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UNUTTERABLE
Friars Horribly Maltreated by
Insurgent Fiends.
INEXPRESSIBLE CRUELTY
Looting in Remote Parts of Luzon
Nuns are Subjected to
Outrage.
By Associated Press.
Saw Francisco, Dec. 13.—The Manila
<orrc>i>ondent of the Hong Kong Press
gives the details of the shocking treatment
of the friars and other prisoners captured
by the insurgents in the northern part of
th<- island of Luzon. General Leybe who
was sent by AginalAo to attack the cities
m the extreme north of Luzon. «ent a re
port to his chief that he had brought the
• ■nti n -> sew ion raided completely under the
•control U/f the FilLpinos. Leyte mentions
■>•• c.udLure of 124 friars and Ry members
ind tnaaftiy Spanish soldiers with arms and
uroper#’, v and silver and gold valued at
sxw,o*j»ol
Theft Press correspondent states that
from Spanish sources have come reports
of tjf*errible atrocities committed by the
i’< bj| v ds, w ho looted the churches in several
tut’wns. ThC correspondent says: “The
bishop wa,s subjected to the grossest indig
nities. The friars were beaten with sticks,
kicked and hung up in the torrid sun sev
eral hours, and the natives were forbidden
to render the friars any assistance. Dur
ing the greatest suffering, while hanging
hungry and naked in the burning sun, the
Chinese and natives supplied them with
food and water. One aged friar was
placed upon a horse's saddle and jumped
up until the blood poured from his mouth
and nose. Another, it is said, clothed only
in a rain coat, was carried Triumphant for
tw© hundred yards and then cudgeled to
death amid sthvjtge cries. Kuns in the
convent were subjected. t>o shumeltws
treatment.
VERY COLD WEATHER.
Thermometer in the Lake Region 23 Be
low.
By Associated Press.
West Superior, Wis., (Dee. 13. —Last
night was the coldest of the winter, the
thermometer beiiig 23 below zero. The
weather is’clear and snowing.
■Cleveland, Dec. 13.—Trains from the
east are ariviug three hour.; late today
owing to the heavy snow last night. The
wind is blowing thirty-six miles an hour
from the northwest and the temperature
is failing rapidly.
ADJUTANT GENERAL.
Representations of His Office Before the
House Committee.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 13. —The adjutant gen
eral’s office is well represented today in
the hearing before the house committee on
military affairs relative to the proposed in
crease of the army. Adjutant General Cor
bin was expected to open the hearing, but
was detained at the department. His office
was represented, however, by officers from
several of the main branches of the army,
namely. Brigadier General Sehwan. Major
Heistand, 'Major Simpson and Major John
ston. General Schwan detailed at length
the organization of the army under the
plan proposed in the Hull bill, which has
the endosement of the secretary of war.
GEN. BROOKE
FOR GOVERNOR.
He Will Preside Over Cuba-
Lee for Havana Province
and Ludlow for City.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 13 —The president has
designated Major General Brooke, military
governor of Cuba. Each of the six prov
inces of Cuba will have its own military
governor but all these will receive in
structions directly from Brooke, who is
the supreme authority of the island. -At
Havana, General Ludlow will be governor
of the city, but answerable to General
Lee. governor of the province of Havana,
who will in turn be answerable to Brooke
as governor of the island.
SUCCESSFUL TRIAL TRIP.
Py Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Dec. 13.—The second trial
of the torpedo boat Mackenzie yesterday
i afternoon over the new government course
on the Delaware river below Wilmington,
was successful. The little craft averaged a
speed of 20 and eleven one-hundredths
knots for two hours.
THE MACON NEWS.
THIRTY-TWO ON TRIAL.
Stockmen Who Assisted in the Murder of a
Sheep Ranker.
Ry Associated Press.
Ho: Springs. S. D.. Deci 13. —The grand
j< ry has return* 1 ir lictmtnts against 32
stockmen for manslaughter in connection
with the killing of John Rickman, a
ranchman who was shot last spring be
cause he refused to remove his sheep from
the range. All have been arrested and
phaded not guilty. The trial will begin
omorrow. K
MORSH. THE BANKER.
Sentenced to a Term of 12 Years in Pris-
on.
