Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-08-27
THE GRAND ARMY.
WHAT THB BOYS IN BLUB" ARB DOING
IN MILWAUKEE
Fifty Thousand Of Them on the Ground and Fully
as Many More ysiiors-Ihe City Decorated
in Great Shaps-"Corp' Tanner
Very Central Figure.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, August 26-From
early morning the inspiring sound of the
fife and drum could be heard on the streets
leading from the stations and steamboat
docks. No large irstallments OF veterans
arrived until after o'clock, but squads Of
grizzled eI-Tarriors, with their wives and
children, could be seen as early as SIX
o clock enjoying the sights or resting COM
fOItsbly on the curbstOnes and in stair
ways, waiting for the headquarters Office
to open, that they might be assigned to
places
The crowd increased with the passing
moments and by 8 o'clock the marching
companies, baggage wagons and omnibuses
made street crossings dangerous to foot
passengers. Gen. Warner and the Kansas
City contingent, about 800 strong, put in
an appearance about 10 o'clock and march
ed to the PlankingtOn House, which is the
headquarters Of the commander in chief.
A unique feature of the mornings arrival
was the entrance into the harbOr of huge
ark from Sturgeon Bay, bedecked in the
tri-colors and greens and loaded to the
guards with veterans from the neck OF
country reaching along the lake TO Death'e
Door. Tho ark was in tow Of a tug and
had pleasant voyage. At the PlankintOn
House
WHERE COMMISSIONER TANNER Is QUAR-
TERED
there is a crowd of veterans, not guests Of
the hotel, filling the lo6bies and Railways,
anxious to get a sight OF the pension dis-
penser. General Sherman himself does
not attract much more attention than does
the Corporal"
The city is more elaborately decorated
than at any time in its history,
scarcely q building in the business
portion being left untrimmed. The resi-
dence portion, too, hiss caught the infec
lion, and red, white and blue streamers in
the air from pillar and porch far into the
outskirts. Everything is working satisfac
tOrily for q successful outcome Of the great
encampmeat, and if the weather holds fair
the Milwaukee meeting will figure as the
most successful in the history of the Grand
Army.
AMONG THE DIGNITARIEs
now present in the city are Secretary
Rusk, Gen. Fairchild, Gov. Hoard, Gen.
John c.. Black, Private Dalzell, Corporal
Tanner and Commander Warner. Judge
Veasy, Of Vermont, has q strong following
for the position of COmmandeT-in.O Chief, Is
expected tomorrow.
Gen. Alger will be the next Commander
in n-Chief, and from indications the city Of
Washington for the next national encamp-
meut
Immense crowds came in tonight on
every train, and there are not less than
10000 STRANGERS IN THE CITY.
About so, 600 of them are veterans dis
tributed among the numerous suburban
camps. Gen. Sherman arrived az ; o'clock
tonight and WIS escorted to his hotel by
the Executive Council in a body. Thou
sands of people lined the short route to the
hotel and scene amounting to an ovation
ensued es they chI 1red and threw up their
hats.
The full complement proper, opens to-
morrow, when the grand parade takes
place. It is expected that 40 1000 men
will be in line The grand reviewing
stand, which is located on Grand Avenue,
near Eleventh street, will be occupied by
Gen. Sherman, Gen. Foraker, Secretary
Rusk, ex Governor Alger, Gen. Mander-
son, and several hundreds of other notable
soldiers and digoitaries. Gen. Warner
will review the procession with his staff
from horseback, near the end of the march.
The procession will start about 10 o'clock.