The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-06-03

tiourneyipg. The old otsotohogNu nooos
which the woundsd had 49, 7eosSSo9 q
Iths rear iron ~ tal(lp 10 - - az
West, were csrris1 aIosg = K tx i.i1Aedi.
sic use. The atoe1eo q ~ 11naa6 Il, II
Ahe fass Ard flattsss, aud - psS1suss u
Ill the utilities =. var; vs. seeo from
one end to the eth6s IS the massive oil.
ann. The army was st it's best fighting
weight and coalition. II there had Beeb'
such % amy . this four years ego, the
war would have besn ever 10 Nr.Sssard's
irss ninety days. Bat Of course il would
take fourSsars % make ssuch an army 10
couatry whess The arts Of peaes hsd
been so extensively cultivated q 10 ours.
Shermau's artillery passed BY batteries,
ok guns abreast, and the heavy jar and
su'leh rattle of the ponderoas carriages
made the pavements tremble. The hor-
ses, after I'll their hard work drsseiug
the black musEied dogs Of war through
the swamps OF the Carolinas and the
quioksands Of Virgiois. though thin, were
IN fair serviceab!s condition, ard the har
ness, although plainly il had stood the toe
and fret Of many . weary pull, WAS good
for hard work yet.
Sherman's men did not look upon them
selves ~ favored BY the opportunity of
displaying themselves. but regarded tie
performances as bore Of large proportions.
and some of the line officers were not 10
line. having embraced . chance TO avoid
march of nearly fifteen miles through
the heat and dust. 49,.
A PICTURESQUE TRAIN.
The most picturesque and remarkable
feature of the day was the train Of pack
animsls that followed Geary's division Of
the 20th corps. 1t gave better idea Iof
campaigning than anything ever before
seen north of the Potomac All sorts lof
jickasses weh gathered together, some
wonderfully small, mounted BY juvenile
darkies, who rode along in the most
everyday manner imaginable. OthSrs
were gigantic. big and uncouth ss csmslr,
ADD bearing wonderful loads of blanket
and camp equipments. On some Of them
the packs were menstrous, and it was .
puzzle how the patient things contrived
to tramp along. One fellow bad be.u-
tiful white goat on . pack Mr.. Goat
fseemed to take The world very easily
| The soldier leading the as. was s.ked.
"WbeIe did yon get your goat, Mister ?
Gin Atlanta" was the reply; no words
wasted. On several packs were seen 6ae
specimenso of game chickens; and, from
their complacent attitude, one would cup
pose the scene was by no means Dovel Of
interesting 10 them.
i COMPARISON.
4 Comparisons between armies may be
invidious, bot it is impossible not 10 make
them At least, there is no man, WON an
or child in Washington who has not com
pared and thought Of the difference be-
tween the army that marched up Penn
sylvania avenue yesterday, and The one
that marched 10 day; aud it is not be
cause l am Western man that write
that the verdict is universally snd cor.
daily given. that the Army of the West
was most like an army. The marching
OF onr Western boys was magnif cent -
But adjecliyes fail to tell what oil il was.
1t was glorious 10 see. Lord bless you,
the boys had done it before. They had
marched two thousand miles 10 an enc
Imy's country-why should've they have
made display grand. gloomy and pc
cullar" In the capital of their coubtI,
They did it. It was q triumph fur them,
to-day, such as has rarely been Witnessed
upon the earth. The great. solid masses
of boys 10 blue. brislIing with steel,
moved up Pennsylvania avenue, aud be-
fore the President Of the United States,
conquerors sad the heroes of The day
And there was not an eye, loyal TO the
Gag Of the nation, that did not kindle. to
see how compact, how splendid, and how
admirable they were.
i looked from the front Of the Treasu y
Building. upon the l4lh corps-,he DO, :
OF the West who we're wall of steel I'D
tre at Chickamauga-and saw them fiji
the whole avenue, from the Capitol to the
marble columns Of the Treasury, ard
Europe never saw grader sight, nor .
Drawer one. 1t was like . mighty ser.
pent, winding in the majesty of power, on
it's way, each brisiie spike of steel,
shining in the full splendos OF the sun,
that all day looked down upon this ne
oiable pageant, from sky that had not
speck OF cloud to dim the briiliance Of it's
blue-blue, the color Of the boys who
matched 90 grandiy to day under The H4e,
and keeping step to the music OF the
| Union.