The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-08-23
CAMP MORTON.
Success Of the Indiana State Military Eneampment.
Old Soldiers Day.
SpeoiaI CsorrasnopTepos National Trib,,pa.

LAMP mOR yin.
Success of the Indiana State Military Eneampment.
Old Soldiers Day.
Special Correspondence National Tribune:
INDIANAPOLIS, August 20.
The Military State Encampment held at
Camp Morton" indianapolis, August 1916,
under the direction of Brigadier- General Car
nahan, Department Commander, G.. A. r. was
q grand success in every respect. There was a
large attendance of the National Guards, and
on "Old Soldiers Day." the 18th inst, fully
10000 strangers were present.
1t is estimated by the Commanders that there
were no less than 1000 members of the Grand
Army of the Republic in the procession that
marched to the grounds at noon, besides the
hundreds of soldiers in the city who do not
belong to the organization. The gathering of
veterans surpassed all expectations. The Grand
Army Posts began arriving in bodies from all
directions on the first trains reaching the city
In the morning, and before the hour for the
procession to start the streets inter5ecting Circle
| Park, where the headquarters had been estab-
lished, were packed with veterans 1t was
| throng which could not be readily welded, and
| there was delay of an hour in getting the
/ procession started. General George f. Mctiin-
| mis-, the officer in command, headed the pro-
cession, with Stanton J. Peelle in command of
/ the first division; General NJ. ID. Manson of
/ the second division, and J. l.. Bieler the third
division. The procession extended from Circle
] Park to the Exposition grounds, the men march
| ing in double ranks, and the line was over
mile and half in length. The streets along
| the line of march were crowded with spectators
| and the veterans were enthusiastically cheered.
THE POSTS IN LINE.
| Thirty Posts were in line as follows: Rich
| Mountain Post, No. 49, of Lebanon, with 128
| members; General Candy Post, No. 2, of Brazil,
| forty-four comrades; Lafayette Post, No. g. of
Lafayette, ia comrades; Captain Floyd Post,
| No. 10, of Annapolis, thirty comrades; Isham
Keith Post, No 13, of Columbus, forty-three
comrades; Dumont Post, No. Is, of Shelbyville,
104 comrades; Archer Post No. %, of Prince
ton, forty-two comrades; BoothrOyd Post, No.
| 81, of Delphi, eighty comrades; Blufton Post,
No. 49, of Blutfton, twenty-five comrades;
| Perry w. Blankinship Post, No. a, of Martins
ville seyenty-four comrades; Joel Wolfe Post,
| No. 81, of Rushville, ffty-nine comrades;
Samuel Reid Post, No. 81, of Salem, thirty-ive
| comrades; Samuel II. Dunbar Pest, No 90, of
| Greenfield, hfty-fye comrades; George w.
RAIDER Post, No. 119, of MiddletOwn, ffty-seven
comrades; Connersville Post. No. 126, of Con-
nersville 104 comrades; WadSTOrth Post, No.
| 127, of Franklin seventy-four comrades; VIII
A. Adams Post, No. 80, Of Spearsyille, seven
| teen comrades; - Post, No. 1873, Of MOBILES
vile, 159 comrades Simmonson Post, No. ISL,
of CherubuscO, sixteen comrades; Antietam
Post, No. I63, of Jamestown, twenty-se COM
rades; j. s. Ogden Post No. 16l, Of Danvilfe
Lightweight comrades George p. Buell. Post,
No loo, of Brightwood, twenty-four comrades;
William Swain Post, No. 169, of Ossian thirty
one comrades; Lookout Post, No. 1S4, of Thorn
ton, ffty-one comrades; Virgil III. Lyon Post,
No. 1856, of Plainfeld, forty-two comrades !;
Boone Post, No. 202, of louisville, twsnty-four
comrades; Cicero Post, No. 207, of Cicero, fifty
seven comrades; james Moffat Pest, No. 222a3,
of Elizabethtown, thirty comrades and Gus Alb
bott Post, OF WaymanSville, with eighteen COM
rades.
