The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-09-07
THE GREAT ENCAMPMENT.
low Milwaukee Entertained the Vet
erans of the Late Unpleasantness-
The Parade Participated In by 10000
of the ''Oid Eoys'-The Business Ses-
sion-Ihe Naval Battle =: the Bay.

Milwaukee had put on festal attire in
honor of her guests. In all sections OF
the city stores, factories and residences
were bright with bunting and other
appropriate decorations. Ornamental
arches, for the illumination at night,
were thrown across many of the streets.
Not few OF the decorations were very
expensive and elaborate, In several
cases as much as s. 900 having been ex-
pended in draping and adjoining a single
edltice. The Chamber of Commerce,
the courthouse and the Planklnton
House belong in this list.
Six thousand Wisconsin soldiers slept
Monday night in the tents of Camp Bad
ger. In the evening the canvas city
presented a very picturesque sight and
one that attracted such crowd of sight
seers as to make Grand Avenue, west of
1--WE nty-seventh Street, well nigh i'm
psssable. At Camp Haskell, between
Twenty y-second and Twentyfourth
| Streets, lot of Illinois and Wisconsin
men who were in Sherman's Army
| were quartered, and they turned out
almost to man Monday night to well
come their old chief. Camp Logan
| filled up rapidly Monday afternoon, and
many arrivals on the evening trains
were quartered there. The camp of the
Pennsylvania men, at Grand Avenue
| and Ninth Street, presented a more mill
tary appearance than any of the others,
| by reason of the rows of stacked arms
| III the camp streets.
The parade Tuesday was the great
event Of the Encampment, and while
| not so large as some of the anticipatory
gIannnnI
| spectacle and complete success. A
thing rather remarkable in the history
of big professions, it started on time.
| 1t was 1920 O'Clock when the march
| was commenced from the corner of
| Grand Avenue and Twenty seventh
| Street. TIE First Division. consisting
of the Department of Illinois, under
command of Gen Martin, ocCasIoned a
| great deal of surprise by reason of its
| magnitude. The Second Division in
| cluded representations from the Depart
ments of Pennsylvania, Ohio and New
York. The Third Division, commanded
| by Department Commander Pierpont,
| of Connecticut, consisted of the Old
| Guard, of Washington, and delegations
| from his own department and the De-
partments of Massachusetts, Maine,
| New jersey, Rhode Island, Virginia,
| California, New Hampshire ana Coiora-
| do. The Colorado delegation was ac-
companied by the Leadyille Drum
| Corps. The delegation. for the most
| part, consisted of department and staff
officers. The Fourth Division consisted
| of the Departments of Nebraska, lowa,
Indiana and Michigan, and Department
Commander Smith had charge of the
division. The Fifth Division, Depart
ment Commander Booth, of Kansas, in
| cAarge, consisted of the Kansas and Min
nesota Departments. The Sixth Divis-
| ion, with Department Commander
| Ayars, of Deleware. in charge, consisted
| of Delaware, Oregon, Kentucky, West
| Virginia, Washington, Florida, Georgia,
Arizona, Dakota, Texas, Montana
| and Louisiana and Mississippi.
| The Seventh Division. consisting OF the
Wisconsin Department, with Command
| er Weissert at the head, WAS about rs
large as all the divisions preceding it put
| together. The department showed up
| magnidcently, and elected general
praise There were at least 100 men
in the division. The Eighth Division
consisted of straggers and belated de-
| tachments, and was under command of
| Past Department Commander Proud!it,
of Madison. The Ninth Division, com
posed of Sons of Veterans. main
| ly members of the Milwaukee
| camps, brought up the rear of
| the line. The division was command
ed by Commander-inCh Abbott.
| Estimates of the number of men in
| line in the parade vary from 2o,OOO to
| 81, 900.
AT the business session on Wednes
| day evening Gen. Russell A. Alger, of
Michigan, was elected COMMANDMENTS
chief by aCclamation, Gen. w. u. Yea
| zey, of Vermont, and Col. h. A. Con
| signy, of Iowa, Withdrawing from tho
| contest before ballot was taken, the
| sentiment being SO overwhelming in
| favor of Gen. Alger. Col. A. q. Wels-
sert, of Milwaukee, was chosen senior
vice ce-commander-in-ch and John +.
Lovett, of New Jersey, junior vice-com-
mander. At the afternoon session
| of the National Eucampment, Boston
had been chosen as the place of holding
| the next annual Encampment, and this
| fact also tended to convince Judge Yea
zey's friends that Esw England man
could not have the chief offices also.
When it was decided to have an even
| ing session 1t was not supposed the
| election would take place till morning,
| but motion to proceed to an election
at once was received with so much IA
vor that little opposition was manifest
ed,
The entire time during the days and
| evenings, save only the time occupied
| by the parade and the naval fight, WAS
| taken up by the visitors in company,
regimental and brigade reunions. Two
grand war song concerts were given on
| the lake front.
The feature of tho Encampment, the
naval battle in the bay, was witnessed
| by a crowd estimated variously at from
| 200, ,0O to 800, 900, which filed the bluffs
| and the lake shore from the river to
North Point At 7:S0 the battle began.
A shi of the war fleet fred the first
gun. Before the reverberalng report
| Of the cannon had died away, the en-
tire feet, from the big man of-war to
the little tug in the rear, whose light
danced here and there as 1t sailed
around, had poured in raking fire,
while the batteries on shore responded
| IN lively manner As the maneuyer-
| ing fleet engaged the shore batteries,
| the stationary fleet of mortar boats
| added TO the din and the spectacular e.
| feet by an inCessant diSChar"o OF rock
cts and shells. The lt.oat of the
| brOadsIdes from the vessels wac dun
rosT. taat from the ordinances on shore
| quick. sharp shot that made the Win
dows rattle III the low of residences be
| hIEd the seals AS tite neayv guns
were fired or board Uncle Sans yes
sels, there would first be seen a flash
as though of lightning in the sky, then
| puff of white smoke, and sec
ond or two later the sound of the
shot. The paper shells that zig Jagged
their way through the air came out of
| the mortars with swish like that Of a
| rocket, then there was weird shrek, a