The evening times., 1898-09-09
VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS
Survivors, of the Civil War Escort
the Warriors of ~.

the Warriors of -.
The Veterans of the Civil War, the De-
partment of the Potomac, Grand Army of
the Republic, kindred organizations and
Confederate Veterans were out early and
in force to welcome the boys home.
The commanding officers of the different
posts OF the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie wore the regulation uniform, as did
many of the members of the organiza-
tions. The veterans made grand show
ing.
The organizations of veterans We're un-
der command of Captain Calvin Farms
worth. acting commander OF the Depart
nent of the Potomac Grand Army of the
Republic The veterans formed on tie
south side of Pennsylvania Avenue east
OF Third Street. the Old Guard, Captain
A. j. Cunning. commanding. holding the
place of honor at the head Of the column.
The Guard turned out about one hundred
strong and was headed by a band OF niu-
sic.
Next came the Grand Army of the Re-
public posts in the following order:
Post No. l. Rawlins, S. J. Block, post
commander, 225 men.
Post No. . Kit Carson. George W. Cal
lahan, post commander, 400 men.
Post No. 8. Lincoln, George w. HaZer,
post commander, $50 men.
Post No. l. 0. p. Morton, James Wells,
post commander. 325 men.
Post No. 5. George G. Meade, Nathan
King, post commander 2I5 men.
Post No. 6. L. S. Grant, Thomas Gallo
way, post commander, rs men.
Post No. !. Garfield. +. II. Wagner, post
commander, Us men.
Post No. g Burnside, II. G. Potter, post
commander, go men.
Post No. 9. Charles Sumner, w. II. Liv-
erpool, post commander, l75 men.
Post No. 10, Farragut, S. w. Bunyea,
post commander, $50 men.
Post No. IL Potomac. DR.. ]. r. Hayes
post commander, l75 men.
Post No. lS John a. Logan, ]. E. Snow,
post commander 80 men.
Post No. II. Phil Sheridan, J. H. Jen-
nings, post commander, 50 men.
Post No. Is. George II. Thomas, r. P
Entriken, post commander, 20 men.
Post No. Il. Henry Wilson, Jacob
Moore post commander, 175 men.
Post No. l9. George L. Morris, A B.
Grunwell, post commander, 50 men.
Post No. 90. Lafayette, II. w. Burns,
post commander, Us men.
Following the q. A r. posts was the
Loyal Legion, Col. John NJ. Harlan, COM
manding.
Next were the several commands of the
Union Veteran Union. in charge of Com
mander-in-chief r. G. Dyrenforth The
different commands were captained as
follows: Command No. !, Col John Mid
dleton; Command No. ?. Col. ]. F. Meach-
am: Command No. T. r. d. Gordman;
Command No. 16 Col. A. II. Feathers
Then came the following encampments
of the Union Veteran Legion: Encamp-
ment No %, Col. Ira Brashears. COM
manding, 35 men; Encampment No III,
Col. ]. II. Hines. commanding, 10 men;
Encampment No. Go, Col. William II. Bal
ley, commanding, $50 men.
Next were the members of the Associat-
ed Veterans, District of Columbia VoIun-
teers, survivors of the civil war. under
command of Col. John F. Chauncey, 100
men.
Following the survivors was the fa-
nous Eighth Battalion. District of Co
lumbia Volunteers. in command of Col. E.
A. l.. Keese.
On the extreme left of the veteran or
sanizations were the veteran firemen
under the command of John w Thomp-
son as marshal. There were over fifty
of the veteran fire fighters in line and