Telegram-herald., 1891-08-05

ing stand was reached The stand
from which the commander IA chief
and his giitt->rins stas reviewed the
parade was situated on Campus
Morsinus." "a the eAst side CT Mood
wsrd avenue
On Illinois, the home of Lincoln. the
home Of Grant and Of Logan. Was ecu
ferred the honor of the right Of the line
OF march But il was not because Of
these iiiastrious names that the Prairie
state WAS so bonorsd. but because of one
whose services 10 the veterans of the
state and nations dates Eince the war,
DR. Il +. Stephenson. the founder Of
the Grand Array of the Republic Or.
Stephenson was born in Wayne county.
H., in 1874. and died ia Meaard eoun-
" August 80. 1871. aged bat ~ years
His remains lie ia the soldiers lot
Of Rose Hin cemetery, Petersburg, III.
lie organized the Grand Army of the
Republic in 1885, and few months later
j. n Coltryn and Joseph Prior were
joined with ten others in forming the
frst post, which was instituted at De
eatur, April g. 1865. under charter
granted by DIR. Stephenson.
Tie Survivors of Post No were u
conspicuous little group in the Illinois
delegation and their appearance was
the signal for tribute OF cheers De-
partncnt Commander Horace :. Clark
led the command and 5000 representa-
tives of the loyal sons Of the Sucker
state were in line.
.ta wi fah 4 a.
second or Wisconsin division, 700
strong. wa: unbounded. Ia the front
rank and borne high in the air on the
top OF flagstaff perched "Oll Abe"
the stuifsd eagle which became q part
of Wisconsin's history q quarter of a
century ngo. In line with the Wis
consiu boys were Gen Lucius Fairchild,
ex-governor of the state and command
er in chief of the Grand Army of the
didate for commander in chief. Depart
ment Commander w. II. Upham was in
command.
The Pennsylvania division came
next, l,50o strong, marching in good
order to sprightly music furnished by
the post bands Deputy Commander
Boyer rode at their head, with Adjt.
Gen. Town and Qnertermaster-Ge Cen
Abraham Levering, followed bv the
aides Pittsburgh posts led the delega-
tion.
The Ohio delegation was a vast army
of itself No less than 1900 veterans
tramped to the music of the bands. Be-
side Department Commander A. M.
Warner marched Gen. $. II. Hurst, the
| Ohio candidate for commander in chief
A conspicuous figure was Gen. Man
ming F. Force, who. enlisting as a
major In the Twentieth regiment. was
made full major general a year be-
fore the close of the war.
Col A. L. Conger, Gen p. ii. Dow
ling and Gen. r. 4. Brown were among
the past department commanders in
line.
The strains of Virginia's martial
music was lying in the distance as
Maryland, some 800 strong, rassed the
stand.
AS the Nebraska Grand Army OF
the Republic, 500 strong, with
Department Commander Teetcr
and Gov. Thayer passed the
| grand stand it was impossible to
tell whether the cheers were for the
governor, the soldier boys, or that ven
cradle figure which always proxies
the cheers of the volunteer soldiers
Paul Vandervoort, past national COM
mander in chief.
OF course Michigan. with its IS, oog
veterans, received the ovation of the
day. The division was officered by
Department Commander c. L. Eaton,
Adjt. Gen. X. w. Noyes and Quarter
master General Spicer.
Iowa came next to the Wolverine
State 800 strong, and marching with
military precision to the ever popular
tune Yankee Doodle" Department,
Commander c. l.. Davidson, Adjt-Gen
Longley and Quartermastcr Gen.
Tamplin headed the column.
New York, $500 strong, came next
and was the recipient Of an en-
thusiastic greeting They were head
ed by Department Commander C. II
Freeman. Adjutant General w. W.
Bennett. Quartermastcr General A.
r. Penfield and w. W. Van
Keuran, an octogenarian member of
| the post and veteran of the Mexican
and civil wars. Then caule a score OF
battle flags. scanned, shot through, in
shrcds and ta:ters, proudly carried
aloSt by their bearers.
The Connecticut division came mex,
and following Connecticut was Massa
chasetts. $500 strong.
Forty New Jersey veterans accom-
panied by J. K. Mullikcn. commander
Pnst Department Commander II. n.
Stevens and Past Department Com
mander Charles burrows.
One hundred ex-union soldiers, LED
bv Department Commander Samuel L.
| Miller. represented the state of Maine.
California showed up twenty-five
strong. note teitbstanding the distance
they had to come. At their heal with
other past commanders marched w r.
Smedburg.
Following the little Rhode Island
group was the New Hampshire divis
ion. twenty strong
Vermont followed New Hampshirs
with $50 men. They were received
with great applause in compliment tc
Commander in Chief Veazey, whose
own post headed the delegation.
Indiana's 2.s9o veterans marched ir
majestic column past the reviewing
s.srd, and at the head and beside De
partmept Commander T. ~ Walkel
marched Gov. Alvin n. Hovey
! Gen A. u. sireight, one ot
the leaders and projectors oi
the famous Libby prison tun.
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