Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-12

Washington.
Friendship Fire Company.
Hydraulion Steam Fire Engine Com
psny.
Relief Hook and Ladder Company.
John A. Logan Drum Corps.
Columbia Steam Fire Eagine Com
pany.
FIFTH DIVISION QndustrisD.
Marshal, Charles B. Paff.
Bard.
! F oats and trade display.
ROUTE OF PROCESSION.
Formed on north Washington street,
and moved TO Cameron, to Payne, to
King, to Fairfax, toPrince, to Patrick,
10 Duke, to Washington, TO Franklin,
and countermarch to Wolfe, Wolfe to
Pitt. to Duke, to Fairfax, to Wilkes,
Lee, to King, to Fairfax, to Cam
erop, to Royal, to Prince, and dis.
banded.
NIGHT PARADE.
The line at night will form at Fairfax
aud King streets at 7:30 o'clock, and
move in Fairfax to Queen street, to
Royal, to King, to Washington, to
Oronoco, and countermarch to Cam.
econ, Cameron to Alfred, to King, to
Payne, to Prince, TO Washington, to
Franklin, and countermarch to Wolfe,
Wolfe to St. Asaph, to Duke, to Pitt, to
Prince, to Fairfax, to Duke, to Royal,
and disbsnd.
The following will compose the pa
rade:
Police on Foot.
Marshal, Capt. James E. King.
United States Naval Academy Band.
Alexandria Light Infantry.
800 Men in Fancy Costumes.
Red Men.
Historical Floats and Characters.
Formation OF night parade:
Maskers will form on Fairfax street,
right resting on Cameron, and all
floats will form on Fairfax street south
of King, extending to Duke street.
During thu procession there will be
brilliant and spectacular display of fire
works.
Each organization in line presented
most creditable appearance. Nothing
seemed TO have been left undone which
could in the least have added to the in
terest of the occasion. OF course, it
would be impossible in this sketch to
give minute description of each, but
all spoke for themselves as they were
reviewed by the thousands who were
unanimous in their verdict that all who
par icipated had about reached their
ne plus ultra.
NOTES.
The greatest credit is due and is ex-
tended by an sppreciative community
to the gentlemen of the various com.
mittees VINO have labored so earnestly
and successfully in the celebration.
They SCENT q to have left nothing un-
done which should been done. Mr.. M.
B. Harlow, charman of the Business
liens executive committee, has worked
]. Wedderburn, one of the secretaries of
assiduously night and day, while Mr.. A.
the executive committee, has been most
untiring in his labor. DR.. William
NJ. Smith, chairman OF the parade COM
mitttee Mr.. VIM. B. Is. Smoot, chair
man of the finance committee, and Mr..
G. l.. Boothe, secretary; Mr.. Y. c. Car
lin, of the executive com mittee, and
the others upon whom much of the
burden have fallen, deserve and re.
ceive great credit, and, as stated above
the respective members of the various
committees and their assistants, the
ladies of Alexandra, have We'd in
commendable manner 10 bringing
about the decided success of today.
Among the decorations on the Ga
zette Office were the Confedela ate flag
which was flying over the Adams Ex-
pr 4ss Office 10 this city when the feder.
soldiers entered the city on the 24th of
May, 1861, and which was not taken
down until after Jackson and Ellsworth
had been killed, and the Confederate
Battle Flag of the 18th Virginia Regi-
ment, showing it's various battle scare;
also the Safe flag presented to the
Seventeenth Virginia regiment at Gen.
treville by Governor Letcher.
The Stonewall Band OF Staunton ap-
peared in the parade today. Among
the members in line were Charles E.
Haines aod Robert A Hamilton, two
of the three surviving original members
of the band.
The old Friendship fire company
Q774) made their first appearance for
some years. The veterans wore fire.
mems hate, red shirts and black trous-
els. Their old engine was drawn BY
horses ard the mem bers drew the hose
carriage. Following them came their old
"plug catcher" a novelty now among
6remen, drawn by boys dressed as fire.
men.
The Hydraulion fire company made
a most creditable appearance. Their
handsome engine. set off by few
bright ribbons only, was drawn by four
roam horses. Their hose wagon, deco
rated with flags, was drawn by two
sorrel horses AID their hose reel was
drawn by the members of the company.
Their uniform was white fremen's hel
NETS, blue shirts and black pantaloons
The Columbia fire company made a
fine showing. Their PICKLE plated en-.