The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-14
BATTLE FLAG
DAY OBSERVANCE
Imposing Military Parade As
suTsd for Saturday.
LEGAL HOLIDAY PROCLAIMED
Gen. HoratIo Rogers viii 90 the Orator.
kBlg Showing Of Veterans Is
Anticipated.
LEGAL HOLIDAY PROCLAIMED

Tor the transfer OF tno seot' -"
from the old state house to the new state
capitol and now the details are pracucai-
ly complete.
The governor has issued a proclamation
declaring Saturday legal hoioAy' Inv
state brigade OF militia has been ORDERED
out armed and equipped The aged vet
erans OF the Civil War whose ranks are
growing thinner each year VIII form aho
follow the tattered standards. which tney
30 nobiy defended. TO a safe resting place,
Their sons OF the state organisation wlii
also be paraded and all together the day
will be one long to be remembered IN inc
annals OF the history OF the state.
Details from the Rhode Island society
OF Cincinnati and Sons OF the American
Revolution have been also invited 10
participate.
Charles c. Gray. the chief Marshal OF
the parade. has announced the Following
appointments: Col. Philip q. Chase. Adju-
tant general. and Col. g. 8. Atweil. chief
OF stan. Marshal Gray has also an
nounced some Of the members OF his
staff They are: Col. r. II. /. GODDARD
Samuel L. Carpenter. G.. c. Gray, Jr.,
Charles Mcguire. Fred Godfrey. Frank p.
Chase and Ernest Sprague.
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.
The veterans OF the War OF the Rebel
entitle them (on presentation to ticket Of
fice) to transportation to Providencs and
return. The certificates can be procured
from the following, who have kindly con-
sented TO act for the COMMITTEES: Walter
Price. Westerly; Albert 8. Wood. Hope
Valley; Henry c. Luther. slocumville:
Thomas A. Barbour, Ashaway; Hon
Samuel w. X. Allen. East Greenwich:
Levi ]. Cornell. Shamrock George #. Hol-
land. Wakefield: John II. Northup. APP
ponaug; Charles Duke. Rverpoint; Dr.
John Winsor. Anthony; Bernard Camp
bell. Natick; Andrew X. Mcmahon, New
port: Hon. Fred r Lawton. Tverton;
Herbert F. Bennett. Bristol: Col. b. B.
Martin. Warren; Hon. George L. Smith.
socket: walter A. Scott. Arnoid's Mills:
Samuel Salisbury, Pascoag: William
Blackmar, Harrisville and Oakland !:
James r. Haggerty. Tarkiln: William
Loomis Georgiaville: Clarence Mathew
son. Greenville; William II. Boyden. ST.,
Rockland.
The Spanish American War veterans
can produce certificates from DR.. r. r.
| Burgess, Pascoag; Hon. Frank E. Hol-
den, Woonsocket: Major Herbert Bliss.
Newport: Captain Charles II. Ledward.
| Westerly.
The brigade OF Rhode Island Militia
| having been ordered by His Excellency
the governor to parade - escort TO the
veterans will form en- masse on the south
erly side OF Exchange place with it's righ.
resting at Exchange street, prepared 10
march at II o'clock.
The division OF Rhode Island Sons OF
Veterans, u. 8. A.. will report on North
Main street at 1890 o'clock. to escort
the veteran division 10 Exchange place
The Farragut association, Naval Vet
Grams. and Naval Veterans OF the Spanish
NNnr xxtfll 90. int,t ,..t
Commander Gardiner c. Sims for the
parade. Commander Sims will be station
ed with his command on southerly side
OF Exchange place.
VETERAN STAFF.
General Elisha Rhodes has announced
that the following named veterans are
appointed on the STAFF of the division
commander. and will report at the old
State House at 10 o'clock a. m. on the
day or the parade. wearing dark clothes.
Grand Army hats and white gloves
Lieutenant Amos NJ. Bowen. Second
Rhode Island Volunteers. assistant adtu-
tant general: Lieutenant James 8. Hud-
son. First Rhode Island Detached Militia;
Major James A. Abbott. Third Rhode Isl
and Heavy Artillery; Captain Edward
Wilcox. First Rhode Island Light Artil-
lery; Lieutenant David g. Ray, First
Rhode Island Volunteers: Colonel James
Moran. Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artil-
lery; Nathan r. Lewis, Seventh Rhode
Island Volunteers; Captain Henry r.
Jencks. Ninth Rhode island Volunteers:
Sergeant George r. Baker, Tenth Rhode
Island Volunteers; Charles o. Baliou, NJ
d. Eleventh Rhode Island Volunteers;
General James Shaw. Twelfth Rhode
Island Volunteers: Captain Thomas Will
bur Manchester, Second and Third Rhode
Island Cavalry; Captain Joshua NJ Adde-
man. Fourteenth Rhode Island Heavy Ar
tillery; Sergt. Gilbert Wilson. Eleventh
Connecticut Volunteers. United States
Veteran association; Colonel Henry c.
Cook. United States Army: Colonel Theo-
dore Barton. Fifty-eighth Massachusetts,
Volunteers: Lieutenant James l.. sher-
man. Twenty-third Massachusetts Volun-
teers; Captain william r. Stone. Thirty
second New York volunteers Major Les
ter s. Hill, representing Spanish Amerx n
War veterans.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Instructions Regiments. batteries and
veteran associations will report U the
assistant sdjutant general AZ 10 a. m
on North Main street. Providence. The
line will be formed fright resting on
South Court street and extending south
erly) In the following order: Society OF
the Cincinnati, Sons OF American Revolu-
ton. First r. ]. u. NJ and First Battery,
Second r. !. Volunteers. Third r. / n
A. First r. I. l.. A.. First Y. I. Cavalry
Fourth r. !. Volunteers. Fifth r. l. H.
A.. Seventh r. I. Volunteers. Ninth r.. /.
Volunteers. Tenth r.. l. Volunteers.
Eleventh r.. 7. Volunteers. Twelfth r. I
Volunteers. Second and Third r.. l.
Cavalry. Fourteenth r. I. II. A., United
States Volunteer Veteran association,
Spanish-Americ War veterans
At the close OF the services AT the
new state house the column will march
TO Infantry hall. South Main street.
where n collation. viii be served to the
veterans.
According 10 general orders No. 10:
The following further instructions rel
ative 10 the tour OF duty OF this COM
mand in Provldence. Saturday Oct II.
1906 are hereby published:
Companies stationed at Pawtucket
take train for Providence az e.t0 n m.
Returning. leave Providence ~ 2.7s y. m.
Woon-ocket companies take train for
Providence ~ s65 a. IN. Returning. leave
Providence at ss1 p. m.
werteriy eOuranv fake train for