New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-09-19
THE PATRIOT VETERANS.

THE PATRIOT VETERANS.
6ns'oi the Most Successful National Camp Fires
Ever Held by the Order.
Early on the morning of the second day OF
the great veteran camp fire at Columbia.
Chic, the Grand Army men in uniform, and
fed by drum corps, began to form for the
parade, which was one of the grandest ever
witnessed on similar occasion There were
eighteen divisions, eight of them comprising
the Ohio department., which was out in full
force. The ninth division was made up of
the Veteran Crippled Soldiers association,
Mexican veterans and Andrews raiders,
naval squadron and the Fifth United States
Bolored volunteer infantry. The depart
men6 OF Illinois constituted the tenth diyi
sion, Wisconsin and Iowa combined to make
the eleventh, Indiana divided into the twelfth
and thirteenth divisions, Kansas came in
the.fourteenth; the fifteenth included Penn
sylvania, New York, Connecticut, Massa-
chusetts. Missouri, Minnesota, Maryland,
Maine, New Jersey, Virginia; Michigan was
the. sixteenth division, the seventeenth COM
prised California, Rhode Island, New Hamp-
shire, West Virginia, Vermont, Arkansas,
New Mexico, Utah, Tennessee, Georgia, Da-
kota, Potomac, Colorado, Delaware, Oregon,
Kentucky, Washington Territory, Florida,
Montana and Texas, and the Sons of Vet
Grams came in as the eighteenth division
Gen. w. Il. Sherman appeared on the stand
and was received by the crowd with cheers
Mrs. Gen. Logan, Mrs. Gen. Alger and Mrs
Gov. Foraker appeared soon after and were
welcomed in the same way. Judge Thurman
also occupied a seat on the stand. During
the parade Gov. Foraker, Generals Alger and
Fairchild Commander-in- Chief Rea, EXPRESS.
dent Hayes and wife, Gov. Thayer of Nebras-
ka and many Others took seats reserved for.
them on the stand. Naturally this Ohio
town cheered the Ohio boys, but they did not
stop there. When the other states began to,
pass
A WARM ANDHEARTY WELCOME
greeted them. And this was not alone be-
cause they We're welcome visitors, but because
their sodierly bearing and their general
excellence of drill would in many cases win
applause from an enemy. Illinois came first
after Ohio and a very hearty greeting was
accorded that states noble representatives.
Mrs. Logan was evidently their special pet,
for the veterans passed by their old leaders
on the reviewing stand and cheered and sa-
luted the wife of their gallant Black Jack,
and as she stood with glistening eyes and
waved back a response the kindly smile on
she loved those who had brayed danger with
her beloved husband. Besides banners,
Wisconsin announced herself with a
banner, which was carried just behind Gov.
Ruskas he marched on foot with his COM
rades. The Lincoln post drum corps received
much deserved praise for the quality of the
music made on the drums and ffes Com
mander Curtis and Senator Miller headed
New York's well-drilled veterans The sight
of a small delegation from Maine called forth
long continued cheers. Missouri, marching
in strong lines as if just ending four years
active service, received something of an ova-
ton, st. Louis and Kansas City being es-
pecially and deservedly applauded. Michigan
was headed by Farquhar Post, of Detroit in
which Gen. Alger marched on foot to the
great delight of his comrades.
THE SONS OF VETERANS.
nearly all in uniform and many carving
arms, deserved all of the continued applause
that greeted them. After the parade about
ten Thousand people crowded up the review
ing stand to call for speeches. Gov. Foraker
took charge of the meeting and one after an
other introduced the distinguished people
who stood around, the crowd cheering each
name. More were added and although the
meeting lasted but few minutes, over
thirty Thousand were shouting and cheering,
before the crowd dispersed, for Mrs. Logan,
Mrs. Alger, Mrs. Johnston, Mrs Foraker,
Mrs. Fred Grant, ex-President Hayes, Col
Fred Grant, John A. Logan, Jr. and Others
This evening the officers of the national or
ganization dined attthe Commercial club
In the evening Gov. J. R. Foraker delivered
the address of welcome, which took hold of
the audience and cheers and clapping of
hands punctuated his remarks. Gen. w. T.
Sherman was introduced, and after minute
OF most tumultuous applause he started by
calling them comrades by the acre" After
expressing his love for them he said they had
given their cold uncle" asupreme place by
their noble and soldierly bearing during the
day. He remarked 'sof course we were right.
would not question the fact by discussing
the subject which has been settled
right by the god Of battles After stating
that he was the last of the old commanders,
but that he proposed to stay as long as pos
sible, he thanked them and sat down. An
other storm of applause closed his speech.
Commander-in-chief J. P. Rea in his speech
equalled by any other welcome, and the
pageant of the day was the grandest of the
century, excepting only the final grand re-
view at the close of the war. He paid a
glowing tribute to the veterans Of Ohio and
to the women who suffered in silence while
their children or husbands or lovers were
fighting and dying at the front. He had
c1ooohdSo ShCCl1E1L1euuS yGdIS, DuU Ill
Columbus he had heard less grumbling than
anywhere else, and he had never seen
more people together. He believed
the Grand Army had done more
than anyother organizationtob bring about the
time when war shall be no more. They had
given the world this republic. He reminded
them that the Grand Army was fraternal
organization, and told them to be true to
each other and their organization.
Gen. Fairchild was introduced as an Ohio
boy, now OF Wisconsin, and hesaid:
His adopted state equaled the best for 10y
atty, land it is to-day true to the same princi-
pies. None fought for their own states, but
for the United States They had fought for
every state; they fought for the Southern
states and got them. He denounced as a lie
the published statement that they
had fought for the North, say.
ing again that they hadfough the nation
He joined with Others in speaking of the i'm
mensity of the encampment. Encampments
are schools ofpatriotism and he loved them
He did not love those who did not love the
Grand Army, which he said attended strictly