. Dedication of the equestrian statue of Major-General Charles Devens and of the monument to the soldiers of Worcester County in the war for the union, July 4th, 1906 . infantry. Worcester City Guards, A Co., 2d regiment infantry, 36 men,Capt. Edwin G. Barrett commanding, Lieuts. Moses H. Tisdelland Frederick H. Lucke. Wellington Rifles, H Co., 2d regiment infantry, 45 men, C. Young commanding, Lieuts. Clarence E. Smith and FredA. Quigley. Worcester Light Infantry, C Co., 2d regiment infantry, 55 men,Capt. Herbert H. Warren commanding, Lieuts. William Stevensonand Lewis M. McCallum.
. Dedication of the equestrian statue of Major-General Charles Devens and of the monument to the soldiers of Worcester County in the war for the union, July 4th, 1906 . infantry. Worcester City Guards, A Co., 2d regiment infantry, 36 men,Capt. Edwin G. Barrett commanding, Lieuts. Moses H. Tisdelland Frederick H. Lucke. Wellington Rifles, H Co., 2d regiment infantry, 45 men, C. Young commanding, Lieuts. Clarence E. Smith and FredA. Quigley. Worcester Light Infantry, C Co., 2d regiment infantry, 55 men,Capt. Herbert H. Warren commanding, Lieuts. William Stevensonand Lewis M. McCallum. Emmet Guards, G Co., 9th regiment infantry, 50 men, F. Hurley, Lieut. Matthew E. Hines. B Battery 1st battalion Massachusetts field artillery, 65 men,Capt. Edward W. Wheeler commanding, Lieuts Nicholas , Walter J. Cookson. SECOND second (Veteran) division in the parade wasmade up entirely of veterans of the civil war includ-ing members of the several commands of Gen. Devens,the 3d Battalion of Rifles—the 15th Mass. Regt. ofVol. Infty.—and his first brigade composed of the 7th,loth and 37th Mass. Regts. and the 2d Rhode o S5 WW H OIII X < O en (1. Nearly 1,300 of these old veterans were in line,representing all the Grand Army Posts in the County,and by their presence testified to their love and esteemfor Gen. Devens. Although the line of march didnot exceed one mile, yet so infirm were many of theveterans that the hospital stations established by theWorcester City Guards along the line at frequent inter-vals, had many calls for assistance and temporaryrelief, and no less than eleven ambulance calls werenecessary. In the line could be seen the aged veteransaccompanied by their daughters or other members oftheir families upon whom they leaned heavily forsupport. Gen. Charles W. Wood, commander of division and staff, Rice, Sutton, Post 70; E. P. Morton, Webster, Post 61; LewisL. Stone, Clinton, Post 64; Edward Lovell, West Boylst
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