The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-21
VETERANS PARADE.
Immense Turnout of Old Soldiers
at Washington.
ABOUT FIFTY THOUSAND In LINE.
The Grand and imposing Parade Reviewed
by Ylce-President Moston-Scenes and
Incidents During the March.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-The feature in
today's proceedings of the Grand Army re-
union was the parade of veterans. In the
early morning the weather was milo, hszy;
later the sun came out shedding genial
warmth but the sky was soon clouded over
again and a cold wind made ii uncomfort-
able in exposed places.
$3.50 q. N. was the hour set for starting
the parade, aud long before that time great
crowds had lined up against the wire cables
stretched outward along the sides of the
broad Pennsylvania avenue from the capt.
tol building. The various veterans posts
formed at their Headquarters and marched
10 the positions assigned them on the dag
onal streets on each side of Pennsylvania
avenue, beginning at the west front of the
capitol. The Illinois posts, coming from
the state in which the
ORDER WAS FIRST ORGANIZED.
had the place OF honor at the head of the
line next the general officers, and the Wis
consin post came second, and SO on in Cue
order, through the dense laDes of thou
sands of people who lined the pavements
and side streets, passing buildings lavishly
decorated with fattering banners, fes-
toons, flags and streamers, cheered on by
the fresh voices of hundreds of school
children singing patriotic airs. The grizzled
veterans VINO IN enty-seven years ago oc
cupied two days in passing in review along
this grand national avenue, moved today
with thinned ranks whose numbers did not
preclude the completion of the journey
within a single day. Then over the rough
cobblestones they marched as mem
bers of great modern armies;
tired, dusty, travel-stained. war
worn, but with fierce exultation
and pride born Of the knowledge of their
deeds ard accomplishments. Today, over
smooth asphaltum pavement they marched
again, still proud that they had been mem
bers OF that great army. but in the years
that thinred their ranks, the fierce war
spirit died away, and left little behind but
q feeling of
JOY AND GOOD WILL TO ALL MEN.
In their grizzled locks and reminiscent
faces one could read a recognition of the
fact that il was the last time that many of
them w0nld see the national capital. So it
was decided 10 MAKE the parade the great
est feature OF the encampment, knowing
that IL was coincidence which could never
be repeated.
On the lawn adjoining the south wing of
OF the treasury building on a large covered
stand named in honor OF Lincoln, were
placed 500 school girls, SO arranged in red,
white ana blue dresses as to produces q
living stsr-spangled banner. Farther
down near the Central market, colored
school girls were massed together on g
stand with melodious voices blending har-
moniously in grand chorus as the old
soldiers marched past.
THE ORDER OF MARCH
was as follows:
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the commander-in- chief. grand army
battalion OF Albany, ommander-in-chief,
junior vice commander-in-chief, senior vice
COMMUNICATIVE chief, official staff Of
commander in-chief. aids de camp to
commander-in chief, escorts of the grand
army, first defenders, sixth Massachusetts,
United States veteran signal association
department Of Illinois, Edward Harlan
commander. with twenty three posts and
about 1900 men in line gathered from all
parts OF the state.
Next came the Wisconsin department.
with more men than the state ever had be-
fore in an encempment parade headed by
Commander Colonel c. 3. W elton.
q. w. Sutherland carried old Abe, the
FAMOUS WAR EAGLE
carried through the rebellion by the
Eighth Wisconsin regiment; Theodore
Rel, carrying q badger, emblematic of the
original newsboy of the Iron brigade. car
ying number Of the Identical news
papers he had unsold at the close Of the
war There were twenty three posts in
line.
Next came the Pennsylvania depart
ment, with the largest representation in
line. Then came another heavy depart
ment, that OF Ohio. headed by Commander
l. L. Mack
Then next in order came New York,
with her brigsdes, with Slocum. Sickles.
Howard and Reynolds in the ranks:
Connecticut. Massachusetts. with General
Butler; NeE Jersey and Maine. The Cal
ifornians, who came next were all
mounted and carried crimson silk banner
with picture of a grizzley bear Depart
ment Commander J. B. Falls led fourteen
posts, and the admirable riding of the men
was the subject of general comment
Next followed Rhode Island New Hamp-
shire, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland.
Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan, lndiana, Wyom-
Ing, Colorado, included in one department
ana making a tine showing with thirty
eight posts. led by Department Commander
John c. Kennedy and staff
Then came Kansas Delaware, Missouri
Kentucky, West Virginia, Arkansas, Ten
nessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and
South Dakota, with a credltable showing.
and Indian Territory.
the Department of the Potomac and naval
vetersns-
The scene from the vice presidents re-
viewing stand during the parade was an
extremely exhilerating one. All the capa-
cious public stands were overflowinC. and
apparently every available foot of space
from which view could be bad was occu-
pied. The great crowd was an enthusiastic
one and
cHEERED THE OLD SOLDIERS
again and again. Vice-President Morton
arrived about 10 o'clock, accompanied by
Secretary ana Mrs. Charles Foster and
daughter, Attorney General Miller, Secre-
iary and Mrs. Noble and the Misses Hal
stead. Mrs. Rask aDd daughter, Sec
rotary Tracy snd daughter, Mrs. vii
merding, Mrs. John W. Foster
and Postmaster General Wananaker.
Among the other hoBored guests who had
seats in the presidents stand were
General and Mrs Schotield, Assistant
Secretary Grant, General and Mrs Palmer.
Mrs Logan and Mrs. John A. Logan. ir.
Ii was nearly IL o'clock when the column
HEADED BIZ cITIzENsv
and the social committee, mounted, turned
into fifteenth street, under the revie wing
stand, and from that time there was hardly
a break in the lines The vice president
stood at the front Of the platform, and as
the several deDartmente oirnad the;r