. At
o'clock the Davis Division, No. 4, from Mar
| tinsburg, w. Va, came in, accompanied by a
large contingent from Cumberland, Harper5
Ferry, and way stations.
The citizens committee is having hard
time of it, heroically sticking to their posts
and snatching few hours sleep in the com
mittee-room between trains Secretary Nc
| Clintock and Mr.. VIII Perry are omnipresent,
answering all queries with characteristic
politeness, and the entire committee seem alb
solutely tireless The High School Cadets
are very much in evidence and seem to take
the hard work as a sort of lark. Those ON
duty to-day were Messrs. Solomon. Burton,
Reynolds, Clark, 0ldberg Clapp. Downey,
| Won Bayer Murphy, Schultze, Barton, and
Strickland.
The Pythan reception committee yesterday
were Concordia Division, No. 8, and Occasion
Division, No Is, under the command Of Capt.
| John Endrews All Southern and South
western trains on this road were run in three
or four sections to each train TO accommodate
the heavy travel and are running several
! hours late.
From o'clock until there were eleven
| special trains, bringing about 5000 passen-
| gers, civilians and Knights in about equal
proportion. First came the Plainleld, n. j.,
Crescent Lodge, No. 3. in command of Capt.
! Flanning; Kingston and Poughkeepsie, n. y,
divisions, under Capts. Brennaway AMI
Brown; the John Barr Division, No. TO- of
New Jersey, Capt. Feiga; First New York
Regiment. with Col. Buckingham in COM
mand, with Lieut.. W. J. Joyce and Adjt.
| Coons.
STEAMED INTO THE SHED.
No sooner had one train unloaded before
another had pulled and steamed into the
shed. On the special New York train came
the Ashland Division Of fifty men, Capt. La
dew; Metropolitan Division Of 100, Capt. C.
l.. Kelly; Rathbone Division, Capt. Loring;
Black Prince Division, Capt. Depew; New
York Division, Capt. spiro; Yonkers Division.
| Capt. Blank; Unity Division, No. 13, Capt.
Hawk, and the Brooklyn Division OF twenty
seven men, Capt. Bennett.
A special Western train brought in the en-
| tire Iowa Brigade. consisting of 900 men, with
Gen. John c. Loper and hisEstaff in a special
car, accompanied by their wives and daugh-
! lcTs. Inc stdn consisted OF OOi. w. ii. Ilu-
ball. OF Des Moines; Col. q. ID. Ellyson, Des
Moines; Col. j. b. Mexican, Marion; Col
Charles H. Bartlett. Muscatine; Col. J. B.
Hine, Hampton; Col. ]. +. Rail, Cedar Rapids;
Col. L. S. Bowman, Davenport; Major J. S.
Hart, Clinton; Major j. S. Ansbach. Clarinda;
Major Al. NJ. Williams. Des Moines, and
Major George Bender, of Spencer The Pyth-
ian Reporter, the New York paper of the
| order, had special car on one OF the New
York trains.
The Norwalk Division, No. Ill, came in a
special car and will live in it while here, the
car occupying a switch near New York av-
enue. Capt Van Dusen is in command of
this division
In quick succession came st. Paul, Mimi,
Division, No. 13, Capt. Goss; Oklahoma City
Division, No. ?, Capt. A. =. Russell; the full
Second Minnesota Regiment with Col. Mil
ham in command, and the Minneapolis Diyi-
sion with Capt. o. V. Clark in charge. These
Southwestern trains brought in many strag-
glers who have thus been enabled to Join
their comrades who preceded them yester-
day
The citizens committee at the depot wish
to say that the High School Cadets have been
invaluable and that they have performed
their duties in a gentlemanly way and with
an honesty and dispatch that is highly com
mendable. The cadets have long and tedious
hours, but bear their work without a murmur.
and, as Mr.. Wallace says, I'VE will not forget
them"
The first division TO arrive at the Baltimore
and Potomac depot was from Wilmington N
c., about 8 O'Clock. They had hardly begun
their march TO camp before the First and
Fifth divisions from Georgia and divisions
from Indiana Illinois, and Ohio followed
Then came Alabama with a big crowd and
little after IL O'Clock came Divisions Is and
3. of Detroit. Then twenty minutes later
Texas and Illinois Knights came in. At 1850
the Palmetto and Columbia Divisions, from
South Carolina. and smaller bands from
other Southern points put in an appearance
AT O'Clock divisions from New York and
Pennsylvania arrived, and at 490 thousand
strong then came from Elizabeth, \. J.. Jer-
sey City, Hagerstown, and other Maryland
points.
The crowds were welcomed at the depot by
members of the citizens public comfort
committee and by squads of the Washington
Knights. among whom were Capt. j. II. Mills.
First Lieut.. John W. Hardell. Second
Lieut.. F. c. McCathran, Harry B. Brown, S.
Il. g.; r. H. Porter, W. H. Osborne c. J.
Thorpe. ". T. Hall, W. NJ. Lauxman, Henry
Reh, Thomas Adams, j. H. L. MINIS, and j.
L. Shelton.
At D. m. the st. Bernard Division. of Chi
cago, H.. First Regiment, and the Terre
Haute Division were On the Avenue. and
from that time forward trains continued 10
deliver crowds every half hour. The Uniform
Rank Knights constitute much less than half
of the visitors