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Dec. 13—Gid,on W. Marsh,
former president of the wrecked Keystone
National Bank, was today sentenced by
Judge Butler of the United States district
court, to imprisonment for twelve years
and three months, and to pay a fine of
SSOO. Marsh was charged with conspiracy
in making false entries in the books and
hsuing false j (ports to the comptroller of
the currency. It was throught that March
might when brought up for sentence make
a statement implicating ethers in the
wrecking of the bank- but he merely in
formed the court that his predecessor in
the presidency of the bank had left a de
falcation of over a million dollars and he,
Marsh, never profited a dollar through the
bank’s losses. '
SUBSISTENCE
FOR SOLDIERS
Gen. Eagon Tells of the
Troubles of His Depart
ment.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 13. —'Connnisary Gen
eral Eagan, of the war department., con
tinued his testimony before the war inves
tigating commission today.
He urged that the subsistance depart
ment should control the transportation of
all its own supplies and furnishing the
means for cooking and eating. He
also thought the quartermaster general’s
department was overburdened with du
ties innumerable. He pointed out that the
British army is not as well fed Asy any
means as our own and that the rations
already provided the United States sol
diers are satisfactory, with the possible
addition of dried fruits. He spoke of the
constant and urgent importunities? .which
he said at some times amounted to perse
cution that various articles of food be
added to the rations. One well known sen
ator, whose name he withheld, he said,
proposed and insisted on one article being
added, which he claimed the cost to be
about 1 cent a ration. While this might
be so, for the whole army its cost would
amount to an amazing figure. He believed
beer should be furnished the men in such
quantitiese as the commanding officers
may decide to be best.
NO COMMERCIAL TREATY
United Statesand Spain Must Do Business
at Haphazard.
By Associated Press.
Washington. Dec. 13.—For some time
to come the United States and Spain must
get. along without any treaty to regulate
commerce between the two countries. The
effort was made at Paris" to secure an ar
ran« reinent with the Spanish commission-
's looking to a revival of the old treaties
until they could be replaced by others,
but this having failed no negotiations for
new commercial treaties will be under
taken before the ratification of the peace
treaty.
IN CONGRESS TODAY.
Direct Loan on the Canal—New Building
For Supreme Court, etc.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 13. —The senate today
passed a bill increasing the pension of
Eleazir Smith, of New 'Hampshire, one
hundred years old and one of three survi
vors of the war 1812, to S3O a month.
•Mr. Berry gave notice of an amendement
he will offer to the Nicaraguan canal bill,
providing for the dieret appropriation of
money for the construction of the canal
and limiting the cost to a hundred and fif
teen million dollars. The amendment pro
vides for the construction of the canal by
the Maritime Canal Company and gives
rhe government a lein ou the property, to
be foreclosed under circumstances fully
enumerated. Mr. Berry stated the object
of the amendment was to eliminate the
bond feature of the bill. Another was to
deprive the Maritime Canal Company of
any shares of stock as iu the present bill,
leaving the United States, Niracagua and
Costa Rica the only stockholders. The bill
authorizing the purchase of a site east of
the capital for a building for the supreme
court passed.
Washington. Dee. 13.—0 n motion of Mr.
Hay. of Virginia, the house adopted a res
olution calling on the secretary of war for
information as to what towns in Porto
Rico. Cuba and the Philippines will re
quire to be garrisoned, how many troops
are necessary and how many soldiers are
needed for rhe United States.
MRS. BRIGHT’S DEATH.
By Associated Press.
Washington. Dec. 13.—Mrs. R. J. Bright,
wife of Colonel Bright, sergeant at arms of
the United States senate, died in Washing
ton today.
G. P. A. HAILLE SICK.
Savannah, Dee. 13.—General Passenger
Agent Haille, of the Central railroad, is
confined to his home with a severe attack
of typhoid fever. j -
MACON NEWS TUESDAY DECEMBER 13 1898.
MEAT FOR CUBA
Chicago Packers to Erect
Cold Storage Houses.
PLANS OS 1 URGE SCAIE
Houses to be Built in Various Parts
’ of the Island and Much Money
Invested.
I
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Dec. 13.—The Record says:
Chicago packers will spend a large sura
of money erecting large storage plants in
Santiago, Havana and Pdno Rico for the
I reception and storage of fresh meat. With
in a fortnight cold storage experts will be
sent to West Indian cities to look over
the ground, prepare plans and specifica
tions for The erecting of the proper plants,
i Those interested in the matter are P. D.
