The evening times., 1900-05-30
fHE VETERANS PARADE
Heroes Of TIVE Wars Escorted by
District Militiamen.
Grand Army Men March Through
Some of the Principal thorough
ton TO Take Part in the Exer-
ciscs Mt the National Cemetery.


the Department of the Potomac, Grand
Army OF the Republic. opened the memo
rial exercises in honor OF their departed
comrades with parade. At an early hour
this morning the various commands of the
department began to assemble In the
neighborhood Of the headquarters on Penn
sylvania Avenue, with the right OF the line
resting on Fifteenth Street Promptly at
10 o'clock the battle-searred veterans OF
two wars, headed by squadron of mount
ed police and escorted by the Fifth Bat
talon of the District Of Columbia National
Guard. under command OF Major r. D.
Simms. moved up Fifteenth Street for theE
short parade before going 10 Arlington 10
conduct the ceremonies over the graves of
those wno died in defence Of the Union.
Along Fifteenth Street the imposing pa
geant moved TO Pennsylvania Avenue, 10
Jackson Place. 10 II Street, along II 10
Twelfth Street, down Twelfth Street to
Pennsylvania Avenue to Thirteenth Street,
to B Street. At this point the parade dis
banded and all Of the veterans took special
electric trains for Arlington to participate
in the exercises.
Along the line Of march the old vet
Grams. as well as those from the Spanish
American war. were received with rounds
Of applause as the crowds who lined the
sidewalks watched the blue-clad fathers
and sons marching behind the Stars and
Stripes.
The makeup of the fine was as follows,
the veterans marching N sections OF eight:
Detachment OF mounted police; of5cerOf the
day and aides; Fifth Battalion. ID. c. y. c.
Maj. Richard D. Simrns, commanding: Ma
rine Band; Old Guard Capt. James NJ Ed
gar, commanding; department commander;
department officers and official stan; past
department commanders; members OF stan
OF cOmmRndeT-in-chief; John A Rawlins
Post, No. !, 4. II. NickeTsOn, Commander;
Kit Carson Post, No. ?, Z. c. Johnston.
Commander; Lincoln Post. No. g. ". H
Proctor. Commander; o. p Morton Post.
No 1. James Wells. Commander; George G.
Meade Post, no 3, E A Wilber. Com
mahder; L. S Grant Post. No. s. Alfred
Shaw, Commander; James A Garfield Post
No Z. " M- Seton Commander: Burnside
Post, No s. I C. KimbaII. Commander:
Charles Sumner Post. No 9. W H Grim
shaw, Commander: Potomac Post. No. H.
James Lackey Commander; Phil Sheri-
dan Post. No. Il. L S Emery, Commander;
lafayette Post. No 20. Briscoe COodhart.
Commander; Frederick Douglass Post. No
p. George ID. Graham. Commander: Span
ISL War Veterans. Col NJ. Emmett UreII.
commanding; Sons Of Veterans, Col. G. 5
WhitInOre. commanding
The committees from the Grand Army OF
the Potomac having Ihe parade and other
Memorial Day exercises in charge are as
follows:
Executive Committee Department on
cers-GeOTge II. Slaybaugh. department
commander. chairman; l. P Williams.
senior vice commander; Israel W Stone,
junior vice commander B. r. Chase. As
cf
E Davis. QuarteTmGster General. treasu-
rer; Dr. Thomas Calver. Medical Director;
Rev W G. Davenport. chaplain.
Past Department manders-Frsnk H
Sprague. Benjamin 2. Hawkes.. A II. C.
Richardson. George E COrson. Harrison
Dingman. Charles c. Royce. William Glib
son. SaRfsrCl 5. Burdctt. Newton ". Brooks.
Jerome B. Burke. Charles p Lincoln. VIII
liam s Odell, NJ Emmet UreIl. J. N Pipes
a. F. DinsmOre. s E FaUnce. Nathan Bick-
ford, Marion 7. Anderson, John McElroy
Thomas s. Hopkins. Arthur Hendricks. Cal
win FarnswOrJh.
Commsnders-A- H Nickerson. Post No
1; E. c. Johnston. Post No. >: ". H. Proc
tor. Post No. 3. James Wells. Post No &
E A. Wilber. Post No >; Alfred Shaw.
Post No. 6; William N Seton. Post No
:; Ivory G. Kimball. Post No. s; ". H
Grimshaw. Post 10, g; 4 F. Dinsmore.
