The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-09-02
A TRIUMPH OF HOSPITALITY
Continued from ninth page,

headed by the Grand Army Band OF Ale
| gheny, Pa and Kitchen Post, CO. of Yonlers,
with 80 men. The Richmond Post Drum
! Corps headed Richmond Post. Then followed
/ Saith Post, OF East Aurora, headed by Drum
! Corps.
| twenty-five survivors of the 125th n. Y
came next. Eight men who saw service in the
I l1th n. y. battery followed. Next came the
! albany County battalion, with William A.
! jackson Post at its head, Morgan Post, 293,
. aud Garrett Post, 81. Each had about % men
= line.
Col. IT, D. Ellsworth. Of Clinton, ~ Y, com
.zaaded the last brigade of the Eighth Divis-
on. with Col J. J. Perkins, s. " Payne, and
d. J. Bower Preston rs a ids. Tie St. Law
.t1cc County battalion had 2G0 men in line.
4..a Onondaga County battalion had nearly an
IA number, and was headed by an Onondaga
indian aud Goetteis Band OF Syracuse Root
Post. 15l, Syracuse had $50 men present and
was accom- panied 10y drum corps. Moses
Summers Post, 21S, of Baldwinsviie had 70
men in line. The Saratoga Fulton Hamilton
Essex. Clinton, aud Warren County battalion3
were also in this brigade.
The survivors OF tho 1st n. Y. Dragons
marched in the Eighth Division, and Mrs
Tho,aas Thorpe, wife of the former Colonel,
rode with them in IL carriage.
NINTH DIVISION.
The Ninth and last Division was con- posed
entirely of New Workers and WAS under COM
mand OF Col Henry Il. Turner. of Lowville. his
/ staff being w. L. >cott. Assistant Adiatant.
General and Chief OF Staff; Maj. G. Frank
Smith, Inspector General, aud C. I. X ing A i'd
de-Camp. First in line came the 9th l.. s
Band The jefferson County battalion had 200
men present The Oneida County battalion
| had over 400 men under command of Col Dag
| CART aud was headed by the St Vincent In.
] - nl,r al. d.; M
| Vile had 80 of its members present. The Oswego
| County battalion had $50 men. Bald win Post,
/ g. had 100 men. and Fitch Post, l65 about one
! third thas number They marched with the
! Chemung County battalion.
| Broome County had 80 men: Schuyler
! County $50; Tiora County, about 100 headed
| by the Babcock Post Drum Corps of Owego .
! Cortland County. 100; Madison. County, 200 {;
! Delaware, 50; Tompkins. $50, headed by the
| Dryden Cornet Band Of % pieces.
The Monroe County battalion had nearly
! 500 men in line. Rochester contributed large
| part of this number. O'Rourke Post was at
| the head of the battalion with 100 comrades.
/ Peissner Powers, Socum and Cady Posts fol-
lowed Fifty survivors of the 18th n Y. with
! two battlefags came next Then marched T.
| e. Marshall Post, 397, with 100 men and Quinby
| Post, 400 with the same number A gun from
| Battery l. of the old lst n. Y. Art brought up
the rear.
John Raines commanded the Ontario County
battalion of $50 men. Cayuga County sent a
battalion of $50 men, aud from Wayne County
| 100 men marched. The Yates County battal.
| ion was followed by the detachment from
Steuben. Then Livingston County's $50
marched, followed by 1000 veterans from
| Niagara County. The Alicgany County bat
TALON of 300 was headed by band. Two In
dians from the Cattaraugus Reservation carried
the banner of the Cattaraugus County battal-
| ion, in which 800 men marched
| A band headed tho line of the survivors of
the Gath N. Y. Then came 1900 men from
Chautauqua County, led by james NJ Brown
Post, 2S5. OF jamestown. Six hundred marched
from Genesee County. With tho 500 members
of the Wyoming County battalion WAS tho old.
est mau in the parade, Drum Mai. John Garn.
sey, who is in his Goth year.
Just before the Erie County men reached the
reviewing stand President Mckinley rose and
walked to the railing where he could better
sec and be seen by the comrades who had done
80 much for the entertainment of the Encam.
ment This battalion brought up the rear of
the Ninth Division. Crary Post, 81, of Spring.
vi!ie marched at their head. James Aver
| Post, 202, of East Aurora, with 80 men fol-
| lowed. Then came the Milwaukee Zouaye
Dram Corps, marching ahead of Chapin Post
2. of Buffalo. This Posts Colorg guard carried
26 batlleflags. A. J. Myer Post, 239, of Buff
| falo, with 100 men, was next. Then came Bid
| we'll Wikeson Post, 8, with 200 veterans in
line.
William Richardson Post, 254, had nearly
| $50 men present Fifty survivors of the oath
n. I. Cav. came next. Nearly 100 comrades
from miscellaneous organizations followed. and
the parade ended when Stoneman Post 1870.
| with Its 90 men, passed the reviewing stand.