GOVERNOR’S DAY
On Tuesday, the culminating day of the Bi-Centennial Celebration, New Milford possessed a population variously estimated at from ten to fifteen thousand—the largest, probably, of any moment in its history. The heat was intense, and some were so tactless as to prophesy showers. Others—and these were right—scoffed at such a possibility, basing their optimism on the fact that the new uniforms of the Governor’s staff had never yet been wet and that New Milford was not going to be ungracious enough to be instrumental in wetting them.
The forenoon was devoted to the preparation of the Civic and Military Parade, which was scheduled to begin at noon. Only a few minutes after the time appointed, the column began to move in the following order:
FORMATION OF PARADE
CHIEF MARSHAL SAMUEL R. HILL IN CHARGE.
First Division
Platoon of Police, Capt. David Bradley of Danbury
Chief Marshal and Staff (Perry Green, Noble Booth, Charles
Pomeroy, Madeline Dodd, Louise Beeman.)
Gartland’s Tenth Regiment Band
Second Company, Governor’s Foot Guards, Major Weed
Governor Rollin S. Woodruff and Staff Bugle Corps
Company G, Third Infantry, C. N. G., Captain Ryder
Upton Post, G. A. R., John F. Williams
New Milford Cadets, Captain Gifford Noble
Official Guests in Carriages
Second Division
Marshal David E. Soule and Staff (Dr. C. B. Blackman, George Dean, Louis Wilton)
Second Regiment Band
Water Witch Hose Company, No. 2, of New Milford
Danbury Military Band
Litchfield Fire Department
American Brass Band of Waterbury
Fountain Hose Company, No. 1, of Ansonia
Holt’s American Band of New Haven
Echo Hose, Hook and Ladder Company of Shelton
Ansonia Brass Band
Eagle Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, No. 6, of Ansonia
Bethel Drum Corps
Danbury Volunteer Fire Department
Third Division
Marshal George E. Ackley and Staff (Granville Breinig, W. M. Keeler, Clifford A. Trowbridge)
Boys of Center High School, Marching in Costume
School Children in Floats in District Order
Fourth Division
Marshal Henry O. Warner and Staff (James Marsh, W. C. Beeman, Clifford Marsh)
Wheeler & Wilson Band of Bridgeport (by courtesy of Roger Sherman Chapter, D. A. R.)
Colonial Features
Industrial Floats
There were more military organizations, fire companies, drum corps, and brass bands in line, probably, than had ever been seen at one time in New Milford, and they elicited by their brilliant uniforms, stirring music, and fine marching the admiration and the hearty applause of the crowds massed along the line of march; but the features which differentiated this parade from all previous ones, which lent it special distinction, and
| SAMUEL R. HILL. Chief Marshal | SAMUEL RANDOLPH HILL, JR. And Gun Used in Firing |