The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-10-14
The Brilliant Display Made by the
Flambeaux Club Last Night,
Terminates the Big Day in q Magnifi
cent Blaze Of Glory.
A Heavy Rain Sadly Intsrfsres With
TO-Dsy's Programme,
And the Sham Battle is Fought Out
In Mud and Rain.


mad the uret rays OF the rising sun g1I0ed
the stars and stripes that waved DER the
camp, when the gates we're besieged by g
multitude Of teams and pedestrians. A
large number of people had come in on
the night trains aud helped to swell the
crowd. Also the stream Of people from
the country began again. All morning
and afternoon they came, filling the streets
and raising cloud of dust. A special
train from Topeka, carrying about two
THOUSAND people came in at ten O'Clock
It Is estimated that besides citizens, there
were at noon over %. 900 people ia town.
This was not so appsrant on the streets
as over 10000 .were on the grounds Of
Camp Fsirchild. The
ORDER OF THE MORNING
was registering, and meetings of the var
tous organizations at their headquarters.
This of course led to q good many sur
prisIng recognitlons of old comrades who
had not met since they were mustered out
of the service, twenty-one years ago, and
1t was not an unusual thing to see q stray
tear wander down a furrowed cheek, as
with hearty greeting. some almost forg It
ten comrsde came up and introduced him
self. The petty dIscomforts, always an
Inseparable adjdnct TO q great encamp-
ment like this, were forgotten as hand
touched hand again for the first time
since the war.
"The last time We shook hands, John.
was just before Gettysburg, rememberP"
ayes, Bill, 1t looked as If no man could
come out of that hell alivep'
Yet, preserved almost by miracle, the
old heroes meet again.
AFTERNOON.
After dinner. which took about two
hours, the boys repaired to the grand
stand where G ". Martin, CO... w. F.
Cloud and a. B. Campbell addressed
them. The speeches were all fine and re-
celYed much enthusiasm by the people as.
sembled around the stand and amphi-
theatre. One thing can here be cited as an
estimate OF the crowd on the grounds.
The amphitheatre holds about 5000. This
was packed jam full. Ia the race track In
front and around the stand was q mass of
humanity, and 1000 is q very low estimate
% put on the number. More than this,
there seems to BE- no dimunit1on of the
crowd. In other parts of the grounds the
1000 people were not missed from Tia Q
body of the camp. The Modoc club sang
several selections between the speeches,
and were created with laundering sp.
plause and repeated encored.
THE KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD
held dress parade at 8 O'Clock which
was witnessed by the entire camp. The
movements were we'll executed In every
particular The precision ami cIock-like
regularity of tae evolution reflect great
credit upon them, and testife to the
thOroughness of their drill, in case of any
nationsl disagreement sour boys" would
loom up in manner gratifying 70 every
Kansas heart. The old vets exhibited the
greatest enthusiasm during the drill, az
was testified by the cheers that created the
execution of each evolution. Oae of the
most attractive features of the day was the
FLAG BRIGADE
of little girls. They we're tlstefully and
appropriately arrayed in dresses made of
national colors. the blouse OF blue studded
with white stars, aud the skirts red and
white stripped. Each girl carried flag
with which they "ssluted'' and E'carried
arms" etc. These little girls are all
daughters of veterans, and are In conse-
quence the pets of the camp. 1t does the
Did veteran heart good to see how the
children honor the memory OF the partici-
patOrs In the great struggle and the men
who preserved the uuIcn. Cheer upon
cheer upon rose like thunder from the en-
thusiastic crowds as the brigade moved
grandly into camp and saluted the flag at
headquarters. These little patriots ere the
every care to make their visit here as
pleasant as the charm of their presence
is to the old comrades.
After the speaking and dress parade ct
about ten minutes past a carnage filed
with copies of
THE DAILY NEWS
drove rapidly into the camp and our agents
distributed them free to the thousands OF
people on the grounds. Two distrlbu-
tions were thus made, giving the boys ak
pages of the latest account of the reunion.
These papers were distributed free by the
News to the comrades, 10 memory of old
times. The same will be done to-day and
TO morrow.
THE EVENING GUN
announced sunset, and, as If to say good
night the sitting sun threw q ray OF light
tina tbathed the grand old flag in food of
q anne for an lnstand before it sank from
sight.
After supper a part OF the crowd went
up town to attend the r lief Corp's con-
cert and to see the parade of the drum
corps and the fiAmbesu clubs and a part
remained to the
CAMP FIRE.
At which Governor Martin and Seaa
tor Plumb spoke, telling of all army ex-
periences, stories, amusing and touching.
The speaking at the camp was kept up
until after IL O'Clock, SO interested were
Its boys in listening to the memories of
old soldiers and old commanders. The
names of Grant, Logan Lincoln and Sher-
man drew fourth thundeFs of applause.
Commercial street was q gorgeous spec
tacle last night for the two miles from
the Normal to So1en's grove. The prin-
cipsl attraction that drew every eye was
The
ARCH OF WELCOME
With Its hundreds OF gas jets alIght, /
shining through many coIored globes. Il
was q magnificent spectacle. This, to.
gether with the 6riIliansy Of the electric /
lamps, the illumination In store windows /
and torches, made things as light as day i
for q while. The crowd filed the streets /
until long after IL O'Clock, aud it was .
ate hour before the camp had fairly set
led to sleep. broken only by the thun-
Ter of the Sunrise gun, that announced
he commencement of the third day.
THIS MORNING
iawned on fully 10000 people that passed
he night in the city and at the camp. The
light trains had lett thousands and as on
he two previous days. the country roads
we're filed with incoming delegations and