The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08
THE GRAND ARMY.

The City OF Detroit ThrOnGeo Dy seittnB
Veterans - How They Poured In the
Day and Night Before the Grand
Parade-Hustlers from Nebraska aud
Washington City Who Worked for the
Next Encampment-Candida fer Con-
mander-in-ChleE.
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. S-''If this sort
# thing continues much longer De-
troiters will have to move to Windsor
to give way to the veterans and assure
them of the warm welcome" said one
of the leading men of the city rs he
stood on n street corner and watched
the fifteenth band, within an hour, go
up Woodward avenue followed by q
long line of grizzled veterans. 1t did
seem so, for all day long, in fact long
before daybreak begun, squads, COM
panies, divisions and regiments
of men have been marching
from the depots to the hotels
assigned to them. As each procession
melted away into the great camp pre-
pared, it did seem rs if~>there was
no more room; but there is still room
for a few, although the arrivals from
Michigan tonight will tax everything
and everybody. A hotel room is not
obtainable at any price, and the owners
of houses in the near proximity to the
center of the city are letting cots at q
rate per night that would more than
satisfy them for a month for the room
in which three or four of these cots arc
placed.
There has been very little done to-
day except to receive the old comrades
in arms and to renew old associations
and to gather around the dignitaries
who have won distinction since the
days when all marched TO the front to
the old tunes and under the shade of
the same nag.
Among the early prominent arrivals
was Secretary of War Redfield Proctor,
who was accompanied by Quartermas-
ter-Gen. Batcheller. He had no sooner
left his private car than he was sur
rounded by mob Of people anxious to
shake his hand. and his whole day has
been spent in receiving the marks OF
distinction from the old veterans
Gen. and Gov. Fairchild of Wis
consin with one empty sleeve
to tell the wealth Of love he bore his
country and his country's cause, was
anotner Oh the cl'lLen-so,uiey r aI 'naS 80, '
oeiiehteu 10 honor' "nne "en. ais
right a' NOME "here he 10 io'eu' NC"
as any. Ex-President Hayes was also
honored by loud applause whenever tho
crowd caught sight of him, and is to-
night surrounded by an immense crowd
| attending his reception ut Col. F. j.
hSTH Tle si;t;os % :, ,h. c,a A-mv bavs
hsen an obicct Of mucb ;mnortance all
L. g.. -. ~. ..ioc,;on ~ . nI,ce to
la ,ha n.xt anc,unment and second
tor ,ha choice ~ commander.in-cbief
VII. v..h;n,,,, b.s tbe lead In loc,-
,;o,, a.. oh,r,,;ons ~ tbe c,n;t.I can-
~, 80, -, thair o.rs =, bnstlers from
I;r.oln Neh arc here and when
Lus,lar, from that STATE arrive IL means
hustIe from, fret 10 last. They ara
,r,o;nr = Ios;n, fobt an un-b;u fiobt
h,,t &c, do;no, T. ,y;,h very much GOOD
lii 60 much vim, a nd almost in the face
90 d.te.t that ola Veterans many of
-, 49, Iod . f,r,orp hone can not
"hon, nave ieu ioiin np p, e
ous auN,iS 'he,i piueA "a -,
ai'housn ,hey uo my a". " "a.
shouiu "asn,ne 'ou ie. up ~
ert'ohs- "as.n,s Uon "ou
Inins Oh tne Aihu, ho"ess', an. an. .r ,hs
nation VINO is ne"u anu ns ~ VIZ
Coi"iioia "ai,'o. "ni "' @..;.s
the PieasuIe U. e''s on an" "nH o =
answer 10 ms ih.isa.,on y. ", "
piatter Oh goiu VIII inc city vi
lngton SUI rinoun'ns IT.
TOT 1oni'nanuei -, nv"
didate has sprung up In the person Oh
Smedburg. OF oaIifornla' VINO mas inc
solid backing OF New England ana the
Pacific coast, while hedges, mas fenn-
syivania and New forR. sun 'he WIS
;onsin men are not downcast and are
doing great oattie Ior "eissert, anu
with apparently good chances OF sue
cess. Their campaigning Is Oh the Ell
fective sort and tneir capture oi .ho
solid Indiana Delegation to-day mas
helped matters, while the Wisconsin
man is said to be the residuary legatee
of Col Lincoln. of Washington, who is
a candidate.
To-nights festivities consist Oh tnree
presentations one 70 Cohhinanue |,
Chief Neazey' Oh ei'oVo goia nleuai ~
set with oiainonos, ohe Vi ,"e sam
sort to Cen Alger, from his aides OF last
year, and one to Maj Pingree, men,
Der of the Second Massachusetts heavy
artillery, who has cared for all the
members of his battery by turning
his magnificent estate into a camp
,ri,b . nenu card in the feed tent that
would make many hotels green with