The sun., 1872-11-26

uhe' n' hh1 wore tne o,d 'Vnt.henta unIorn anu
tne coykalo nat, hls hhlt IL sliyer gray, ahu
par Oh wntc anu very snort sac Whiskers auu
W lnc atqulIy ol nls appcmanCe inc nen-
ccssion, and long before 10 O'clock, the hour ap.
pU,n,vu i"r ,ne s,uI eto'y nN'is n'eirOer t u, u,
tne cHrpt was packed lh the s@tasS. @ i,y nney hil
wore the naage 9l .he pfuer az ease MIN .r Le
%hHuish % lela nhIerneatn; on ther ha's' Two
olue naSS WIN tue lhs'r'p'l"h'
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VETERANS OF THE WAR OF isi2,
drawn by Sisht white horses. with red White
and blue feathers decking their heads, was
drawn up Broadway
~" 80 -, -, a., -,
rs lhe conveyan'e star.sd irpIn pm the churcn;
great age said
There pontlng to the church, "ls the
monument ~ Montgomery: The last duty
performed In this city was when that inscription
was placed there. All the old soldiers were here
to do honor to a hero Of the old STAMP"
The old mans eve. moistened "a he spoke, and
there was not man In the carriage but could
appreciate tho feelings aroused by such
thoughts.
As the stage passed the City Hall, one ~ the
veterans turned to the SuN reporter and said:
broken for that building. II was in isC7, and
was only seven years old. I remember coming
To see the laying of the corner stone. Then
went to see the first steamboat made In this
country. IL was no larger than this stage, but
We thought 4 big thing. you bet.
reporter.
"Well, ] guess N was" was the response
There, pointingto stewhrt's downtown store
at broadway and Chambers street, the old
Mashington Hotel used a. stand there II was
ken and remember a dlnnerwe had there after
tie funeral. In those days soldiers and officers
ate together. Now, you know, an oficer Is too
great "A man TO Eat with a private. oh, my boy,
those were the good old days, after all, and
yon'll ind 1t so before. you die"
ditlon Of the men The old man said:
"Ah, we are old now. You should have seen
then than they aru now. There Is hardly a man
here who has not weighed over two hundred
10 hls time. Men lived like men in those days.
Why, the boys were nt TO make soldiers Of at
thai time. i was only thirteen when enlisted,
and there were lots OF fellows just like me-"
rur p.p,xst,rp or N ,xrr, nprw
Az, 80 81 al, -, 90 -, 49,
hna so & inc ca ,nlS & wen, on g., the way up The
battles they had fought. They recalled mutual
friends, and told stories OF the hardships they
had endured. Along the route many sentlemen
Ia,.ed their hn,s Az, g. we e,rrsns PASSED, IN
rstnEynsd bv ,he oid nu mem e ,her, snS
| laughed. and still Others passed on heedlessly,
knowing not or caring not that the men who
had given them the blessings they enjoy were
Tho march was up broadway and Fifth ave
nue. TO Thirty-inurth street. On me way NJ the
said dt the taiEaiiye oid gentleman, Uncle Daniel
lives thcrc. We used 10 call him old raw hid'
TGrsed sf IL. ior , him fourteen years He's been
" lie lost small fortune yesterday said the
reporter; ,,
up again to-morrow & Hes sSTcwd I'd Soy. @"Nf You II
know AZ our aye we call ourselves boys the same
as you do
linen they All laughed
The armory of the sixth Regiment, Broadway
ana forty-hfth street, Was REACHED At quarter
To eleven; Here Col Frank W. Sterry and his
Gr3nm9nd rn Were waiting 20 receive the Veterans.
thmey e a'untsu & ano a,e mn oyster stew which was
stave sgsin ' iTh W, nen .hey loon 10 me
Iighti"ih sircn, ,re t,en ,o , rn,h avenue and
the Observation-Disclosures viii nn, slin ~, ,Iu.Pprsn, as
S,sy Adi s,be,niS .n ~ me Rnrk Col.
c"mnnn1e3 ,be Vstra,s d ,hS r ay
trot e. the old fo,t AZ ll0th ~. ''"'
THE ROLL OF HONOR
The carriages conveyed them to within a hun
dred feet OF the fort. Here they Aliehted and
formed in single file, Gen. Raymond leading,
| followed by Col. Daily. Many OF the Veterans