( Armour,. G. F. Swift, Nelson Morris and
i Thomas J. Lipman. Mr. Swift, already
j has a sanall cold storage plant at Santiago,
I which he built during the war, and .which
is constructed of material sent from Chi
cago. A modern structure which will ac
[ comaodate 200 refrigerator cars of meat.
I will he built at Havana. This will be Mr.
Swift's general supply house.
Thomas J. Lipman, rhe packer and tea
i merchant has sent one of his London
, agents to Havana, where he will be met
by a representative from the establishment
j in Chicago and together they will visit the
! different cities of Cuba and fix on -a loca-
■ lion for a cold storage plaint..
Just how large a plant is to be .erected
by Armour & Co., is not definitely known
yet, but plans that have already been sug
i gested are on a large scale. One of the of
ficials of the packing hoa.se says.:
“While the natives of Cuba do not as
j yet require very much meat we hope to
. educate them so that they will require
': wore of our products and then we -will at
tain the end we desired and create a de
mand for our goods.
secretarFbliss
! TO RESIGN
j . . " '*- ■ ■ ■■■' <-
Moved by the Necessities of
His Private Business.
I By Associated Press.
Washington, Dee. 13.—1 tis very proba
i ble that Secretary Bliss of the Interior,
■ will tender his resignation in a short time,
; deeming it necessary thart he be free to
devote more time to his large business in
terests. The resignation, it can be stated,
will not .be due in the least to any differ
ences with the president or other advisors,
but Mr. Bliss’s reluctance for purely pril
vate, personal reasons to continue longer
in the cabinet as secretary of the interior.
, At .the time he entered the cabinet it was
' said that he did not intend to serve out
I the erm of four years, but to retire at
' some fitting opportunity. It is presumed
j that the official announcement will not be
i made until the president has chosen his
successor.
SPAIN AND THE TREATY.
Chambers to be Dissolved Before Ratifica
tion.
By Associated Press.
Madrid. Dec. 13. —It is asserted here that
Premier Sagasta will obtain a royal de
cree dissolving the chambers before the
, ratification of the peace treaty. The semi
l official Correo announces that Senor Sa- ;
i gasta, before asking the cortes to ratify i
the treaty, will confer with Senor Rios,
the president of the Spanish peace com
mission, and it is further asserted that
owing to the existence of opposition to the
treaty the United States senate will not
confirm it. A dispatch from Iloilo Island
Pany. reports the situation unchanged;
General Ries, the Spanish commander
there, is preparing to remove the troops '
to Mindanao.
SWEAT SHOP CONTRACTS.’
t
» Government to Be Asked to Abandon j
Them.
j By Associated Press.
; Kansas City. Dec. 13—The American
I Federation of Labor was flooded with res-
I olutions this morning, all were referred
| to committees. Among them was one of- I
I sered by the Antlers of New York, calling '
upon the United States government to •
j give clothing to union shops for manufac- I
I ture instead of the sweat shops. Without »
doubt it will be adopted.
UNION STOCK YARDS.
By Associated Press.
Omaha. Dec. 13.—The annual meeting
of the stockholders of the Union Stock i
Yards Co. has been held at South Omaha. ®
P. A. Valentine. W. A. Paxton, John A.
Creighton. B. F. Smith, John A. McShane, '
A. C. Foster. C. F. Manderson. F. H. D-a- |
vis and J. H. Pratt were elected directors.
The directory was organized by electing j
W. A. Paxton president; P. A. Valentine *
vice president; W. J. C. Kenyon general i
manager; J. C. Sharp seertary and treas- '
l urer; James L. Paxton general superin- '
: tendent. The position of traffic manager |
I heretofore held by John A McShane was j
i abolished. .. taUlli
HELPINGJPAIN
Mexico Shows Generous Spir
it to the Motherland.
FREE UMS IUD 1081
To be Given Spanish Soldiers
Who Will Settle in the Re
public.
By Associated Press.
New "York, Dec. 13. —A dispatch to the
Press from Washington says: The Mexican
government has submitted a coionization
project to the Spanish authorities in Ha
vana. by which it is proposed not only to
aid the Spanish government, but to give
great assistance as well to the Spanish
soldiers who have served in the Cuban
war and are soon to evacuate Cuba. The
proposition of the Mexican government is
to organize bands among the Spanish sol
diers and provide them with free passage
to Mexico, where necessary tools, seeds
and implements for agriculturel work will
be iurnished and in addition oxen and
small houses will be given 4 to the immi
grants and a certain tract of the public
lands in Mexico will be provided for colon
ization purposes.
