Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1892, Page 10

f é A WASHINGTON, D. ©, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1892—PART TWO. game the cavalry corps which Sheridan had STAR: id physique, who had just a march | Sherman's Army, source of wonder, of admiration and of pride. | THE SOLDIERS REST, brought to such a degree of perfection, with | of nearly two thousand miles in a hostile coun- | comprising the Army of Tennessee and the | They will see instead of streets unpaved and | Gens. Merritt and Custer, Then followed the &y, in drill, and who realized that they | Army of Georgia, was reviewed on May 24. ridged by the ruts made from the passa were “ {| A Balding Once Famitiar to Thousings of marshal’s brigade, commanded by Brig. closely scrutinized by thousands of | countless army wagons. beavtly laden with # ‘ere Massey, and the engineers’ brigade, eom- | thelr fellow countrymen and by foreigners. Di-| _At the head of the column rode Maj. Gen. | DiS" Worouchiares smoothly paved, cleanty | Loyal Men. manded by Brig. Gen. Benham. Following | vision after divixion . each commander of | William Tecumseh Sherman, accompanied by | and to be surpassed by the sircets of mo other " these were the ninth corps, commanded by | an army corps or division coming on the stand | Gen. O. 0. Howard. city in the world. v will realize the great W PRE WRARY RECRUITS rorxy Rest axp ae Major Gen. Parke: a division of the nineteenth | during the passage of hin command to be pre- Army of Tennessee. work that was done by Gor. Shepherd and his FRESHMENT ON THRIR WaT To THE FRONT— in command of Brig. Gen. Dwight; the | sented to the President, eabinet and spectators, Associates in lifting Washington from the mire fifth corps, in command of Major Gen. Grifin, Maj. Gen. John A. Logan. and the second corps, in command of Gen. Humphries. = PRESH FROM THE FIELD. Humorous incidents without number oc- curred. Many of the soldiers carried curious looking camp utensils and resting on man; A KUGE KITCHEN THE “RETRRAT” BUILDING STILL STANDING, ‘The steadiness and firmness of tread, the cate- ful dress on the guides, the uniform intervals a ae between the companies, all eyes directly to the | Maj. Gen. Wm. B. Hazen. front, and the tattered and’ bullet-riven figs | First division—Brig. Gen. Charles R. Woods, festooned with flowers, all attracted notice. | i ,__ ,seventy-sixth Obio. = ‘Many good people up to timt time had looked | First brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. W. B. Woods, upon our western army as sort of mob; but | seventy-sirth Ohio. the world then of a village to the beauty of a completely | Paved city. the original pian of its founder | carefully and intelligentiy carried ont, The | ndreds and thousands of the blue and their friends are here attend: pment the remark will be so gorerament buildings which when they While the here before, were incompiete are now finished | boys ing the often a] we and réeogrized asa fact | Second brigade, Col. R. P. Catterson, ninoty- arco eg an pe’ & wam- aac finale om that it was yin the proper sense, well | Seventh Indiana, | cult to find Wash of today the = othr Dedrery Mae =| mel dep ‘cul vomeeniel aah auuplens, | Whird brigade, Col. George A. Stone, twenty- | | Washington known to them im ‘61 and "5, Bald ek ho hed tele ny Picked up in the | Zod it was no wonder that,ft hed ewopt through | fifth Lowa. Those who wiil be here for the first time will gral who had followed the officers of com- | the south like a tornado. ‘For six hours and a | Second division—Brig. Gen. J. M. Oliver, f- | be amazed when they learn what it was thea, tmaunds to which they had been attached, fur-| half that strong tread of the army of the west teenth Michigan. nished no little amusement. The boys them- selves presented a unique appearance, for their uniforms were soile¢ and faded. There had been no brushing up for the occasion, for it was determined to let the people see the sol- yesounded along Pennsylvania avenue. Nota d reaiiz soul of that vast crowd of spectators loft his | place, and when the rear of the column had | passed by thonsands of apectators still lingered | to exprems their senso of confidérice in tho | strength of a what it is now | tively fow of the av paved, and the rongh cobble stor then compara pues and streets were few pavements in use wore Many of the s«treets graded and graveled and at their best in the — brigade, Col. Theodore Jones, thirtieth oO} Second brigade, Col. William 8. Jones, fifty- third Ohio. ‘Third brigade, Col. F. 8, Hutchinson, government which could claim | teenth Michigan, ar. dis they i ' eorly days of the war were in a f onthe ete oe nad ee So i 4 Gone Geir | such an army. | Fourth division—Tivt, Maj. Gen. John M. Ggrso, up and,at times,were well nigh impassable, The The most exciting incident of the first day SEAMS FOR FER VETERANS. sixth Iowa. was the runaway of Gen. Custer’s horve. Cus- ter’s division of the cavalry corps presented a striking appenrance, ne all wore Haming red neckties with the ends hanging down the breast nearly to the belt. As Custer at the head of his command turned from 15th street into the avenue his horse suddenly reared, pawed the