The Portland daily press., 1898-09-22
PORTLlND'S WELCOME
To Her Soldiers Will Occur This
Evening.
WILL BEA PARADE AND RECEP-
TION IN THE ARMORY.

All Citizens Along Route of Parade Should
ulumipate-Orders of Chief Marshal
and of Commanding Officers ofiVarious
o. ganizations.
PortIand's crack battalion of the First
Maine Volunteer Infantry, the men who
responded to the Presidents call for
volunteers at the outbreak OF the war
with Spain, and who have honored their
state and city by their behavior aud noble
bearing at Chickamauga returned home
on a furlough of thirty days last evening.
Tonight they are to be shown how much
the citizens of Portland appreciate the
sacrifices they have made and the suffer-
ing they have undergone in serving their
state and it will be the duty of all citizens
and their pleasure as we'll to make the
welcome home one which these boys in
blue will not soon forget.
The programme has been hastily ar
ranged. but it will be carried out in a
p,anner to do credit to Portland, and to-
night will be one long to be remembered
in this city.
The Portland battalion will semble
at the armory this evening at seven
O'Clock and at half past seven will be
escorted through some of the principal
streets of the city by volunteer escort OF
military organizations and old military
men.
CHIEF MAR SHAL'S ORDERS.
Gen. John ]. Lynch has consented to
serve as chief marshal of the parade by
request of His Honor the Mayor, and has
issued the following orders
Portland, September 81, 1898.
The High School Cadets. the Portland
Naval Reserves recently discharged from
the United States service, the Gall men
of the Portland Fire Department, and
the past mem bers of the militia companies
will assemble in accordance with the OF
ders of their several commanders at seven
O'Clock to perform escort duty to the
Portland battalion Of the First Maine
Volunteers.
The escort will form on Exchange
street right resting on Middle at I.l5
O clock. Promptly at half past seven
o clock the escort will move down Ex-
change street to MILK and over Mlik 20
Pearl, thence up Pearl to Middle. When
the left of the escorting column reaches
the armory the Portland battalion Will
swing into line and the procession thus
formed will continue to parade through
the following streets:
Up Middle to Monument square to Con-
gress, down Congress past the City build.
ing, where the procession will besreVieWed
by His Honor the Mayor, members OF the
city government and other prominent cit
liens Passing the reviewing stand the
parade will continue up Congress to
Washington, to Cumberland to State, to
Pine to Emery, to Spring, to High, to
Congress, to Exchange, to Milk, to the
armory where the parade will be dis
missed.
1t is the request of the Mayor and of
myself that all citizens along the line or
march illuminate their houses, and dis
play their flags. The order OF formation
of the escort will be as follows:
High School Cadets, Portland Naval
Reserves, Portland Fire Department and
past bers of the militia companies.
q The following gentlemen are appointed
members of the chief marshals staff: e.
C, Aiilliken, chief of staff; aides, Leroy S.
Sanborn, Harley G. Eaton, r. I. Nc
Lellan. E. J. Ilsley, John G. Cobb. VIM.
j. MeCullum.
The marshals staff will assemble at the
office of the chief marshal at twelve
O'Clock September 20 for further instruc-
lions.
Should the weather be unpropitious the
parade and reception will be postponed
one day.
JOHN J. LYNCH,
Chief Marshal