Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-04

81 chicago, had 500 men In line, with
uniqussumtrellas which fitted togeJheeto
form monster flag of the United States,
covering the aKsire post. One of the Phil
adelphia posts had 400 men with umbrel-
las, each Of which having a portion of the
battle of Gettysburg printed upon it, and
when all were in line the combined effect
was a Presentation of the famous fight.
Bird's-Eye View of Lake Superior.
The Sault Ste Marie post presented a
bird's-eye view of Lake Superior with the
names in red of the cities along the shore
from which posts are present. These posts
formed the Lake Superior battalion, and
they hailed from every important town
along the shores of the great lake. There
was no end Of bands. Five of Chicago's
best bands, four from st. Louis, five from
Boston, and the same number from Phil
adelphia were in line, and every city of
any importance from Maine to California
was represented by at least one band. A
platoon of police led the way for the pa
rade and Immediately following came the
commander in-chief and his staff, then the
Illinois posts.
The Other Departments.
The other departments marched in the
following order;. Wisconsin, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio New York, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maine, Cali
fornia, Rhode Island, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Potomac, Virginia, Maryland,
Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, Colorado and
Wyoming, Kansas, Delaware, Minnesota,
Missouri, Oregon, Kentucky, West Vir-
ginia, South Dakota, Washington and
Alaska Arkansas, New Mexico, Utah,
Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi,
Florida and Montana, Texas. Idaho,
Arizona, Georgia, Alabama, North Da-
kota, Oklahoma, Indian Territory Michi-
gan Naval veterans, Sons of Veterans.
The junction of Woodward and Adams
avenues was the starting point
At The Reviewing stand.
The divisions formed in single rank
platoons of twelve closed en- masse.
When the reviewing stand was reached
again the cd soldiers remembered the
absence of the idolized Sherman. Gen.
Neazey here left the procession and took
his place on the stand with other distin-
guished istors, and as the column
passed the officers and men saluted and
cheered. How they did cheer. 1t was
one constant roar taken up by the specta
tors and ssed along the street until it
was lost in the distance. When the last
post was fling past those ahead had
reached the end of the route and were dis
DdQClD8, anu III snort Time the bDOu-
sands who had marched We're mingled
with the throng of sightseerS, and again
holding informal reunions with old COM
rades met by chance.
None but Veterans in Line.
The parade was entirely OF the old vet
Grams, not single military company turn
ing ont. The Fourth regiment was or
dered out to do police duty and the city
was in realty given over to the veterans,
every street within three blocks of the
line of march being closed by the procla-
nation of tie mayor and intrusion fur
Their guarded against by the roping off of
the section and stationinC of strong
armed guard at each street intersection.
One company, that from Union City,
Mich, went into the parade in heavy
marching order with the old Springfield
muskets and the same Announcements they
wore when they marched out of Detroit
in the stormy days when men were needed
and Michigan did its duty.