air a moment and then started wildly up the What Gen. Sherman says of the soldierly qualities of his army is equally true of the grand Army of the Potomac that had been teviewed on the day previous. Foreign officers who witnessed the review marveled at the per- fect dress and precision of step of these veterans, fre-h from the field of active hostil- First brigade, Brig Gen Elliott W. Rice, sev- enth Iowa, Second brigade, Brig. Gen. W. T. Towa, Third brigade, Col. Richard Rowett, seventh Mlinvix, Artillery brigade, Lieut, Col. W. H. Rosa. SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS. dome of the Capitol was then are of Jerection, the patent oftice was unfinished and | other public buildings were incomplete. With some who came here tm the early days of the war doubtless the first points of interest asked for will be the old muguration ball bailding in Judiciary Square, used as barracks A VIEW FROM A WAR TINK PHOTOGRAPH. and compare in architectural beauty with those of any gover | Clark, * th street | gor wo * ond avenue. From curb to curb there was a clear | ities, and they could not too highiy praise the Maj. Gen. Frank P. Bi inte Pannegioania wwenen Drick | £F * yivania ne og — — Open ‘space, and as the horse tore along, | discipline of this vast army of saldicrs, who had | First division—Brig. Gen. Mat ning F. Corse, | building whieh then did state De- May, 1861; the stone mansion 0 ly beyond control, Custer certainly ee : Seentisae Osa | artenanh ath wok be nee t» place they | known as Columbia Heights, mear which ‘a ensation. His bat had fallen off | 0t been bred to war, but who had gone into| ___, twentieth Obi ni par ° ieeeggecir oR — 5 ‘alk of lif First brigade, Brig. Gen. John W. Fuller, | wiil see the worth courtyard of the Ireasury eral New York regiments camped; the Insane and his long. yellow hair was streaming in| the army from every walk of life at the call of | swenty-eevesth Ohio; | Kotigiag, stad capt noumise geuaitovarmemnn Se | Sanne ste ee eeeeie toeaas e wind. while the ends of his scarf | their country. Second brigade, Brig. Gen. V. Sprague, | which the accounts and cash of the goveran eer * 2 (0 floated behind him like a couple of streamers. 4 grpanica Okie en et ceeecer om te pane neni ee barked for Alegandria on Muy 22 ( Men shouted and women shricked, expecting i neral advance was made ‘Third brigade, Bvt. B ); the mavy yard, in . Gen. John Tillson, ‘As they pase farther «og th that the general would be dashed to pieces. = Sat Se tenth Llinois. th strec I miss the old Wa the New York soventy-first regiment pearly ponent rma eomdi ges = Mao Third division—vt. Maj. Gen. M.D. Leggett, | Navy Departm ldings, but i ths . and Frauklin Square, where he brought 4 horse dgwn on his haunches, se seventy-eighth Ohio. Bcochone te ce sles + » Gen, Butterfield’s command, the New York SS then turned him and ode back. When he First brigade, Brig. Gen. Chas, Ewing, mipedeamendiwagpens gfnbows twelfth S. M., and others spent their first days We = = ‘ is ~~ | reached his hat he stooped gracefaily and _hecond brigade, Brig. Gen. Robert K. Scott, | ¢sterpal abPearance and com stumules, had been lowered upon the formal surrender of | cast. The engineer brigade and the provost upon his head. sixty-eighth Ohio, picking it “up placed | it goverment building in this country or any Fort Sumter. Major Gen. Robért Anderson, } general marsha brigade bivouacked for the | By this time the head of his column had reached Fourth division—Maj. Gen. Giles A. Smith, “THY SOLDIERS’ REST. IN MAY, {86 other. of his - “ti er = Probably, how: opinion of the le as Reais Neen bed once Saal § Beceie( aight oct the | izgeaie) ehdes, ieee thé Long |e eat ne wine tne) bis eee — First tisha thie Got EL F. Potts, thirty- | ,,2akine Pennsylvania avenue from 15th street Bsr - etry arco come but inedfectual defense of this fort and who had | bridge, and crossed at 3 o'clock in the morning | $4 We Merete mmual’ bad tan Rend Toe mann gis » y sees Se ton tol, shor eat in| ON ee ee 9 | been compelled toerscuste it in 1861 and to | and took » position on A street north. prepared | Tio \itmomsed hia magnificent display of how ; ie, Brig. Gen. Carlos J. Stol-| and net, as when ther new at vais sing tes think toes wD see the stars and stripes lowered and sup-| yore Set Com Gente ere thet ah | manship cheered him to the echo and many a a Hlinis artillery. sy pelkuap, | Pid by afew straggling stores: Rent” and “The Geldiend Be : . Maj. Gen. Gri essed the sora Wamsed er kid mide izade, Brig. Gen. W. W. + | sp ae ag Pe — — ee Fiery ee ermnreh, form: | jeder. “He mniled upon all and t0ok off his hat. (From a photograph.) Ariillery brigade, Maj. Fred Welker, firét | piace substantial buildings, all occupicd for enjoyed their di al and the first flag of the nation in 1865. : | the parchsenes chigwers tae cnet Thence vd eran ee Those two days were days of the most intense | Missouri light artillery. bu 1e88 purposes. night's sleep after icaving home, At the first al haps tered a that ot | corps, Maj. Gen, Humphreys, moved at 7 «. m ‘was devoted to Sherman's | Pat#iotiem. ‘There was patriotism in the air. Anny of Georgia. These are but a few of the many ¢ very day when