The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05
Veteran New York Military Organ-
cation Celebrates.
THE 7 IRD OLDEST N THE COUNTRY
FORMER MEMBERS WILL TAKE
PART IN MONSTER PARADE
THIS AFTERNOON.

NEW YORK, May 5.-The Seventh
N Y. N G.. the third oldest militia
organization in the country is celebrat-
ing it's one-hundredth birthday. In
harmony with the importance Of the
anniversary, the high standing and
brilliant history of the regiment and
the prominence Of it's former and pres
emf officers. the celebration was plan
ned to be an unusually brilliant event
on a scale worthy Of the occasion and
the history of the regiment. The open
ing feature of the celebration will be
a parade of the regiment on Fifth
avenue this afternoon. Colonel Dan
iel Appleton, the commanding officer
of the regiment, will be the grand mar
shall, and hundreds of former members
of the regiment now in active service
in the regular army or other military
organizations, will march in the parade
with the regiment, under the command
of Brigadier General George Moore
Smith, of the First brigade. The war
veterans of the regiment will be next
in line, and after them will follow
the former members of the regiment
in civilian dress, in alphabetical order
of their companies. The Seventh regi-
ment will march in the rear of the
column. The veterans will form in the
new armory Of the Seventy-first regi-
ment, on Thirty fourth street and Park
avenue. The veterans will carry canes
supplied to them by the committee.
The parade will march up Fifth avenue
to the Seventh Regiment armory, at
Sixty-seventh street and Park ave-
nue.
appointed as the representative Of the
executive for this occasion, General
of the regular army, and number of
high officers Of the militia will review
erected along the line of march on Fifth
avenue.
than fifteen hundred covers will be
spread in the drill hall of the Seventh
Dnrrir he
inent former members of the regiment
who will be at the banquet and who
Major General w. A. Kobbe, U. S. A.,
retired; Brigadier General H. w. Hub
bell, U. S. A. RETIRED Lieutenant Colo
mel John S. Loud, U. S. A., retired;
Colonel j. W. Powell, U. S. A, retired;
Colonel H. B. Freeman, commanding
the First New Jersey regiment, and
Colonel S. w. McClave, staff officer N
]. N. G. Secretary Taft is also ex-
pected to speak.
The large drill hall has been beau
tifully decorated for the occasion and
will present a brilliant scene this ev-
ening. Colonel Daniel Appleton. the
present commanding officer of the regi-
ment, who will be the host of the
evening and will preside, has served
sixteen years with the regiment, rising
from the ranks through the grades of
corporal and sergeant. He was COM
missioned a second lieutenant in 1876.
a captain in 1879. and colonel in 1889.
The four original companies of the
Seventh regiment were mustered in
May 6, 1906. The celebration was set
| for today, however, as tomorrow will
be Sunday. The first four companies
were recruited at a time of great ma
| tional peril. British men-of-war were
firing upon and enforcing the right to
search American vessels, and as the
federal government resented such ac-
ton, bombardment of the city and
general attack by the British was
feared.
History Of the Organization.
The four companies were attached
to the Third and to the Eleventh reg
iments in turn, and formed a battalion
| in 1924, when the Marquis &c Lafayette
visited the United States He made
| he suggestion. which was adopted.
/ that the various militia organizations
be consolidated in national guard s-,d
constituted as was the citizens soldiery
Of France. The four companies were a
part of the army for the defense of
which in 1S47 took the name of tho
! Seventh. The title Major Sitcher's
Battalion" was also applied to the or
ganization
Since its final Organization, the
Seventh has been especially conspicu-
Gus. Its services have been rendered