our institution as a most ef- ficient agent of public good, and not unmindful of the services and sacrifices to which its members are subjected, have in this public manner marked their appreciation of the past, while at the same time they have held out a stimulus to the future. The occasion upon which we are assembled, commemorating the completion of one of the most stupendous public works of the Union or of the age, furnishing so rational a cause for rejoicing, is wel- comed by no portion of your fellow citizens with more sincere pleasure, than by that por- tion which I have the honor to represent. While some have looked merely to the intro- duction of pure and wholesome water into the city as being an indispensible requisite of public health, and others, regarding the distance from which it has been brought, and the obstacles overcome, as constituting an enduring monument of the enterprise and public spirit of our citizens, the firemen of the city, while participating in the feelings of both these classes, yet with that devotion to their duties by which they have ever been distinguished, rejoice chiefly, because this great work, in giving increased efficacy to their exertions, af- fords additional security to the property of their fellow citizens. It is perhaps not too much to say, that nearly all the great fires by which large portions of our city have been . devastated, might have been early arrested, had the department possessed the same facilities for obtaining an abundant supply of water, as that which they will now enjoy from the introduction of the Croton. In view of these facilities, and animated by this expression on the part of the city government, the members of the department will continue to dis- charge their duties with increased zeal, and cherish the recollection of this day, as among the brightest in the history of their institution." The various Military Corps assembling at their respective parade grounds, were by eight o'clock, in march for the Battery, which scarcely furnished space for them all. After undergoing inspection, at 10 o'clock precisely, the procession moved in the order and route indicated by the annexed programme, previously published. 264 CELEBRAION OF THE PROGRAMME OF ARRANGEMENTS. The Line will be formed at 9 o'clock A. M. precisely, 6 abreast, the right resting on the Battery. The column will move at 10 o'clock, in the following order, viz : Escort of Cavalry from General Storms' Brigade. THE GRAND MARSHAL, General Gilbert Hopkins, accompanied by his Special Aidsr General Prosper M. Wetmore, General Nathan B. Graham, Colonel Florence Mahoney, Colonel Henry P. Robertson, Colonel William W. Tompkins, Captain James Wardell. Military Guard of honor to the Grand Marshall — comprising — The Independence Guards, The Sing Sing Guards, and The Washington Riflemen. FIRST DIVISION, Comprising the Artillery and other Military bodies, commanded by Major General Charles W. Sanford. SECOND DIVISION, Under the direction of Major General Stryker, Assisted by Mr. O. W. F. Randolph, Aid to the Grand Marshal — comprising Commissioners of Croton Aqueduct Board. 1. Water Commissioners and Ex- water Commissioners. 2. Members of the Society of Cincinnati. 3. Mayors of New York, Brooklyn, Albany, Troy, Jersey City, and Newark, in carriages. Second Regiment N. Y. State Artillery, as an escort to the Common Council, 4. Committee of Arrangements of the Common Council, with staves of office, 5. Members of the Common Council, with staves of office. 6. Ex-Members of the Common Council. 7. Governor and Lieutenant Governor and Suite — (mounted.) 8. Members of Congress and State Legislature. 9. Common Council of Brooklyn. 10. Trustees of Williamsburg. 11, Common Council of Albany. CROTON AQUEDUCT. 265 12. Common Council of Troy. 13. do do Jersey City, Newark, Elizabethtown, New Brunswick, Princeton, and Trenton. 14. Officers of the Corporation. 15. County Officers. 16. Enginers and Officers of the Water Works. 17. Foreign Consuls. THIRD DIVISION, Under the direction of Gen. Wm. L. Morris, assisted by Mr. Andrew H. Mickle, aid to the Grand Marshal. 1. Officers of the Army and Navy. 2. Militia Officers oif duty. 3. Naval School. 4. Reverend the Clergy. 5. Judges and Officers of the Courts. 6. Members of the Bar. 7. Professors and Students of the University. 8. New York Lyceum. 9. Society of Letters. 10. Chamber of Commerce. 11. Board of Trade. 12. Historical, Philosophical, Philological, and other Scientific Societies. 13. Members of the various Societies for the Promotion of the Fine Arts. Under the direction of Brig. Gen. Pentz, assisted by Mr. John T. Dodge, and Mr. George C. Ring, aids to the Grand Marshal, comprising The Officers and Members of the Fire Department. FIFTH DIVISION, Under the direction of Colonel Philbrick, assisted by Mr. James Nesbitt, aids to the Grand Marshal. Comprising 1. Masonic