the national fing was raised | CTP, Maj. Gen. eys, moved at 7 a.m. y was devoted to Shei jafter the fifth corps acrosx the river, und formed in column on the streets of the fifth ward. south of Vennsyivania avenue. prepared to follow the fifth corps on ist street cast in the procession, lowers breathed it, the bands played it and the battle flags, torn and blood stained, gave it to the breeze. ‘Every one of the 200,000 men who, during those two days, marched down Pennsylvania avenue was a hero and a patriot and every one of the 100,000 spectators realized that he had witnessed asight which woald rit in at Fort Sumter the President of the | United States, who had borne the trials and | burdens of four long years of civil war, was | assassinated in this city. The thock of this | great tragedy was felt alike by the » Tejoicing at the chnelusior » they socuned ehelter amd at the heir meals, Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocuin, New “ork. TWENTIETH ARMY CORPS, Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Mower. First division—Bvt. Maj. Gen. A. 8. Williams, Michi First brigade, Bvt. that will be observed by the old soldiers come here for tf firat ti the days of the war, aud d that they will The Grand Review at the Close of the War. army, which included the Army of the ‘Tennes- of Georgia, ‘The w tifal as it had been on the previous n. Sherman appeared at the When G head of the column the tumultuous cheers is which they remer «. They will wa: OX THE FOUR STANDS, Gen, James L, Sel- thus rudel ig. n ; On Pennsyly nue. in front of the | which he was greeted proved the popu be possible again for at least a generation. | fridge, forty-sixth Pennsylvania, ss where the diferent army officers or headguar- whose satisfaction at the n of hostilities | president's House, four stands were erected by Both spectators und veterans f tly prayed | __ See Brig. Gen, William | ters were situated, and a thousand ond one yas was marred by the sad intelligence. ‘The peo-| sc overnment. ‘The main pavilion on the that the country might never again be aiilicted | Hawley, thi other localities which live in their mi ple of the northern states had Jearned to appre- | *B* 8! nt. hain pavilion, he 4 THE SCENE AT THAT TIME. interrupted, and by the #0 ciate the wonderful humanity of the man of the people who was at the head of the nation and even the men of the south came to believe in | south side of the avenue, designated as No aud which was occupied Lieut. Gen. Gr 1, y President Johnson, nesee in comms | gan, who was the ideal cit: with fratricidal strife, which would nec the calling together of such another arm This grand review was the closing pageant of itate Third brigade, Brig. Gen. J. 8. Robinson, | ighty-recond Ohio. f | Second division—Bvt. Maj. Gen. John W. Geary, see where the various by which many of have never heard of, th present geuerati on | oe pe members of the eabmet, | urmy included the fifteenth cor the war. The boys in blue were soon mustered twenty-cighth Pennsylvania. wiibeskueeus ane cog gra ae the honesty of purpose and reat Kindly dispo_ | heads of eivil and military departments and | Gen. Hazen, and the seventecuth corps, under | out of the service and wont home tothe lor-| First brigeda Int Brig, Gen a pardec, jr., |, To those soldiers who were for any length of | 2 of the man whom thes had derided and | j10\Co.08 diplomatic, was bean festooned MAJ. Gen. Binir. Then came the Army of | ing embrace of proud and happy friends. The | one hundred and forty-seventh Peuuspivenie” | time stationed in the defenses of Washington : with American and battle flags and decorated | G00rsi# in command of Gen. Siocum. | This in- | army melted away and the soldiers became | Second brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. George W. | this present visit is of peculiar iuterest, They | had been made the preteat for their attempted nerican and butth : 1 the twen.ieih corpé, under Maj. Gen. | peaceful eitizene of the republic they had saved | Mindsl thirte thisd New Jersey j il probably travel about the saburbs of the | . I sion from the Uni | with flowers and evergreens. Immedi: t, and the fourteenth corps, under! and amenable to the laws whose supremacy | ‘Third brigade, . Brig. I ss tak Wai euansen A Jakes Oka imaaaa oie tet The City Gaily Decorated With Flags aud “Wastin J over the center of the pavilion i Gen, Jeff C, Davis. Exch | they had vindicated, Parnum, one hundred and forty card ; “y . “Tien Rekeank” bent oe drama of 1 a ce were In: = aoraaaiee as 7 |. the order in which the troops were formed | ea dagen they amare ; adege ro oa ore oe [been upon a constant ne with | and everg:e ge train. Some of | yw leas ee a vara, | f¢ how simply memories in the rainds of the the war i ere rumors of disasters eases to the Union | battle had added by way of | "™" 0* follows *e Reet Settee et San. YS ee ak s of W ou. Many of ge cst So | whose streets had continually resounded | ticips sand pack mules, wh pi ok ceca as re — a nig ger? , meets of 4 Fan tia teen ons eagasbane pete tothe teapk| ihe’ t Suiaied ofl gania cocke, bouitey EE CAVALRY. | __ First brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. Benjamin Har-| them