Evening star., 1936-10-18

artillery attacneQ 10 Lne ARMY Oh Inc
potomac, at 4 o'clock. at about mile
beyond the Capitol, the best location
that could be selected In the vicinity.
There we're five regiments Of cavalry.
under command Of Gen. Stoneman,
chief Of cavalry, and eight batteries,
consisting of 48 pieces, under command
of Gen. Barry, chief Of artillery.
THE review was witnessed by the
President, the heads of the depart
ments. foreign Ministers and other dis
tinguished personages, together with
an immense crowd of spectators. Gen.
Mcclellan and staff appeared In full
uniform, accompanied by nearly all
the field and staff attached to the
Army of the Potomac. The Artillery
fired the salute usual on such occa-
sions. There we're two full mounted
bands of music.
THE artillery display was fine. AS
respects the Cavalry (volunteer at
leasU the parade was satisfactory.
rather as indicating what this branch
of the service may come to be six
months or year hence than as show
ing the force to be much more now
than good material (horses and mem &,
to be worked up into what may legiti-
mately be armed Cavalry"
A MOTHER item. printed at the time,
tells us that the review was held
on broad level common, and that. as
the camps of tie regiments were near
the northern extremities Of Seventh
and Fourteenth streets. three miles
away from the parade ground. 1t af-
forded the citizens an excellent oppor-
tunity of seeing the troops on their
way to the mimic scene OF action.
The following unfortunate accident
is also recorded by The Star in the Is
sue containing the item before quoted.
1t says:
"As the Artillery rapidly dashed
across the plain, the coupling Of one
of the caissons broke, throwing a por-
ton of the caisson over upon two
members Of the company. injuring
both quite badly. The men, Gillian
and Chadfleld, privates of Company X.
4th Artillery, were at once removed
to the C Street Hospital. where their
wounds were dressed. Gillian had q
deep cash cut in the right leg. and
was injured about the breast. Chad
field sustained a serious injury to his
back, but hopes are entertained for
his recovery"
Indeed, up to this time, and for q
number of years later, there was plenty
of vacant ground in the eastern part
of the city, where q review Of troops
might have been held, and it must
have taken a great deal Of nerve to
erect property in this section around
this period. especially for speculative
purposes, and yet. about flve years
after the review of 1861, we find an un-
usually enterprising gentleman erect
ing a block of sixteen 3-story houses
on Eleventh street southeast in the
block south of Lincoln Park. Today
this row, which stands on the east
side of the street. is known by most
every one as Philadelphia Row. and
strange to say, it was known by this
same name as far back as 1866, where
it is first mentioned under that name
in the city directory. After one has
seen this row of houses, and the older
residential section of Philadelphia. he
will not be surprised that it was Sc
called, but rather the wonder will be
how it became known by this name
so soon after it was built, for there
is every reason to believe that the row
was erected during the Summer and
Autumn of 1865.
Evidently. the pioneer who built
these houses was aware of the charter
granted by Congress to the Metro
politan Railroad Co. on July l. 1864,
and anticipated that it would open
up this section to settlement to those
who may not have owned carriages
for this was right in the heyday of
the horse .and-buggy days. And judg-
ing from the people who soon occu-
pied them, the enterprise proved sue
cessful. 1t could not have been very
long after the railroad was chartered
before it was in operation. At any
rate, there was the Washington and
Georgetown line, a half-mile distant,
and first operated to the Navy Yard on