Putnam patriot., 1911-10-20
Thursday, Columbus Day, Oct 12

they were met by a reception com. mittee and a band and escorted te the headquarters. Music filled the air and all was bustling confusion and the onlookers wondered how an orderly procession could be formed from such an apparently entangled mass. It was done and done as it had been worked out in the minds of the committees SC that at l0.40 the procession got under way without any apparent effort and without hitch. The formation was as follows:
 FORMATION
 Mounted and riding at the head oi the line were Marshal David Flagg and his aids, George E. Shaw and Frank Thayer. Next came a platoon of six police, Officers Herman C. Carver Benjamin F. Chaffee, John Mcclure James 70 O'Brien, Charles Tatro and Theodore Boulay.
 SoUTHBRIDaE The Southbridge department drew the first position and formed as follows Chief of department in wagon, South bridge Brass band, twenty-four men combination wagon No. I, four horses ten men; hook and ladder truck, triple hitch of horses, twelve men; steamer No. l, four horses, seven men. DANIELsoN
 Then came the Danielson depart ment headed by St. James band, C. A. Potter marshal, twenty-five men; Min netexit hose company No. 1, Pioneer No. 2; Minnetexit hose wagon, thirty men, some carrying fire axes; Rattlel hook and ladder company, twenty-five men with their brand new steel frame truck; General Putnam steamer, foul horses, four men.
 WEBSTER
 Webster was next in line headed by St. Jean Baptiste band, twenty men Peter Dumas, drum major, attracting much attention and getting applause | for his manipulation of his baton; Ly. man R. Eddy hose company, twenty men; automobile combination truck | containing chief and six men. wILLIMANTIc Chief Wade U. Webster of Willi mantle in his auto with his driver Frank l.. Powell, came next. MILLBURY, NORTH BRooKFIELD lfaB hand Ernest Gustafson leader, of North Grosvenordale, twenty-four men, head ing the Holmes Steamer company No 8 of Millbury, twenty-two men, no ap paratus, and A. D. Batchelder hook and ladder company, North Brook field, twenty eight men.
 PUTNAM
 Tubbs Military band of Norwich headed the Putnam division. Chiel Engineer Mark Wilson and his as. sistants, Barrak Smith and Alphonse Boucher, were in the lead followed by Protector hose company No. l, H. w Sharpe foreman, fifteen men and wagon; Eagle hose No. 2, Phillias Cloutier foreman, fifteen men and wagon; Warren's drum corps and Mansfield hose No. 3, J. A. r. Gagnt foreman, fifteen men and wagon Kilties band of Scotch highland pipers heading General Putnam hook and ladder No. l, Foreman Martin Welch
 
 Line of carriages containing the mayor, ex-mayoIs, city officials, ex members of the department and prom inent guests.
 LINE OF MARCH The line of march was as follows Public square to Elm, To Providence to Marshall, to Woodstock avenue, t ] Church, to Bridge, to Elm, to Front 1 to South Main, to Grove, to King, ' | Chapman, to Center, to South Main to Square, where parade was dismissed
 The parade was one of the best eve seen here. The men of all companie were dressed in similar uniform C blue with nickle buttons for the me gold buttons for the officers. The ol picturesque red shirt and red, white c black helmet is now thing of tn past and is seldom seeniexcept anon the veteran associations. The whol line of march was crowded with pes
 pie, many going to different points see the procession pass several time
 Cheers and applause greeted the fir