The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-29
g. A. R. ENCAMPMENT
Proceedings of the National En-
campment at Milwaukee.
Another Smash-up OH the Santa
Fe at Chicago.
The Injured in the StreatOr
Wreck out of Danger.
Damage Done by a Cloud Burst
in North Carolina.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug. 27.-The
most interesting and strikingly unique
portion of the grand parade to-day will
probably be post Joseph Ledergerber.
No. 30, of the department of Wiscon-
sin. Although the name is German,
these q. a. II. veterans are all In
dams and came from the kenesha
Menominee reservation near Green
Bay, Wisconsin,. 1t is the only Indian
post in the G.. a. Il. 1t was mustered
in three weeks ago by Adjutant Gen
eral Gray of Wisconsin, and numbers
thirty-one men, all of whom served as
privateS OH the union side of the war
of the rebellion, and these thirty-One
men were Indian scouts attached to
the southwestern department, and
nearly all of them were in the Twelfth
Missouri and saw much hard fighting.
After the war they We're given each an
allotment Of land on the Menominee
reservation. and have become farmers
and as nearly good Indians as are to
be found in the republic. The post
was named after Captain Joseph Led
ergerber of the Twelfth Missouri who
was killed at Ringgold, Georgia, in
June. 1864, in which battle nearly all
the post participated.
Yesterday was the day of handshak-
ing and sOciabiiity among the veter-
ans. No order was thought of. The pri-
Vate WAS as great man as the general,
and was on familiar terms with him.
To-day the conditions are different.
This is the real grand army day when
the men fall into line and obey orders;
when the officer receives as his right
the regulation salute of his subOrdin-
ates. The old soldier this morning as
he rolled out of his bunk of straw or
from between counterpanes, as the
case might be. inStinctievly gave him
self an extra shake for appearance
sake. smoothed out few wrinkles in
his clothes or brushed from them the
dust of the travel. TWAS day Of
dress parade and the veteran who was
not anxious to look we'll and DESTROYS
that his company OF regiment make a
good appearance was not worthy OF
his name. This morning the cities and
towns of the state seemed to have emp
tied themselves into Milwaukee. Be
fore 10 O'Clock two thousand peO-
pie from WaukeSha alone had arrived
and it Is not an eXaggeration to say
that by noon fully $1,000 Wisconsin
people from outside the city had ar
rived. There were a great many del
egatiOns that expected to reach here
last night, but were belated and ar
rived between and 8 O'Clock
this morning. There was a
little more disorder in finding
quarters than there was yesterday
morning as attention was conferred on
the parade, but most of the arrivals
managed to find their quarters and get
into place in time to move with The
column. In every part, even in the
most busy streets, post commanders
could be seen drilling their little
squads of men and giving instructions
for falling into line in the parade.
Some of the posts were few in number
while others were large. The Ransom
post of st. Louis numbered more than
any seen before the column moved.
With its band it had nearly 800 men in
line. In the hotels the crush was ter
rible. It was all one could dc to force
his way through. In the PlankintOn
especially, where General Sherman,
General Alger, Commissioner Tanner
and Mrs. Logan were, crowds were
standing around waiting to
get glimpse of the dis
tinguiShed parties. Mrs. Logan
coming down the steps from the large
dining ball, leaning on the arm of
General Alger, was forced to hold an
impromptu reception, as a crowd of
veterans from one direction and a beVy
of ladies from the opposite direction,
rushed to greet her. Mrs Logan had
distinguished appearance as she stood
a step higher than the crowd before
her. her face set in a frame of SIlvery
white hair, Wreathed with smiles. She
seems to never tire of receiving the
greetings of the boys and certainly
the boys never tire of greeting her.
She divides the honors with General
Sherman. 1t was evident before 8
nFn1noIy this D1nrnino that there Vnnl0
be little business transacted in the city
to-day, and following the suggestion
made by the mayor, the majority of
the business houses closed their doors.
All turned out to view the parade. The
banks had agreed to close atsl O'Clock
each day of the encampment
but no business was being done and
most of them closed shortly after u
o'clock. Though the parade was not
to start from Twenty-seventh street
until 10 O'Clock, people began to seek
advantageous positions from which to
view the line as early as s O'Clock. In
fact, those from inferior towns, who
came in as early as seven O'Clock hled
themselves at once TO suitable 1oca-
tions and there held there ground
until the last veteran had passed by at
o O'Clock. The crowds that remained
in the vicinity of the Plankinton house
hoping TO get a SlgnJ OF the OlSIln-
guished people within, moved up the
avenue to take places at cross streets.
The great mass that moved up the
Grand avenue incline and
out on to the side streets
was not much less imposing than
the column of soldiers that marched
down a few hours later. The fact
that another change had been made
iIfthe line of march was not well re-
ceiyed after announcing positively
that the line would not cross Grand
-avenue bridge. People DESTROYS of
viewing the line made arrangements
ON the west side and were provoked
to find that they need not have made
such arrangements However. giving
the east side five blocks of the parade
enabled thousands to see it who could
not otherwise have done so. The day
is perfect, despite the premonitions of
rain during the early morning hours
and everything favors the grand pa
rade, for which the lines are now
| forming. No accidents have occurred
| to mar the pleasure of the occasion and
the city has been remarkably free from
robberies and assaults, notwithstand-
/ ing the presence of an army of crooks.
Nearly one hundred pickpOckets have
been run in by the police and placed
where Aey can do no harm. for the
present at least.