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ELEVENTH DIVISION.
American Protestant Associations :-. Marshal, H. J. Pflum; guide, Harrison Houck; aids, Frank Fisher, Harry Button.
Electric drum corps; combined lodges of the American Protestant Association, including Hope, No. 1; Wadence, No. 16; Liberty, No. 3, Philadelphia, and No. 104, of Reading, Henry J. Bloom, marshal; National Grand Master Elias MacDonald, of Phila., was in command.
TWELFTH DIVISION.
German Societies :- Marshal, Louis Hermann. This division con- sisted of two floats; one by the Bavarian society with young ladies dressed in white; the other by the Cannstatter society, with little girls dressed in white and a fruit column in the centre.
THIRTEENTH DIVISION.
Knights of the Golden Eagle :- Marshal, Ellis B. Moyer; guide, E. B. Slichter; aids, Charles Corkhill, David Sands, David Snyder, H. M. Heffner, N. S. Hoffman, W. S. Miller and J. P. Sands; Lieut. Gen. Reinicke in carriage.
St. Lawrence band; Harris Commandery, Philadelphia, Capt. Geo. WV. Dooley; Blue Cross Commandery, Lancaster, Capt. E. F. Farrier; Elmo Commandery, Altoona, Capt. E. E. Ashman; Keystone Com- mandery, Reading, Capt J. E. Grill; Mt. Penn Commandery, Reading, Capt. J. A. Fichthorn; St. Bernard Commandery, Reading, Capt. W. H. Houck; combined Castles of Reading, Capt. David Sands; Red Cross Commandery, Nicetown, Philadelphia, Capt. Jos. Garwood.
Float, "Pilgrim," consisted of arches on a wagon, gaily decorated with flags and bunting and full degree team in uniform.
Float, "Knight," presented royal chamber with degree team seated under canopy.
Float, "Crusaders," Wisdom Castle, 488, degree team had charge, decorated with flags and buntings.
Float, "Ladies' Temple," consisted of two sailboats mounted on a wagon, the degree teams of the various Ladies' auxiliaries occupying seats dressed in full regalia.
Ladies of the Golden Eagle, in carriages.
FOURTEENTH DIVISION.
Knights of Malta :- Marshal, E. E. Taylor; guide, E. D. Levan; aid Albert E. Palm.
Nantmeal band; Mystic Star commandery, No. 47, Knights of Malta, A. H. Boyer, captain. Members of the order were present from Phila-
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delphia, Hazleton, Berwick, Allentown, Slatington, besides members of the grand lodge.
FIFTEENTH DIVISION.
Foresters :- Marshal, Charles A. Horn; guide, Benjamin F. Hartz; aids, Alfred Rogers, Ambrose Lenich, Benjamin Paradise, A. K. Moyer; general chairman, W. G. Edwards.
Winona band, Mohnsville; Court Lancaster, Lancaster, W. C. Acker, captain; Iroquois band, Lancaster; Court Neversink, captain, Henry Lord; Court Reading, captain, Henry Rodgers; National band, Potts- town; Court Progress, captain, Geo. Kemp; Court Victory, captain, Ed. Showers; Court Wyomissing, captain, A. K. Moyer; Court Sylvan, Potts- town, leader, A. Brown.
By the reports made to the Chief Marshal, there were in line 5937 persons.
Signal Corps .- The signal corps, provided by the committee, of which Charles H. Armour was chairman, was admirably con- ducted, and facilitated the movements of the parade in a note- worthy manner. The corps comprised a chief signal officer, Thomas E. Weber, and 22 flag bearers, all of whom carried two flags, one white with a square blue center, and the other red with a square white centre. While the column moved along without interruption, the white flag was waved incessantly; but when a halt became necessary or a break arose, the red flag was waved until the obstruction was removed. The corps ren- dered valuable services in all the parades.
Evening .- The Committee on Fireworks gave a brilliant dis- play of fireworks in Penn Common at the second turn in the boulevard from 8.30 to 9.30 o'clock, which was witnessed and admired by many thousands of people in all parts of Reading, particularly in the Common and vicinity. It was seen for many miles to the west in Lebanon Valley and to the north in Schuyl- kill Valley. The public appreciation in the Common was mani- fested by loud demonstrations of applause.
