The herald., 1896-04-03
REAR ADMIRAL BEARDSLEE
FAvORS The PARTICIPATION IN LA FIESTA
OF THE MARINES AND SAILORS
Names Of the Officers Who VIII Be Present
At the Festivities-The Concert Soioists
seiccted-The Flag Pole That VIII BE
Erected at Central Park

Rear Admiral T.. A. Beardslee, command
ing the Pacific squadron, has notified th'
executive committee of La Fiesta that thu
officers of the warships Philadelphia ant
Monadnock will attend the carnival, ant
that he approves of the landing of the bat
talions of marines and sailors to take par
in the parade of Wednesday.
The officers who will be present at ths
festivities and attend the ball in full uni
form are: Of the flagship Philadelphia
Rear Admiral Beardslee. commander-in
chief; Lieutenant G.. M. Stoney, flag lieu
tenant; Lieut.. M. c. Gorgas, flag secretary
Capt. G. S. Cotton. commanding officer
Lieutenant Commander r. H. Ingersoli
Lieutenants T. S: Phelps, T. A: Wilmer, f
maker; Ensigns H. e.. Coontz. E
H. Campbell;. Naval Cadets Harris
NJ. j. Mccormack, N. II. Hall. l.
z. Johnston, f. d. Harms, }. 7. Morton
medical inspector, ]. A. Hawke; past as
sistant surgeon, r. A. Hesler: assistant
surgeon, II. X. Smith; paymaster, William
j. Thomson; chief engineer, John Lowe
past assistant engineers, W. n. Little and
F. H. Conant; assistant engineer, H. b
Price; chaplain, w. E. Edmondson; cap
tain of marines, r. Dickens; second lieu.
tenant of marines, A. S. McLemore: pay
clerks, F. W. Symonds and NJ. J. O'Brien
bO6t6W1lus L . tCIeGttilt SuLlucT3 "a LitCI5
carpenter, Otto Barth.
Those of the Monadnock are: G. W.
Sumner. captain and commanding officer :
K. ID. Taussig, lieutenant commander and
executive officer; Lieutenants A. Gleaves.
s. Morgan, A. NJ. Beecher; Ensgns M. L.
Miller, +. S. Douglas; Surgeon, J. NJ.
Steele; Paymaster, S. r. Calhoun; Chief
F. D. Read; Acting Gunner. J. W. Bulias;
Acting CARPENTER, G, L, Shaw.
The soloists who will appear at the con-
certs have been selected by the concert
committee and consist of Mrs. Maud
Berry Fisher, soprano; Mrs. Charles Dick
man. contralto, and Andrew Bogart, BARI
tone. The chorus will consist of 800 WE'LL
trained voices and the program for the oc-
casion has been carefully selected to make
the musical events worthy of the occasion.
The employees of Mullen, Bluett d Co.
sent yesterday to the finance committee a
check for $40, which they had raised
among themselves for the benefit of the
Fiesta. 1t is understood that the employees
of other mercantile houses have decided to
show their interest and support in the cele-
bration by donating a liberal amount to
the Fiesta fund.
The East Side Bicycle club, composed of
sixty wheelmen, has been formed to take
part in the floral day parade. The wheels
will be handsomely and artistically deco.
rated.
The flag pole that will be erected at Cen
trail park has been painted and will be
ready in a few days to occupy it's exalted
position. The pole, which is 40 feet long,
has been donated by the w. H. Perry Lum-
ber company. it was hauled free from San
Pedro to this city by the Terminal and
Santa Fe railroads, d. f. Donegan showed
his patriotism by hauling it gratis to the
park, the Electric Lighting company will
place it in position without cost to the
Fiesta. the Baker Iron works donated the
necessary iron work and the halyards were
furnished free by the Union Hardware and
Metal company. The city therefore will
own the longest flag pole without any ex-
pense and John +. Francis will supply the
largest flag as compliment to the school
children, in whose honor the celebration
will take place.