Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-08-06

with vlirf"4 the 70 Dr mnIti 'NLbal~ Eytx/Ds
tude that already GEN. vEAzEY.
parades the streets. As the gala week
of Detroit opens, business is
practically suspended, and the tramp
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
and the inspiring music of the bands
are heard on every hand. Gen. William
G. Veazey, of Vermont, commander-in-
chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, is here, and his headquarters
at the Cadillac have been the Nee
ca of SCARED and grizzled veter-
ans throughout the forenoon. Gen.
Veazey was accompanied by Miss Clara
| Barton, the famous founder of the
! White Cross. Secretary of War Proctor
was also of the. party, with Quartermas-
ter General John Taylor, of Philadel-
phia, and Assistant Adjutant Emery,
of Washingt, n. The national depart
ent adjutant general, J. II. Golding,
and wife, of Rutland, VT, are also at
the Cadillac.
The arrival of Gen. Fairchild, ex-
governor of Wisconsin and former
commander in chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic, was made the occasion
of a great ovation.
Three special trains brought the Old
Guard of Washington, the department
| commander and his staff. The Old
Guard, a noted organization, is COM
manded by ]. NJ. Edgar. 1t has color
guard of twelve men, six of whom lost
their right arms in the war and another
six who lost their left arms.
John A. Andrew post, of Boston, is
the only armed battalion in the grand
army, being uniformed as cavalrymen
and equipped with sabers 1t will be
represented by $50 men.
Ex-President Rutherford B. Hayes,
commander in chief of the Military
Order of the Loyal Legion, arrived
from Ohio He was met by local
delegation of the Loyal Legion and es-
corted to the home of Col. Hecker.
Commander Hayes was rendered re-
ception at Col Hecker's residence in
the evening and all members of the
Loyal Legion paid him their respects.
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 5.-This is a
day which will be long remembered by
the grizzled veterans of the Grand
Army of the Republic. AS the open
ing day of the twenty-ffth annual en-
campment, it marks a quarter of a
century in the growth of the
organization, and every soldier re-
allies that it must also mark
the apex in the prosperity of that great
order, which, year by year, has envel-
oped in its fraternal fold every state of
the great union from Maine to Texas
and from Florida to Washington.
If sentiment and sympathy and love
could control the destiny of the g. A.
r. it would live forever: but the in
exora BILE logic of statistics sounds
warning to every veteran that in
time the surviving comrades of
the surviving post must be mus
tered out and the G.. A. r. be
| known no more save to the mem
DRY of the grateful nation it defended
and preserved. 1t has therefore been
the desire of all the prominent leaders
| of the organization that the twenty
fifth encampment should be the most
successful in the history of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and the parade
the most magnificent the order has
ever known.
As the tried and trusty soldiers of '65
were ever eager for the battle, so the
veterans of '9l were eager for the grand
parade which was to recall so many
"reminiscences of former days. Before
the morning sun had kissed the spangled
arches and emblazoned in glory the
golden decorations that marked the
line of march, the grand army bands
were abroad, and the measured tread
of the veterans preparing for the march
resounded through the streets.
Promptly at the hour indicated, and
with military precision which showed
the volunteer soldiers had forgotten
none of their early training, the posts
assembled on the line of march.
Four magnificent arches, erected
by the citizens in different parts
of the city, marked the line of
march. Peace arch, at Fort and
Griswold street, through which the
procession first passed bore the in
scription: "Cheerily on, courageous
friends, to reap the harvest Of perpet-
ual peace.
And on the opposite side was read
the sister inscriptions: Their prowess
brought us peace, undying be their
fame"
Another arch bridged jefferson av-
enue, but the magnificent tower and
war arch at the intersection of Wood
ward and jefferson avenues was YER