A kite display was given by William A. Eddy, of Bayonne, N. J., in connection with the fireworks which was a complete success. It was the first time in this country that lanterns and red fire were attached to a kite-string simultaneously. Three kites were successfully floated, one seven feet in diameter and the other two six feet. The kites were attached to a cable 2000 feet long. The large kite was raised 400 feet high and the smaller ones 1500 feet. They remained fixed for nearly three
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hours and could be plainly seen. Six lanterns, red, white and green, were attached to the main cable and they illuminated the kite string brilliantly. At 11 o'clock a large national flag was sent up in the air to a distance of 250 feet. And while these displays were going on, a powerful search-light, stationed on the top of the prison tower, was thrown in all directions over the surrounding earth and into the sky, and its piercing beam in the darkness presented a striking appearance. It was frequently thrown upon the kites. These three displays together afforded an entertainment whose unique character exceeded everything of a free public exhibition heretofore given at Reading. A search light was also operated on the roof of the Grand Opera House for a similar display in the interior part of the city.
The Reception and Entertainment Committee, of which Mrs. Daniel Ermentrout was Chief Directress, gave a reception at the Neversink Mountain Hotel to the guests of the Woman's Com- mittee from 8.30 to 10.30 o'clock in the evening. The Chiet Directress was assisted by Mrs. Wm. R. McIlvain and Mrs. J. Wilhelm Hartmann in welcoming the guests and presenting them to the members of the Woman's Committee and a large number of other persons who called to pay their respects. More than thirty distinguished guests were received during the evening, in- cluding Mrs. Daniel H. Hastings, (wife of the governor of Penn'a), Mrs. E. D. Gillespie, (State Regent of Colonial Dames), Mrs. Anita Newcombe McGee, (Vice President General Daughters American Revolution), Mrs. N. D. Sperry, (also Vice Pres. Gen. D. A. R.), and Mrs. Thos. Roberts (State Regent of D. A. R.) After the reception, luncheon was served in the spacious dining room of the hotel, 134 persons partici- pating; a special orchestra furnished a select program of music during the entire evening.
TUESDAY, JUNE 7TH.
Morning. - The Academy of Music was handsomely decorated by the Committees on Decorations for Woman's Day, and it presented a superb appearance for the public reception to the invited guests. Henry M. Keim, Chairman of Woman's Com- mittee, at 10 o'clock, opened the meeting with a short address. The invited guests and members of the Committee, numbering over 150, were on the stage, and most of the seats in the audi-
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torium were occupied. Mrs. Daniel Ermentrout, Chief Direc- tress of the Committee, presided over the meeting and remarks on different prominent topics were made by the following dis- tinguished women: Mrs. Horace Brock, president of Federa- tion of Penna. Women; Mrs. Anita Newcomb McGee, Vice President General D. A. R., and Director of Hospital Corps, Mrs. Thomas D. Roberts, State Regent of D. A. R., and Mrs. E. D. Gillespie, State Regent of the Colonial Dames. The essay by Mrs. Edward Robins, secretary of the Audubon Society of Penna., on "Bird Protection" was read by Mrs. de B. Randolph Keim, owing to her unavoidable absence. The program included selections of vocal music by a woman's chorus, with Prof. E. A. Berg as director, and instrumental music by the Germania band.
A public reception was tendered to educators in the Court room from II o'clock to I o'clock, and while the guests were be- ing welcomed by the Committee on Reception, Gen. David McM. Gregg, chairman, and introductions made to numerous com- mitteemen and the citizens generally, the Ringgold Band dis- coursed a fine program of music.
Mrs. Daniel Ermentrout tendered a public reception at her residence, "Graustein," on the Hill Road, from 3 to 6 o'clock to the distinguished women who spoke in the Academy of Music during the morning exercises. Many leading citizens of Read- ing were present, and the occasion was one of the most brilliant social events in the history of the city.
SCHOOL PARADE.
Afternoon .- The parade of the school children was held during the afternoon, and it was the most successful public demonstration of the kind ever witnessed at Reading. In every way it was a perfect success. All the pupils were not in the pro- cession, and they were not expected to be, but they were largely represented, sufficiently so to demonstrate the strength, influence and excellence of the system of education in the community. The total number in line has been estimated at 9000. All walked, marshals, aids, committees, officers, teachers and chil- dren. There were no horses nor conveyances in line.
The route of the parade was up Penn street from Third to Eleventh, thence to Washington, thence to Park circle, thence
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to the right along the prison to the Park entrance, thence along Penn street to Fourth, and dismissed; and the line of march was as follows :-
LINE OF PARADE.
Chief Marshal, City Superintendent, E. Mackey.
