The evening times., 1898-09-08

7:3O o'clock at the National Guard Ar
mory, over Center Market. They will
perfect arrangements for participating in
the parade and reception in honor of the
returning District Volunteers of 1885.
street Decorations.
The members of the committee on dec
oIations are disappointed at the lack of
unaninIty among the business men a'ong
the line of march in decorating their
buildings. AT a late hour yesterday af-
ternoon but few of the business houses
along Pennsylvania Avenue and Third to
Fifteenth Streets had baen decorated and
members of the committee were bustling
about trying to induce business men to
make a display of flags and bunting in
honor Of the District Regiment.
Among the buildings decorated were
the Biiou Theater, American House. the
Metropolitan Hotel it's -1'ont covered
with fiuttering flags; Kernan's Theater.
very profuse and tasty display; the build
ings Of James w. Ratciiffe, Charles #.
Edmonston, George W. Cochran & Co.,
E. Morrison Paper Company Nathan
Sickles. Harris & Shafer. Crockers, 93s
Pennsylvania Avenue; Washington
Times. Evening Star anc Washington
Post buildings; Hotel Raleigh. Wizards
Hotel and the Hotel Lawrence. where
the center piece of the decorations Is a
large Cuban flag.
Col. Henry May returned to this city
from New York late yesterday afternoon
He will be in command of the National
Guard
At headquarters today the statement
was made that IL would be impossible
TO approximate the number of guardsmen
who Will be in line tomorrow morning
owing TO the lack of uniforms, rifles and
equipments and the confusion which has
enSued since the departure to the front
of the First District Regiment.
Major Sylvester has received from Col
Harries a statement that only about 600
men of the regiment will be in line. Sew
enty-five will be without homes; forty
will require transportation to their resi-
dences in conveyances and IL will be nee
essary to take forty others at once to
hospitals for treatment.
Veteran Organizations.
Major Calvin Farnsworth. acting COM
mander Department of the Potomac. G.
A r.. today issued the following sched-
ule indicating the order in which the vet
eran military organizations win parade:
First-Music Mt. Pleasant Drum Corps
and the Henderson Drum Corps.
Second-Old Guard. escorting G. A. R.,
A j. Cunning. commanding.
Third-Grand Army of the Republic.
Calvin Farnsworth. acting department
commander; C. L. Patten, acting assist
ant adjutant general.
Post No. l. S. ]. Block, post command
er.
Post No. . George W. Callahan. post
commander.
Post No. 3. George W. Hazer, post COM
mander.
Post No. 4. James Wells, post COM
mander.
Post No. 5. Nathan King. post COM
mander.
Post No. 6. Thomas Galloway. post
commander
Post No. 7. r H Wagner, post COM
mander.
Post No. s. H. C. Potter. post COM
mander.
Post No. 9. W. H. Liverpool. post COM
Post No. 10 s W Bunyea, post COM
Post No. II. DR.. ]. r. Hayes, post COM
mander
Post No. ls J. E Snow, post COM
mander.
Post Ne. Il. Theo. Hansman, post COM
mander.
Post No Is. B. P Entriken, post com
Post No. Il. Jacob Moore, post COM
mander.
Post No. 10. A b GrunweTl, post COM
/ mander
Post No. 20. H. w. Burns. post COM
mander
4 Fourth-Loyal Legion. Col. John NJ.
( Harlan, commanding.
! Fifrh-Union Veteran Union, r. G. Dy-
renforth, commander-in-chief and staff
| Command No. l.-Col. John Middleton
commanding.
Command No. Col ]. F. Meacham.
commanding
Command No. 4-R d. Gordman. COM
manding.
Command No. 16-Col. A. H. Feathers,
commanding, Sixth Union Veteran Le-
| giOn.
Encampment No. 23.-Coi. Ira Brashars,
/ commanding
Encampment No. 11.-Col J. H. Hines,
commanding
Encampment No 69-col ]. H. Bailey.
! commanding
Seventh Confederate veterans.-CoI.
/ Robert T. Fleming comma nding.
Eighth Battalion, District Columbia
Volunteers OF lS6I-lS65.-Col Case. COM
manding.
/ The above-named veteran military or
geni7ations win report to Calvin Farms
worth, commanding. at a. m, corner
/ Pennsylvania Avenue and Third Street
northwest
Cost of the Reception.
The remarkable feature OF the reception
of the District Regiment will be the
/ small amount OF money expended by the