The morning times., 1897-03-05
THE VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS.
Greeted with Enthusiasm Along

the veteran organizations The first br-
gade included the Department of the Poto-
mac, G. a. R., and the second brigade the
Union Veterans Legion and visiting vet
eran organizations.
There We're nearly two thousand of the
veterans in line. Their display was not
that OF bright or novel uniforms. The old
army slouch hats the 6. A. r. badges and
white gloves were the only uniforms of
the Grand Army veterans. But they at
tracted much attention all along the line
of march. and the cheers IN their honor were
given heartily and with frequency that
showed they We're appreciated.
Torn and-worn old flags telling the story
of valiant service for their country were
their credentials to favor. Their gnzZled
heads took the place of handsome shakos.
They marched with the sprightliness and
precision Of youngsters
Several handsomely uniformed bands
and fife ana drum corps lent color TO the
veterans section of the parade. Some of
these We're among the best IN line, and We're
received with vociferous cheers as they
playcdthe favorite songs Of the old soldiers.
Also there were escorting organizations,
gayly clad, to euliven the monotony.
The tlird division was one OF the great
successes Of the parade. Leading ii were
Gen .. O. Howard. L s. \. (rctiredl com
manding. Gen; : Burdette, chief Of staff,
and Col Meysenherg, senior aide.
Then came the Old Guard, commanded
by Capt ames E Edgar. 1t was accom-
panied by the famous Kit Carson Drum
Corps
The first brigade. the Department of
the Potomac following, had l.500 men in
line The officers Of the brigade were
Gen. Thomas H. Hopkins, department com
mander: Major Arthur Hendricks, assistant
adjutant general; Major ]. Tyler Powell,
assistant quartermaster general; Joseph f.
Clifford, inspector; John JOY Edison, Judge
advocate, II. H Martin, chief mastering
officer: DR.. H H. Arnold, chief Of staff;
aides, Charles Boyd, j. Z. Krouse, E. H.
HOlbrooke, J. F Vinal. A NJ Legg, Isaac
Hamilton, R. Frank Cardella, d. Is. Good
lcre, ". H Norton, 3. " Beebc, Frederick
Fowler, Clinton Yermilli IN, Adolph Gutman,
e. J. Bookings. J H Strickland, DR.. ]. r.
Haynes. and Edwin II. Harmer
Accompanying Gen. Hopkins, depart
nent commander, as special escort, and
having the right OF line of the first
brigade, was the George u. Meade Post
10. B. It carried the department cOIors, a
beautiful set, and every man in the post
carried an American flag. Its. commander
was Calvin Farnsworth.
Following in regular order were the G.
A r. posts, with the following officers
IN command John a. Rawlins Post No
! r. B. Schwickardi; Kit Carson Post No
2. L F. Randolph; Lincoln Post No 8,
John Bresnahan; o. p. Morton Post No i,
James Wells; John F. Reynolds Ost No 6 i.
Fred G Calvert; James a. Garfield Post
No. Z, A. H Frear; Burnside Post No 8,
George c. Ross; Charles Sumner Post No
8. T. w. West; Farragut Post No. 10,
A F. Dlnsmore; Charles P. Stone Post
No. IL, j. Tyler Poweif; U. S. Grant
Post. No. IL, william II. Henning; John
A Logan ost No. IS, T. j. Putnam; Phil
Sheridan Post No. Il, Alfred Shaw:
George Il. Thomas Post No. 10, E. p.
Entriken; Henry Wilson Post No. IT,
Jacob F. Moore; Potomac Post No Is,
s. C. Robb; George u Morris P ost No. 10,
Fred Storch; Lafayette Post No. 20, NJ
A Dillon
The wen-krown bands connected with
the local posts were al in line with the
first brigade The oolored band with Lin
coin Post made most effective slowing.
In the second brigade, among the visit
ing organizations the diversity OF uni
forms was greater than with our local
G A r. posts. several OF them being
the handsomest In line.
TIE Union Veterans Legion, District
branch, made fine 81 owing IN the second
brigade. although their uniforms Were
plain, with black suits and army hats.
They carried canes.
The Union Veterans Legion. under the
command Of National Commander OF Union
Veterans Legion John p. Donahue, OF
Wilmington Del The officers Of his stan
were Brig Gen William Reilly, OF Whining
ton, Del. adjutant general; Brig. Gen.
W s Wouters. OF Philadelphia. senior vice
national commander: Brig Gen. j. II Car
pcnter, OF Reading. Pa, junior vice M
tional commander Brig. Gen. ]. I. Slagle,
Of PittsburE, Judge advocate general; Brig
Gen. Charles +. TroutnIan, chief mastering
officer: Brig. Gen. Daniel s. Caldwell, ~
Philadelphia, inspector general; Brig Gen.
J j Hubbard, of Baltimore, quartermaS-
ter general; Brig Gen. j. s. jerks, of
Wilmington, chief afde-dc-camp, and
Brig Gems. Alex Solira, of Columbus,
Ohio: Michael ]. Foote, W. S. DonneIly,
OF Jersey City, and w. s. Norcross, of
Lewiston, Ne
The District Union Veterans were nc
companied by many out-of-town members
pfthe order in line.
The otler organizations in line Were the
Loval Veterans Union, Of Baltimore, with
about geo members, accompanied by the
American Guards; Uniformed Rank, Junior
order of American Mechanics. also of Bal
tinore, numbering 15o; Department of
North Dakota, G. A. R.; Lincoln Post, No.
7, G. A R.: York Rifle Association: Sherl-
dan Post. No. IL. G. A. R.: Union Veterans
Union. Department Of the Potomac, Gen.
Thomas J. Cannon, commander; Gen. Guy
V Henry Post, R A. and N. u, G.. W.
Washington, commander; John A. Logan
Command, No. ,, u. Y. e, and Logan Camp,
No. ., Sons Of Veterans.
The Baltimore organization, the Ameri-
can Guard, was uniformed in buff, some
thing on the order of the Continental uni
form. They presented fine appearance.
They were commanded by Major Eckard.
They brought with them the smallest fife
and drum corps In the whole parade, a
skillful lot OF young musicians, none OF
whom were over eight years old
The fine Zouaves Band, with one Of the
companies, bad little girl along. She
was ten years old, wore a pretty long red
cloak. trimmed with blue. and marched
sturoly in tune to the music. She was
tbe only member OF the fair sex in the
march.