Chief of staff :- J. George Hintz; aids, J. Ed. Wanner, (president of School Board), Albert R. Hoover, (treasurer), Francis S. Roland (secretary), R. A. Townsend, James Kase, Frederick Stephan, Augus- tus Bartels, George S Wagner, Wm. McClellan, Jenkin Hill, David C. Lotz, Samuel S. Hoff, James S. Ammon, Charles L. Moll, Jeremiah Seiders, James M. Hutchison, Wm. H. Luden, Caleb J. Bieber, Harvey F. Heinly, Howard L. Boas, Henry B. Hintz, Harvey J. Fueller, Fred- erick Stephan, Jr., Walter S. Miller, Adolph Kauffman, and all the members of the School Board, ( whose names appear in Part 4. )
FIRST DIVISION.
Boys' High School, Prof. M. E. Scheibner, principal, in command; total boys in line, 21I.
Ist Battalion, Class of 1898, Charles S. Foos, major; Edwin L. Hettinger and Oliver J. Wolff, captains .- 2nd Battalion, Class of 1899, Frank Hankinson, major; Charles S. Lessig, Aitken Frankhouser and Wilbur F. Price, captains .- 3rd Battalion, Class of 1900, Walter S- Harley, major; J. H. Graeff, Stanley F. Bingaman and Charles T. Bates, captains .- 4th Battalion, Class of 1901, Levi Mengel and Frank C. Rex, majors; Forrest G. Schaeffer. Leroy Marshall. Joseph Ulman and Samuel J. Lockhart, captains. Boys were dressed in dark suits, white canvas. hats with bands of class colors, and carried canes.
Girls' High School, J Ellsworth Hinkley in command; total girls in line, 191.
Ist Battalion, Class of 1898, M. Geyer, major; Helen Strunk and Mary Roehrig, captains .- 2nd Battalion, Class of 1899, Margaret Gossler, major; Bessie Seiders and Elizabeth Horner, captains -3rd Battalion, Class of 1900, Mabel Senior, major; Florence Miller and Maud Belle- mere, captains .- 4th Battalion, class of 1901, Florence Burkey, major; Bessie Frantz, Cora Davis and Laura Rote, captains. Girls were dressed in dark skirts, white waists, and sailor hats with bands of class colors. They marched in an admirable manner and won applause along the en- tire route.
SECOND DIVISION.
Jesse Orr Building, William Hinkley in command; total in line 138.
M. B. Kreisher, major; Grammar Grade, Nora C. Moyer, teacher .- Male Secondary, Lucy M. Rorke, teacher .- Female Secondary, Sarah Laub, teacher .- Male Adv. Prim., Mary E. Swartz, teacher .- Female Adv. Prim., Annie E. Howell, teacher .- Male Primary, Gertrude E. Barber, teacher .- Mixed Primary, Alice H. Goodhart, teacher .- Female Primary, Jennie P. Morris, teacher. Dressed as follows: Girls in white dresses
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red sashes, black student caps, and small U. S. flags as badges; boys in black knee breeches, white blouses, red neckties, and black student caps.
THIRD DIVISION.
Harry G. Davis in command.
Bingaman and Orange Building; total in line, 136. William Hulsizer, colonel; Arthur Merget, lieutenant colonel. - Male Grammar, Mary E. Jones, teacher .- Female Grammar, Amanda G. Jones, teacher .- Male Secondary, May M. Sauerbier, teacher .- Advanced Primary, Mrs. Maggie J. Thomas, teacher .- Mixed Primary, Kate E. Flemming, teacher .- Female Primary, Ellen Fink, teacher. Girls wore white dresses and white Tam O'Shanter hats; boys, dark trousers, white shirts, belts and caps. All wore dark blue badges with national flags,
Thomas Severn Building; total in line, 187 -Advanced Secondary, Anna L. Parker, teacher -Male Secondary, Agnes Driscoll, teacher .- Female Secondary, Kate Wittich, teacher .- Male Advanced Primary, Susan Matz, teacher. Female Advanced Primary, Mary Thomas, teacher .- Mixed Primary, Sarah Bernhart, teacher .- Male Primary, Emma J. Gragg. teacher -Female Primary, Kate O'Reilly, teacher .- Girls all in white, with sash of national colors; boys in white shirts, dark trousers, and belts and ties in national colors.