The government in turn is to take a lien
upon the products and exact a return of
20 per cent a year until' the supplies are
paid for by the colonists, after which their
lands will become their own. For those
who do not care to accept the proposition
arrangements have been made by the gov
ernment of Mexoeo to supply a large num
ber of Spanish soldiers with labor on the
public works and in the minds at the rates
of $lB a month. The government will be
able to provide for several thousand and
can furnish suitable tracts of lands to all
who desire to go to Mexico under the con
ditions named.
To accomplish this object the govern
ment has sent a commissioner to Havana
to confer with the Spanish authorities and
through the assistance of Senor Palmono,
the Mexican consul at Havana, the pro
ject is being carried forward with success.
The Spanish soldiers who have received no
salary for months and even years in many
instances see no 'hope for themselves in
returning to Spain, where they cannot get
employment and where many of them
must starve, as others have done and hun
dreds* are ready to accept their proposed
from the Mexican government as soon as
they are allowed to do so.
Spanish authorities in general are
in favor of the proposition, for the ex
pense of transportation is thus saved, as
well as the necessity of caring in some
manner for the soldiers on their return
to their native country. It is also con
tended that besides doing a generous act
the Mexican government will itself be
benefited, for Its population will be in
creased by persons of the same race large
ly and large sections of the public lands
wil be utilized by a substantial agricul
tural class.
ATLANTA’S
PEACE JUBILEE
Preparations for a Great Cel
ebration Tomorrow—Ad
vanced Guard'
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Dec. 13. —Already the advance
guard of the great throng to be in atten
dance upon the peace jubilee is coming.
Several prominent people arrived this
morning. The governor and legislature of
Alabama will arrive tonight on a special
train. The president and party .will arrive
tomorrow at 11 o’clock, «and the two days*
jubilee will be crowded with events from
then until the departure of the distin
guished party Friday morning at 1
o’clock. The featurese of the celeibration
will be the floral and miltary parades, a
banquet at the Kimball and receptions in
numerable.
Washington, Dec. 13.—The train bearing
the president and cabinet and party of dis
tinguished people to Atlanta to attend the
peace jubilee left the city this afternoon
over the Southern railway. It is due in
Atlanta at 11 o’clock tomorrow morning.
NEW SPORTING CLUB.
By Associated Press.
St. Louis, Dec. 13. —The West End Phys
ical Culture club elected officers and re
organized today and will conduct boxing
contests, handball tournaments, billiards
and everything pertaining to sports on the
same basis as pursued, by the Chicago
Athletic club. The officers are Peter No
lan, J. F. Gleason, vice presi
dent, and C. H. Houghton, secretary and
treasurer.
CLEMENCY TO A SOLDIER.
By Associated Press.
Washington. Dec. 13. —The president
will accept the recommendation of General
Wheeler and commute to imprisonment
for life the sentence of death imposed by
court martial upon Private Lindsay of the
Tenth cavalry at Huntsville.
DEATH OF MRS. PARISH.
Savannah, Dec. 13. —Mrs. George Parish,
one of the meat prominent ladies of this
city, died this morning at 11 o’clock of
paralysis, from which she had suffered for
a long while. Mrs. Parish was a daughter
of the late Bishop Capers of South Caro
lina. _ _
A TRUE HUMORIST.
Polk Mil !er and H's Genius—His Entertain
ment Thursday.
One of the nw?t novi enter ainments
ever planned in Macon will take place in
Wesleyan College chapel on Thursday
evening. Polk Miller, the famous Virgi
nia reconteur and vocalist. who has just
concluded an engagement in this state,
will hold a reception and with the assis
tance of some of Macon’s sweetest singers,
give a score of the old Southern songs. Mr.
Miller's entertainment is unique and
and charming. It apeals to young and old.
Do you remember those old songs. “My
Old Kentucky Home.” ‘ Nellie Gray.” “Su
wanee River.” “Massa's in the cold, cold
ground.” “Nettie Moore.” “Lorena,” “Jor
dan is a Hard Road to Travel,” “Pharoh's
Army.” “Little David.”
They lie close to the hearts of the older
generation. x and the younger have never
heard their equal. Nor has either ever
heard the equal of Polk Miller in their
rendition and in his tear-moving, side
splitting stories. The entertainment is not
a Lyceum number, but is provided by the
Lyceum people at the rate they have es
tablished, 25 cents per admission. No sin
gle entertainment this season will provide
as much pleasure. Go out and take your
children.
