The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-11
Old Buildings Where
Early Arriving Troops
We're Located.
DATA GIVEN BY Mr.. CROGG0N
The Inaugural Ball Room IN Judiciary
Square and the Old Seminary Build
ing on E Street.-The Slave Pen.
Serenade to Carl SchuTz.

Mr.. James Croggon. one of the Oldest
newspaper men in the city and who was
actively engaged in newspaper work dur
ing the exciting days Of the civil war,
has furnished Chairman ". P Van
Wickle. OF the committee on the marking
Of historic spots with much interesting
material concerning the events of those
exciting days and has pointed out many
places of interest that have not here
tofore been brought to the attention Of
the committee.
n beginning Mr.. Croggon states that
Iae first troops to arrive, April l.. in de
Tense Of the Capital were Companies D
and H Of the Second United States Cav
airy, which had been stationed in Texas.
D was quartered in the War Department
building, while Z occupied the old Sem
inary. building on f Street between Sixth
and Seventh Streets northwest. Com
pany I o1 The First Infantry arrived
about the same :inle and was sent TO the
Arsenal.
Pennsylvanians Arrived Early.
Several Pennsylvania companies were
the next 10 arrive. For several hours
they were quar1ered il The inaugural
ballroom in Judiciary Square, Most OF
them were afterwards moved 10 The
north wing OF the Capitol These troops
were from PottsvilIe. Reading. Ian
caster. md Allentown On arriving III
the city Company e OF the Fourth
Artillery was sent 10 The Seminary
building and shortly afJerward was fol-
lowed By the Sixth Massachusetts. These
men brought with them those Of their
number who were injured while passing
through Baltimore. The wounded weFc
removed 10 the. hospitals. The Seventh
New York Regiment arrived about nooa
april .. were reviewed by the President
went 10 Wizards and subsequently into
Camp Cameron on Stone Place.
The Old Seminary Building.
Part OF the Seminary is still standing
on the north side Of E Street between
Sixth and Seventh Streets northwest. Il
is an old brick house standing back q
the building line. The Washington In
Urinary was the only hospital at first
and there, on April Iq. the wounded Of
II stood Immediately north OF the City
Hall and was burned in the winter o!
1851. The old slave pen OF Eighth Street
southwest below 3 Street IS long since
covered with dwellings
As additional troops reached the city
they were assigned as follows:
General Scott's headquarters. Crutch-
ett's Hall. northwest corner Of Sixth and
D Streets northwest. and the French
nue. west of Seventeenth Street.
CapitOl-Eighth Massachusetts, Fifth
Massachusetts. Twenty-ffth New York
State militia, and EllswoTth's Fire Zou-
ayes.
Where Troops Were Located
Treasury-Ffth Massachusetts.
Patent Omce-Rhode Island troops.
who also made use Of the universal pa
rade ground on K Street, between Fourth
and Fifth Streets.
Navy Yard-SeTenty-frst New York
Inauguration ballroom, site now occu-
pied by the extension OF the courthouse
Fifth Pennsylvania
Assembly Rooms. afterward Canter,
bury Hall, Louisiana Avenue, east Of
Sixth Street-Twelfth New York, Fourth
Old Trinity Church. was on cA5 site 0!
the present Columbian Law Buildings
Twelfth New York State militia.
Columbian Market, now Gibson ( print
ing Office. southeast corner ofs7hirteentf
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue north
west-Sixty- ninth New York. First New
Jersey, and the First New Hampshire.
Makers old hotel, corner Of Thir-
teeH-aLd-a-HaH and z Streets north
wese-Part of First New Hampshire
Halls cOachnaking establishment
southwest corner Of Thirteen and-a-
Hall and E Streets northwsst-sixty-
ninth New York.
The Colonization Building.
Colonization Building. southwest cor
ner Pennsylvania Avenue and Four-and-
,a-HaIf Street northwest-Third New
Jersey, Second New York. and Twenty
sixth Pennsylvania
Woodward Building, now Kaufman's. .
between Tenth and Eleventh Streets
northwest-Fourth New JERSEY. Fifth
New York, First Michigan. Nineteenth
New York. and the Fourth Michigan.
Massachusetts Avenue. south side. be-
tween Sixth and Seventh Streets north
st-First Pennsylvania.
Old Scheutzen Park, Seventh Street be-
ycnd Florida Avenue-First Connecticut.
car Glenwood Cemetery-Second Con-
cut.
>rams-Eighth New York.
ing establishment, Maryland
between First and Second
2uthwest Fourteenth New
American organ Building. northeast
corner Louisiana Avenue and Tenth
Street northwest-First and Second Ohio
Egan's or Coyle's Building. now Mays.
Pennsylvania Avenue. between Sixth and
Seventh Streets northwest - German
Rifles fBlinkeTs).
Pennsylvania Avenue. opposite Nation
al Hotel and west OF the Clarendon
Tventy-eighth New York
Site Of Boyd's. on Ninth Street. be
tween . and z Streets northwest-Fjrst
and Second Ohio
The National Republican" Office.
The site OF Turner Hall should be
marked" Mr.. Croggan continued. for
It was almost the first saloon encoun-
tered on New Jersey Avenue south Of
c street northwest. and the popular
resting place OF the German soldiers
Also The WigWam. then the National
Republican" Office. at 70 northwest cor
ner Of Third Street and Indiana Avenue
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