The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-31

msng Officer or the war college capt.
D. ". Chadwick. Eapt. lIsshrouck OF Fort
Adams comma ifvr MaEan OF the tor
pedo station and capt. J. Hunker OF
the torpedo station
THE STAFF.
Gen. Whrclef insisted that nc brigade
stan should be composed OF veterans OF
the Spanish-A American war Ills wishes
were compiled with A complete list OF
his military ssan Follows;
Col John Jacob Astor, side-de-canp on
Gon. Shaf,ers stsd a. Santiago, cuba {.
Maj. Perry Hplmont. Inspector LIST divi-
sion. "a army corps Msi " +, Young
quarter,nastcr,s Mai Charles y Marsh
paYmastef capt. John g Hegerty. second
liertensnt NY; e. S.-N Infantry and
captain alsl Infantry Philippine islands;
can't. MN Nhipple ist r. L. infantry;
capt Charles ~. Ledysrd. II. l. L S.tN.
Infantry. Capt Edgar X. Barker, II. L. ".
artillery; Capt Henry Wslcott r.. !. 4.
;. y. artillery. capt Harold spice u T.
T. : " infantry. capt Charles ". Cut
lei, II. n. L. .s..N. infRutrN; Chaplain John
J Woolley r. !. T.. s. N infantry. Capt.
Harry Wilkins Battery r. r.. ]. Y. Lieut..
Charles ~ Weaver. Lieut. Joseph r..
Sweeney, 69th y. y. g. s v infaBtrv T.
Lieut.. Earl>C Pierce. g. T. T.. : v. hieut
Abraham +. Watson, r.. l. u. : ": Lieut.
Howard A. Richmond. r.. L. L. $. VI
Lieut.. William "A. STAFFORD r. i. L. :,
v; Lieut. George T. Slocum. r. l. L. s.
"; General Skaters staff; Sturgin Rus
sell Bellamy. Troop A, n. G, $ y. Y.
The civil stan OF Gen Wheeler was as
follows:
William r. Burum marshal: Max Levy.
aide; William p. Sheffield. Jr.. A. Case
Sanford James Anthony. Charles Biesel,
Harry IA; Hayward. n l.. March. Yer
non h. Anderson Harry E Sherboilrne.
A. T.. Burnside Davis, Joseph s. Nuss r
Augustus Ward Robert Sedgwick Ken
meth Grant Thomas s. amer. Ernest
Noight' Edward G Hayward! John Ma =
han, j. Allen Boone. Edward r.. Hassard
Edward A. Davidson. Sidney b. Gladding.
Lawrence w. Coura,y William Storrs
Cooper Harwood T. Read Jr, Thomas
Kitchen, Charles s. Plummer.
The line was. a naval line pure and
simple the only civilians being the Ken
tsh guards Of East Greenwich. the naval
reserves Of Newport and Bristol and the
Newport artillery. fI
The feature or the parade was tho an
pearance or the blue Jackets and APP
prentice boys. mon who had served 'he-
hing the guns at SANTIAGO from the ships
OF North Atlantic squadron over 5000
mon were I'm line
The training station had In the parade
2 fine miniature Of the old Constitution
The hull was that. or an old-time sailing
cutter on which had been constructed
under the watchful eye OF many an old
sea dog and nautical sharp, an excellent
model OF the oldest ship In the United
states navy, II not the oldest warship
IN commission in the world
ON tho stern was painted Constitution
1898 The yards and masts are painted
the right color the furled sails and wood
rf1 Of oil "a
from her side.
The guns are hollow. ard through them
blank revolver shots were fred as the
parade moved There was one exception
TO the old-tlme idea; she was Illuminated
with electric lights. which blow out the
current being furnished from n small
dynamo on the steam launch Mille
Although the evening was given up To
one vast illumination. Il had as special
feature Nehctian fete parade OF all
kinds Of small boats. stcam and naphths
launches and floats. which strung out for
half a mile wound through tho Meet like
the tail OF a nery dragon.
Prizes wcrc awarded to the best dressed
boats
GREAT HARRQR DISPLAY $500
During chis pagpde the sky was diied
with shrisKrr rockets and bursthR
bornl's from MANY of the taehts ard also
on shore F4se. 80 ...ff. ..-.t
The circtrssl disrpv on thc three war.
shins 0rd uJNte a. ppu,hfr ~ Yachts woF
n7~Hcrlrc hrilNa~e ard imnoeinr 81
three ~ trc ia iioships had their mpsrive
hrlis skcfehei in b~iqht electric lines
Wh ie Aaminr overhead wasfthc name OF
each hoat in hure letters 81 hrht which
could be distinctly read miles away
On the smaller boats IN the harbor the