The morning times., 1896-10-07

Baltimore, Oct. 6.-The Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company OF Boston,
34b strong, laden with iaureIs Won in two
neilhspBeres, and proudly conscious that
they constitute the most picturesque living
relic OF tile Puritan commonwealth OF
massachusetts, arrived in Baltimore this
AFTERNOON, and received a sincere well
come. The various dissensions that marked
the prelude to their visit were all OH
hterated In the general desire to make
the Bostonians feel at bone in thu, Mary
land metropolis.
The special city council committee and
representatives OF business organizations
prevailed upon the "Ancents'' to be their
guests at theater party tonight, and to-
MORROW the visitors will be taken to
Annapolis on the steamer Columbia. At
night the "Ancients' will give Il dinner
at HaZzer's Hall, at which they expect
10 eitertain as their guests many OF the
Dest-known men OF Baltimore The din
ner will practically wind up the celebra-
ton, as the visitors will leave for Bos-
ton Thursday morning.
The Ancient and Honorables arrived h ere
on special train over the Baltimore and
Ono from New York. They were met at
Mount Royal station by the Fourth Reei-
ment, the First Battalion OF naval re-
serves, the council committee, and the
citizens reception committee. The council
committee and the reception Committee in
carriages, drove down to the depot and
went out Oh the platform TO greet the
visitors as they stepped from the cars
WARMLY WELCOMED.
councilman Wagner represented the
ma yor and city council and Capt SwaZev
welcomed the guests on behalf of the
Fourth Regiment. Councilman WAGNER
said: Colonel, on behalf of the CITY
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and your comrades welcome to our city
The mayor will receive you formally later,
and Will further express the delight that
the citizens OF Baltimore feel in entertain
ing the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company Col. Walker responded lust
as briefly. He said:
Gentlemen, | thank you for the heart
iness OF your welcome in the name OF th..
whole command. We have looked forward
to this visit with great deal of pleasure
The artillerymen presented 4 handsome
ana at the same time unique appearance
as they lined up ON the station platform.
Each officer and man Wore the uniform
10 which he happened to he individually
entitled and the result was that their
appearance was seemingly incungruous.
There were gray uniforms llUe uniforms
and red uniforms in line. Men marched
III the ranks with the eagle uf a colonel
~ tit Sthi VI general ON their
shoulder straps. Col WaIEer was attired
III the uniform of a colonel in the United
states Army: some of his staff officers had
evidently been staff officers OF u Governor
or Massachusetts, and Wore the proper in
sigma for those positions.
TWO striking figures were attired in
gray uniforms with huge bear skin hats.
They were eN-members of tie Boston Civ
Guards and the uniforms they wore were
the exact Counterpart of the uniform worn
by that organization before the war.
THE COLUMN.
AT the head of the coiumn was the staff
OF the colonel. which consisted Of twenty
i've men. including the commissioned and
noE-coinniiSsioned staffs Then came the
band of thirty pieces, and then followed the
mam body. This was organized as a regi-
ment of two battalions, one OF infantry and
one or artillery. with five COMPANIES in
Ihe infantry battalion and four in the artiI-
iery- Capt. SwaZey of the Fourth Repi-
inent, who Is himself 4 member of TN.
Ancient aud Honorable Artillery Company.
was detailed by Col. Howard to act as
escort aid to Col. Walker. He informed
Col Walker that the escort was ready and
the line of march was taken up.
WIN the band playing Maryland. Nv
Mary.and,' the company marched out OF
the depot INTO the streets of Baltimore
lhe pdfh and einbanknlents around Mount
Royal station were filled with people, fully
3,ooo having gathered to see the compauy
uiseinbark- As they marched up, pre-
ceded by the squad of police. they were
cheered and greeted with waving haudkcr
chiefs
A large brass tablet resting on an ca sci
of the same metal stood i'll the rotuntla
OF the CarroltoD and attracted great
deal of attention. 1t was the welcome OF
the Volunteer Firemcn's Association to the
arullerymen. After extending greetings
to tie visitors the inscription closes as fol-
lows:
THIS visit is hailed as plea sing compI-
ment to Baltimore and Ter citizens generally
and will he forever reckoned among her
most gratifying memories
Tue entire lower floor and all the boxes
of the Academy of Music We're reserved for
the theater party tonight In the boxes
Were Mayor Hooper, several eX-mayors of
the city, members of the city council, and
other city Officials and representatives of
the board of trade, Merchants and Manu-
facturcrs' Association and other trade or
CARNATIONS. In the orchestra We're many
of the best known citizens.
As the visitors entered the theatcr they
Were greeted with the strains of the march
composed in their honor when they made
the trip to London last summer.
MARCH OF SALVATION ISTS.