The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
Major Charles ]. Evans Chief Aid.
Aids-B. Hayes, DR.. Clarence L. Heller, T. V.
Brown Jr., David Buck, Robert
Brown, ]. A. MCGEE, Frank

Veteran Firemen's Band.
Veterans Mexican War, S. J. Loop, President.
Grand Army OF the Republic.
T. c. Masteller, Department Commander, and
Staff.
Lincoln Post Mol, H W. Mortimer, Commander.
Garheld Post No. a. R. R. Kiilgore, Com
mander.
Colonel Cass Post No. 46, John o'Nein.
Commander.
General G. G. Meade Post No. 48, John F. Cog
gin, Commander.
Liberty Post No. 133, w. J. Park, Commander
THIRD DIVISION.
James Herman, Marshal.
Aids: Abraham Loan, S. NJ. Carr, Thomas VIII
son, Edward Wash.
Veteran Firemens Band.
Union Veteran Legion No. 139, j Il. Harding,
Colonel.
Fair Oaks Camp No. 10, Sons of Veterans, G. S.
Howard, Captain.
Candy Garrison No. ia, Regular Army and
Navy Union.
First Regiment, League of the Cross Cadets,
w. c. Mahoney, Colonel.
In Carriages:
Chaplain. Orator.
Poet. Reader.
Board of Supervisors.
Board of Education.
Board of Health.
Ofieers of the Deutscher Krieger Verein.
Disabled Veterans.
Citizens in Vehicles.
Floral Wagons.
Surgeon and Ambulance from German Hospital
When the bugle sounded Forward" at
10 :15 clock, O squadron of police on we'll
groomed horses led the way, showing
more aptitude for horseback riding than
patrolmen do as a general thing. Follow
ing came Chief of Police Crowley on q
handsomely caparisoned horse, and sitting
as upright ana firm in the saddle as of
yore when his horsemanship was the
envy of his subordinates in the depart
ment. Behind him came the. police rife
battalion, marching with the precision of
soldiers and presenting fine appearance.
Then came Theodore V. Brown, grand
marshal, in the full panoply of his office,
with mis- chief aid, Major Charles ]. Evans,
and the following aids: DR.. G. L. Heller,
B. Hayes, T. Y. Brown Jr., David Buck,
Robert Brown, J. A. MCGEE, Frank Hand
ley.
fantry band, o.. s. A, attracted a vast
amount of attention and no little applause
from the sightseers, particularly when the
sailors of the Philadelphia and Monadnock
marched by.
The band was followed by battalion of
the First Infantry, .. S. A, under the
command of Captain j. J. 0'Connell, and
Light Battery + of the Fifth Artillery, u.
S. A., under Captain c. Morris. The reg
ulars marched with the swinging pre-
cision so noticeable in American soldiers.
The band of the cruiser Philadelphia pre-
ceded the sailors and marines, who were
commanded by t-Commander
r. r. Ingersoll.
Scarcely less imposing and workman
like were the ranks of the Naval Battalion
n. G. c., that followed, under Lieutenant
Commander l.. II. Turner. The militia
boys seemed determined not to be outdone
by their comrades in the regular service
and carried themselves with the ease born
of a determination to shine.
The Signal Service Corps of the Second
Brigade that followed, under Captain q.
c. Boardman Jr., presented very hand
some appearance.
The members of First Cavalry Troop,
Second Brigade, n. G. c.. under First Lieu
tenant G. A. jerks, with their brilliant
uniforms, brought the division to a close
as they clattered proudly by with nodding
plumes and clanking sabers.
The second division was that of the gray
heads and attracted more attention than
all of the rest of the parade combined.
Year by year the ranks of the veterans be-
come thinner and each succeeding Decora-
ton day some familiar faces are missing
and their comrades honor their graves, ye {
the surviving members plod manfully to
the cemeteries, even though q cane is
necessary TO aid faltering footsteps and
dimmed eyes scarcely see the tattered and
fadeu banners that wave defiantIy over
their heads as they march. The sound of
the soul-stirrlng music sends the blood
more quickly through their veins, the all
ments of age and hardships are forgotten
and they live again in the days when the
roar of the cannon and the rattle of mus
kerry came daily, perhaps hourly, to their
ears. j. H. Riley acted as marshal of the
division, with Frank Whaley, M. ]. Collins,
S. W. Carpenter and A. B. Donnelly as
aids.
The Veteran Firemen's band led the
griZZled mem bers of the Mexican Veterans,
-t., Id O
Loop.
Then came Department Comma nder t.
c. Masteller of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, with his staff, followed by Lincoln
Post No. l, H. w. Mortimer commander /;
Garfield Post No. "a, r. r. Kilgore COM
mander; Colonel Cass Post Nc. as, John
O'Neill commander; General G. G. Meade
Liberty Post No. 133, w. ]. Park COM
mander.
The third division was marshaled by
James Herman, with Abraham Loan, S.
M. Carr, Thomas Wilson and Edward
Walsh as aids.
Following the music came the Union
Veteran Legion No. 139. under Lieutenant
Colonel Curry of the United States gun
boat Bennir gton, gray, but upright and
soldierly still; Fair Oaks Camp No. Is.
Sons of Veterans, under Captain G. s.
Howard, youthful, but with eyes that told
OF their readiness to follow in their sires'
footsteps should occasion demand; Candy
Garrison No. ia, Regular Army and Navy
Union, and First Regiment, League of the
Cross Cadets, manded by Colonel W,
c. Mahoney. A long line of Carriages
brought up the rear of the procession, in
which were the chaplain, orator, poet,
reader members of the Board of Supervis-
ors, members of the Board of Education.
the Board OF Health, veterans whose
ailments were too great to permit them to
march in the organizations to which they
belonged; officers of the Deutscher Krie.
ger Verein: citizens in carriages, including
Admiral Beardslee and his staff, consist
ing of DR.. Hawke, Flag Lieutenant Storey
and Flag Secretary Willard. Others in
carriages were Presiden. of the Day II. w.
Mortimer l.. Alver French, Mrs. Lillian
Plunkett Ferguson, Rev. p. II. Macomber,
Rev. Z. K. Ollie.
The line of march was out Market street
to Golden Gate avenue and along that
thoroughfare TO Van Ness avenue where
the procession maneuvered, the military
organizations presenting arms as the vet
Grams marched by and went their way to
the cemeteries.