The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-05

MilIiken. California showed MP twenty
five strong. notwithstanding the distance
past commanders marched w. r. Smedburg.
whom the delegation Is booming In snch an
enthusiastic manner for the position of
commander-in-chief. The post was otficered
by Department Commander w. II. l..
and general r. II. Wsrfield.
Following the little Rhode Island group
was the New Hampshire division, two
hundred strong, marching to inspiring
m masSsr s1a saa Hn.e vsInont folloWed
New Hampshire with 80 men. They were
received with great applause In compli-
ment to COMMANDMENT chief Vcazey. whose
own post headed the delegation. The Yer
Commander w. L. Morgan, Adiutant-gen-
eral A. 7. Woodward and Senior Vice-com-
msnder Doty. The Department of the Po-
tomao, under command of James NJ. Pipes,
sented many faces familiar to the Nation.
The strains Of Virginia's martial music was
dying in the distance as Maryland. some
three hundred strong, passed the stand.
They elected marked applause by their
co!ored veterans. The delegation was
beaded By Department Commander Col J.
G. Hill
GOVERNORS ON FOOT.
The Governor of q State 10 not often
trudging along in the dust with the boys.
but that sight was witnessed more than
once to-day. AS the Nebraska G. A. r..
500 strong, with Department Commander
Tseter and Governor Thayer, passed the
grand-stand it was impossible to tell
whether the cheers were for the Governor.
the soldier boys or that venerable old fig
ure which always provokes the cheers of
the volunteer soldiers-Paul VendefvoOrt,
past national commander-in-chief
Of course. Michigan. with Its 1900 vet
Grams, received the ovation of the day. The
division was oificered by Department Com
mander G. l.. Eaton. Adjutant X. w. Noyes
and Quarternaster-ge general Splcer. Iowa
came to the Wolverine State 300 strong.
and marched with military precision TO the
ever-pOpular tune of yankee Doodle" De-
par tment Commander T.. J.. Davidson. Ad-
jutsnt general Longley and Quartermastcr-
general Tamplin headed the column. That
the u. A. X. indeed levels all distinctions
was again exemplified when lndiana's 800
veterans moved in majestic column past
the reviewing stand. At the head and be-
side Department-cOmmande i. n. Walker,
marched Gov. ALVIN Z. Hovey and right
roy ally did the multitude greet Indiana's
chief executive. But though Governor.
he was a soldier still, and not even by bow
OF glance did the hero OF the battle OF
Champion Hills return the cheers of his ad-
mirers. But there were others to share the
boys Gen. A. ID. Streight. one of the lead
ers and projectors of the famous Libby
prison tunnel, and Colonel Walker. an
other who escaped through the historic nm
familiar with the history of that daring
adventure. The Indiana contingent
marched to the music of the band Of the
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, the
musicians being all under sixteen years of
age.
Following in their order were the di-
visions Of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas,
Delaware. Minnesota. Missouri, Oregon,
West Virgins, South Dakota. Washington
and Alaska, Arkansas, Montana. Texas.
and the Sons of Veterans, 5000 strong
brought up the rear and closed the parade.
Minnesots, under the leadership of Com
mandef G. ID. Parker, contributed $50 men
to the magnificent parade. but there was
one man in the ranks who received many
rounds of applause ere the march ended.
1t was past national Commander-in-chief
John P. Rea. who insisted on marching
with the rank and file. A private soldier
shared with General Rea the admiration of
the multitude. 1t was James Conway,
who, at the battle of Altoona Pass, captured
the flag Of the Thirty fth Mississippi Reg
iment and bore it bravely from the field.
Past Department Commanders Becker.
Wheeler aud Com pton also marched in the
ranks.
There was q wild cheer when the Mis-
souri, veterans hove In sight. 1t was this
State that had furnished William w arner,
chief the q. A. r. has ever known. and
every man who marched in line was recog-
nized as one who. in his devotion to the
Union. had undergone the dangers of
against themselves in the dark days of
1868. Department Commander George w.
Martin, the one.armed hero who lost q
limb the first day of Getty burg. led his
ranks were recognized the familiar features
of Private Cahoon," who was at Antie-
tam. at Fredericksburg. at Gettysburg, and
with Grant In ali the bloody battles after
the silent soldier took command of the
Army of the Potomac. The Ransom Post,
of st. LOUIS. came in for its share of ad-
miration. 1t vas 200 strong, and accompa-
med by the United States Regular Band.
This Is the first year the Ransom Post ever
attended an encampment when their COM
mander. Gen. w. i. Sherman. was not pres
ent HIS death Is deep personal grief to
every member of this post. as indeed it is
to every G. A. r. man in line TO-DAY.
THE WESTERN STATES.
The Department of Colorado and Wyo-
ming was headed by q zouave drum corps
and followed quickly upon the heels of the
receding Hoosiers. The department had
about one hundred men in line. differed by
Department Commander Cooke. Adjutant-
general Trounstein and Quartermaster-
general McLsnathan. -Four hundred vet
| Grams of Kansas, led by Departments Com.
mander Timothy Mccarthy, represented
| the Grasshopper State, and each carried
upon his breast tho Kansas G. A. r. pin,
bearing the figure of this destructive little
| insect. Past Department Commanders
! Anderson. Pond. Stewart, Booth, Guthrie
| and Captain Coulter, of the National Coun-
| Gil Of Admins Winton. were in line Com
| mander Mccarthy enjoys the distinction Of
| being the only living man who was literal
| ly IN at the opening and the closing of the
war. A soldier at Fort Sumter when tie
first gun was fired. he remained in the
service and was at Appomattox when the
| enemy surrendered.
| Delaware. forty strong. made q pretty
| showing the division marched. in a
sprlghtly manner, past the grsnd-stapd
| They were Otfcered by Department Com.
/ mander A. j. Woodman, Adjutant j. b.
Stradley and Quartermaster- general ID. b
| Ross.
Oregon was but meagerly represented
but not so with Kentucky. Five hundred
| comrades from Kentucky were marshaled
by Department Commander S. G. Hills
| Lieutenant Hills was captured in the bat
tie of LoveJoy Station. 10y the confederates
while he was aiding Colonel Kelly to hold
his shattered lines against General Wheel
ried to Andersonville. where he was con
fined five months. West Virginia con
| tributed two hundred men to the grand
parade. and Department Commander l. H.
| Duval led the division. Past Department
| Commapder HavmOpd and Col C n Smith