Ninth and Spruce Building; total in line, 222. Howard Roland, colonel; George Miller, lieutenant colonel .- Advanced Secondary, Maggie L. Howell, teacher .- Secondary, Esther E. Rice, teacher .- Advanced Primary, Josephine Murray, teacher .- Advanced Primary, Emily Willson and Beulah Davies, teachers .- Primary, Martha E. Homan, Lucy Lawrence and Marian J. Wesley, teachers. Girls dressed in white dresses, white caps and blue sashes; boys in white shirts and caps, dark trousers, blue neckties, blue and white striped belts.
FOURTH DIVISION.
Reuben Smink in command.
Hagenman Building; total in line 166. Arthur L. Smink, lieutenant- colonel .- Advanced Secondary, Annie Shaaber, teacher .- Female Adv. Sec., Martha L. Stahle, teacher .- Male Secondary, Grace A. Osborne, teacher .- Female Secondary, E. Alice Homan, teacher .- Male Adv. Prim., Maggie Ray, teacher. - Female Adv. Primary, Alice S. Ganser, teacher .- Male Primary, Annie Beyler, teacher .- Female Primary, A. Lizzie Radford, teacher. Girls dressed in red, white and blue waists and caps, trimmed in national colors; boys in dark suits and white caps, with red, white and blue bands; and both wearing light blue badges.
FIFTH DIVISION.
James Kase in command. Daniel Mccullough, aid; total in line 250. St Peter's Parochial School. Boys :- Harry Bingham, colonel; Michael Frantz, lieutenant-colonel; Edward McCann, William Day and Francis Ganter, captains. Girls :- Marie Swartz, colonel; Mary Conner, lieutenant-colonel; Mary McCann, Nellie Fessler and Grace Fordyce,
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captains. Girls dressed in white; boys in dark pantaloons and white waists; all carried national flags.
George Lerch Building; 181 in line. Harry Moyer, colonel; Neal Nyce, lieutenant-colonel. Grammar Grade, Lina M. Roland, teacher .- Male Adv. Sec., Ada W. Ribble, teacher .- Female Adv. Sec., Jessie F. Hughes, teacher .- Mixed Secondary, Annie Fink, teacher .- Male Adv. Prim., Mary Ribble, teacher .- Female Adv. Prim., Ettie Woltkill, teacher .- Male Primary, Myra Eisenhower, teacher .- Female Primary, Irene Miller, teacher. Girls dressed in white, white caps and red, white and blue ribbon, carrying Japanese parasols; boys in dark suits, white ties and white caps, with national colors. Boys of primary grade with white suits, white caps and national colors.
SIXTH DIVISION.
George C. Houck in command.
Chestnut Street Building; total in line, 150. Edward A. Stoeckel, colonel. Male Grammar, Louise Werner, teacher .- Female Grammar, Lillie Schoener, teacher .- Female Secondary, Elizabeth W. Davies, teacher .- Male Adv. Prim., Ida C. Koch, teacher .- Female Adv. Prim., Lilla Snyder, teacher .- Male Primary, Lillie Peacock, teacher -Female Primary, Daisy Keim, teacher .- Male Primary, Norma C. Geiger, teacher. Girls dressed in white with belts and ties of national colors; grammar grade with Anthony Wayne hats trimmed with rosettes in na- tional colors and crossed flags; primary grade with Tam O'Shanter hats and scarfs of national or city colors. Grammar boys, dark suits, white caps and alternating red, white and blue scarfs, and canes with national colors. Primary boys, white suits and caps, and Tam O'Shanter hats, and belts and ties of national colors.
Franklin Street Building; total in line, 129. Albert E. Luiphard colonel; Holden Stott, lieutenant colonel .- Female Adv. Sec., Mary M. Ketrer, teacher .- Male Adv. Sec., Beckie Warley, teacher -Male Sec- ondary, Myrtie Hergesheimer, teacher .- Female Secondary, Sallie A. Green, teacher .- Male Advanced Primary, Mary Connelly, teacher .- Female Adv. Prim., Ida K. Hoffmaster teacher. - Male Primary, Mar- garet M. Wagner, teacher .- Female Primary, Lizzie W. Moyer, teacher. Girls in white with scarfs of national colors and sailor or Tam O'Shanter hats with national colors. Boys in dark pants, white waists and scarfs, white caps and ties with national colors, carrying canes with United States flags attached.
SEVENTH DIVISION.
Edward E. Hummel in command.
Ricktown Building; total in line, 193. William Rhoads, colonel. Secondary, Sue C. Sheeler, teacher .- Advanced Primary, Clemmie Roberts and Alice R. Bechtel, teachers .- Primary, Margaret Herner and Margie Kantner, teachers .- Mixed Primary, Laura L. Kantner, teacher. Girls wore dark blue skirts, white blouses and red poke bonnets; boys, dark trousers, white caps, blouses and leggings, and ties and belts of national colors.
