New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-13

Hannibal lanlIn roe near 1,otb' the
head of their colnmp, and his ,l,Tt wellhnown on
With one Of the Maine Posts led a
wellPreserved horse, relic Of the war on whose
captured from the rebels at the battle OF Cedar
Creek. in 1864. by General T. W; Hyde. OF Bath Ne
Rhode Islands veterans created surprise by tho
strength Of their division. 1t was remarked that lte
Rh0dy, whole population must be In Boston. Mac
sachuettS feeling that much Of the responsibility Tor
the ,ucce4S Of the day depended upon her veterans,
war % The ."S quota G' she fur furnished @ today IS estmatcd
a. 1000. or about one-hr of the number OF men IN
line. NcFmOnts column was headed by three COM
rader who had each lost his right arm in battle.
Colonel Neasey. who expects to be the noXt Com
mandcr Chief. marched with his Green Mountain
comrades on foot. with Colonel Ge"rse W Hooker Dv
hls sdc Rutland Post carried Judge NciSeN ike
ness in the procession, marked The Commanderin-
Ia one Of the carriagcs which arrived at the grand
stand were four men who altogether possessed , n,s
tte legs. They were Past Commander-ln Chef
kOuntz, of Ohio, Past Department Commander Burst;
Of Illinois. and extension Commissioners Dudley ana
Tanner. The handsome division OF the sons OF Eet-
occupied the left of the grand column Inc
comrades who. account Of wounds or extreme age
were unable to take their places III the ranks rOde III
carriages In the of the procession, but thousands
OF gray headed cn and many on crutcheN marched the
whole length Of the route. When General Alger
reached the stand erected at Adams square he dis
mounted. Ad with his STAFF reviewed the parade The
column was six hours and eleven minutes in passing
The Woman's Relief Corps established stands at
several points the route at which they dispensed
lemonade and sandwiches to grateful veterans weared
By the march. The weather, threatening at first,
turned out proptOus aftarward. The morning opened
cloudy and lowering, and there wae light
rain while the divisions were forming the
march. This ceased, however. before the col
umn reached the Presidents stand. Just as the
head Of the Massachusetts division arrived at this point
the came ont from behind the clouds and smiled
gITiclou,iy upon the re,niOn The air cool and
invgOlating. and extremely suitable for long march
Prominent Grand Army v~O have attended All
the recent National EncampmentS and have witnessed
the parades which began them say that the display
to-day the largest and best ever made. Its un
questioned success Is the subject Of hearty conGratu
latlOn tonight al all the various headquarters
The Mayors club gave dinner az YOung'S tonight
10 the President. at which he was present with MS
suite. The dinner strictly n private affair and
arer II Mr. Harrison attended the grand
JOINT reception of the Grand Army Of the Republic
and the WoDan's Relief Corps held tonight at Me
chanics Hall. The reception was Of all Informal
character and speeches made. President
Harrison and the high officials who accompanied him
Of the National Encampment of 1890 Will open az
Mechanics Hall at 10 a.. tomorrow. At the
same hour the wom9n's Relief Corps will convene It's
annual session at fremont Temple.