A few minutes before 1 o'clock the head
of the Grand Army of the Republic procession
appeared upon the grounds, and as the national
salute-thirty-eig guns-waS fired by the
artillery regiment, passed in review before
Governor Porter and staff. The Governor and
the old soldiers then repaired to the Exposition
building, where he spoke as follows:
GOVERNOR PoRTER's ADDRESS
Veterans a large number of the citizens of this
State, and not few from other States, have as
sembled here to engage in competitive military
exercises to prepare themselves for the duties OF
soldiers They have naturally desired to have with
them, spectators of these exercises you, who IN
the time ST your eOuntrys greatest peril helped 10
preserve it, And you are here to-day N numbers
like the pillows of the Inanywaved sea The State
soldiery here assembled remember wildly your
services, and will be quickened and inspired by
your presence. You will, also, am sure, be salts
fed from their proficiency in drill and the spirit
that shines through them, that they viii be ut to
meet any national emergency
You look little older than when, a few years
ago, to the sound of drum and fife you gallantiy
marched to meet the foe But, if may so speak,
the game flavor still remains with you You might
not march bris1ly into action as you did then,
but it would be found that the steady nerve and
staying qualities abide.
More than has ever fallen to the lot of soldiers
you have been acknowledgements in the success
of your cause; fortunate in having removed the
cause which might produce future strife Tor
tuuate that even your adveTSarIeS have found
that in the guiSe of foes you We're friends. Indeed.
except in the failure of their arms it is doubtful If
| % cet Whatever
tages you may have secured-thc restoration of the
Union, the Strengthening of hberty-they share
equally with you. a new life followed your foot
steps upon their soil; industries sDrang up,
cupations became diversified. and the new South
has entered upon career OF unexalnpled pros
perity.
Under the administration of the Pension Office by
our gallant Colonel Dudley, am happy to say that
the claims of pensioners are being more promptly
examined and paid off than ever before. The SUM
is great but it bears little proportion to the magni-
! tade of the service When these pensions shall
have been discharged, the first installment OF q
Nations gratitude viii have been paid.
But have been put forward only to welcome
you. Others are here-your old companions III
arIns-to address you. Here is your old eomrade,
General Manson, rugged as rock, a soldier OF two
wars, who helped TO bring us good deal OF terri
tory, and then had to fight again to keep 1t from
being taken from US Here, too, Is General Coburn,
whe, it is said, always liked fight best when 1t
was hottest. Here, too, somewhere, understand,
in this crowd is our friend General Bennett, who
sometimes tries to persuade people who look ut the
surface merely and do not pierce to the core that
Rupert and as tender and as gentle as woman.
But this ground, which bears his NAME we
may not omit TO mention one who is not here.
Morton is not here. His bodily presence is not
here but Morton is here in the memories that
cluster around this spot and In the imperishable
remembrance of his services.
At the conclusion of the Governors address,
General Mahlon ID. Manson, who, it was appar-
ent by the cheering when the veteran rose TO
his feet, needed no introduction to that assem-
blage of old soldiers, said he merely rose TO
explain a matter that appeared in Denver
| paper and had been given some circulation by
papers in this State. He referred to the charges
made in that paper that the representatives
sent by the Grand Army of the Republic OF
Indiana had not paid their board bills. They
had agreed to pay three dollars at certain
hotel and had so paid, and the charge grew out
of an attempt by the Colorado hash-founder to
extort more money from them. The explana-
ton was wholly satisfactory.
After few words by Colonel George W.
Friedley, of Bedford, General Coburn stepped
upon the platform and presented the beautiful
banner on behalf of its donors, Nodyke, Mar
mon q Co.
RICH MOUNTAIN POST WINS THE BANNER.
The general explained that this banner was
designed for the Grand Army Post that should
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