Division Commanders and their staffs I am under great obligations for the admirable manner in which they handled their respective divisions.

Among the many pleasant recollections (to me personally) connected with the celebration will ever be that of the cordial manner in which so many members of the Loyal Legion accepted the invitation to act as an Honorary Staff.

I also acknowledge with deep gratitude the ready, efficient, and soldierlike way in which the Second Corps of Cadets, Lieut-Col. Samuel Dalton commanding, performed the duty of escort to the Chief Marshal and Staff, and to all others connected with the procession.

I also wish to convey my thanks to the visiting Military Organizations, for the interest manifested by them in the celebration, and to acknowledge the remarkably fine manner in which they bore themselves on the line of march; and to thank them and all participants for keeping their positions during the entire route.

I congratulate you upon the successful conduct of the parade, which has added much to the historic fame and renown of our beloved city of Boston.

I am, with great respect,

Yours, very truly,

A. P. MARTIN.