will undoubtediy seck to discover ac-| lute J. DP. crutchett, “The Res” and? the | hopes ig prem am. 8 wat abe | : & og i vs {| Third division—Bvt. Maj. Gen. Geo. A. C seventieth Indiana, a | quaiutances whom they made dut the war | buildings councet bh the headquar- and with the rumble of army wagons filled with | bu ke., and come of them had the families of freed | Sheen henaen supplies or coming to get them, where the h Second brigade, Brig. Gen, William Wells, d brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. Daniel Dus-| and to renew friendships which were formed sia ieee oe ee ITI ZENS Bittle hed been fied sith the wounded, giving first Vermont cavalry ; . ged Pekar ea, yet Hilinois iam Coge- | 8t that time, Undoubtedly there will be great oh to x ca aes THOUSANDS OF C | the eitizens a hasty evidence of ‘the stern Third brigade, Col. TH. Capehart, first West | , jpind brigede, Ist. Brig. Gen, ie | diseppo'utment at mans of the changes that ing “outmard "tacing | ? en up in the sur- i : : of S. Wine; 5 have taken place, But there wiil also cha was bus a few pards hem the [render of Tee was krown to, the most pro- 1A. CM, Pennington, third | 5 Attilery, Capt, Charles E. Winegar, New Bate tien plce, Thu wrap ng t 3 waa but a few yards from the — mis eles ae ee Lie isi eee assert coer FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Se mations) cigttal Whee the form t ‘eteoat wae a neconsity. eapecialy | rades bouh d e whole cits Maj. G orge Crook. ne paeee jormed a cord fense for Washiu, pe for 300,000 men wae teow + ine | Weminated again and again, and every one felt First brigade, Brig. Gen. Henry E. Davies, Maj. Gen, Jette - Davis. during the war were located are now to be | ¢) f Bull Run. July 21, Prior Crowd the Sidewalks Along the Line | Bsmin's¢ aguin and again. pecoainen van aay oe tee First division—Tirig. Gen, Charles C. Waleot ; found thriving suburban wcitletents, ume of | {aie tea of bal Mun, daly 21-1861, Prier out the land. Bi se ond brigade, vt. Brig. Gen, John Irvin _ 7, forty-tifzh 01 * Aly peopied. iments were afriving, often unheralded. and of March ‘The painful shock which this ge: Gregg. sixth Pennsylvania cavalry. First brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. H. C. Hobart, e entire vear that has elapsed since | the officers on duty here were at @ loss to find received on the assagination of Pr ‘Third brigade, Bvt. Brig. twenty-first Wiscons ined that the national encamp- | quarte Private houses which bappened to col could have been felt nowhere so ke first Maine cavalry. Second brigade, Brig. Gen, George B. Buell, neld in Washington the st | be vacant were taken and the rental arranged x here, where the victim of John Wilkes Booth's First division—Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Devin, | fifts-eighth Indiana, among soldiers has been increasing | for afterward, bullet was known to every one and his grout ak Nee Yo: ree "| Third brigade, Col. H. A. Hambright, seventy- | and it has been the desire to once again come set INCIDENTS OF THE DAY, | tty 28235 tm is perfect touch with the le, Col. Peter Stagg, fiat Michigan | Binth Pennsylvania, | together at the national capitai that has caused THE INAUGURAL BALL. BUILDING. + | people was fully appreciated ie ‘What Particularly Happened During the Two Days That It Took the Armies of en the joy was changed tom ng and lace to emblems of sorrow. While his body yin etate thousands went to gaze upon his rugged but kindly face, and when the solemn Reserve brigade, Brig. Gen, Alfred Gibbs, first New York dragoons. NINTH ARMY CORPS. Second division—Lvt. Maj. Gen James G. Mor- niuth To | so gre previous enca:pn ‘awuses for entiu: that are for t and unexampled an atten ance Eve Among the buildings for barracks put up at s Col. Charles L. Fitzhu; h, gan, te wis, foot of ground ia and about this city is bis this time was frame structure erected near the flags and banners which ornamented both sixth New York cavalry. e) viret brigade, Brig. Gen. William Vandever, | ® relates to the w the north wail of the court house, which bad public buildings and private dwellings gave built for the imangural ball of Merch 4 Several organtzations, enlisted fj Co. J, W. Langley, | has the we nths, were quartered in this byding otomac, of Georgia en aan aca oe ae Parke. “tth Mlincis, “* | core or more pat otic. |The citizens of Washi | April aud May, 1S6éivand atter the favance of the Pi of & and of the Ten- | crowds which lined the sidewalks stood hushed Ge 66 Wit IS an : paira, | BEtOM have ‘exerted themselves to an extent = by the thought that they were witncesing the J. Gs hird division—Bvt. Maj. Gen. Absalom Baird, neasee to Pass the Reviewing Stands. y last sad tribute to a gr and good man. uel Harriman, thicty- First brigade, Col. M. C. Huntgr, eight: ever befor shown to make these the troops in May it was continued as tem- | 2 | whom they owe so much fee! tat the | Detety qeatters Sar qugenientions Gn eunnny a But the world moved and the government ph ninth . se a Col : Joaghly and ab: welcome. As they | Immodia after the battle of Bull Run the still existed. Andrew Johnson took 3 Sr ea i lair fa ec | march up Penusylvania avenue today