Visit of the DeWitt
Guards
The DeWitt Guards of Oxford, Captain Charles H. Watson, made
a visit to our city on Saturday last, arriving by the first train
and returning by the last accommodation train at
half past four
. The company was named in compliment to Hon. Alexander
DeWitt, its most generous patron since its organization.
Its lieutenants are Nelson Bartholomew, George B. Works and B. B.
Vassal. The guards are a fine looking body of picked men,
having been for some three weeks under the instruction of Captain
Watson, a thorough tactician, who has served in the regular army.
Their uniform, which is a neat and substantial one, was furnished by
C. W. Freeland & Co., of
Boston
.
After marching through some of the principal streets, they were
generously furnished with refreshments by Mr. E. T. Balcom, at the
Lincoln House. The officers and many of the privates, were
guests of Capt. Foster of Co. D., at dinner, at the
Lincoln
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