Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-03
GRAND ARMY DAY.
The Pennsylvania Veterans Out
in Force.
Eight thousand Old Soldiers Parade the
Streets Of the Smoky City, Bear
ing Their Old Battle-FIags,
and Attended BY
THE MUSIC OF INNUMERABLE BANDS.
Special Dspate6 o Tie Reai,ter.

Special DSspateh 70 the Register.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, October To-day
Pittsburgh has been full to oyerfiowing.
This must not be construed to mean that
her citizens were at all under the influence,
although it must be confessed that goodly
quantity Of intoxicants were poured down
the throats of thirsty humanity, but the
remark only refers to the enormous influx
of strangers who, since early morning, have
streamed into the city by every avenue of
approach. To say the hotels and restsur-
ants did rushing business does not ex-
press il at all. Tne various hostelries are
packed from Office to garret, and many
eating houses were cleaned out" before
the sun was three hours high. The crowd
is estimated all the way from
Forty 90 Sixty Thousand,
but probably the former figures are nearer
the truth. The West Virginia soldiers and
their friends, as a rule, arrived early in
the morning, and in consequence, Jared
much better than those who came later, no
little difficulty being experienced in pro-
yiding accommodations for those organiza-
tiOns which were tardy in coming in, some
soldiers being quartered in engine houses
and on boats at the wharf, the owners OF
the river craft generally offering the use of
their cabins to G. A. r. visitors The
railroads did land-office business in bring
ing in excursions. The officials of the
various lines have estimated that their
roads
Brought I'm the Following Numbers:
Pennsylvania railroad, fifteen thousand
Fl. Wayne railroad, five thousand; Pitts
burgh, Cincinnati and st. Louis railroad,
three thousand; Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
! railroad, three thousand; Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, seven thousand; West Penn
/ railroad, one thousand five hundred; ALE
gheny Valley railroad, 4,50). The
, Pittsburgh and Western also brought
in large numbers. Officers of the Pennsyl.
Vania company say their transportation ia
Cilities were woefully inadequate, and that
many hundreds OF would-be excursionists
were left at way stations simply because it
was utterly impossible to carry them. The
streets throughout the city were hand
sOmely decorated, many displays in the
business part of the town
Being Especially Fine.
| The Pittsburgh and Allegheny posts turned
| out about / 800 strong, and the total num-
ber of men in line was not far from 800.
| About noon the posts began forming on
| Liberty street. and at 2:2Othe line of march
| was taken up over the following route in
| platoons of twelve: Wood street TO Water,
| thence to Smithfeld street, Third avenue,
| Grant Fifth avenue, Market, over the SuS-
| pension bridge TO Stockton avenue, Ridge
| avenue, Irwin avenue, North avenue 10
! Federal street, down Federal street to North
! Diamond, where the parade was reviewed
| by the Department Commander, John II.
! Vanderslice, and visiting National Com
! mander VandevoOrt, of Ohio and West Nir-
! sinia, and department commanders, and dis
/ missed.
The Line Was Headed
| by police force of sixteen men, command
! ed BY Lieut.. Stewart. In advance of these
| sixteen policemen was another squad Of
/ police of ten men To clear the streets. A
! lieutenant and policeman were stationed
! at each crossing to see that the procession
was not interrupted. Lieut.. CrOSSan and
ten men were held at the Mayors office as
| reserve.
The First Division,
under Col. JAS H. Gray, Capt. Jos. T. Den
/ niston, chief of staff, formed on Liberty
| street at the mouth of Wood. The follow
/ ing were the posts in this division:
Post 8, Pittsburgh, 220 men; No. /, La
| trobe. 80 men; No. 80, Johnstown, 100 men;
No. 40, DickenfOrt, Indiana county; No. fl,
! Pittsburgh, $50 men on foot, and 80 in car
riages: No. so, Titusyille, 627.men; Altoo-
ma; No 95, Bellefonte, 10 men; No.
20, Cory, 25 men; No. 75 Parker, 35 men;
| No. l4O, ConnellSville, 80 men; No. H2,
| Edenburg, -, No. l47, Pittsburgh, 1Oo
men; No. 145, Tarentum. 30 men; No l4l,
| Bradford, -; No. 156, Kittannlng, 40
men: No. l54, Pittsburgh, l25 mep; No. l65,
Mt Pleasant, so men; No. l6T, Oil City; 40
men; No; IT, Tyrone, -; No. No.
! lT9. - men; No. 1872, Reynoldsvllle;
| No. 2u5 Clarion; No. POO, Pittsburgh,
| 10 men; No. 2O9, Scottdale; No. 276, Greens
| bury. % men: No. 22O Franklin, 30 men;
| No. 22l, New Florence; No. 329, Dubois
| City: No. 23O. Pittsburgh, 75 men; No. 24O,
| BrOOkville; No. 26O, New Bethlehem No.
| 249 Foxburg, Is men; No. 2lS, Emlenton.
| In addition TO the above there were large
| number of men in line from. Eastern Ohio
and other adjacent States.
second Division.
The Second Division was composed OF
| the following Posts: Springdale, No. lS9
| 25 men; Newcastle, No. 100, 100 men, Ia
rentum, No 1876 50 men; Butler, No. lOo,
| 40 men; Salisbury. No. 80, 80 men; New
Brighton, No. 20S, IS men; Petrolia, No. 1O7,
| so men: Blairsyille, No. 1877, 25 men; Free.
port, No. 80, 40 men Elderton. No. los, 10
men; Columbiana, Ohio, No. l36, 80 men;
| and several posts from Eastern Ohio; Bea-
yerfallS, No. l46, 100 men; ThOborn, No. -,
Martins Ferry, 40 men; Branum post 22l,
OF Bridg eport, y men; eighteen soldiers
| orphans tthe gun squadl from Uniontown;
East Liverpool post, 80 men; WeilsVille
post, p men, and ten other posts who ar
rived Just previous to the hours OF form
Ing.
Third Division.
YOUNGSTOWN band; Post 29, Youngstown,
- men; Post 80, McHeespOrt, 80 men; Con-
nellsville band; Post 104, COnnellsville, 40
men: Post Ill, Elizabeth, 80 men; Wash
ington cornet band Post l20, Washington,
As men; Post l53, Mansfield, 90 men;
post 2I5, Vemperanceville, 10 men, post
iSO. Uniontown, 5Omen; Brownsville band;
post l73, Brownsville, so men: post zoo,
California, 30 men; post III, Boston, 30
men; post 265 CarmiChaels, Is men; post
So LoWellsYille, o., 10 men; post o9, NC
Keesport, so men; post 90, Monongshela
City, 80 men; post l5G, Mansfield, 40 men;
most l65, Dunbar. 25 men.
The parade was dismissed about hYe
o'clock. Tonight the streets are packet
with people, although thousands have lett
for their homes. Many bsnquets and en-
tertainments are in progress in various
parts Of the city, the most noticeaoie De-
ing the spread given by No. 3, at FroShin
Hall