and ere | buiiding was taken down and rebuilt near this © MANY py prose mal meg prom ade, Col. James Bintliff, thirty- rd brigade, Brig. Gen. George 8. Green, | evi C4 by the President, their commander. | depot as the Kest, It was 250 feet Jong and 60 of the Grand Army o! > the Republic who come here now to attend the encampment the most virid memory they western armies had ‘ever been to Washington before und many of ‘them have never visited this city since. Those coln. the last armies of the rebellion had capita- lated and the great war was entirely over. MORE THAN A MILLION MEX. To give some idea of the magnitude of the tary service. The exact number of individuals enlisted has never been accurately ascertained, EWING STAND, cighth Wisconsin, Second division First brigade, Bvt. fifth Pennsyly FIeTit Bet. Maj. Ge MY COR . Charles Griftin, th New Yor! THE VETERANS OF TODAY. Ail the Grand Army men who are now visit- ing Washington have an interest in the membered that he had enli ed to maintain th aud to in-chief other disting hed persons they | will feel that the war is indeed over aud that this 1s indved a united republic. foet wide, and the 000 feet of floor space on which the grand promenade of the inaugural ball. fouowed by the dance.took place beeane te mauiy a patriotic young soldier en route to the fronta temporary biveusc. ‘The Retreat build- national cap It is because of the interest mae Sygrck Bh ss _— Sie — a. e % pal © is because e was cstablis the late Col. (thon a Lege eee or] Pomp np. nligsot mat entry Third division—Bvt. Maj. Gen, John P. Hart-| that every one feels in the city of Washington, Capt) Beckwith, manny a euhude- capital is that of the | 1965, more than a million of men were in the ranft, | which is the seat of the government, that he ence, and. wae "in the immediate ‘charge grand review which | Military service of the United States. A still B. MeCalmont, two | periled his life to vave from destraction, that of Messrs. Thomas H. Donanue and Janes fi. took place here May, | ‘ser number had been enrolled and dis- hatred an elven. mince alti peoeeut astioaal dnceny: Searles. two trusty agents, who had just cote ® ¥* | charged. To these must be added a roll of Se Matthews, twohun- —— P in from th The litter remained at this 1865, at the conclasion : ed dred nt is so much greater than on any previous pest util 1865, when the building was of the war. Many of | "#™es which at that time numbered over 250,- Art . Brig. Gen. J. C. occasion, Wherever the soldier was, whether closed. He is still living in this city and is im thooe who served in the | 000., the grand army of the aah tee. ball, fourth New York heavy actillers in Virginia or in the arinies of the west, he re- 2,859,132 men n enrolled in the mil business, treat was fitted up with tables, at is were served to troops in detach- mx ris division— Bvt. the Union from being dissolved. of 500 at a time, Hetugees, paroled but the best estimates—reducing the enlist- et iri tN rascor eae Me canner on aka a attle, prisoners and now and then deserters bore ‘Who came from eastern states passed through | ments to a three years’ standard of service = shores : his thoughts turned to Wasbinigton, where sat partook of Uncle Sam's hospitality. ‘Washington on their way to the front, so that | place the total nnmber at 2,320,272. ‘There ? chilardn the Preside on their return in 1865 they were familiar with | had been killed in battle, died of rn. | the localities about the national capital. That grand review of the Union armies was the most extensive pageant that had witnessed in any country in modern times, and when it is considered that all of the and other injuries, 224,546: and from causes not specified @ total death roll of 359,528. The anny taken part in more than 2,000 engagements, many of them of minor importance as to num ders e: or results attained, while others of disease, New York regiment dixcoursed some fine music. Stand Was on the north ride of the ave- une. immediately opposite the main pay | Here the band th regime eran reserve corps was «ts were occupied by governors of states, dea of the United 8 1 by ite corps of | hb picks and sp actin double ranks, keep- | aud added much to | ing per ‘the int M econd division— fej. First brigade, Brig. Lincoln, w especiaily those who ne y the city eof their eniist- 4 of bloo of Washington ir nent until after the four ‘TIE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, The Headquarters building was a neat frame structare ou North Capitol street south of the Retreat, and the kitchens were located to the cast and in the rear, ‘There were about sixty persons employed in the Retreat, including y strife : ‘man's bummers,” and the mon took the | cightoeath Stascachusetts a ry si cooks, In the kitchens there were thi 180,000 men who marched in triumph before | Tere ment Patties, which rained all the re- | States and their f ied, This stand was also mantk in good humor, mying tey her| sesoad brigade, Col D. I. Stanton, first Lg cUinattbeney ema Bee tee epee boilers, the largest having o enpectty of SSP sources and tested the fullest powers of endur- | handsomely decorated with flags. il” 45 eee ad . de e me here aud marche ? peel ‘the President, the Secretary of War and the | §icc of great opposing armi ~nfge ‘bummed™ to som ni distinguished officials and general who occupied the reviewing stand, were citizen soldiers, who hed voluntarily left their homes and occupa- ‘ions to take up arms in the defense of their eountry, the display was the most remarkable fim the history of the world. The suggestion of @grand review was made by Secretary Stanton, ‘the great war officer of the government, whose ebMity and untiring industry and perfect Joyelty and zeal contributed in no small degree to the success of the Union arma. April 2 Jefferson Davis, the president of the pecalied confederacy, seeing that the end was ‘ery close at hand, made a hurried departure from Kichmond, stopping at Danville to issue @ proclamation to the effect that the events of the ten days previous would leave the con- fiederate army “free to move from point to The navy, with 122,000 men employed, had borne an equal important part following. watch- rivateers of the enemy in st ing and capturing foreign seas, patrolling the long line of cv from Cape Charles to the Rio Grande, bloc ading ports, capturing forts and giving ut crit- ical ‘times ‘assistance and protection to the armics in many different engagements. ‘To celebrate the closing of the war and give the valfant soldiers an opportunity to see the national capital which they had saved, and to afford the people an opportunity to look upon the heroes who had periled their lives and suffered severe hardships in defense of their country. it was snggested, as has already been stated by the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, that the armies of Meade and Sher man should be formally reviewed in the city of Washington before their final discharge from the service of the United States. ‘The Army of the Potomac, the Army of the Tennestee and the A: ad | Stand No. 3 on the east side of the conte pavidion and No. 4 on the west ride was occu- pied by oficers, mewbers of the press, wounde voldiers and invited guests, Admira. modores of the uavy were glso assigned seais on these tands. On the east side of stand No, 2 were a nnmber of stands which had been erected by the various state agencies, uitable mottoes, Stands for the use of the offic far of second, fifth aud ninth corps and the engineers’ brigade were erected on the west ride of No. 2 and were densely crowded with persous. DISTINGUISHED PERSONAGES ARRIVED. About 9 o'clock the prineipal stand began to fillup. Maj. Gen. Hunter, president of the conspiracy court; Maj. Gen. Haucock and Maj. Gen, Torbert, with ladies, waiked slowly down the pavement and entered the stand, greeted A number of these stands bore | rs and their | itnesed age of an by their nation—the pa: army of citizen-roldiers, who, having by the nation, were ‘now present only | ose negesrary details might be completed Id enable then to take their places the ranks of peaceful citizens, With worn un forms aud tattered en . telling eloquently the field, these men were now only anxious to return homes and loved Though joytuily returning aud as repro- tives of all who had honorably served in urtmies and navies of the Union, thus re- ceiving the plaudits of the people whom thi so ably served, there were esd hearts ni in harmony with the occasion. As they passed | the reviewing stand, where representative men | | | Third division | consin. ird brigade, Bvt. Brig. hundred and eighteenth Pe ! Wylie Crawford. logs First brigade, Col. J. AL Second brigade, Brig. Gen. Honry Daxter, second Michigan, ‘Yhird brigade, Bvt, Brig. ter, eleventh Pennsylvania, SECOND ARMY coRrs. Maj. Gen, A. A. Humphreys. division—Bvt. Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles. First brigade, Col, raser, one hundred and fortieth Pennsylvania, jon. Richard Cou New York. Third brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. C. D. Mae- Dougall, one hundred and eleventh New York. Fourth brigade, Bvt. Brig. sey, eighth New Jersey. a Wis- Second brigade, Col. Kk. Nugent, sixty-ninth m. John Ram- up Pennsylvania avenue and passed in review President of the United States, his et and the distinguished gencrais who commanded them in the They on that reviewing stend the grand face und tal form of the President who was more ctoscly in harmony with the feelings of the people at large than any man who ever occu- pied the presidential ‘chair, for treason and hate had stricken him down just when bis | labors were over and when he wou'd have had | an opportunity of eujoying the fruits of the anxiety and toil that had been his lot during | one long presidential term and the commence- ment of another. But they saw the chief ex- ecutive of the nation, the representative of the majesty and power of the loyal people of the north, nud they rejoiced at the result of the efforts that they bad made to preserve a united country. Nearly ail the troops from the eastern and middie states had passed through Washington d William M. Otin, William M. Olin 6f Massach usetts isa me ber of the national council 0; of the wa nia in 186% and 1865. 