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| 70 first to arrive, and the celebration may be said to have commenced with its appearance. The importance attached by the Boston people to the Fifth's visit particularly was sufficient to make the men feel elated. At the depot an immense crowd pressed close around them. The Fifth Massachusetts Regiment's band was playing when the train arrived, and the first sounds which caught the ears of visitors were the strains of "Maryland, My Maryland." The march commenced and led through the labyrinth of streets which constitute the business section of Boston. It was an inspiring march for the Maryland soldiers. The windows of nearly every house were filled with ladies. Handkerchiefs fluttered in their hands, while the sidewalks and doorways were packed with the business men of the city and other spectators, all lavishly bestowing their applause. It was a fine sight, and the regiment earned the commendations it won, marching with perfect precision in columns of companies in a locality where frequent wheeling was necessary. When the regiment turned into High street, in the district which had been rebuilt since the great fire, a large business house, standing on the site of the former home of Daniel Webster, was discovered to be profusely decorated, and displayed in large ornamental letters the words: "Welcome to the Fifth Maryland." On every street in the mercantile section through which the regiment passed the applause frequently drowned the music. On State street the ovation continued. The regiment showed to good advantage from the balcony and windows of the old State House, which were crowded, and on School street Mayor Cobb received a marching salute. Ladies filled the grounds and portico of the new State House, where Governor Gaston received the soldiers of Maryland. Arriving at the Institute of Technology, the guard was posted and regular duties were resumed. The day was spent in camp. Higher commendation could scarcely have been expressed than that uttered by one of the principal Boston dailies, which remarked concerning the Maryland regiment: |