Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-08

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Brigadier General q. s. Grant.
Photo Early in the War.
| when the President, accompanied by the
| Secretary of War, arrived. little space
| remained unoccupied. His approach, how
| ever, was the signal for another ovation
| from the crowds in the vicinity. President
Johnson sat In the center Of the first row of
seats. with Secretary Stanton, Attorney
General Speed and Secretary Mccullough
on the right, and Secretary Welles, Post
| master General Denison. Gen. Sherman and
Gen. Barnard on his left.
Camp and Bivouac
The movement in connection with the re-
view commenced on the afternoon of May
%, when the 9th Corps, under command
of Major General Parke, marched across
the Long bridge to the vacant ground east
of the Capitol and bivouacked for the night.
The next morning the corps formed on East
Capitol street, the head Of the column
resting on LIST street east. The engineer
brigade and the provost general marshars
brigade bivouacked for the night on the
Virginia shore near the Long bridge. These
brigades crossed the Potomac the morn
ing Of the review at o'clock, and took
position on A street north, prepared "
follow the cavalry in the march up the
avenue. The 9th Corps. Major General
Griffin commanding, crossed the Long
bridge immediat ely after, and moved east
ward sufficiently far to countermarch,
forming on Pennsylvania avenue, with the
head of the column also on LIST street east.
The I'd Corps commanded by Major Cen
eral Humphreys. moved at I am. after
the 9Th Corps across the river, and formed
in columns on the streets of the fifth ward,
eonth Of Penn SV1Vania avenue DreDare0 to
follow the 9Th Corps in the procession.
Children a Feature.
All the school children of the city, accom-
panied by their teachers, were massed on
the balconies and terraces Of the Capitol.
and waved banners and sang patriotic songs
as the soldiers began their march to the
White House. The children sang 1.-The Bat
tie Cry Of Freedom" When Johnnie Comes
Marching Home" and Victory at Last"
Upon strip of canvas along the front Of
the Capitol was inscribed this expression
of the country's gratitude: THE Only Ma
tional Debt We Can Never Pay Is the Debt
We Owe the Victorious Union Soldiers"
The school children made a wonderfully at
tractive picture The girls were all attired
in white. while the boys wore white trousers
and black coats.
The first day the column moved at pre-
cisely o'clock from it's point Of forma-
| ton. on Capitol Hill, the starting place Of
the Grand Army parade Of ten years ago.
and again the initial point Of this years
pageants. AS the returned soldiers filed
down into broad old. Pennsylvania avenue
the school children and the spectators gath
cred near cheered themselves hoarse.
1t was an inspiring scene The cheering
| was taken up by the throngs along the
curbstones, by those who filled every win
dow along the line of march, and those who
sat upon the various stands that had been
erected along the national highway. giving
| royal welcome to those to whom they
owed SO much Every spectator seemed i'm
bued with rare patriotic spirit. The men
cheered, the women waved their handker-
chiefs. clapped their hands and threw flower
after flower at the officers and men in the
ranks.
Following General Meade and his staff the
Army of the Potomac marched the first day
of the review as follows:
Army Of the Potomac.
Cavalry.
Third division. Brevet Major General Geo.
A. Custer.
Second brigade Brigadier General Will
liam Wells. LIST Vermont Cavalry.
Third brigade, Colonel H. Capehart, LIST
West Virginia Cavalry.
First brigade. Colonel A. 9. II. Penning-
ton. Sd New Jersey Cavalry.
Second division, Major General George
Crook.
First brigade, Brigadier General Henry
~. dawes, "a new Ork cavalry.
Second brigade, Brevet Brigadier General
John Irwin Gregg, 9Th Pennsylvania Cav
airy.
Third brigade. Brevet Brigadier General
c. H. Smith. 1st Maine Cavalry.
First division. Brigadier General Thomas
c. Devin, 9Th New York Cavalry.
First brigade, Colonel Peter Stage, LIST
Michigan Cavalry.
Second brigade. Colonel Charles L. FItz-
hugh, 9Th New York cavalry.
Reserve brigade, Brigadier General Al
fred Gibbs. 1st New York Dragons.
Ninth Army Corps-Major General John
g. Parke.
First division. Brevet Major General O.
B. Wilcox.
First brigade. Colonel Samuel Hartman.
37th Wisconsin.
Second brigade. Brevet Colonel Ralph Ely.
9th Michigan.
Third brigade. Colonel James Bintlin, sth
Wisconsin.
Second division. Brigadier General 8. G.
Griffin.
First brigade, Brevet Brigadier General
John l. Curtin. 45th Pennsylvania
Second brigade. Colonel H. B. Titus. 9th
New Hampshire.
Third division, Brevet Major General John
First brigade. Col. A. B. McCalmont, 2osth
Pennsylvania.
Second brigade, Col. J. A. Matthews,
Artillery brigade. Brevet Brigadier General
J. C. Tidball. 4th New York Heavy Artdl-
lery.
Fifth Army Corps-Brevet Major General
Charles Griffin.
First division. Brevet Major General J. ].
Bartlett, 9th New York.
First brigade. Brevet Brigadier General
A. L. Pearson, 155th Pennsylvania
Second brigade Brevet Brigader General
g. M. Gregory. 91st Pennsylvania.
Third brigade. Brigadier General J. L.
Chamberlain, Goth Maine.
Second division. Major General r. b.
Ayres.
First brigade. Bagadier General Joseph
Hayes, 18th Massachusetts.
Second brigade. Col. D. L. Stanton LIST
Maryland.
Third brigade. Brevst Brigadier General