Evening star., 1909-03-04

five years ago on the battlefieldS of Vir-
ginia, you would have thrown a fit. That
old Johnny Reb is trying to sound the
rebel yell. but his voice is too feeble"
The glad man who gurgled was one of
the fighters in gray who followed the for
tunes of Gems. Lee and Stonewall Jack
son in the sanguinary days of the six
ties. The sight of the southern guards
men from Georgia was too much for him
In memory he no doubt went back to the
days of fire and smoke when he, young
soldier too. marched as proudly and erect
as the youthful soldiers then passing
him, and how he had served under he
stars and bars in camp, bivouac, on the
long and tiresome march and in the
rattle and crash of the firing line.
Cheers Long and Loud.
The provisional battalion OF the 9TH
men. commanded by Capt Claude c.
Smith. was followed by Company f, Sd
Battalion, Troop L, I'd Squadron of Caval-
ry, and Troop X. I'd Squadron, the IA
nous Richmond Hussars OF Augusta, Ga,
commanded by Capt. j. c. Dempsey. The
members of the southern colony of Wash
ington and visiting southerners cheered
the Georgians long and loud.
People in line from the Wooden Nut
meg state cheered the Sd Company,
Connecticut Coast Artillery, commanded
by Capt. J. A. Hagberg, as the men
marched to the strains of a military
march played by a band with big drum
major
The Massachusetts troops swung along
the avenue with Gov. Eben S. Draper
riding al their head The noted 5th Mas
SachuSettS Infantry was in the van, com
manded by Col. William IL. Oakes. Then
the splendidly equipped and we'll drilled
and disciplined Massachusetts Coast Ar
tillery Corps, 500 strong, commanded by
Col. c. p. Nutter. and two provisional
regiments and the ambulance corps, the
whole making most creditable showing.
Maryland, MY Maryland"
The inspiriting strains of Maryland.
Ny Maryland caused a general craning
of necks. Then Gov. Austin L. Crothers
of Maryland. riding a prancing steed,
came into view at the head Of the troops
from that state.
When the 1st Regiment, National Guard
of Maryland, Brig Gen. Lawrason Riggs.
wheeled into Pennsylvania
avenue the crowd broke forth into cheer
ing again, only TO be redoubled when
the famous 9th Maryland, familiar to
song and story, lined up and marched
along the broad thoroughfare in splendid
alignment, Col. c. B. Clotworthy in COM
mand.
The 4th Maryland Infantry, Col.
Charles F. Macklin. and the Maryland
Troop A were also Justify cheered.
The Palmetto State.
Here come the Palmetto boys!' The
speaker was woman in gray, who had
spied the Palmetto flag waving above the
troops from South Carolina. The vener-
able southern veteran standing nearby
tried again to sound the rebel yell"
Some younger men from Dixie heard him
and sounded the high falsetto southern
battle cry with vim. The lst Battalion
Sd Infantry, National Guard of South
Carolina, marched with the steadiness of
veterans. They were commanded by
Lieut.. Col. Julius e Cogswel. War
pictures of the sixties were recalled by
the young South Carolinians wearing the
regulation uniform of Uncle Sans army.
and to more than one veteran they were
of the famous Palmetto regi-
ment that fought with Lee and Jackson.
The Richmond Blues.
Famed from balmy Florida to the
rugged coast of Maine and westward to-
ward the setting sun to the golden gate
Of California, it was no wonder the Rich
nond Light Infantry Blues battalion re-
ceived continuous ovation along the
route of parade today. Typical light in
fantrymen, they marched with proud and
soldierly bearing under the folds of the
blue sic semper tyrannis' state flag OF
Did Virginia
Spectators also sounded applause for the
st Battalion, the Sd Battalion. Virginia
Volunteers. and Battery c. 1st Battalion
Field Artillery. Virginia Volunteers. fol-
owing the Blues. In the two battalions
were several companies. notably one from
Iynchburg, with honorable wartime rec
,rds.
The New York Troops.
The volume of cheering that greeted the
was renewed with vigor a few
later as the multtudes caught
sight of the erect form of Gov. Charles E.
Hughes Of New York, mounted upon a
horse and escorted by the
gallant troopers of the 1st Signal Com
pany. National Guard OF New York,
mounted. and commanded by 1st LieIt T.
w. Baldwin.
'Hurrah for Gov. Hughes roared a
big New Yorker on the sidewalk, and the
crowds broke forth in a pandemonium
of applause.
The dandy 7th Regiment of New York
caused a fresh outbreak along the ave-
hue. Attired in their distinctive gray
with white cross belts in pretty
and marching with the snappy
tread of French light infantrymen, the
assing regiment from New York caught
the crowd and the crowd paid noisy
tribute. Col. Daniel Appleton, the very |
beau ideal of a soldier and a gentleman,
the 9TH.
The Naval Battalion from Rhode Island |
made an imposing appearance and elected |
cheers for Little Rhody.'
Gov. Prouty of Vermont was acclaimed |
by the Green Mountain boys and girls IN
the Inauguration thrOng.
"Whoopee, Wow Vow Ohio"
"Whoopee. Wow Vow; Ohio. Ohio was |
the first greeting to the Buckeye contin- |
gent as Gov. Judson Harmon at the Peace |
Monument turned the head of his horse |
westward toward the White House. where |
the Ohioans were reviewed by their emf |
1ent fellow citizen-William Howard Taft |
Gov. Jared Y. Sanders OF Louisiana was |
a applauded by the Pelican people and |
others as he passed westward along the |
avenue. Between Gov. Sanders and Gov. |
E. F. Noel Of Mississippi, came Company |
B of the 1st Indiana Infantry, from
Terre Haute. Capt. b. E. Winner COM
The Indiana company came |
here at the personal expense OF it's men,
bership to pay honor to President Taft.
The command shared the cheering with
Cows. Sanders and Noel.
Gov. Charles S. Deneen of Illinois rode
his steed like Spartan and applause was
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