Governor Wolcott reviewing the Regiment, 26th April, 1898.
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On School Street, and again on State Street, the regiment was loyally
welcomed. In spite of slippery and treacherous pavements, alignments and
distances were well maintained, and the batteries marched with the long,
swinging step for which the command always has been noted, though the
unequal platoonfronts due to the detachment formation of foot artillery
gave an odd effect to the column. All through the business district the
applause and cheering were continuous, and it was almost with a sense of
relief that the regiment finally boarded its transport, the steamer
_General Lincoln_, and escaped from the patriotic uproar. But even here
a parting cheer was heard, for the men of the Naval Brigade, on board
the _Minnesota_, came swarming from below in their white uniforms, and
strained their throats in fraternal desire to start the regiment
fittingly on its way to the outer harbor-works.
With the regimental staff paraded Colonel Richard H. Morgan, A.I.G.
(formerly major commanding the Third Battalion), who had been detailed
to accompany the command as inspecting officer, and Lieutenant Erasmus
M. Weaver, Second United States Artillery (later lieutenant-colonel,
Fifth Massachusetts Infantry, U.S.V., and now captain in the regular
artillery), who for the year previous had been attached to the regiment
as instructor in coast artillery work, and to whose untiring efforts the
regiment owed much for its efficiency. The field, staff, and line
officers of the command on this date were as noted in the following
roster—the sequence of battalions and batteries being that in which
column was formed for parade: