Evening star., 1899-01-02

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| among the heroes of the late war were
Generals Miles. Shafter and Lawton and
Colonel Harries, and the other officers of
the District volunteer regiment who occu-
| pied prominent place in the group of off,
GERS of the District National Guard
| The three divisions were formed in strict
| order of precedence. At the head of the
| army line was Major General Miles and
! staff, including General Gilmore Coone
| Michier, Major Black. Captain Morton and
| Captain Whitney, together with Major Gen
| eral Shafter and staff, and Major General
| Lawton, who is in the city on his way "a
| command the troops in the Philippines Fol-
lowing them came General Corbin. General
| Schwan and Colonel Carter of the adjutant
| generafs department: Inspector General
| Breckinridge. General Lieber and Major
| MORRISON of the judge advocate generals
department, General Ludington and Colonel
| BIRD of the quartermasters department,
| 1eheraI Eagan OF the subsistence depart
| ment, General Sternberg, Colonel Alden and
| Lieutenant Colonel Smart of the medical
| department, General Stanton and Major
Muhlenberg of the pay department, General
| wilson, Lieutenant Colonel Mackenzie
| Lieutenant Colonel Allen, Lieutenant Colo
| mel Miller, Major Burr and Lieutenant
| Sewell of the corps of engineers, General
| fIasier and Majors Taylor and McNally
| OF tne ordnance department, General Greely
| OF the signal corps and number of cav
| airy, artillery and infantry officers includ-
| ing Colonel Guenther, commanding the ar
| uEery troops at Washington barracks.
1 tiiV ictii GU olllCefS IN line were lTen-
| Mills.
The raval line was headed by Captain
| Bradford of the bureau of equipment and
| captain Crowninshield. of the bureau of
| navigation. and following closely were En-
| gineer-in-Chief Melville Capt Robley u.
| Evans Commander Emory, Chief Engineer
Mebster' Webster Commander Hawley. Captain
| D1ckins. Chief Engineer Bryan. Command
| er Lyon of the Dolphin, Lieutenant Whit
| uesey, Chief Engineer Ogden, Lieutenant
| all, Chief Engineer Canaga, Lieutenant
| Switzerland. Passed Assistant Engineer
| Bennett, Captain Lauchheimer and Ensigns
| Pheps, Ward and Hines. Chief Engineer
Baird. Commander Pendleton and others
| bringing up the rear of the military line
| were the officers of the marine corps head
| ed by Col Charles Haywood and his gem
| eral staff, including Major Goodloe Ma ;or
| Reid, Captain Prince and Captain Nc
| Cauley Col R. w. Huntington, who com
| manded the marine battalion at the battle
| or Guantanamo, was a prominent figure in
| the marine contingent. Capt. Francis Har-
| Ilngton. who was also conspicuous in that
| hight, was also present.
The District of Columbia Militia.
| Accompanying the army navy and marine
| corps representatives were Brig Gen Geo.
| H. Harries, commanding the District of CO.
| fumbia militia, and his staff, consisting of
| Capt E. F. Riggs, aid de camp: Capt A. P.
| Robbins, aid de camp; Capt c. Fred Cook.
| %ia uS edLiip. LIEUT.. Col. William III. AL
| laire, adJutant general; Capt. j. A Dapray.
| 23d United States Infantry, special fnspec-
| tor and instructor; Maj. Charles H Ourand.
| inspector general; Maj. W. D. Davidge, jr,
| judge advocate general: Mai. II. H Par
| menter, quartermaster general; Mai E. H
| Neufneyef, commlSSary general: Mai, Geo
| HENDERSON, surgeon general; Maj. F. L.
AVerili chief of engineers, Maj NJ V. Tier
| hey, chief of ordnance and Mai. James E
Bel. inspector eneral of rife practice.
| Government OmciaIs.
| At II o'clock began the reception of gov
ernment officials, in the following order:
The regents and secretary of the Smith
sonian Institution, the civil service COM
missioners, the interstate commerce COM
| mission, the commissioner of pensions the
commissioner of patents, the assistant sec
retarleS Of departments, the assistant post
masters general, the solicitor general the
assistant attorneys general, commissioner
ol Internal reVenue, the commissioner of
nsherles, the commissioner of labor. the
heads of bureaus in the several depart
ments, the president of the Columbian In
stitute for the Deaf and Dumb.
Inc order was not maintained, but the
various departments of the government
We're well represented. Among those in
| line were Mr. Evans, commissioner of pen
slons: Commissioner Hermann and Assist
| ant Commissioner Mondell of the general
| land offlce; Nj. Bowers, fish commissioner.
Col. Boyd, assistant attorney general; Mr.
RlchardS, solicitor general; Mr.. Perry
| Heath, hrst assistant postmaster general,
! and Mr.. Palmer, public printer.
The Treasury Department was particular
| ~ well represented. among those in line
| being Assistant Secretaries Spaulding and
| Howell; Mr.. Scott, commissioner of in
te1nal revenue and Mr.. Wilson, assistant;
| Private Secretary Allies Register Lyons
Solicitor O'Connell, Capt. Shoemaker,
Messrs. Chamberlain, Roberts, Lyman,
| Austin, johnson, Jordan, Wilkie, Chance,
Taylor, Treasurer Roberts, Assistant Treas
urer Meline.
War Veterans.
Next to the army and navy the largest
| representation was by the veterans of the
civil war and of the Mexican war The
Oldest Inhabitants Association of the Dis
trict was fairly well represented These
organizations were cordially greeted by the
President.
The G. A. R. veterans. several hundred
strong, We're escorted by a body of the Old
Guard, in uniform. The officials of the G.
A. r. in line were Arthur Hendricks, de-
partment commander; 3. F. Chase senior
vice commander; Richard Bennett junior
vice commander L. Vanderhoef, assistant
adjutant general; Fred G. Calvert, assist
ant quartermaSter general; j. Tyler Powell
chief of staff; j. H. Devices, department
inspector; H. NJ. Bennett, medical director
Rev. w. E. Parson. chaplain: George Z.
Davis, chief mastering officer.
Gen. r. G. DyrenfOrth was at the head
of the large representation of the United
Veterans Union, among the other officials
being Col. A. II. Feathers, Adjutant Gen
eral E. A. Fenton and Commander Worden.
About $50 companions of the Loyal Le
gion We're headed by Maj. w. P. Huxford,
recorder, others present being Gen. F.
Whttlesey, Coils. Levi Maish, L. P Sci
bert. G. A. Shallenberger, w. H. Owen, L.
P. Wright, w. H. Piunkett, Majs. D. C.
Phillips, Willard Abbott, a. Alvord, Capts.
F. w. Mitchell, c. P. Lincoln, A. D. Hun
toon, H. p. Goddard, l. n. Potts, G. W.
Whittleton, Passed Assistant Paymaste- F.
w. Hackett, Chief Engineer n. Kirby,
Capt Jameson and Chaplain 1. H. Brad
ford.
Reception of Citizens.
The reception of citizens began at least
five minutes earlier than fixed by the pro-
gram and lasted nearly three-quarters of
an hour, ending at 1:15 O'Clock. The num-
ber in line was about $500.
The last to be received were the attaches
of the White House, the President express
ing desire to greet them on the new year.
Immediately after the reception the Pres
ident- and Mrs. Mckinley went to their
apartments and the house was quickly
cleared of the several hundred people who
had remained in the Railways. watching the