Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-25
MEXICAN MAR CAPTAIN
Memory of Joseph Hooker Hon.
 ored at Boston To-Day

Memory of Joseph Hooker Hon.
 ored at Boston To-Day
 The Citizens of the Hub Had an Elab-
 orate Celebration-Tw -Twenty-Two Vet.
 erans of the Mexican War Marched
 in the Parade.
 Boston, June 9. Elaborate honors to the memory of Joseph HooKer, Mex tcan war captain and civil war general, commanding the Army of the Potomac, were paid to-day by the state of Mas sachusetts who claimed the famous soldier as her son. A beautiful eques- trian statue, placed upon the grounds of the state house, was dedicated with simple ceremony, although in paying tribute to the distinguished military leader the city of Boston joined with the state, and in the great parade, which was the feature of the day, scores of the most distinguished mili- tary men of America participated, to- gether with regular army cavalry and infantry, marines and bluejdckets from the coast division of the North Atlantic squadron, sent here for the day; the state militia: veterans who served with Hooker; members of the Massachusetts department, G.. A. R.; veterans of the Spanish war, and Bos- ton school regiment.
 Governor Bates to-day occupied his place as commander in chief of the military forces of the state, while in the line were Lieutenant General Miles, General Wesley Merritt, General John R. Brooke, General Oliver O.. Howard, General Daniel E. Sickles, General Alexander s. Webb, U. S. A., and General Joshua l.. Chamberlain.
 The program of the day included the unveiling of the monument at 9 o'clock. the parade starting at Ii o'clock and the formal dedieatory exercises in Me chanics' hall at o'clock p. n., where the oration was to be delivered by Brigadier General Charles P. Matticks of Portland, Me.
 The state and city departments sus- pended business; many firms closed their stores and the day was a gener- al holiday. Boston has never seen greater military spectacle than that of today. The streets were thronged. Decorations were profuse. The weath- CT was cloudy with raw northeast wind.
 The unveiling exercises were very brief, opening with selection by 8 band. Prayer was offered by the chap lain of the day, Rev Dr Arthur Little of Dorcester who was a chaplain in the Union army.
 Lieutenant-G Governor Curtis Guild Jr, in behalf of the committee of the executive, council, turned over the Hooker memorial to the state. Master Joseph Hooker Wood, grandnephew of General Hooker pulled the cord which released the veil and as the curtain fell Battery A, stationed on the common, fired major generals salute of thir- teen guns. Governor John l.. Bates accepted the custody. of the statue for the commonwealth. The exercises closed with music and benediction.
 As soon as the unveiling ceremonies were completed a greater part of the throng left Beacon hill to find places from which to see the parade. The line started shortly after il o'clock.
 The column moved in four divisions, with Governor Bates, commander in chief, escorted by the army and navy divisions of the United States service, Colonel John L. Tiernon, A. O., U. s. A., commanding; by the Massachusetts naval brigade, Captain George R. H. Buf1nton and by the First corps of cadets, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas A. Edmands. and the Second corps of ca dets majority and Rev .Litz command ing. While escorting the governor, these organizations also acted as es- corts to the veterans column, which was the feature of the column. First in line was the Society of Rockers Brigade, then the Twentieth Army Corps association and the Society of the Army of the Potomac.
 The second division consisted of the department of Massa chusetts of the G. A. R., and the third of other bodies of civil war veterans, Spanish war vet erans and the Boston school regiment.
 One of the most striking features of the parade was the appearance in the line of twenty-two veterans of the Mexican war, with their commander, his adjutant, Captain George w. Murch
 Another notable feature was the dis play, of the colors of Rockers old regi- ment of the Mexican war, brought from the militia museum at Fort Mon- roe, by permission of the secretary of war. At the city hall Mayor Collins re viewed the column, and at the State house it passed in review before Gov ernor Bates and staff