Post No. 10; James Lackey. Post No. Il;
James H. Dony. Post No. 13; L. s Emery.
Post No. Il; ". ~. Deloe. Post No. .:
Jacob Moore. Post No. l.; E. II. Haruer.
Post No 70; b Coodhart- Post No 20:
George D. Graham. Post No. 2I
resentatives-Samuel Cross. T. C.
Upton. George Smith, Benjamin Young.
Charles Matthews. Fred c. Calvert, Fred
H. Smith. NJ. NJ. Lewis. Frederick Fowler.
George r. Cook. J. Tyler Powell, H. W
Emo. TheO F. Brown, Edward, Webster.
John s. Hoover. c. NJ. Robinson, E J.
Sweet, J. W. Hunter.
SoEs Of veterans-Capt c. z. Stanton.
Capt George TAFT. Capt E E Van Nors-
dali Capt c. c. Heltman
Spanish War Veterans-Col. NJ Emmett
Urell, commander; Capt d. V Chisholm.
Capt Charles W. Parker. Capt Lee Lips
comb, Capt. ". s. Hodges.
Auxiliary Floral Committee-Mrs. Ma
tilda R. Sprague, Chairman; Mrs. J. En-
ma Evans Mrs. Margaret B. Tew. Mrs.
Ida V. Hendricks. Mrs Emma s Ellis.
Mrs Addie Feathers. Mrs Sallie R ia
cobs. Mrs Adaline Fletcher Mrs Julia
". Hamilton. Mrs. Vina NJ Calhoun. Mrs.
Cornelia Wilkerson, Mrs. Matilda S Viii
kins Miss Lena G. Shepherd. Mrs. Char
lotte a. Kibbey, Mrs. Alice Burgess, Mrs
Indiana COwling. Mrs. Joanna W. Turner.
Mrs Annie NJ Hamilton. Mrs Annie W
Johnson. Mrs Georgia c. Balm. Mrs. Anna
A. Peck, Mrs. c. E Butcher. Mrs. Julia l.
Mason. Mrs E. W. Marshall Miss Rebecca
Liverpool, Miss Margaret E Gray. Mrs
Mary V NOerr. Mrs Alice Cooley. Mrs
Nora Edgar. Mrs. G. L. Thompson. Mrs N
]. Thompson. Miss Lucinda o. ChiIds. Mrs.
Frances Fletcher, Mrs. Mamie Dorsey.
Miss Emma Robinson Mrs Kate Steinnel.
Miss Lizzie Fletcher Mrs. Jane E Grun-
WELL Mrs F. FrelinghUysen Mrs LOttie
Alexander. Mrs LOttie Green Mrs En-
ma l. Newton. Mrs. c. Strickland Mrs
Esther George Miss Annie E Ramey.
Mrs. NJ. L. Crandall Mrs. Julia Roberts,
Mrs. Mary P. Ripley, Mrs. Clara Kalstrom,
Mrs Jessie H. Brunner Mrs. Annie Price.
Mrs. Ida A. OldrOyd. Mrs Ida L. Chase.
Mrs. Sarah Nandoren, Mrs. F. A. V And
ersOn. Mrs. Eliza NaylOr. Mrs. Jane s.
McLain. Mrs. Julia E. Dony, Mrs Emma
Emo, Mrs. Annie Anderson Mrs Sarah
Grant, Mrs Mary Mangum Mrs Cecilia
Ford. Mrs Georgia Nanfieet Mrs. Sallie
Miller, Mrs Mary Demarzo, Mrs. Mary
Hanan, Miss Tiilie Dunham Mrs Mary
HOnR. Mrs r. B. Meacham, Mrs. b F.
Hawkes., Mrs. E. c. Johnston, Mrs Libbie
Smith, Mrs Clara L. DOwling Mrs Alice
Lucas. Mrs. Rachel A. Leo Miss s. Gray
Mrs. Ida Stearn, Miss Abbie Connor, Miss
Annie Hawkins, Mrs. Sarah c. Seton,
Mrs. Lizzie W. Calver, Mrs Mary Peck.
Mrs. Lucinda Grubs. Mrs. Frederick Fow-
Ter. Mrs. A. Childs, Miss Kate Lackey,
Miss May HallOwell, Mrs. Mary Mclean
Mrs. z. Prather. Mrs A. Croney, Mrs. c.
Van Vliet, Mrs S. H. Perkins. Mrs R.
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