3.30 P. M. the soldier boys fell into line once more and again boarded the boat. The return to the city was as interesting as had been the trip to Nantasket. Nobody could have been sorrier than each Ancient when Boston was reached, for the arrival meant to him the departure of his friends from Troy. The Ancients obtained their arms at the first possible moment after their feet touched the wharf; members of the Troy Citizens Corps obtained their arms and their knapsacks, for they had left the hotel in heavy marching order.

Battalion line was formed quickly, and the Ancients escorted their guests through High, Congress, State, Devonshire, and Washington streets, Haymarket Square and Haverhill Street, to the Fitchburg Depot. The "special" was ready, and was surrounded by friends of the departing visitors. It pulled out of the depot amid the deafening cheers of the dense crowd of spectators and the waving of handkerchiefs and flags. It reached Troy shortly after I P. M. The Citizens Corps, headed by its band, proceeded to its armory, and was dismissed.

The Ancients returned to Faneuil Hall by the shortest route, and there Capt. Hichborn, addressing them, said:

Now, gentlemen, I want to thank you, one and all, for the magnificent appearance we have made to-day. I know after two days, Sunday and Monday, taking you away from your business, and pleasure, and everything, I did not expect any such turn-out. We have made a magnificent appearance, and you must under stand, gentlemen, that we have had one of the finest companies that ever visited Boston to escort, and I have heard nothing but complimentary remarks for our own command. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kind attention to orders, and for the splendid appearance that you have made on the streets to-day. [Applause, followed by three cheers for "our commander."] I just want to say one word to those gentlemen who were opposed to going down in full uniform. They will notice what a magnificent appearance we made today, whereas, if we had gone in fatigue, it would have been entirely different.

Lieut. J. Payson Bradley. — I have to report, as officer of the day, no arrests made, and every soldier behaving as a gentleman, as every soldier is in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. [Applause.]

The COMMANDER. - Thank you, sir.

Then the command was dismissed, and the two hundred and fiftyfourth anniversary, and its attendant celebration, had passed into history. Everything connected with the four days' visit had been satisfactory, and there were no regrets, save those of parting from friends, to bother the men who participated.

ROLL OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS

OF THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY,
PARADING JUNE 7, 1892.

Past Commanders. — Capt. J. A. Fox, Capt. A. A. FOLSOM, Major CHARLES W.
STEVENS, Capt. AUGUSTUS WHITTEMORE, Col. HENRY Walker.

Major E. F. BARTLETT, of the Newburyport Veteran Artillery Co.
Lieut. W. P. JONES.