Evening star., 1897-03-04
: GRAND ARMY MEN.
The Department of the Potomac and
Other Veterans March.

The Department of the Potomac and
Other Veterans March.
The first brigade of the third division
was composed of the Department of the
Potomac, @. A. r., and of large number
of members Of other departments, who
n arched with the different local posts. The
number Of men in line was between 1000
and Zoo, an unusually large number. due
in a great degree to the fact that Presi-
dent Mckinley is comrade. The veter-
ans made an unusually attractive military
appearance. marching with vigor and
precision, and evoking continued applause
along the line Of march. The men wore
the Grand Army slouch hats, dark over
coats with the q. A.. r. badges worn on
the left breast, and white gloves. officers
column of companies with twenty files
front at intervals of three yards George
G. Meade Post. No. 5, as special escort !, to
the department commander, and was as
signed to the right OF line OF posts with
the department colors.
The order of the Line was as follows:
Department commander, Gen. Thos. s.
Hopkins; Maj. Arthur Hendricks. assist
ant adjutant general; Maj. j. Tyler Powell,
assistant quartermaster general; inspector,
Joseph E. Clifford Post No. II: judge ad-
vocate, John Joy Edison, Post No 2; chief
mastering officer, II. H. Martin. Post No.
a,
Aids-de-camp- -chas. Boyd, Post No. / J.
E. Krouse, E. H Holbrook, Post No. 2; j.
F. VII al, A. NJ. Legg. Post No. B. Isaac
Hamilton, Post No. 4; r. Frank Cardella,
Post No. 8; D. M. Goodacre, Post No. z;
W. H. Norton, b. w. Beebe, Post No. 3;
Frederick Fowler Post No. 3; Clinton Yer
million, Post No. IL; Adolph Gertman, Post
Strickland, DIR. J. r. Hayes, Post No. Is;
Edwin H. Harmer, Post No. ~.
The Kit Carson Post Drum Corps pre-
ceded the Old Guard, Capt. J. NJ. Edgar
commanding. Geo. g. Meade POST NO. .;
Commander Calvin >Farnsworth, followed
with the department colors new and un-
usually handsome set. Them marched in
regular numerical order the other nineteen
posts in the department: No: L. X. IS.
Schwickardi commanding: Kit Carson
Post No. . l.. F. Randolph commanding;
Lincoln Post, No. g. John Bresnahan com
manding; o. P. Morton Post No 4, James
Wells commanding; j. F. Reynolds Post,
No. 6, F. G. Calvert commanding; James
A. Garfield Post, No. Z, A. ii. Frear COM
| manding; Burnside Post, No. s, George G..
Ross commanding; Charles Sumner Post,
Pest, No. 10, A. F. Dinsmore commanding;
Charles P. Stone Post, No. II, ]. Tyler
Powell commanding; L. S. Grant Post, No.
II. VIM. H. Hem commanding; John A.
| Logan Post, No. 13, T. J. Putnam COM
| handing; Sheridan Post, No. a. Alfred
| Shaw commanding; Geo. H. Thomas Post,
| No 49, E. P. Entriken commanding; Henry
| Wilson Post, No. II, JACOB Moore COM
mandrg; Potomac Post, No. 1S, S. G..
Robb commanding; Geo. q. Morris Post,
| No. 10, Fred Storch commanding Lafay-
| ette Post, No. 20, NJ A. Dillon command
| ing. D ii
John A. Rawlins, No. 1, was the first post
| organized by charter from national head
quarters, under date OF October r. 1866,
| and soon thereafter a provisional depart
| ment was formed, and under Commanders
| Dudley, Chapman and J. T. Smith remained
| in this temporary condition until February
| was formed, there being thirty representa-
tives present from ten posts. Gen. Saml.
| A. Duncan was elected aas department
| commander, and under hi& administration
the order at once advancedsin growth and
prosperity until 1872, when, by surrender
| of charters and general apathy in the
| ranks, the membership had diminished in
| 1875 to sixty-eight. In 1877, under the ad-
| ministration of Commander A. II. G. Rich
| ardson, the membership began again to In
| crease, and from that time the growth was
| uniform and substantial, until in 1892, dur.
| ing the administration of Commander A.
| F. Dinsrnore, it reached 1854, that being
| the hgh-water mark of the organization in
| this department. Since that time there has
| been a gradual dminution In membership
and the department now numbers 2,S51 In
good standing, the prospect being now for
| an increase by reason of the surrounding