The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-24
THE 6. A. R. PARADE.
1000 Old Soldiers Fass the Reviewing
Stand Washington.

the foot of the entrance OF the capitol
than was this morning assembled to see
the grand parade of the Grand Army of
the Republic start from that point on
its march up Pennsylvania Avenue.
Long before the hour appointed for the
parade to assemble thousands of
persons were congregated on the
broad marble steps, and every
point where foolhold could
| be had on the stately capitol
building Every window III the capitol
| facing the starting point was filled with
| faces and even on the balcony around
| the dome appeared a line OF persons
| looking down on the gayly uniformed
| bands, the handsomely caparisoned
| staff of the commander-ln-chlef and the
! tapping markers and banners of the
| different posts, waiting for the sound OF
| the bugle to march. Every street lead
! ing to this scene of the assembling com
rades, many of whom had gath
| cred there before the grand re-
| view of 1865, and now forming
| in procession for their last time
in many cases, was packed from curb TO
curb with people who evidenced the
| greatest enthusiasm. 1t was the lnten-
ton to have the head of the long pro-
| cession start promptly at $50 O'Clock,
| but it vas not until half an hour later
| that the commanding general and his
| staff arrived, and delay followed, owing
| to the dense crowd and great confusion
| incident to posts arriving; SO ii was past
! 10 O'Clock when the word of command
was given by Gen. Palmer, and the
parade started, accompanied by burst
of music and shouts of thousands
| of voices. The parade was led by the
| Old Guard Band, Of this city. Behind
i came the Old Guard itself III four COM
| panies of double columns dressed in a
neat uniform with headgear Of black
shakoes. Then came a band playing
| lively music just in front Of banner on
which was picture OF Gen. Palmer
held aloft by four sturdy infantrvmen,
TO the rear OF whom there rode the Al
bany Guard with its color5 tiaunt-
| ing defiantly to the breeze.
| Gen. Palmer and his staff of 300
+! superbly mounted men were next,
| above which waved the headquarters
flag Of yellow silk, with the &. A. X.
emblem emI,laZoned upon its center.
| The procession alter sweeping around
the east front at the capitol marched
down the hill, where it was met by the
citizens committee in black frock coats
with silk hats and unusually we'll
mounted. The procession then swung
|
| world, Pennsylvania Avenue, and was
soon on its way down that thoroughfare,
marching between a mass of people
| who were cheering and waving flags
| hats, canes and handkerchlets and in
every way giving vent to their enthu-
siasm.
The scene from the Vice Presidents
reviewing stand during the parade was
an exhilarating one. Twenty thousand
| people had c0ngregated III the two
squares between the treasury and the
state, war and navy buildings. All of
the massive public stands were full to
Overlooking. Every foot of space for
100 feet back from the pavement
was occupied. The windows and
roofs of all the buildings in the
neighborhood were taken advantage
of by the throngs that eagerly
sought to catch a glimpse of the
grandest parade of veterans since the
war. The great crowd was an en-
1husiastic one, and as the old soldiers
marched by 1t frequently cheered them
again and again. II the line Of each
state department were borne its tat
tered flags, and on sight of these the
patriotic sentiment of the multitude
found vent in the widest cheering. 1t
was noticeable fact that those posts
which made no pretensionS of display
OF fine uniforms received even more at
tention than those that did.
| Vice President Morton arrived at
about 10 O'Clock. He was accompanied
by Secretary and Mrs. Charles Foster,
Miss Foster, Atty.-Gen. Miller, Secre-
tary and Mrs. Noble and Misses HAL
stead, Mrs Rusk and daughter, Score
tary Tracy and his daughter, Mrs. Will
merdlng. Mrs. John W. Foster, wife of
| of al ND
General Wanamaker. Among he other
guests VINO had Seats in the Wee preei-
dents stand were Gen. and Mrs Scho-
field, Gen. and Mrs. Palmer, DR..
Scott, father of the Presidents
wife, Mrs. Russell Harrison, Senator
and Mrs Henderson. Senator Gibson.
Represe NATIVE BouteIle, Gen. Gibbon.
Representative Mitchell, of Wisconsin,
Rockwell, of New York, Durborow, Of
illinois, Mrs. Logan and Mrs. John A.
Logan, Jr., Representative and Mrs
Newburv, Marshall Ramsdel, GOV.
Pattison, of Pennsylvania. and staff,
and Mai-Gen. Snowden, of the National
Guards of PENNSYLVANIA, who COM
manded the troops at Home
stead. 1t was nearly o'clock when
the column headed by the citizens To-
cal column, mounted. turned into Flf-
teenth Street, and from that time there
was hardly q break in the lines. The
veterans marched in double column.
which is an innovation in street pa
rade in Washington, and the change
was marked success. Vice President
Morton stood at the front Of the plat
form, and, as the departments dipped
their colors III passing, he returned the
salute by lifting his hat. ten. Palmer
commanders chief, was cheered as he
appeared.
The commander-in-ch as he
reached the stand which had been
erected for him, dismounted and, stand
ing between two brass tieldpieces, with
his staff, reviewed the marching col
umn. Passing up Pennsylvania Avenue
the procession, in double column, made
an extremely imposing appearance.
As the head of the procession swung
around Pennsylvania Avenue, up Eff
teenth street, past the treasury build
ing, the wheel around the corner was
| a signal Tor 500 Young school girls
on the neighborng grand stand, and
led by several conductors blowing
cornets and flutes, their Young
voices burst forth fresh and strong
singing "America." The successive or
CARNATIONS were greeted frequently
with patriotic songs, which greeting
We're acknowledged by salutations and
dOtiing of hats by the veterans. After
Gen. Palmer and his staff came the
Sixth Massachusetts Regiment and the
| First Defenders of PEI n sylvania, who
as the first TO respond to the defense of
Washington, had the right of line OF all
Grand Army posts. They marched IN
double line formation, which avoided
any dispute of precedence between the
two organizations.
At 800 O'Clock the last veteran had
passed by, the grand parade of the
twenty sixth annual encampment Of the
G.. a. Il. was over, and was ready to he
written an unqualified success in the
pages of q. \. L. history. IN every
way it had equaled expectations More
men were In line than at any other
Grand Army parade. An estimate close