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Washington Street Building; total in line, 238. George Schaum, colonel; Walter Dearolf, major. Male Grammar, Amelia C. Hobson, teacher .- Female Grammar, Emma L. Hahn, teacher .- Male Adv. Sec., Sallie C. Morris, teacher .- Female Adv. Sec., Clara Boyer, teacher .- Male Secondary, Ruth D. Smedley, teacher .- Female Secondary, S. Emma Moyer, teacher .- Male Adv. Prim., Annie E. Mans. field, teacher .- Female Adv. Prim., Lizzie Jones, teacher .- Male Primary, Gertrude Ziegler, teacher -Mixed Primary, Mary Addams, teacher .- Female Primary, Myriam Geiger, teacher .- Mixed Primary, Ruth P. Clouse, teacher. Grammar and Advanced Secondary schools, boys wore ordinary dress and white caps and badges, and girls, dark skirts, white waists and yachting caps, red belts and badges; other girls dressed in white, trimmed in national colors, and other boys in dark trousers, white waists and pilot caps with regalias of national colors.
Pear and Buttonwood Streets Building; total in line 101 .- Male Adv. Prim., Mrs. Emma L. Foreman, teacher -Female Adv. Prim, Annie Hutchinson, teacher .- Female Primary. Irma M. Wells, teacher .- Male Primary, Mattie C. Koch, teacher Girls in white dresses with sashes and baker caps of national colors; boys in white waists and caps with sashes, ties and trimmings of national colors.
EIGHTH DIVISION.
Augustus Bartels in command.
St. John's Parochial School: 120 in line. Augustus Lessig, colonel. Boys: - Max Koffke, captain; girls :- Mamie Lencke, captain; teachers, C. M. Wonnberger, Jennie Hamel and Annie Welte. Girls were dressed in white with white caps and red, white and blue sashes; and boys in white suits with white caps and red, white and blue belts.
Lewis Briner Building; total in line, 160. J. H. Seiders, colonel; Jay Seltzer, lieutenant-colonel. -- Male Adv. Sec., Araminta B. Richards, teacher .- Female Adv. Sec , Minerva E. Clous. teacher .- Male Second- ary, Amelia Miller, teacher .- Female Secondary, Agnes Wilson, teacher .- Made Adv. Prim., Bessie B. Shanaman, teacher .- Female Adv. Prim., Mary M. Rice, teacher .- Male Primary, Mary M. Rowe, teacher .- Female Primary, Esther Geissenhainer, teacher. Girls in white dresses and caps, trimmed in national colors, carrying silk parasols in national colors; boys in white caps and blouses and dark trousers, belts in national colors, carrying United States flags.
NINTH DIVISION.
Harry H. Fichthorn, colonel in command, and Charles Deem, lieu- tenant-colonel.
Poplar Street Building; total in line, 218 .- Male Adv. Sec, Annie M. Huebner, teacher .- Male Secondary, Mrs. Emma C. Noll, teacher .- Female Secondary, Kate Eckert, teacher .- Male Adv Prim., Emily Jones and Annie E. Acker, teachers .- Female Adv. Prim., Agnes S. DeHart, teacher .- Male Primary, Alice Aulenbach, teacher .- Female Primary, Melissa M. Howell, teacher. Girls in white dresses and caps
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trimmed in national colors; boys in white blouses and caps, dark trousers, brown leggings with ties and trimmings in national colors.
St. Paul's Parochial School. Boys, total in line, 284; Willie Rehr, colonel; John Maurer, lieutenant-colonel .- Ist Class, Erasmus Duppius, teacher .- 2nd Class, Sister Concordia, teacher .- 3rd Class, Sister Eveline, teacher .- 4th Class, Sister Emmerana, teacher .- 5th Class, Sister Donatiana, teacher. Girls, total in line, 260; Josephine Braun, colonel; Lena Heere, lieutenant-colonel -Ist Class, Sister Baptista, teacher .- 2nd Class, Sister Reinolda, teacher .- 3rd Class, Sister Lud- mille, teacher .- 4th Class, Sister Seraphina, teacher .- 5th Class, Sister Francis de Chantal, teacher. Girls in white with large bow on left shoulder in national colors, Tam O'Shanter hats trimmed with national emblems, carrying Chinese parasols with loops of national colors Boys in white blouses, black trousers with white stripes, white caps and canes with national colors; and each boy had a large letter on his breast, showing the word St. Paul's in every platoon of 8.