1 im 1871 and has heid office of adjutant, senior ‘rand commander ot Boston, and adjutant general of the nations vice com! encampmest uuder Merril 20+ A Second Review of He enlisted at the age of sixte in the ranks of the thirty-sixth Massachusetts 1 infantry from the summe r of 1862 until the . campaigning with the ninth corps | in Virginia in 1963, in Kentucky, Mississippi and east Tennessce in 1861. and. again in Vir- | He joined the G. A. Post Cominander-in-chi the Grand Army. BRET HARTE. reed last meht of th In Waehinzion's eb %, Some idea of the work done, and fre- quently continued night and day, may be | guiued from the fact that in one day in 1862 000 ncn were fed there; that 720 galions of coffee were often prepared at one time: that 100 barrels of meat were boiled ina day and that the rations for Burnside’s expedition to ‘orth Carolina and seven days’ rations for the twelfth corps, en route west, were put up Jay and «hipped with the corps. Breakfast, duimer and sapper were the regular meals, all of which—with the exception of the bread baked t the government bakery—ware cooked in kitchen. Coffec, bread, ham or cornea were usually prepared for breakfast supper, while bean soup, split peas, ham, beef and occasionally roast the bill of fare for dinner, In 1862 Capt. E. M. Camp, pomnted an assistant qaarte ef | h , ; a ive building, wit the & were assembled in ‘their honor, the marching Teo Hendpet Thousasd men in kiwa, rge of t . y of Georgia therefore | with waving handkerchiefs and clapping of | sollicrs imi bo sth hi: Tabink i am the numb the iatter, however, being potas to strike the enemy in detail far from his | marched to the vicinity of this city tobe re, a : ane tah cost hoe tee Til Passed Cy boar taeie teammplion to make arrest of take -extret Bese.” In this proclamation Mr. Davis volun- | viewed on May 28 and 24, 1465. for which the | BA¥d* Next, Maj. Gen. Augur, commanding yor deg or grater ey he ee ‘terily abdicated his office as commander-in«| @hief and intimated that the comnianding Gficers of the several armies of the rebellion eould set upon their judgment and resources. Davis undoubtedly knew that the question of warrender was one of bat a very few days, and fm the case of Gen. Lee, who commanded the necessary orders were issued by Lient, Gen. Grant. “The Army of Ohio remained in North Carolina under the command of Major Gen. Jobn M. Schofield. Tux Stan gives on this page come reproduc tions of drawings, paintings and photographs of the gre@ pageant. 4 7 : the Department of Washington, joined them, and ina few moments a deafening cheer that rolled along the line with increasing volume like a wave announced the approach of the great soldier, Sherman. The general, followed Ly afew of his staf with uncovered heads, passed quietly along and up into the station a halo of glory. ‘hat great, patient heart that for four years had such a fearful strain was now still. In all the land no one was nearer the soldier's heart than Abraham Lincoln, SHERMAN AND STANTON. There was*a notable incident on the second day which created no little com- The cheers of pecple who And the chousand detain that 10 re ‘When. le: in a vision Tsemnea to mand In the lonely Capitol. (On exch hand with the prospect of subst piace Taos vock ious would place theumesioesen good behavior. In the building ealled Kext imuny took their first lessou in sleeping soldiers sleep—which experience proved to anywhere when nature requires repose—and. FF e2ee Puts lonely Capitol times ‘As many as two Togimente rolled cola et Llankets slept the sleep to go forth HOW THE HEROES WEUE RECEIVED. assigned hitf, while the roar of the enthusi-| ment by the newspapers —_ throughout ee cofunne raneed it : net Soe ane Just very flower of the confederate army and whose | The whole city was profusely decorated, both | #*i€ multitude grew larger. Searcely hud the | the country. After Gen. Sherman” bad rp cited top hace ae ene oe. Te resistance to the Union arms had been more “ + cheers subsided before the other end of the fective than that of any other general on the southern side, jt was only the 9th of April when De surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Gen. Grant. April 14 Gen. Joseph E. John- stom opened negotiations for the surrender of Ibis troops to Gen. Sherman, the details being formally consummated on the 26th of that month. Mobile had been surrendered on the ‘Yath of April to the military and naval forces public and private buildings being liberally or- namented with flags and bunting and: at all prominent points there were arches and floral embellishments. There were four etands erected in front of the White House, which were deco- rated battle flags and flowers. On the principal stand were President Johnson and bis cabinet, diplomats and envoys of foreign nations and govertors of the states. Among the latter were some expecially beloved by the street took up the peal and preceded with still more deafening acclamation the coming of Gen. Grant, who, uccompanicd by Maj. Gen, | Ingalis and Maj. Gen, Barnard, also moved u covered, with gestures of acknowledg- ment to the stand, where by this time the nuin- bers concealed their individuality from all ex- cept those in the immediate vicinity. Members of the cabinet, major generais, officers of the navy, members of the diplomatic