The evening times., 1898-09-07
THE GREAT RECEPTION
Rushing Plans to Welcome the
District Volunteers.
NATIONAL GUARD In LINE
business Houses Along the Route TO
Re Taken by the Troops Are Al
rrady Being frightened With
Neutrality-suspicious. Veteran OrGani-
Entiens VIII he in the Parade.

ceptiDn which Washington Will extend to
her homecoming heroes, were completed
by the general arrangement committee at
its meeting at the Ebbitt House last
night. and despite the change in the pro-
gram calling for more hurried preIafa-
tions, the committee has proved nseI
equal 10 the emergency and @e.coihe
royal is assured to the District troops.
Already business men along the route
of the parade have begun 10 decorate
their buildings and a fiutter OF naSs as
well as a blare of brass and cheer-ng
crowds Will bid the volunteers welcome
To tI.rir home after their camlaign IN tor
rid fgYer-Tiddeu Cuba
Th. indications are that the military
ana cis ic parade VIII be a credItao.e anu
enthusiastic one. notwlthstana-hs thAA
less than forty-eight hours NIL eLapse
before the soldiers from Santiago are
marching along the broad stretches OF
PENNSYLVANIA Avenue and rec living from
the immense assenblage the tumuIiuous
welcome they so richly deserve
All persons along the line OF march are
requested by MAJOR Sylvester ana ms
committeeman to provide themse YES WIN
small flags, and the waving an- hutleF-
ing OF these emblems will form a plctur-
TO the passing regiment
IL Was stated at the headquarters OF the
District National Guard today that every
member OF that organization VINO can De
provided with uniform anu sutaple
eouipments will turn out Friday morning
10 take part in the reception OF the DIS
trict Volunteers.
An order for the Guard to take part III
the reception and parade VIII be lssueo
late this afternoon or early tomorFo"
morning. IT will be signed by Col May
should he return from New YORK IN lliile'
otherwise il will be made official by the
signature of Major Anderson, Of the Sec
ond Battalion, who is here.
When the First Regiment, District Vol
unteers, was being equipped last May
preparatory to the departure for the front
the National Guard companies were drain
ed of their guns, clothing and equipments
To supply the regiment. Hence, some o.
the companies of the Guard are without
even a blouse or campaign hat In TINS
respect the condition Of the Guard Is saId
10 be as bad as il can be. For these rea-
sons II was further stated at heaoquaF-
ters that il would be Impossible TO give
even an approximate estimate OF the NUM-
ber of Guardsmen who will turn Out 10 DO
honor TO their returning comrades. who
faced Dangers anu pilNdNioAo "a -
trenches before Santiago.
1t was even necessary TO drain The lock-
ers OF the colored battalion for uniforms
and equipments.
The officers of the National Guard do
NOT favor the proposition 10 have their
men in the parade clad some in citizens
clothes and others in semi-milltary lash-
ion.
..Should the men turn out in that mix
ed-up fashion" said an officer 10 Iimes
reporter they would resemble job loi
of hobos. We viii only consent TO those
men Joining the parade who have fuI
military uniform
1t having been stated that brand-neW
uniforms had been issued 10 the Dis
trict troops at Montauk, and that they
proposed TO wear them during the pa
rade Friday morning. several citizens are
talking Of sending a petition 10 Col Har-
ries against the proposition. They say
the men should wear their old service uni
forms as their friends and the public
want TO see how they looked during tn,
tough campaign in Cuba.
There is considerable glory in thosD
tattered and soiled regimentals, sal,
Capt Riley. ''and 1 hope our volunteer:
will wear them proudly on their marcE
along Pennsylvania Avenue TO tn,
White House. Our streets are full OF sol
diers who have never been further SoUtt
than Washington, and who are wearing
spick and span new, unsoiled uniforms
What we want TO see is the District reg
iment just from the Santiago trenches
clad In stained and well-worn hero suits
Calvin Farnsworth, acting chairman OF
the committee on veteran organizations
today issued the following order:
Veterans I'm Line.
"'The Loyal Legion, Union Veteran Tn.
ION, Union Veteran Legion and the Con
federate Veterans are requested to take
part in the parade IN honor Of the return
of the First District of CoIumb.a Nolun
teers.
The committee urges the above named
examinations to assemble Und II tn ir re
srectiye commanders at a. m, Septem
ber 9: right resting on south side Pean
syIvania Avenue, corner Third Stree
northwest"
lie also promulgated the following or
der this forenoon:
"The Department of the Potomac, G
A. r., is hereby requested to take par
in the parade on the 9th instant, in honor
of the First District of Columbia Nolun
teers. Post commanders will assemble
their respective posts at a. m; head o,
column on south side Pennsylvania Ave
nue, corner Third Street northwest. Pos
commanders are urged to bring out th'
full strength OF their commands. Th,
@. A. R. turn out not only to welcome tn
First District of Columbia Volunteers
but TO greet our past department com
mander, Major Urell The comrade
should wear their uniforms and badges.
"By command of
CALVIN FARNSWORTH,
"Acting Department Commander.
&C. l.. PATTEN,
"Acting Assistant Adjutant Genera"
Carriages for InvaIids.
Emil c. Schafer, chairman of the com
rnittee on conveyances, has received man
responses to his appeal to carriage own
ers in the District to lend their car
riages to the committee during the re
ception.
The following persons have offered tn
use of their vehicles TO the committee
John Joy Edison, one carriage; Edwar
Stellwagen, one carriage; Edward Land
voigt, one carriage; Malcolm Hufty, on
carriage; Capt. James F. Oyster, on
carriage; Church e. Stephenson, one cai
riage; J. Harrison Johnson, one carriaG
and a bus; e. NJ. Willis, one carriage
Allison Nailor, jr.. three buses; George "
Knox Express Company, one bus; Wasf
ington Nailor, three buses; w. A. Win
satt. one carriage; Independent Ice Con
pany, one bus; Hotel Raleigh, one bu:
Ebbitt House, one bus.
The George w. Knox Express Compan
has also given the use OF their warehous
at the corner of Virginia Avenue an
Third Street southwest to the comnitts
on refreshments
The committee on conveyances wi
work in conjunction with the committe
on comfort in its work of relieving Il
suffering among the soldiers
Chairman O'Neil, of the latter con