St. Paul daily globe., 1884-07-24

O'Clock gun. From that until the guard
mount at O'Clock the time was given to
preparing for the grand parade. The vari-
Gus bands Wed with each other in making
the air melodious with music. Officers were
sending assistants over the camp with orders
and aids were hurrying to and fro to pre-
pare the various posts for movement upon
the city Of Minneapolis. 1t was war in
earnest, to Judge from the active movements
of the officers and men.
Looking over the field from the anph-
theatre, or the grand stand, strange scene
was presented The posts in camp were
forming in front of their various quarters,
and the field was gay with floating banners.
Troops were marching to and fro, or forming
to the inspiring air of 'Sherman's March to
the Sea-" The orders of the officers sang
out clear and shrill upon the air, and the
sharp rattle of the guns retold the scenes
which had been witnessed in the tents in
1861. 1t was the prelude to the music Min
neapolis was to hear But this scene was
not to last. One after another the posts
marched to the depot and took the train for
Minneapolis, and in a shorttime the field
was practically deserted except for few
veterans who did not feel equal to the task
of marching The posts did not leave in a
body, but company after company left the
ground and took the train. The change
from crowded field to deserted one was
gradual, and the casual observer would hardly
notice a change in the number until all had
gone. From a. n. until 80 p. M very
few people were in camp.
THE AFTERNOON.
The veterans commenced to return from
the parade in Minneapolis at 1:30 in the
afternoon, and from that hour until O'Clock
a crowd of tired, dusty, but
good natured veterans and citizens
poured through the gate. At the entrance
was good point to observe the crowd, and
to form an estimate of the number of veter-
ans attending. They had gone out in the
morning in posts, but they returned in bod
les composed of men from all states and
of every occupation. Only the bands seemed
to have enough energy left to keep in a
body
Quite crowd had congregated at the gate
to welcome the returning veterans, and to
judge from the demonstrations one would
think they had been absent for six years in
stead of as many hours. The favor1te
bands received an ovation when they came
in view, and a few responded by rendering
some Of the popular airs. Some of the eolors
of favorite posts were greeted with cheers
'.The parade is over, and I'm glad Of if,
said one of the tired, gray haired veterans,
and he probably voiced the sentiment of the
crowd. The veterans were too tired to take
much interest in camp details, and were
soon seated around the dinner tables.
DIsGUsTED CROWD
In the mean time rumor had gained
ground that Gems. Sherman and Logan were
to appear on the grand stand, and vast
concourse of people gathered in the
ampitheater to welcome them. Every
seat was filled, and the space between the
ampitheater and the grand stand was filled
with a mass of struggling, perspiring people,
while inside the camp was a large number of
carriages. Not less than $1,000 people were
on the ground, and seemed to be trying to
| to decide the famous question: ''What are
we here for. They waited patiently for some
of the great leaders to appear, and waited in
vain. Not only did the two great generals
! fail to appear, but few efforts were made to
entertain the crowd. The W. H. Lytle Post
Drum corps, of Fort Scott, Kansas, appeared
| in space which hal been cleared for them
on the race track, and went through very
creditable drill. AS they went through
| the various maneuvers, they received few
cheers A drum corps from Pennington,
| Minnesota, composed of lads ranging from S
to IA years of age, was also well received.
The gee club sang a few popular airs, and
received a round of cheers for their trouble.
| With these exceptions, nothing was done to
entertain the people. 1,e
AROUND THE CAMP.
| On other parts of the field number of
meeting of old veterans were in progress.
Many of the old veterans from prominent
states siezed upon the occasion to hold a
review of the troops. A new York regiment
held meeting at their headquarters, and
afterwards marched around the grounds The
Fourth Minnesota also marched around the
race track, and cheer after cheer greeted the
veterans. Kansas also held meeting al
their headquarters, and had few speeches.
j. III. Davidson, of st. Paul, spoke for few
momSnts to the Kansas veterans, briefly re-
viewed the history of the war, and EXPRESSED
his pleasure at meeting the old soldiers pres
ent. Some of the other states also held re-
unions.