The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-08-14

| HpT came In SWIM Inc wn2 nrnntnI WIN
prolonged hurrabs and deofop,nq nb:
plnusc, and handlterchiefs and hats
were waved until he phsscd ont of sicbt.
The procession was n magnificent spco.
taclp from this point. tho line of march
reaching nearly two miles in n STRAIGHT
line. The decorations in this vicinitv
were elegant, The parade was ncarlv
six hours in passing the SQUARE, .
The following Is n brief resume of
tho pnrade,
At 1910 u. N. n suuad of mounted NO.
lice, immediately followed bv rnn,
mardcr in.Cbier A,por md st,ff m,da
their apucnrance IN Adams souara, 1ha
Commander and staff wore toraived o1
tho stand Inv Honorsl uutior and o,hors
HARDLY had ha tol,en bis rn.',ion nn
tho r~rviowinr stand whom tho Lood ~
the procession came in SIGHT Gono,o 10
Alrcr and Butlor stood side Inv side ca
lutinp column after column ns ,hov
uosscd. After tho long march which No
veterans had underpone, thov brocnd
themselves for n rood npncoropnc Az
they passed their Commander, ami then
did finely. Post No 4 NJ rbicoro qovo
the first chccr Mt tho cali of '7Uurrob
for our next PRESIDENT" and i, was
rivon HEARTILY Next como y coll of
''rhrce cheers for tipncrnl Rutler" from
a Wisconsin most. and thov wcrc also
given with n will In ract both wore
heartily chccrcd throughout the mss.
ing of the procession, On the nnnenr.
ancc of the Pennsylvania posts, with
their torn battle flags, ro,sinr cheers
went I'm on all sides,
The entire parade was n series of oya-
lions from all the departments nlohr
the line OF march. The largest post in
the procession was Post No. 5, of Lynn.
which numbered 725 mon in line. All
the past commanders of this post arc
living, sixteen of whom marched on
the staff Of +. W.. Hall, tho present
commander.
General Alger arrived at Adams
~squarc~the end of the route-at las u,
m, and the last carriage at the end of
the procession. entered tho square at
1870 p. m. The parade was five hours
and thirty-ive minutes in passing.
The Presidential party was repeatedlv
chccred as the various divisions Went
by and responded with lifting of hats
and waving OF h~anderrhiefs
At least fifteen thousand pcople
awaited themselves of the opportunitv
to see and hear the DISTINGUISHED nor
sons who were announced to bo nrosont
at the Joint reception of tho Grand
Army and Woman's Relief Corns this
evening at Mechanics Hail. Bofnro
six o'clock crowd, bcran to ratbor, and
long before the doors were oncrcd tbou-
sands were a~nyiouslv WAITING and
pleading for admission. About oirht
o'clock the doors were thrown oncn
and the spacious galleries and
floor were quickly filled with vot-
Grams and their ladies rcnrcsent.
inr cvcrv State IN tbo linton
Notwithstanding their long and
~ratiguing march in the day the vet.
Grams awaited the arrival of the distin-
guislled guests with more patience than
could be expected. FINALLY Commander
Schley, L. S. ", and staff. came upon
the platform, being followed soon nfter
| by Mrs. Mary Morris s, Husband. the
famous war nurse of Pbiladclnhia. Mira,
Willcnmevcr, National president Of tho
Woman's Relief Corps: Miss Clara Bar
ton, president of the Red Cross Asso-
citation; Mrs. Mary E. Knowles, Massa-
chusctts department president: Mrs.
Cheney, National secretary; Mrs.
Lynch, National treasurer: Mrs. Nicho-
las, National inspector of the Relief
Corps; Commander Innis, of the Depart.
ment of Massachusetts.
Soon after nino o'clock General AL.
ger, Commander-in-Chief of the G. A.
r., entered and received a soldiers
welcome, and soon after a shout an
nounccd the arrival of General w. II.
sherman, his brother lIoyt Sherman,
and Miss Florence Barker, the first
National president of the Women's Re
lief Corps.
Department Commander Crcasey Mt
last called the meeting to order, intro.
ducing Department Commander 1nnes
as the first Speaker. who briefly wei.
coined the visiting comrades on behalf
of the MASSACHUSETTS, donartmcnt
Gnnor,I Shannon, ,o, ~ -. 1.
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calicu upon lie was considerably IA
tigucd after the day, and spoke reluc-
family hut succeeded in arnnsino mucb
or,bnsi,,r, ,,o,u ,la 49,
go, ,,' 7 W. 'oJ' ouoU 40
'cieral olernlah MAJ concluded ms re-
remarks, the Presidential party came
into the hall, President Harrison
wos fn1l,wod lac, Coro,,o, n.aa,a..
~, y 'o''"ot 'rachctu'
WOW iSoiuchO N'orIoh' mayor hart
land and others. They were cnthusi-
aStically received. Altar thn nnn1auSo
had subaidod ex.Comm,r5or Cnoana.
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