Phillippi Building; total in line, 24; William Roberts, Major. Female Grammar, Mary Yohn, teacher .- Male Grammar, Emma M. German, teacher. Girls in dark skirts, white waists and sailor hats, trimmed with class colors in orange and blue. Boys in white shirts and caps and dark trousers, trimmed with class colors, violet and white.
H. S. Eckert Building; total in line, 154. Frank Paff and Edward Seiforth, colonels; William Kelly, lieutenant-colonel. Female Adv. Sec., Annie M. Wunder, teacher .- Male Adv. Sec., Rebecca A. Evans, teacher -Female Secondary, Mary M. Babb, teacher .- Male Secondary, Debbie Boone, teacher .- Female Adv. Prim , Clara J. Lott, teacher .- Male Adv. Prim., Clara Wonnberger, teacher .- Female Primary, Mrs. Lillie Ritter, teacher .- Male Primary, Dorothea Miller, teacher. Girls wore white dresses with belts and caps trimmed in national colors; boys wore dark trousers, white shirts, caps and belts trimmed in na- tional colors.
TENTH DIVISION.
Harry A. Heckman in command.
Elm Street Building; total in line, 171. John R. Leary, colonel; Frederick Weiler, lieutenant-colonel; George Rogers, major; Leroy Yocom, sergeant major .- Male grammar, Almira J. Wobensmith, teacher .- Mixed Secondary, Jennie A. Miller, teacher .- Male Adv. Prim., Amanda E. Stout, teacher,-Female Adv. Prim., Lou M. Liggett, teacher .- Female Primary, Kate Marsh, teacher .- Male Primary, Ida R. East, teacher. - Female Adv. Prim., Anna L. Gragg, teacher .- Male Primary, Clara E. Hyneman, teacher. Girls dressed in white with pink badges; boys of grammar school in dark suits and white caps and pink badges; and of primary schools, dark trousers and white waists and caps with pink badges.
Twelfth and Buttonwood Streets Building; total in line, 104. Warren Eshbach, colonel. Male Adv. Sec., Maggie C. O'Rourke, teacher .- Advanced Primary, Helen Sauerbier, teacher .- Male Primary, Katherine
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Goodhart, teacher .- Female Primary, Lizzie Hutchinson, teacher. Girls wore white dresses, red, white and blue sashes, and white caps; boys, dark trousers, dark blue caps, and white shirts; Male Adv. Sec, red badges, and the others, light blue badges.
ELEVENTH DIVISION
E. Augustus Lohman in command.
John S. Richards Building, total in line, 202. Female Adv. Sec., Jane C. Wentzel, teacher .- Male Adv. Prim , Irene Spohn, teacher .- Female Adv. Prim., Maggie C. Murray, teacher .- Male Primary, Lizzie J. Levan, teacher .- Mixed Primary, Anna N. Levan, teacher .- Female Primary, Vinnie I. De Haven teacher. Girls dressed in white, trimmed in national colors. Boys in white belts and caps in national colors
St. Mary's Parochial School; total in line, 100; Roman Ratajcrak, colonel; Joseph Boginski, lieutenant-colonel; Sister Francisca, teacher. Girls wore white dresses, Tam O'Shanter hats with bands and sashes in national colors; boys' dark trousers, white waist and caps, with bands, ties and belts in national colors.
TWELFTH DIVISION.
Harry G. Johnson in command.
Tenth and Green Streets Building, No. 1; total in line, 125. Blanche Bowman, major; Female Advanced Secondary, Ida E. Rothenberger, teacher .- Female Secondary, Kate M. Evans, teacher .- Female Ad- vanced Primary, Mary I. Fisher, teacher .- Female Primary, Alice Davis, teacher. Girls wore red, white and blue skirts, white Tam O'Shanter hats and Sesqui-Centennial button badges with red and white ribbons.
Tenth and Green Streets Building, No. 2; total in line, 79. Calvin Stuber, admiral. Male Adv. Sec., Hannah E. Fichthorn, teacher .- Male Secondary, Huldah Boyer, teacher .- Male Adv. Prim., Edith A. White, teacher .- Male Primary, Caroline E. Rees, teacher. Costumed as officers and sailors according to the full regulations of the United States Navy. For exact marching and fine appearance, this school was awarded a beautiful national flag.
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