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| CHAPTER XIII. THE FIFTH AT THE CENTENNIAL. CAMP .1ENKINS AND THE INTERNAL DISSENSIONS THAT FOLLOWED.—THE FIFTH AT ITS LOWEST EBB. One of the features of the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, in 1876, was a parade of "the Centennial Legion" on July 4. This legion was composed of a company or detachment of troops to represent each of the 13 orignal states. From North Carolina came the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry, an organization formed in 1793. From Virginia came the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues, which had been organized in 1828. These companies arrived in Baltimore on July 2, and remained all night, the guests of the Fifth Regiment. The next day, accompanied by a detachment of the Fifth, to represent the State of Maryland, and which escorted Governor Carroll, they left for Philadelphia. The detachment of the Fifth was composed of 100 men, selected from the regiment, commanded by Colonel Loney, acting as captain, with Lieutenant-Colonel Gaither, Captain Zollinger, Captain Brown and Captain Lipscomb as his lieutenants. The detachment marched in four platoons. Sergeant Frank Webb, of Company C, acted as right guide, and Sergeant Courtney, of Company G, as left guide. COMMISSARY-SERGEANT E. B. DrVAL, 1888. |