corps, Mayor Waliach and other distinguished personages passed the President he and his staff went upon the reviewing stand. The general shook hands with the President, Gen. Grant and each member of the cabmet save one. When he ap- proached Secretary Stanton the latter held out his hand, but Gen. Sherman refused to take it and deliberately turned his back upon the great war secretary. ‘This, it-was raid, was fu return for the insult which Gen, Sherman ‘Hail calied to a last re: iow sn And the strcets of the city were white and bara, Neo footfall echoed across th <quare; Bar out of the minty miduisbt ur T heard im the distauce a truupet blare, Aud the wandermmz awit "The sound of a far tattooing. wiuds sewed to bear IT beld my breath with fear and dread; Fectoiethe sauare: wich ‘O'erlooked the review Whe she live p ‘Yet now rode w € column cr & braze: treed, re whose stately head weed rou ies iruree! soa ever towel from ite Brute paneed tts feok, privileges of these buildings were restricted «rule to Union soldiers, but prisoners and deserters from the tide were welcomed, aud on one several hundred boys in gray stopped at this hotel, . ‘THE JOUNNIES" Bap, ‘This was in the latter part of 1864, and among the number were a couple of dozen musicians hoes ai = Ni when | considered Mr. Stanton had put upon him dur- alae . with the exception of the bass drum, which war under Gen. Gordon Granger, commanding the | soldiers and honored br the nation for their the Precis senctspeaied. by ths Saasdlary ing inp negotiations with Johnston. rf Fae oecottebr Saeed soopimcoat eng in the scramble. These thirteenth army corps, ail! Kear Admiral | invaluable and patriotic services ax “war gov- | of War, artived little apace retained unocan |, Tbnt the review of his army was satiafs — Menry K. Thateber. commanding the West Gulf ernore”—notably John A. Andrew of Massa- pied. The President sat in the conier of the to Gen. Sherman may be beat le STEPS. A'well-known form (Det in state and field ‘ned from hi ‘Had led our ries wares Major Gens. Sto: and J chusetts and Andrew G. Curtin of Pennayl- | front seat, with Secretary Stanton, Gen, Grant, | °WM Words in bis published “Memoirs.” He HE TREASURY srowghahe river's for wd dant squadron. neman anes | vania. On the first day Lient. (en. Grant oc- | Attoruey General Speed, und Secretary McCul- | Say#: ““Punctually at 9a. m. tho sigual gan was HL Wilson were the leading divisions of cavalry eampaigning through the different sections of cupied position near the President, with dis- tinguished naval officers and Gens. Sherman, lougi: on the right aud Secretary Wells, Pos master Denison, Gen. Sherman and Gen. Bar- fired, when in person, attended by Gen. How- ard and all my staf, I rode slowly down Penn- (FROM A WAR TIME SKETCH.) Second division—Bvt. Brig. Gen, F. C. Barlow, | n their way to the front and so had had an ny 1 iy a phantom sun comme, south whieh had not seriously feit the ter- | Howard, Logan and others whose troops wers | nard on his lett’ sylvania avenue, the crowds of men, women sixty-first New York. portunity to see the capital city, Sa Worcs Pesend of hisor den. oS hapegeorian gene foment 1 Fatale tae ee ena THE CoLCaM mova. wad ghildzen densely Uning the’ shiowalks| | First ‘brigade, Col. W. 1. Olmstead, fty- eee oes oe ‘ 5 ‘ i eid an obstruct 5 were | ninth New tart ‘of Mak eaciee of rapid and brilliant movements, com- | teachers were museca on the eerie the | The column started ut precisely 9.0. m, from | sid timost, ob by Logan’ aud’ the whole | "Second brignde, Col. J.P, MeTvor, one hun- Figs jot Chawetoneyig iy seattered the cavalry forces of Gen. M. | conies of the Capitol and waved banners and of the fifteenth The column was | dred and seventicth New York. eet Seiseseatte of the eatiee, Forrest. A portion of Wilson's command | aang patriotic songs as the soldiers paseed. a muskets looked like} Third brigade, Col Daniel Woodall, first May 10 captured Jefferson Davis, the fleeing | Upon a strip of canvas the front of the e mass of steel moving with the: ity | Delaware. leader of the southern confederacy. Practi- eally but one large division of the rebel armies Capitol was inscribed the legend: fe National Debt We Can Never Pay, ix the Debt We |of a pendulum. As I neared the bo | opposite the lower corner aed Lafayette Square geemie ee Owe the Victorious Uni Soldiers.” These ‘some one asked me to n Mr, Seward, the dusky martyrs of then remained in the field, and this was what | school children mude n wonderfully attracts still feeble and bandaged for his weun First brigade, Brig. Gen. R. De Trobriand, thee ctfaschited Sp man ‘was known as the trans Mississippi department, | sight, the girls attired in ‘white und the boys in been removed there that he might feheid oka as oren the oa ‘under Gen. Leo Kirby Smith, who surrendered | black 23 to Gen. E BR. 8. Canby, commanding was crowded with strangers and it is estimal that over 50.000 " pemar from all the northern states witnessed the review. t» and white trousers, ln ff the righteousness of the Union cause was @e rising again on April 14, 1865, of the Gaited four years before PRELIMINAWY MOVEMENTS. ““f nioved in that direction and took off my