Mr. H. S. Edwards says of this Virgi
nian:
“If by some great cateclysm of nature
the records of the old south were destroy
ed ,1 could take Polk Miller into the shade
of a chinaberry tree for a while and repro
duce all of its humor and its pathos. Had
he begun earlier to travel and had he trav
eled judiciously, there would have been no
war between the states. Folks would just
have laughed at each other through their
tears; that's all.”
TELEGRAM FROM
THE PRESIDENT
Says He Will Not Stay in Ma
con as Long as He In
tended.
A telegram was received in the city this
morrPng by General Wilson from (Presi
dent McKinley stating that his stay in the
city would be much shorter than was first
inintended. He did not state what ti, •>.
changes in his journey would be but only
states that it will be necessary to shorten
his stay here somewhat.
Judge Emory Speer, however, says that
the president will remain here long
enough for all of the people to see him and
that they .will probably be given an oppor
tunity to meet him.
Judge Speer will leave for Savannah on
Friday night to be present at a banquet
that will be tendered the president, and he
says he will find out the exact time of the
president’s stay here and will let the peo
ple know. He says that it is probable that
President McKinley will remain longer
than he now in fends.
MERCER UNIVERSITY
Editors of the Kinetoscope—Debaters Pre
paring Their Question.
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity has
elected, as its editors of the Kenetiscope,
Mr. Homer B. Carrekar, of Molena, Ga..
and Mr. J. A. Beazley, of Crawfordville,
Get.
Messrs. Eldon Longley, Geo. W. Whit
ney and John M. Edge, the law class deba
ters, and Mr. R. J. Coats, C. Jackson and
H. C. Carmichael, the Phi Delta Society
debaters, meet this afternoon at Mercer
University to decide upon the question on
which they are to debate during the col
lege spring term.
Mr. A. E. Ramsen ies confined at his
room on account of illness.
HONORED IN DEATH.
Govern nent Pays Tribute to the Late Gen.
Garcia
By Associated Press.
Washington. Dec. 13.—The solemn fun
eral service of the Roman Catholic church
was performed over the body of General
Calixto Garcia today before it was placed
in a vault at Arlington. Ail the honors
of war were bestowed by this government
upon the lion-hearted Cuban. Escorted
by two batteries of artillery the procession
halted before the door while at the same
moment the church bell tolled slowly and
solemnly tb> ugh the crisp winter air.
Inside the church the altar was draped in
emblems of mourning. All the prominent
personages in civil and military life were
present.
THE MINE DISASTER.
Only Two Men Now Thought to Have Been
Killed.
By Associated Press.
Fort Smith, Ark., Dec. 13.—Only two
men were killed in the Whitewill Coal
Mines near Poteau, I. T., last night. It is
believed that they were the onlj’ men in
the mine at the time of the explosion. The
men shot fires on Itheir regular nightly
round, firing shots, breaking coal for the
next days work.( The extent of the dam
age connot be learned. The mouth of the
mine is blocked by the fall of rock. It is
not known what caused the explosion, but
it is thought that a gass tissue was struck.
OFF FOP. HAVANA.
By Associated Press.
Savannah, Dec. 13.—The transport Mo
bile crossed the bar this morning bound
for Havana with the One Hundred and
Sixty-first Indiana, one battalion of the
Second Illinois and one company of the
Fourth Virginia.
SNOW SHOVELERS KILLED,
By Associated Press.
Buffalo, Dec. 13. —A special to the Times
says that seven Italian snow shovelers
were killed and several injured on the
New York Central railroad near Critten
den this morning. They stepped in front
of aan approaching train on to a freight
track and were struck by a freight en
t=*ne. .. _ a .ai j 1
PRICE Fl I CENTS
BRILLIINTi
SPECIE
Gen. Jas. H. Wilson Reviews
Gen. Bates’ Division.
SIX THOUSAND SOLDIERS
Streets Jammed With People-
Much Cheering—“ Dixie Played.”
An Impressive Scene
The review of the troops of rhe first di
vision of rhe First Army corps this morn
ing was a great success. Nothing hap-
I pened to mar the pleasure of the occasion
i and everything passed off pleasantly. It
j was decidedly the greatest military parade
that has ever taken place in Macon and it
was very much appreciated by the people.
