The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
THEY WORE THE BLUE.

A Great Grand Army Parade at Colum-
bus o. in Which 10000 Veterans Par.
ticipated-Oth Exercises Of the En-.
campment.
COLUMBUS, o., Sept l2-Dnring Nom
day night the old veterans, with their
wives and children continued to pour into
the city and camps and streets are about
filed. Many people stayed in the depot
waiting rooms over night without trying
to find sleeping quarters, but all who
wished were comfortably provided with
beds and cots. At an early hour the
Grand Army men, in uniform and led by
, drum corps, began to form for the parade,
which was one of the grandest ever wit
messed on 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
Infantry. 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-
yania New York, Connecticut, Massachu-
sets, Missouri, Minnesota, Maryland,
Maine, New Jersey and Virginia Michi--
/ gan was the sixteenth division; the seven
tenth 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-
thusiaSnl.
The Grand Army passed in review be
| fore Commander-in-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. EsRM
Many excellent features were to be OBJ.
served in the parade. Ohio was out il
force and buckeyes were numerous,
being used as trinkets and as canes. Old
accoutrements that recalled the days
of the war, garden truck and chick
ems that reminded one Of ''Sher.
mans bumfners,' an immense brass can.
teen carried by half dozen men, a stuffed
eagle, and many other such matters were
l aa.o al<o - ~.
! spectators. The Garfield Post of Mentor,
which carried an excellent likeness OF
President Garfield, attracted much atten.
ton. When the Sheridan battalion OF
| Somerset, O., marched by the stand there
was tumultuous cheering, as also was the
case on the appearance of John A. Logan
| and U. s. Grant Posts. The naval squad.
ron, from which daylight fireworks were
| kept going, made things lively.
| Illinois came first after Ohio, and very
hearty greeting was accorded that
| States noble representatives. Mrs. Lo-
| gan was evidently their especial pet,
| for, as the veterans passed by the
| reviewing stand they cheered and
saluted the wife OF their gallant ''Black
jack and as she stood with glistening
| eyes and waved back a response, the kind
| ~ smile on her face gave evidence
of how much she loved those
who had braved danger with her husband.
| With Wisconsin's veterans marched
| Governor Rusk. General Alger
! kept step with his old Michigan
comrades, and Senator Warner Miller was
in the front rank of the New York delega-
| ton. Every department was cheered
heartily, the Southern States coming in
for about the loudest cheers that were ac
corded to any of the delegations
The Sons of Veterans, nearly all in uni
form. and many carrying arms. deserved
all of the continued applause that greeted
them. One noticeable and much-applauded
feature was the sight of the 700 children
from the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors
| Orphans Home at Xenia, who had come
in a special train to see the parade. The
procession was four hours and forty min
utes passing the reviewing stand and all
marched quickly.
After the parade about 10000 people
crowded up to the reviewing stand to call
for speeches. Governor Foraker took
charge of the meeting, and, one after
another, introduced the distinguished
people who stood around, the crowd
cheering each Dame
In the evening the officers of the Nation
al organization dined at the Commercial
I Club. The National officers and members of
the staff met in the law library at the State
House and some pleasant remembrances
were there given to their chiefs. Com
.mander- in Chief Rea received beautiful
gold badge; Adjutant-G General Daniel Fish
was presented with a massive solid silver
server, ON which was worked beautiful
Grand Army emblem, and with which was
,f,,1 c@>x. ~
eral John Taylor received solid silver
canteen.
The evening was generally devoted to
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
crowded to its utmost capacity, from
12,00J to $4,000 people being pres
ent. Governor J. B. Foraker delivered
the address of welcome After speaking
at some length on the sacrifices and pa
triotism of his comrades of the late war,
he spoke of the surplus in the United
States Treasury as a result of the saving
Of the country, and expressed his desire to
I use it up in paying those who earned it
during the war
Short speeches were made by General
Sherman, Commander in Chief Rea, Fred
Grant, John A. Logan, Jr., Chaplain-in-
Chief Anderson, Generals Hurst and Fair
child, Governor Thayer and others . 80.
The encampment proper will begin to-,
day. Sessions will be open to members Of
the Grand, Army. The, New York delega-
ton has decided to push Department Com.
mander Curtis of that State for Com
mander-in2 Chief. Milwaukee seems to be
in the lead for the next encampment
~ THE DARK SECRET RETURNS.
Captain Andrews Obliged to Return After
His Perilous Voyage Is Half Done.
New YORK, Sept. 12.-The Dark Secret