and landed
about seven o'clock. A salute was fired by the Marine
Artillery.

The Fourth and Sixth Regiments Rhode Island Militia were
drawn up on Benefit Street to receive the returning
veterans, and loudly cheered them as they passed through the
opened lines. A crowd of expectant friends, who had
assembled at the Point, immediately gathered around the
gallant boys, and the short halt was improved in the
interchange of the heartiest greetings.

About eight o'clock the line of march was formed in the
following order:--

American Brass Band.
Drum Corps.
Section of Marine Artillery.
Sixth Regiment, R. I. M., Col. James H. Armington.
Drum Corps.
Fourth Regiment, R. I. M., Col. Nelson Viall.
Drum Corps.
Twelfth Regiment, R. I. V., Col. George H. Browne,
Lieut. Col. James Shaw, Jr., Major Cyrus G. Dyer,
Adjutant Matthew N. Chappell.
Co. B, Capt. James M. Longstreet, Lieuts. Albert W.
Delanah and Charles A. Winchester.
Co. I, Capt. George A. Spink, Lieuts. Munson H. Najac
and John H. Weaver.
Co. F, Capt. William E. Hubbard, Lieuts. William H.
King and Francisco Ballou.
Co. K, Capt. Oscar Lapham, Lieuts. Edmund W. Fales
and Charles H. Potter.
Co. E, (color company,) Capt. John J. Phillips, Lieuts.
Luther Cole, Jr., and Edward V. Wescott.
Co. D, Capt. John P. Abbott, Lieuts. George H. Tabor
and Henry M. Tillinghast.
Co. H, Capt. Oliver H. Perry, Lieuts. Arnold F. Salisbury
and J. N. Williams.
Co. A, Capt. Christopher H. Alexander, Lieuts. Edward
F. Bacon and Joseph C. Whiting, Jr.
Co. G, Capt. William C. Rogers, Lieuts. James A. Bowen
and Fenner H. Peckham, Jr.
Co. C, Capt. James H. Allen, Lieuts. George Bucklin and
Beriah G. Browning.
Quartermaster, John L. Clarke; Surgeon, Benoni Carpenter;
Assist. Surgeon, Samuel M. Fletcher; Chaplain,
S. W. Field.
Rear guard of twenty men detailed from all the companies.

The procession marched over