Evening star., 1902-01-01
A HAPPY new YEAR
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Army. Navy and the Marine Corps.
| The arrival OF the military contingent
| gave additional brilliance to the scene. The
| blue and gold of the uniforms of the officers
| Of the army. navy and marine corps con-
| trasted favorably with the richly decorated
/ and variegated costumes worn by the
| members of the diplomatic corps and the
| beautiful. gowns and jewel ornaments of
| the ladies.
As usual. the army had the right of the
| line, by reason of the seniority of that
| branch OF the military service. The repre-
| sentatton was very large, and included
| practically all the officers stationed in this
| city and al Fort Myer. Lieut.. Gen. Miles,
commanding the army. resplendent in the
| full uniform of his high rank, headed the
| line, IN company with Maj. Gen. Corbin,
| adjutant general of the army. Gen. Miles
| was attended by his entire staff. including
| Col. Thomas Ward. adjutant general, and
| Lieut.. Coils. Samuel Reber. III. II. Whitney
/ and NJ. z. Maus. together with Col. ]. NJ
/ Lee, Both Infantry. inspector of small arms
i practice, and Col. w. s. Randolph, chief of
| artillery.
| The line was formed according to corps
| and regiments as given in the Army Reg
| lister. The adjutant generals department
was represented by Lieutenant Colonels
Barry. Heistand. Andrews. Johnston. Simp-
son. Mccain and Carter. and Majors
Greene. Parker and r. X. Evans of Van
| couver barracks
OF the inspector generals department
there We're Lieutenant Colonels Heyl and
| Knox, and of the judge advocate generals
department. General Davis and Major
Goodier
The quartermaster's department was rep
resented by General Ludington. Lieutenant
Co!onels Bird and Patten and Majors True,
Martin and HodgSon and Captains Carson,
Dare and Bickham
| General Weston. commissary general was
accompanied by Colonel Sharpe and Cap
! tains Gallagher and Murray of the subsist-
/ ence department.
Surgeon General Sternberg was accom-
panied by the following named officers of
| the medical department: Colones Forwood
| and Dewitt Lieutenant Colonels Hoff lie
| Garde, Borden. Davis Munson. Reed and
| Colonel Waters, retired. Colonel Sniffen
was at the head of the pay department and
was accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel
Baird and Majors Tucker, Pickett and
Becker
The Corps of Engineers was represented
| by Brig. Gen. Gillespie, Coils. Haines and
| Mackenzie, Lieut.. Coils. Allen and Miller.
| Majors Black. Lusk, Abbott and Kuhn and
| Capts. Patrick. Bromwell Sewell and Hofr-
| man and First Lieut.. Ferguson.
| With Gen. Crozier, chief of ordnance,
We're Majors Smith and McNally and
| Capts. Bruff. Gibson and Joyes The Sig
| nal Corps was represented by Gen. Greey,
! with Majors Thompson. Scriven and Max
| held, Capts. Russell and Montgomery and
| Lieut.. Cunningham. The record and pen
sion ONCE was represented by Gen. Aims
| worth and Major Tweedale.
There was a full representation of the
| cavalry and artillery officers stationed al
Fort Myer and of the engineer school at
Washington barracks, including Coils.
| Smith, Day and Lewis and Capt. Cham
berlane Of the artillery. and Col. Moore,
| Majors Finley, Hardeman Elliott Har-
| bord, Langhorne and Clayton, and Lieuts
King, Scales. Ryan, Shelley and Fuger OF
| the cavalry.
Among the retired officers in attendance
We're Major Gen. Merritt and Gems. Wilson
Ruggles. Baird. Ho.abird, Mills. Moore
Rochester. Sawtelle, Stanley and Vincent.
There was an unusually large turnout of
naval officers. and they made a fine appear
ance. The line was headed by Admiral
Dewey and Rear Admiral Farquhar. the
latter chairman of the lighthouse board,
who were attended by Commander Sargent
and Lieut.. Crawford of Admiral Deweys
staf. Among the others in line were Rear
Admirals Melville, Endicott. Bradford
O'Neill. Evans, Watson. Cromwell, Taylor.
Crowninshield and Terry, Chief Constructor
Bowles. Paymaster General Kenney, Sur
geon General Van Reypen, Capts Sigsbee,
Davis and Reisinger. Commanders Hawley,
Logan Taussig, Switzerland, Bush and
Feeder. Prof. See of the naval observatory,
Paymasters Ash and Addison, Lieuts.
Barnes George, Beecher. Willard, Norton.
Kearney and Webster. Among the retired
officers present were Rear Admirals Ben
ham and Ramsay. Among the other retired
officers We're Prof Newcombe and Capts.
Bartlett and Jewell and Lieut.. Commander
resented by Gen. Haywood, Coils. Reid.
Lauchheimer, Denny, Goodloe, Russell and
Wood. Capts. Mark, Parker and Jonas, and
Leuts. Snyder, Williams, Mott, Dewey and
Burton
District National Guard.
Directly in the rear of the army and navy
contingent came the commanding general
and the officers of the general staff of the
District of Columbia National Guard. The
| militia officers who paid their respects to
the President were Gen. George II. Har-
ries, Lieut.. Col. Theodore Mosher. adjutant
general: Capt. Edward F. Riggs. aid-de-
camp; Capt. c. Fred. Cook. aid-de-camp
Capt Andrew Parker, aid-de-camp; Major
H H. Parmenter. quartermaster general
Major C. H. Ourand, inspector general ;
Major James E. Bell inspector general of
rifle practice: Major T. l.. Averill, chief of
engineers; Major George Henderson, sur
geoE general and Major W. ID. Davidge,
judge advocate general.
Department Ofiicfals.
The program fixed II o'clock as the hour
for opening the reception of departmental
and other governmental officials. but the
hour had passed more than twenty minutes
when this line was ushered in.
The reception was in the following order:
The regents and secretary of the Smith
sonian Institution, the commissioner OF
fisheries. the civil service commission. the
| interstate commerce commission, the COM
missioner of labor. Spanish treaty claims
| commission, assistant secretaries of de-
| partments, assistant postmasters general,
| the solicitor general assistant attorneys
| general. the treasurer of the United States,
commissioner of pensions. commissioner of
| patents. controller of the currency, the
| heads of bureaus in the several depart
ments. the president of the Columbian In
| stitute for the Deaf and Dumb.
The line of people under these headings
was the longest in number of years. The
| assistant heads of all the departments the
| various commissioners and heads Of bu-
| reaus were present almost without eXcep-
! tion. The entire list of departmental offi-
| cials could practically be printed to cover
the attendance.
| Veterans Were Numerous.
The veterans of the various wars felt a
| personal interest in shaking the hand of
| the new President, and this led to probably
/ the largest turnout of soldiers of past wars
| ever known at the White House. This fact
| was plain, not only from the long line of
| veterans. but from the length of time con-
| sumed in their reception. The program
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