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...Wednesday evening, Oct. 22, that evening made memorable by the heroic endurance of 300 Harvard men under a pelting rain of two hour's duration, the brass band never flinched from its duty. It had agreed to escort Carl Schurz and the Harvard delegation, and that agreement was kept, even at the cost of a thorough soaking of the swell new uniforms, there worn for the first time. The next evening the band paraded in the Republican torchlight procession in Melrose. A barge conveyed the twenty-five members to Melrose and back, taking an hour and a half...
...Monday following the Melrose parade, the ears of the inhabitants of the aristocratic town of Salem were greeted with the melodious strains of the Harvard band, proudly marching through the streets as escort to the Republican legions of the Essex district. Several Harvard men led the band, adding greatly to the general effect by a reckless discharge of fireworks in all directions, now volleying in the policemen's backs, now in the muzzles of the band instruments, and now startling Salem's fair daughters by a reckless discharge at the windows. The band was warmly applauded along the route...
...following letter has been received by the Chief Marshal of the "Harvard Contingent" in the Schurz escort on Wednesday evening...
...Dear Sir-I am instructed by the Chief Marshal of the 'Schurz Escort' to express to you and through you to the members of the University his thanks for your determination in parading under such adverse circumstances last evening, and to congratulate you upon the most excellent showing made by the different divisions of your command. It is intended to have an Independent Division in the procession of the 29th. Can you not arrange to join us and become the feature of the division...
...after 8 o'clock another political demonstration was held in the meeting room of the gymnasium by the Cleveland men. The number present, owing to the change from Holden was only about a hundred, including many Lawmen. Those present decided to march in the Independent procession on Wednesday to escort Carl Schurz and to wear "plug hats. They also voted to invite the Cleveland men of the drum corps to march with them, as their previous invitation to the whole corps was not accepted by the drum corps. A subscription was taken up to pay for a band...