The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-06-02

WAsHiHofsa utrr. May 20, 1895.
Ths irreprsssibla telsgsepA has lnivsu
ysa tAs genera eaiiisss ssd many Z the
moro interesting details pertaining 70 thl
late grand review. Les me jot down
SsnstbiDg sasrsssse appnstssanl nnors
With the view of ooagntslasing ~ gpod
psopls of Iowa upoa II. past = tl,ss.
lin BY The troops from or Eiets tkas d
writing full account 81 ne nan1taesns
display. sa
The ssvi.aa Il fssa.j ~ ~ /, u,
troops compospg ths .Potonae Army, !
psrto thS Araj Of ths james, ga shssi.
dams cavalry. That Of Wednesday wss
Of the troops under Maj. Gen. sherpaa--
she Army Of the TsansSsss, under Logan,
and the Assly Of GsJtgia. sndsr Slossn.
On either day. the 1isphy W. very ass.
The armies which whipped L.. It Get
y sburg, drove his chosen Esstenahts
out Of the 6hsaaadoah Vsilst, and 6sally
oosPsllsd him 70 lay down his asne,
sssswing bis shoses tAsstts Of var wi&
innunesable trophiea+ies ess lsgions, de-
serve our unnixed gratitude and oss. sin-
cssest salogisms. Its certain 1hat their
appearance on Lass Tassdsy stirred The
enthuaiastio admiration of every paesiol
smong the Eve husdred thoueasd Who
saw their soldierly bearing. They we're
we'll clothed, neat in Appearance, and
marched With high degree Of pfseisios.
Had the review ended on Tuesday. it
would have been justly eesaidessl q The
most magnificent military display ever
witnessed in Asasrica- - sltogssher wor.
thy The greatsss, baat Govsrnnsst on
earth. Yet in many respects the review
Of Wednesday vas superior. The olReers
we're, generally. moro nasly in appsar
ancs. and evidently much batter hosss-
men, whilst the men looked more intslli.
gent, more hardy, more sslf.relisnt. The
marching on Wednesday was. eonfsssedly,
greatly superior to the uarchisg On Taes-
day. In fact, it seemed 70 be absolutely
perfect. Every man kept bis eyes to the
front, and the whole column. not less than
twenty miles In length. kept step - he
music Of the Union ~ one man. This
precision, this perfection Of marching,
was the wonder Of the spectators, not Len
those Of the Potomac Army than citizens.
It Was 10 every mans mouth. All
praised it. Certainly the sublimest spec
taole ofa military nature ever witnessed
on this side the ocean, Was the army Of
Gsa. 6hsrnsn - it marched up the ave-
nus that day, not man out Of line, nor
gun swry in the whole pageant, 30
splendid and animated.
The Northwest Was proud Of it. and
none THE less so because everybody Cd
mitted that the "wsstern boys we're ahead"
In this rejoicing the citizens Of Iowa we're
specially jsbilan., being shout as prof.
cient iu the matter Of jubilation as any
folks ever get to be. Not . nen from
the State but felt proud Of his citisenship
From Secretary Harlan, of the cabinet,
down to the humblest employee OF the
Government, there was glad rejoicing
and lots Of it.
In this review there were two brigadee.
composed exclusively Of Iowa troops. The
one which appeared first in the column.
Was the brigade under Colonel George A.
Stone, and consisted of the 4th regiment.
Lieut.. Col. Nichols; the 9th, Msj. Aber-
nsthy; 26,h. Lieut.. Col. Palmer; 26th,
Lieut.. Col. Lubber seth, Lieut.. Colonel
Roberts, and 3lst, Lieut.. Col. Jenkins.
Il vs. fus, large brigade, and elected
rounds Of applause as u wheeled from the
avenue isto fifteenth street, and ito difs
ferens dag giittersd brightly in the sun
light, telling grand story Of battles from
Pea Ridge to Bentonssilh. The. nth
regiment, Lieut.. Col. Archer, was near.
It wss smsll, bot its banner told ) heroic
history, ard it vss hspstiiy spphaded. -
Thcn came the 9th. Lieut.. Col. Cluns,
and rot Ter behind, The lOth--both small
regiments, too, bat nestisg With snths.
siastic cheers from the crowd Of Iowans
nsar Willard's. Then came tho SCH,
Lieut.. Col. Grifkih's. "Tbst's ths reei.
ment," said ehsruas 70 ths Prsidsst,
sthst detssdsd AlteoAs." The word
spread inssaatlJ through the vast crowd,
aud arosssd terrific shssss. Thsl
| IL General Corse," be had ssid . fes
nsn<ss sAsiisr, a~ho jdsfssdsd ths Pa,
Of Altooea, snd vos ! AfsjSs Gsseral'i
sian, i naa ever did.nA eisissn q
lows had some tins asfaspla Hhfb ~ psi
peesi.g Will,rd's. pssssale4 ~, QeP5rsl
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