In the camps this morning the reveille
was sounded thirty minutes earlier than
usual -and in a few minutes every man was
busy getting in readiness for the parade.
Dog tents were rolled, brasses were clean
ed, shoes brushed up and canteens were
j swung and at 7 o’clock all of the regi
j ments were on the march to the city. The
I men came in. headed by their bands and
i were shown to their places in the line by
i the different commanders.
It took nearly an hour to form the par
ade. but for the first time in the history
of Macon the review commenced at the
time set. The staff officers were up with
the sun and were kept busy hurrying to
and fro giving orders until the parade
started.' Orderlies were carrying orders
to the different commanders and between
seven and nine o’clock the city was alive
with horsemen, and soldiers could be seen
on every corner.
“The Third Engineers and the Second
Ohio were the first to arrive in the city.
They presented a very soldierly appear
i ance as they marched down Spring street
j into Mulberry and took their places in
j line. The men all looked well and all of
their equipments were in the best of con
dition- The negro troops arrived next.
They came down Poplar street and march
ed up Fourth to Mulberry and took their
places assigned tihem.
The Seventh cavalry came next. They
came up Fourth street and were lined
from the depot up Fourth to Walnut and
from Fourth up Walnut to New. The men
presented a neat appearance and the
j horses looked better than they ever did
1 before, every one being carefully groomed.
How the Line was Formed.
j Standing at the foot of Mulberry street
i and looking toward Coleman Hill only the
i soldiers could be seen. Column after col-
I umn was between Fourth and Spring and
j it is estimated that fully 6,000 men were
I in line on Mulberry street. On the ex
. treme right was the Second brigade, com
posed of the Third Engineers and the
' Second Ohio. This brigade was command
i ed by General W. W. Gordon, with the
following staff officers: Captain Botkin,
assistant adjutant general; Major C. M.
Drake, chief surgeon; Lieutenant Cliff
Deming, quartermaster; Captain Cowin,
commissary officer; Lieutenant W. W.
Gordon, junior aide.
This brigade was formed in a column
of masses and extended from Spring street
to First. The third brigade commanded
by William McKee formed rhe left
; wing of the column'. It consisted of the
Seventh Immunes, Third North Carolina,
I Sixth Virginia and the Tenth Immunes.
This brigade reached from First street to
Third. It is composed wholly of negroes.
With General McKee were the following
staff officers: Captain Sherrill Babcock,
assistant adjutant general; Captain W. S.
Baird, quartermaster: Captain Dodge,
commissary officer; Majof Hegg, chief
surgeon; Lieutenants Davis and Price,
j aides.
The Seventh cavalry ac-ted as a brigade
and was in command of Lieutenant Colo
nel Cooney. This regiment was formed
along Fourth street and up to Walnut.
As soon as the line was formed General
I Wilson and General Bates, accompanied
by their staffs and a number of orderlies,
1 rode along the line. They commenced at
Spring street and as they would come to
each regiment the bugle corns would
sound “to t>he general” and the bands
played a march. After reviewing the
troops at ahalt General Wilson proceeded
to the corner of Second and Cherry streets
where the troops were marched in review
Two troops of cavalry acted as a body
guard for General Wilson. When General
Wilson arrived at the reviewing stand
General Bates and staff proceded to the
head of the column passed in review and
I then took position beside General Wilson.
General Bates’ staff consisted of the fol
lowing officers: Major Louis Casiarc,
I assistant adjutant general; Major John
A. Logan, assistant adjutant general;
Major John Balance, Inspector general;
Major Rodman, chief ordnance officer;
Major Irons, chief engineer; Major Heisel.
chief surgeon; Major J. O. Varnadoe. chief
commissary’; Lieutenants Reeves, Smith,
and Smiley, aides.
The staff officers were all mounted and
made a striking appearance. Each staff
was accompanied by a large number of or
derlies, who constantly kept .on the move.
Line of March.
When General Bates arrived at the head
of the column he gave the command to
commence the march. The troops turned
down Spring into Cherry and passed in
front, of the reviewing stand. As each
regiment would pass the men would bring
the guns to port arms and the officers
would come to present arms with their
i swords.
General Bates, accompanied by his staff,
headed the column. He was followed by
General W. W. Gordon and staff. Next
came Colonel Gaillard in command of the
i Third Engineers. Just as the band of this
regiment reached Cotton avenue It struck
I up “Dixie.” It made a great hit with the
crowd and as the regiment passed they
were loudly cheered. The red and white
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