The 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.

Yours very truly,

N. A. THOMPSON, '76, Chief of StaffP. S.-Let us hear from you."

Letters to the same effect from John T. Wheelwright, Secretary Young Men's Republican and Independent Club have been received by the marshal of the Law School and by the first marshal of the undergraduate department.