Evening journal., 1892-09-19
ON TO WASHINGTON.
Thousands of Old Warriors
Gather at the Capital.
MORTONs ADDRESS OF WELCOME.

IBy Telegraph to the Evening Journall
WAsHINGToN, Sept 10.-Grand Army
week opened fair and cool with every
apparent indication Of continuance of
good weather during the exercises and
celebrations in connection with the
national encampment.
All through the night the streets were
alive with marching men..G A. r. posts
and their friends, on their way from rail
road stations to quarters Despite all
the exertions that the railroad compa-
MES made to handle the crowds promptly
the visitors were from two to twelve
hours late in reaching the city but as
rapidly as possible the trains are rolling
into the city and unloading their human
freight
The passengers accept the situation
with the best possible grace and what
ever the measure of their discomfort it is
all dissipated upon arriving at the capi-
tai, as they look upon the generous and
artistic manifestations of welcome and
find themselves surrounded with rem
iniscences OF the war and the society of
those whose friendship was knit in the
blood and smoke Of battle
Despite all delaysit is believed that every
one who is bound for the encampment
and reunion will reach the city in time
TO witness the great parade tomorrow.
Massachusetts' Famous Sixth Arrives
Among the notable arrivals was that of
the famous Sixth Massachusetts,. the first
to respond to President Lincoln's call fol
troops. En- route to Washington, they
We're fired upon in Baltimore, April 10
and spilled the first blood after the as
sault upon Fort Sumter. Several hun
dred men are present with the command
and az they marched up the avenue lat
! last night, with their tattered flags a
the head of the column, they wer
greeted with cheer upon cheer all alonl
the route until their quarters wer
reached.
! Detroit Posts Giant Color-Bearer.
Detroit post, whose membership /
limitedtto $50, also came in last night
Senior Commander II. NJ Duffiel
Z and General Alger are members They
came by special vestibuled trains to tn
capital making faster time than th
regular eastbound limited. The post ha
a gigantic color bearer in the person of {
W. Reynolds, who served in "a New HamT
shire regiment. He is six feet. thre
d inches high and weighs nearly 300 pounds
Many Distinguished visitors.
Distinguished visitors are abundant
eX-President Hayes. Major Genera
It Howard, Miles and Brooks and Generi
"a B. +. Butler are prominent among then
81, A pilgrimage TO old Camp Stonemal
7 ] frtF naff
o Alexandria. will be made by the survivor
" of the First New York Volunteer
l. ellsworth zouaves), First, Second. ThirC
, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eight
a United States Cavalry, who were er
camped there during the stirring days
{, the COS.
4 Decorations Galore.
The palm for decoration must 7
st awarded to the government printir
q. Office. The display Of bunting which HI
l. broken out about that dingy old struc
ure, which shelters $500 employees
10 Uncle Sam, is something marvellous F.
50 completeness and ingenuity its like IN
g never been seen in the city. 1t is the T
re suit of labor which has been expend'
~ during the noon hours and after work f
10 week past by the employees themselve
IA Each division endeavored to out-decora
its neighbors until no possible oppo
~ tunity for a display of the red, white al
ID blue remained.
a. The exterior of the building is fe
y tooned with great clusters of red, whi
9 and blue and national flags, gathered
re points at the caves and sweeping ov
NJ the doors. The mammoth design abo
u the North Capitol street entrance is pa
Uicularly imposing Inside there
le enough bunting TO decorate city.
ri Admiration for the Kearsarge.
rs The first formal ce remony Of the
he was "handshaking, among crewon boa
ID the Kearsarge on Grand Army Place. r
of ship was full trimmed. a line of ga
al colored bunting floating from stem
r. stern over the top of the main mast.
ro other object on the Place is so genera
HI admired as the Kearsage, and {
,d proudest man in sight is Major Micha
st whose conception the ship was.
I'M Old Kearsarge Men Present.
n, Among the survivors of the crew Of
d. Kearsarge present are Philip Weel
who was the maintop-man wi
I'D during the historic fight served on I
IN, 11-inch pivot gun; Charles Bowen, f,
s ss top-man; Frank Cook, captain OF {
11y after guard and James McGee. Surge
iis George B. Brown is now surgeon gene
M Of the navy and lives here. Others
boatswain's mate Michael B. Drew
ne chief boatswain's mate John H. Bon
oi Fireman Michael c. Cody, Lawrence
nu Crowley and John c. Hays.
est Faithful Reprod uction Of a War 30
by J. G. Baker, a skilled workman at
ne navy yard, who superintended the &C
re. struction of the ship, as she stands, v
ed also one of the crew The spar deck
cry of two-inch pine and the inner linin G
md her sides above that deck is of inch pi
ley Tht masts are bolted to massive timb
stepped in boxes sunk six feet I'm {
ted ground. The rigging is of the strong
ny. kind and is placed and ratified dow
9th precisely as on any sea-going, ba
ion rugged vessel
Everything from stem to stern
built as strongly rs braces and IA
u. 4 l.. 4 &. o.