New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-15
4 NfKCH 10 The CRAVE,
From The Boston Transcript.

From lie Boston lidh''Ipl
The bc't pan Of ye'Urday's demGnalra'i9h,, as
true II every thing else IN the world, Wa beioe u
began. There Is a pa-sare III the komah h,v'iy OF
pcturc Il tie gathering If the Gothic tribe. IL
mahc, one them sweeping down together uhd'f
npI,ucrA misty -hc,, through aim northern WOODS anu
il D, worth great deal more than the whole account
Of the Var Which follows. Ailcr getting thal P.S,uc
one doesn't c:ic a rap now the waI came OUT Ii'r"
was som THING ~ the hour after hour Inward fu'h oi
hundred, Of thousands of people Yesterday forenoon
that wa like That Old Hothc gathering. we nan thc
same giay ~ and the shins mist at any ,, Ta'@
sec II, and tic best hour Wa ADoi II o COG. lvo
wa one mighty roll ana tnroG OF drums lWp PAM,
playing each o;h'r make horrible cfophoiN :
nifty bands all playing at once, a. ltte Is'al'e' ara
YOU in the midst, l>c all their lndlV = una III
sort II strange. wild harmony. There w're the gay
uniforms Of the musicians, bright pt'.hss " ,oa
here AID there. the uOddng standard. the moving
p h rny' ~ Snpr that hut ali lending In .cn.a
sonthwc. twari direction, around all the great moving
with White dresses ol women M hco.s Oh foam , on
the dark wave above, and framing the scene, the
raw green masses If elm tree foliage, seeming 10 be
borne onward BY me hofte!st VIM "Nau W. AM ,
goal aud noble tower, OF buildn-s r.!ng above thr
81 nigh Inspiration: and YOU, you dlleante Boston
artists. You scorncd it. and putiered away at yogr
missing the picture that might have mmorallzcd you
me iir-t hing thai thoughtful person thinks of,
Necessarily a solemn Thing. In spite of all the mcr
rimcnt Of great reunion and the horse play 81
lining Is sombre. The march is simply march -
Tire grave. All humanity, to be sure. IS engaged
u
PLACED and the Grand Army Of the Republic will
moi be replaced. shoulder 10 shoulder, I'm broad,
Solid phaanX, with the swinging lopc 81 great VIC
torOus army, the Grand Army marched. under yes
tcriays lcadcn sky, in Its own funeral procession.
II would bc folly Ia that the veterans were not
conscious Of his, and did not often show II, IN spite
of their proper tendency 10 get the most fun out
OF the cncampment they could: The presence 81 the
sons of Veterans seemed % he a solemn thing 10
Listener heard erizzled old soldier to the
commander Of camp Of the Youngsters" and
don't Ike IL you. commanded company
once that looked just like your company. ~
heaven! II was Just such company 10 I. that
led out I'm 1o61-smOOh faced chaps, all the way
from eighteen 10 twenty i've, with blue coats and
jaunty cap, and all that We don't look 80 jaunty
TO day IN Well. We see ourselves in you. as We
werc-and as We amt; and that's reason why
| don't much like u see you around
The typical Grand Army post was not by any means
one of the handsome city posts that were so we'll
correspond with the theatrical regiments and
generals that went ont early I'm the war soon tho
service took the wind out Of those Theatrical regiments
and the business Of saving the Union settled down
upon the shoulder, of the plain fellows with staying
qualities who had the metal in them 10 bear the horri
BILE dull. grinding mOnOtOny II war. The dngy sun
burned. grzZled. unkcmpt country Grand Army posts
Represent Tie victorious monotone of the war. Their
st1ouiu shoulders look As II they were not unarduained
with such things az knapsacks. Their thin and hol
low cheeks tell Of III nourishmcnt upon hard tack
scarcity NJ iTzOrs and shaving soap. Their slOuch
hats and their half unifOsm with blue coat perhaps,
ray that long dirty marches brought the volunteers
To- Your hclmcted white gOvcd post. Ike the La
fayotc Of New York. Is handsome. beyond doubt But
wait tin The Maine New Hampshire post up,
II whose members have to travel twelve miles 10
attend post meeting. They poor men. and they
are in war yct-tlc hard merely for chance to
live IN the world Life Is solemn struggle with them.
Their thin faces. their bent shoulders, show IL. They
With the lopc of the foot cavalry still IA their sim
LEGS. that makes the heart beat fast