Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-08-16
THE GRAND ARMY.

gathering OF the Veteran Hosts NJ Do''o-
Tha PresIdent Arrives and Speaks 10
the Old soldiers.
BosroN, Aug l2.-As the baltimore
flying the Presidents flag, and bearing
President Harrison. Score taries husS
and Noble and Private Secretary hai'
ford. entered Boston harbor yesterday
afternoon she was met by the other
vessels of the fleet-the Atlanta, kear'
sage. the eunboats Petrol and York
town, the dispatch boat Dolphin INC
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius and the tor-
pedo boat Cushing-all save the kear-
sape and the Cushing firing salutes
The revenue cutter Gallatin, with Gov
ernor Bracket, Collector Beard ana MI
and Mrs. Mckee on board, escorted her
to her anchorage. Mayor Hart and other
members OF the city government aiso
went down to the harbor to welcome the
Chief Magistrate, while Mrs Noble ana
other ladies were on board the Vigilan1
President Harrison landed about o;4o p.
M. amid the thunder Of cannon at
Rowe's wharf and was escorted 10 tne
Hotel vendome by the First battalion
Of cavalry.
When the President entered the large
dining room at Parker's he was greeted
with applause. Colonel Charles L.
Taylor acted rs toastmaster ana pre-
sented President Harrison, who again
received an ovation. Rising SLOWLY
President Harrison said:
al do not count it the least OF those
fortunate circumstances which have oc.
casionally appeared in my life, that !
am able to be here tonight to address
Won as comrades Of the Grand Army OF
the United States [Great applause
It is an association great in its achieve
ment and altogether worthy OF perpetu'
alton until the last Of the associations
have fallen into an honorable grave
It is not my purpose tonight 10
address YOU in an extended speech,
but only to say that whether walking
with you, many OF you, in the private.
pursuits OF life, or holding q place OF
official responsibility, l can never In
either forget those who upheld the nag
of this Nation in those days when 1t was
in peril. Every thing that was worthy
of preservation in our history. Every
thing that is glowing and glorious IN
the future, which we confront turned
upon the issue of that strife in which
YOU were engaged. Will you per.
init me to wish for each OF
Won n life full of all sweetness
and that each Of you may preserve un'
dimmed the love for the flag which
called YOU from your homes to stand
under its folds amid the shock OF Dattie
! and amid dying men. believe there
are indications to-day in this country o.
a revived love for the flag. Applause.
I could wish that no American citizeH
would look upon it without saluting'
Loud applause.] 49,
Upon concluding his address the
President and members OF the Cabinet
withdrew from the hall.
The great arrival Of the day was th'
Nebraska train of fifteen coaches, bring
inc Department Commander 7. S. Clark
son in the State department headquar
ters' car The veterans seemed II
breathe easier as they emerged IRON
their cramped quarters, so tired an'
the expression: "Been standing most o
the way," was heard on all sides.
Interest centered in thin-visage'
veteran surrounded by congratulatini
comrades, survivor of four prisons
Apdersonville, Libby, Savannah ant
Millen-Lieutenant A. X. Comston
The report was current among this dele
CATION that 1000 veterans from Western
districts were obliged to turn back q
Chicago for lack Of accommodations
The busiest place in town was tn
headquarters of the bureau OF informa
tion in charge of che Sons OF Veterans
It was the estimated opinion that 1000
people bombarded this bureau with
fire Of questions between seven an
eleven a. m. The branch bureau
! throughout the city were equally busy
Quackenbush post, of Michigan, 20
, men, with the Fourth regiment bano
| of Detroit, arrived at 1880.
General Alger's wife and her tw
daughters, and Mrs. John A. Logan an
daughter are the guests of the wife
General Cogswell, of Salem.
At 1885 a train of eleven coache
rolled into the Fitchburg depot bearin
Aurora Post 80, of Illinois, and the orit
inal Decatur post G. A. R., organized /
1866, 400 men in all. There was crow
, on hand to see Mrs. Logan, but she wa
in the second section, which arrived
-. two p. m. After graciously greetin
her friends she was escorted to ca
!, riage by Past Department Commando
: Billings, Of Massachusetts,, and drive
? to the Vendome. Mrs Logan was O
corted by U. s. Grant post 300 veteran
and 200 ladies of the Woman's Relic
. Corps, Of Chicago.
u General Ransom post, OF St Loui
u reached Gloucester on the steamer Gil
oNd mat I