Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
THEY WORE THE BLUE.

THEY WORE THE BLUE.
a Great Grand Army Parade st Cnluus-
bus, o., In Which 4O, 900 Veteraps Par.
! ttcipated-Other Exercises or tho en-.
| oampment. &.
COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 12-During Nom
day night the old veterans, with their
wives and children, continued TO pour into
the city, aud camps and streets are about
dlled. Many people stayed in the depot
Waiting-rooms over night without trying
to ind sleeping quarters, but all who
wished were comfortably provided with
beds and cote At an early hour the
Grand Army men, in uniform md led by
drum CORDS, began to form for the parade,
which was ono Of the grandest ever wit
nessed on q similar occasion. There were
eighteen divisions, eight Of them com.
prising the Ohio Department, which is out
In full force. The ninth division was made
up OF the Veteran Crippled Soldiers
Association, Mexican Veterans and An
drew Raiders, Naval Squadron and the
Fifth United States Colored Volunteer
1nfantry. the department Of Illinois
constituted the tenth division; Wisconsin
and Iowa combined to make the eleventh:
Indiana divided into the twelfth and
] thirteenth divisions, Kansas came in
fourteenth; fifteenth included Pennsyl-
vania, New York, Connecticut, Massachu-
sets, Missouri, Minnesota, Maryland,
6sine, New Jersey and Virginia. Mchi-
| gan was the sixteenth division; the seven
teenth comprised California, Rhode Island,
New Hampshire, West Virginia, Vermont,
Arkansas, New Mexico, Utah, Tennes-
see, Georgia, Dakota, Potomac, Col
orado, Delaware, Oregon, Kentucky,
Washington Territory, Gulf, Florida,
Montana and Texas, and the Sons. OF Vet
Grams came In as the Eighteenth division.
In advance Of the divisions which marched
in numerical order, were the police, the
commander Of the parade, and the Com.
mander-in- Chief, with their stats and
Ohio battle flag veteran battalion.
The reviewing stand was on broad street
| and here the parade was reviewed by the
| distinguished visitors present All along
the line of march the streets were packed
with spectators who manifested much en- :
| thusiasm. - .u,
The Grand Army passed in review be
| fore Commander-in-C Chief Rea,' Generals
Sherman and Crook, and ex-President
Hayes Mrs. Logan, Mrs. General Crook,
Mrs. Hayes and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Grant
were also on the stand with General Cur.
It's. Judge Thurman and Governor Fair
child. of Wisconsin.
Many excellent features we're w be OBJ
| served in the parade. Ohio was out in
force and buckeyes were numerous,
baing used as trinkets and as canes. Old
| requirements that recalled the days
| of the war, garden truck and chick
ems chat reminded one Of ''Sher-
| mans RUNNERS" an immense brass can
teen carried by half dozen men, stuffed
| eagle. and many other such matters were
especial features for the cheers Of the
spectators. 'Ihe Garfield Post OF Mentor,
which carried an excellent likeness Of
President Garfield attracted much atten:
ten. when the Sheridan battalion Of
Somerset. O.. mArched by the stand there
was tumultuous cheering, as also was the
case on the anneas lance Of John A. Logan
and q. s. Grant PQsts, The naval squad
ron, from which daylight fireworks were
kept going, made things lively y.
Illinois came first after Ohio, and very
hearty greeting Was accorded that
States noble repres entatives. Mrs. Lo-
gan vas evidently their especial pet,
for, az the veterans passed by the
reviewing stand, they cheered and
salu.%u the wife Of their gallant BLACK
Jack" and as she stood with gnstenlng
eyes and waved back rd sPonse' soe END
~ smile on her face gave evidence
of how much she loVeo tnose
| who had braved danger WI IN her nusoano;
With Wisconsin's vet marcneo
Governor. Rusk Geueral Alger
kept. stem. with his old Michigan
comrades. and Sen~tor w.Arner Miller was
! In the front rap,- the New York delega.
ton. E-.r oenartmenf was cheered
hearth" t. Southern Sfates coming IN
| for ,lout the loudest cheers tnat were ac
corded toany of the delegRt .ons'
Tho Sons of Veterans 3arly all IN uni.
for Ia. and lEar'' car 49, arms deserved
all Of the t~ q. nued nse that greeted
them :! "a much-applauded
feature vas the sigl 10 wv cniurea
from the Ohio So ana SAILORS
Orphans Home at VINO nad come
in a special train to paraoe. ioe
procession was four and forty min
utes passing the rev; stand and all
marched quickly.
After. the parade 10000 people
crowded iup to the re stand to call
for speeches. Cove Foraker took
charge of the meet nd, one after
another, introduced distinguished
people who stood a the crowd
cheering each pam
In the evening the o. of the Nation
al organization dined e Commercial
Club. The National ofht nd members Of
the staf1~met in the law try at the State
House, and some pleasa. I emembrances
,vera there given to tn chiefs. Com.
mander- in Chief kea recel I'd beautiful
gold badges; A6jutant- General Daniel Fish
was presented with massive solid silver.
server, on which was worked beautiful
Grand Army emblem, and with which was
q beautiful tea set; Gen
eral John Taylor received solid silver
cantecn.
The evening was genera ally devoted =,
camp. fires, which continued late into the
night. A general reception to the Grand
Army of the Republic, presided over by
Department Commander O'Neil, was
held. in the big tent which was
cnowded to its utmost capacity. from
120G). to $4,000 people being pres