Chariot, drawn by four horses, the chariot being
mounted with a large bell, which kept continually
sounding, and on a banner, in large letters, were the words
"Ring out the old, ring in the new, ring out the false, ring
in the true."
Then followed the Knights Templar of Baltimore
and Washington, in the rich regalia and trappings of the
order, the Philadelphia Cornet Band Capt. Edward
Johnson in full uniform, detachments of military, both
infantry and cavalry, in uniform and armed and equipped.
These were the advance guard to the chief marshal
Colonel Saunders with Hiram Watty as right aid and
Captain R M Piper as left aid Captain Isadore D Oliver as
chief of staff and Daniel K Jackson as signal- officer Dr. H
J Brown as master of ceremonies, with J Shadrach Brown
and Edwd T Crew as aids. Then came the aids to the chief
marshal, some one hundred and fifty strong, the rear ranks
bearing the escutcheons of the various States.
The carriages containing the invited guests came
next, and were followed by the carters and draymen all
well mounted and wearing uniforms, a band of music from
Washington city, and the Hook and Ladder Company of
the same city drawing a handsomely finished reel, the men
wearing firemen's uniforms, red shirts black pants and
white fire helmets, and headed by their foreman, a white
man.
THE INVITED GUESTS IN LINE
The first barouche for the invited guests contained
Fred Douglass, accompanied by several of the committee
of arrangements then followed a barouche containing C C
Fulton, S M Evans, Wm. J Albert and Horace Maynard,
member of Congress from Tennessee. Other barouches
followed, carrying W B Stokes, of Tennessee, Gen. H E
Heath of New Mexico, and Rev John F W Ware, Col. G
W Z Black, of Frederick, W L W Seabrook, Hon John L
Thomas collector of the port of Baltimore, Gen. A W
Denison, city postmaster, Dr. A Rich, Gen. A E King,
Judge Hugh Lenox Bond, George 0 Maund, A Stirling Jr,
and W B Skidmore at New York, C Cochran, J Guest,
King W M Marine, Col H C Adreon United States
Marshal E Y Goldborough, Richard Sheckels W H
Shipley W T Henderson, Edson A Abbott, E. J Hyde,
Samuel T Hatcb, W P Kimball and Col. Salome Marsh,
and a private carriage containing Alexander Fulton and
Edington Fulton.
THE DIVISIONS
The first division followed, marshaled by Greenbury G Martin, and numbered nearly 2000
men. The division consisted of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, marshaled by P
G M W H Smith with P G M. John H Brown and P Waters as aide, and sixteen
mounted men. Then in order as follows Bryer's Brass Band, Humane Lodge G U 0 F Daniel
Hazlitt, marshal Mount Nebeo Lodge, No 1,360,Robert Wilson, marshal, Manassah Lodge No
1 214, G W Brooks, marshal, Evening Star Lodge No 1 373, Edward 3 Griffin marshal
Wm W Davis Lodge, No 1186, Wm W Davis marshal Mount Lebanon Lodge No 1186, Lloyd
Williams marshal, Crystal Mount Lodge, No 1061, Joseph Travers, marshal, and the Past
Grand Masters of Council No 6, G U O F Wm. E Wilkes marshal. They were all attired
in neat and some of them in rich regalia, and they carried staffs of office, axes, Bible and the
other paraphernalia of the order. The 0dd Fellows numbered 336 in all.
