The San Francisco call., 1896-02-23

oehce or having waved to many a breeze
ana 1t was loudly cheered along the whole
line of march.
Under that banner was fired the last
Voiiey OF the Civil War. At that time the
California Battalion was deployed in
sklrmishlng ahead Of General Sherman S
army. General Lee had marched all night
and had got ahead of Sherman s command.
Ihey were met by the skirmishers, and
after one volley Lee withdrew. A few
hours later, at Appomattox Courthouse,
on April y, the war was over. The old
banner was presented to General Thomp-
son, and has been preserved ever since.
he only takes it out on rare occasions,
and to-day was one of such. The flag was
Shenandoah and James, and with the
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Twelfth,
Nineteenth, Twenty second and Twenty
fourth Army Corps, ana in the cavalry
under Sheridan, Stoneman, Pleasenton,
Torbet, Averill, Mearitt, Custer, Deyens
and Gibbs.
Five hundred men mustered in at San
Francisco in October, 1862, and 1S8 mus
tered out at Fairfax Courthouse, Va,
in August, 1865, and six OF its commits
stoned officers were killed on the field.
These facts were known to thousands OF
those who cheered, and the old flag re-
called them.
Lyon and Appomattox posts were under
the command OF George a. Norton and
J. F. Pierce. Admiral Porter Post tol-;
lowed.
Then came carriages containing John
A. Sands (president of the day., Major b.
A. Sherman. DR.. George c. Pardee, Mayor
Davie, George L. Fish, George kaufman,
J. NJ Bassett, DR.. T. L. Carpenter tpresi-
dent OF the celebration committeel, City
Attorney Peirsol, City Engineer Wilson,
City Clerk Tompkins, members OF the
Council Board of Education and Board of
Supervisors, G. c. Lyon, C. C. Gilbert, A. E..
Issac and A. L. Ladd.
The Veteran Firemen Of San Fran
cisco made their first appearance in
this city, headed by their own band
of eighteen pieces. They were a stall
wart set of men, and each wore MS heavy
black helmet, red shirt and black clavat,
black belt and trousers. The ropes that
hauled the engine were passed along the
whole length of the red-shirted line. The
officers of the Veteran Firemen came next.
The marshal was Joseph MarchalI, who
while mem Der of the Exempt and Vet
eran Firemen, is also president of the Vet
Grams and a member of the Fire Commits
sioners' Board of San Francisco His aid
was the stalwart S. Bunner. Both OF these
trumpet, the bell of which was filled with
q beautiful bouquet presented by Mrs
Lily Hitchcock Colt, who in the DAYS
when the boys ran with the machine, ran
also, as member of Company No. over
in San Francisco. Mrs Colt is now full
tiedged active member of the Veter-
ans. 1t Is needless to say the bouquets
were appreciated by the recipients.
Behind the company rolled the hand
engine Veteran. 1t is a stately mass
OF vanished and highly polished iron and
ghstening brass, appropriately inscribed.
1t was sparsely decorated with flowers,
because flowers would only hide the
brakes, the dome, the sides and other
features which are reminders of a method
OF tire-hghting known no more in large
cities.
Farren, James Pennycock. B. Mayer,
James Ford, D. DeBarnardi. Fred
A. VIII, George Lawton, Frank Ter
ramorse. John Satchwell, Thomas Brady,
John Watkins, John Carson, Richard
Harold, James Clark, G. c. Schaffer,
c. II. Mcmahon, Thomas Kenny. P.
Conners, John Flick, c. Wilton, John
DeVaul, Thomas Cornell, Hugh CAL
vim, James Hayden. P. Fitzsimmons,
Pharo, F. Surryhne, Fred kaufman, Will
liam Kramer William Edwards, John
Stout, Douglas White, George White, John
Mccarthy, John Lynch, Captain J. J.
Heron, George Burkhard, Robert Turner,
+. I. Anthony, George Pigeon, John
Nugent, James Clark, J. w. Scott, N. Bar
man. Dave Skenan, Jack Skehan, William
Dunn, c. Bertolshime, George Bayreuther,
Peter Brown, J.W. Kenny, Thomas Lord,
Charles Cram, P. Lahsney, L. Sehnger,
Ed Salisbury, John Carol, J. B. Landa,
William Gantenes, f. Boehmer, H. Korn,
Joe Griffiths, ]. Watkins, N. Breen, r.
Butler and many others.
After the Artillery Band came a float
representing the surrender of CORVALLIS
at Yorktown. Another float represented
the thirteen original States, each dressed
III white, with red sash. "Uncle Sam"
Carnor followed, at the. head OF about 400
citizens and a number of councils of the
Junior Order OF United America n
Mechanics from San Francisco and the
following councils of Oakland: George A.
Custer Council No. %, James Monroe
%, John A. Logan Council No. 81, Henry
Clay Council No. "a. They wore white
caps, some of the chapeaus being dec
GRATED with red, white and blue ribbon.
Several of the councils bore red and white
pampas plumes, which they held aloft.
A cavalcade of ladies, under the mar
shalship OF Miss Abbie r. Taggart, fol-
lowed.
Several patriotic floats came next. One,
"The Union" contained forty-fve States,
each represented by a handsome young
woman. Alameda was represented by
Council No. 80, Women's a. p. A. The
ladies were in a carriage and wore pow
dered hair.
After float representing the rigors of
Valley Forge came -he school children.
The thousands of little people marched
with ease and grace, and there were nu-
merous drum corps. Each school carried
a banner and smaller decorations were
numerous.
High School, J. B. McChesney; Durant
School, 5. G. s, Dunbar; Garfield School,
Mrs. Ellen Gibbs; Grove-street School,
Mrs. H. d. Standeford; Lincoln School, T..
o. Crawford SWEET School, J. H. Sumner; !;
float, Utah Coming Into the Union !;
Cole School. G. w. Frick; Franklin School,
J. f. Chandler; Grant School, Miss Eliza
beth Powell; Harrison School, Miss H. NJ
Mullen, Lafayette School, Miss A. F. Aid
rich; Prescott School, G. T. Gulick; Tom D.
kins School, c. E. Markham; Piedmont,
Perelta, Golden Gate. Emeryville, Alame-
da, Berkeley, Temescal public schools.
P. j. Keller OF Piedmont-no parade
in Oakland would be complete without
him-led a cayalcade OF about 200 horse
men. Around the neck of Marshal h keller's
horse was pretty green wreath, and the
marshal himself was resplendent in sash