The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-10

The anniversary Of the surrender Of Gen,
prM Robert u! Lee, at Appoff 6tox was OBJ
sef<9d yesterday BY the Union Veteran
Legion Of this city with the Pennsylyania
soldiers, Iwho phraded In Philadelphia
The event was climaxed With rouslng
campfire OF Industrial Hall In the even.
sn A.. celebration wa, under the direction
OF National Commander John p. Dono.
hoe and his staff composed OF Senior Vice
Commander VIM r. Wooters, Junior
Woe Commander james III. Carpenter,
Adtutant General VIM, A. Reilly, Sur
geon General James NJ. McGee, Aide de-
Camp Cyrus ]. Shenkle and National
Standard Bearer. j. L. French.
Although the parade Of the veteran
was not Us large as originally planned, 1T
was largely on account of this coincidence
that 10 was not postponed altogether, 1u-
deed, at o'clock in the afternoon, when
the march was to have started down
Broad street from Girard avenue orders
were issued to abandon the parade. At
that time the rain was coming down in
torrents. The veterans in line, however,
insisted on marching. declaring that they
could face rain as sturdily as they faced
bullets in days gone by, and so a detach-
ment of several hundred hardy volunteers
was made up, who were determined to
march under any conditions
Dame Nature seemed to favor their re-
solve and checked the downpour long
enough to allow them to go over the rout
on Broad street with comparative COM
fort
BUCKTAILs LEAD THE LINE.
First in line was the guard of honor
composed of squad from the famous old
BHcktail Guards of Pennsylvania They
" 70 preceded by two little uniformed
boys with bucktails' on their soldier caps,
and little girl dressed In red, white and
bule. as Columbia.
All along Broad street from Girard ave.
nue. to Locust street the old soldiers were
cheered and applauded. In the line were
carried number of battered old battle.
flags. Instructions had been received
from Washington that in case 1t rained
the army corps flags that were loaned by
the Department of War for the occasion
should not be carried In the parade, so they
were left In Industrial Hall. The Union
League and other buildings were decorated
In honor of the occasion.
At the camp, fire during the evening the
veterans had very jolly time, Mayor War
wick, Judges Pennypaoker and Breezy,
Congressman Charles N. Brumln, of
Pottsville, and a number of others made
addresses Frequent references to the SER
vices Of the old soldiers during the war
were enthusiastically applauded, and after
tho formal program Of exercises was con
fluded number of veterans recited camp.
lire stories of Incidents during the re-
belllon.
Hanging from the boxes in the hall were
khe army corps colors Of the Armies Of the
Potomac all the Southwest loaned by
Secretary Alger, 1t was the first time
since the war that they have been allowed
to leave the custody of the department.
Among them were the CLOVER leaf banner
OF Generel Haucock's Second Corps, the
Maltese cross of General Warren's corps,
the star of the General Hookcr's corps,
the acorn of the Fourteenth Corps, the
trossed-sabre emblem of Sheriden's cal
yhrymen, and the corps flags of Generals
Logan, Slocum and other noted Union
Ahieftnlns