St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-13
AT VETERANS HEADQUARTERS
Members of G.. A. X. Posts Received
mt Carnival Hall.

mt Carnival Hail.
Carnival hall was transformed into head
quarters for the veterans yesterday, and eX-
cept during the hours of the parade and the
storming in the evening, there were large
sprinklings of the old soldiers scattered
about enjoying themselves as only veterans
can. In the hall there had been consider
able preparation in the way of reminders to
the veterans of the old days. The many
flags and strips of bunting that have
adorned the hall during the carnival were
there, and more had been added to them,
the stars and stripes being more prominent
than the%Plain bunting. Onthe stage was
a beautifully-executed painting of Phil
Sheridan, as he rode his black charger ''frOm
Winchester, twenty miles away" and in
large frame were the portraits recently pre-
sented to Acker post, st. Paul. 1t was
early in the forenoon when the first of the
veterans arrived, wearing their Grand
Army badges. and in many cases the gilt
band about their slouch hats. Acker post
had placed a register in the hall and an in
vitation was extended to all to place their
names upon it. During the day there were
representatives of fifty posts scattered all
over the state in delegations of from one to
twenty-five that placed their names on the
register. Gen. Cross and his assistants
were at the hall all the earlier part of the
day, making arrangements for the COM
fort of
THE VISITING VETERANS
and giving the commanders of the posts
their instructions as to the formation of the
parade and the storming in the evening.
The small flags that so many of the Yeter-
ans carried during the parade were at the
hall and were distributed. All the
veterans were provided with badges
of various colored Tibons, to distinguish the
division in which the posts were to march.
A detachment from Acker post acted as es-
cort from the depot to the hall, on the
arrival of the many visitors and was kept
pretty busy up to the time of the formation
of the parade. Of course, when once the
veterans had been shown their headquar-
ters, there was little use of any committee
of introduction or anything of that sort.
They made themselves at home at once and
each seemed to be acquainted with all the
rest. They told again the old stories that
have been rehearsed at every gathering
since there has been any such thing as a
Grand army. and which never grow old to
| the heroes themselves. Many of the visit
| ing posts had their drum corps along,
who produced that music which more even
than the strains Of full band
| AwAKES THE ENTHUSIASM
in the veteranf heart. 1t was interesting to
listen to this talk of the old soldiers. Ii
was half reminiscenee, half ice palace, for
on their arrival at their hall great numbers
of them had hurried to the castle grounds
and admired the icy structure, and were
eager for the first reminder of old time:
that the storming in the evening would give
them. 1t is hard TO say just how many
visiting members of the Grand Army of the
Republic were in the city. for many o.
them neglected TO register. From Mime
| apolis there were representatives of GeOrgI
n. Morgan post. Levi Butler, Chase anC
| Washburn posts were over to the number
| probably, of between four and five hundred
and from Mortified and Pennington prob
| ably there were from one hundred anC
| seyenty-five to two hundred. The follow
ing posts were represented on the registe
kept at Carnival hall.
LIST OF POSTS REPRESENTED.
Hecker, As, New Ulm.
A K Skaro, 81. st. Peter.
Muller, /, Saltwater.
Wadsworth, 3, Helena, Mont.
Frank Halsted, Waygata.
Simon Mix, 95, Pipestone.
Maj. Doughty, III Lake City.
Wesley Greene, II, Sleepy Eye.
Robert Bryant, so. Fort Smelling.
Baxter post. Newport, No.
Ebson, 127 Harris.
]. S. Cody No. 2, Anoka.
Mashlor, z, Tracy
Robert Anderson. 19. Anderson, Oak.
Zach Taylor, ~, Fuda, Mimi.
A. b. Gibbs, 76, White Bear.
Robert L. McCook, %, Glencoe.
Wilkin, 10. Mankato.
IL. c. Rogers, IA, Elk River.
w. H. Seward, IS, jamestown, Oak.
E. M. Stanton, 33. Fergus Falls.
James Harrison, l31, Dodge Center.
NJ. l.. Deveraux, 43, Janesville, Wis.
Burdeck, 3, Spring Valley.
e. L. Wood. 100, Long Prairie.
H. II. Thomas, 80, Brainerd
E. B. Gibbs, 70.
Everett, l3S, Battle Lake.
Candy, AZ, Pennington
Goodsel, Sc, Howard Lake
J. l.. Hayward, SO, Northfield
Charles G. Bacon, 40, Neillsville, Wis.
J. Garfield. 3S, Glenward
Oliver Smith, II, lie Sueur.
Mcintyre, 66, Austin.
George N. Morgan, Minneapolis
Frank Daggett, 30. Litchfield.
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