St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-11
MILITARY DAY.
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tiers. Five old veterans from the Fourth Wis
consin cavalry regiment were among the Wis
ftOrs from abroad. The Willis A. German
post, of Duluth, commanded BY S. X. Norris,
put in an appearance with lis members.
j. 5. Cody post Of Anoka, A. W. Fitch COM
mander, sent forty members Muller Post No.
1, OF saltwater, in command of Harlow Mcln
tyre, was in attendance, forty strong. Bur
dick post, OF Spring Valley. r. L. Moore COM
mander, had thirty men. George n. Morgan
post from Minneapolis, j. A. Fillmore COM
mander, swelled the attendance with 200
members. Among those from St. Paul were
seventy-fye members of Garfield post, COM
manded by George o. Austin; 200 members
bee; twenty-five members OF Ord post I'M
der E. r. Nafl, and twenty-five comrades
from Bircher post, commanded by M. ).
Granger. About 200 badges of the Woman's
Relief Corps were counted, worn by ladies'
from all parts Of the state. The st. Paul
Daughters OF Veterans were present, though
not in uniform. There was also good rep
resentation of Daughters from the other
among the audience that the G.
A. R. had representatives upon the
field, yet such was the fact. Company G. OF
the Third regiment, NJ. N. G., commended by
Capt. Creigh, is made up of eighty old veter-
ans of the war OF the Rebellion. The G. A
r. was also represented on the governors
staff by Adjt. Gen. Mullen and Inspector
Whitney. A great deal of interest centered
III the QeIall Oh thirty bDVtu SeteIduS dp-
pointed by the adjutant general to carry the
old battle flags borne by various Minnesota
regiments during the war; OF these stand
ards four belonged to the FIRST Minnesota reg
iment; five to the Second; two to the Third;
six to the Fourth; six to the Fifth; two to the
Sixth: three to the Seventh; two to the
Eighth; three to the Ninth; two to the Tenth
and two to the Eleventh. OF the six
banners brought home by the gallant Fourth
Minnesota, TWO were rebel flags which they
had captured at Altoona Pass while with
Sherman during his march to the sea. The
stars and bars were wrested from the Thirty
fifth and Thirty ninth Mississippi regiments,
which the Fourth Minnesota had met in con-
f1ict seven times before vanquishing them.
The colors and their bearers yesterday were
photographed, Gen. j. II. Mullen and Maj.
Charles j. Staeuff standing up with the boys.
There were upon the grounds about thirty
naval veterans under the command or
James Kavanaugh the man-of-war's man,
who was on board the United States steam
frigste Merrimac when he was small boy.
The veterans had nothing to do but enjoy
themselves, but first they were talked to in
approved style. The space allotted to them
in the grand stand was made their hall for a
few speeches. President Bushnell very
gracefully welcomed them to the fair
grounds in short Well-worded speech. Gov.
W. R. Merriam followed in a very clever
speech, Minnesota being the topic, and the
veterans part in making it great the argu-
ment Gen. j. II. Baker and Archbishop
Ireland each made q fitting address, after
which the veterans took seats and witnessed
the eyolutions of the state troops.