“Not since the stirring days of ‘ ’61’ has New York so thrilled with patriotic fervor as it did yesterday, when the 69th Regiment marched through the city on its way to the front. If they had been battle-scarred heroes of one hundred fights, Colonel Duffy and his boys could not have received a more enthusiastic welcome than that which greeted them. From East to West through the city they marched amid a flourish of flags, and the tramp of their feet was lost in the cheers that roared from tens of thousands of throats. Fifth Avenue and Tenth Avenue united in enthusiasm. Truck drivers and longshoremen did not shout louder than bankers and clubmen, and the fluttering flags in Fifth Avenue were not less numerous than the banners that waived from factories and tenements.”
Sub-joined is a list of the officers composing the Field, Staff and Line of the Regiment as it marched through the City on that bright May day, when, after thirty-five years of peace, the dark shadow of war again clouded the horizon of the Republic.
Field and Staff.
Colonel—Edward Duffy.
Lieutenant Colonel—Joseph L. Donovan.
Majors—Thomas F. Lynch, Michael J. Spellman, Edward T. McCrystal.
Adjutants—John A. Davidson, May 2–Nov. 19th; Granville T. Emmet, Sept. 21–Jan. 31st.
Quartermaster—James M. Cronin, May 2–Oct. 17th.
Surgeons—George D. Ramsey, Francis L. Oswald.
Assistant Surgeons—John H. Fuchsius, Robert M. Daly.