Morning journal and courier., 1892-09-21
THE GRAND PARADE.


Doinss of the Veterans of the Grand
Army at the Annual Encampment-
The Great Procession Viewed by
Many Thousands OF Enthusiastic
Citizens-The Parade tho Largest
Ever Made.
WAsH1NGToN, Sept. 20.-Probably never
has greater crowd of surging,
pushing humanity gathered on that
level expanse of asphalt pavement at the
foot of the entrance of the capitol than
were to-day assembled to see the great p a.
rade start from that point on its march up
Pennsylvania avenue. Long before the
hour appointed for the parade to assemble
thousands of persons were congr egated on
the broad marble steps, porticos and every
point where foothold could be had on the
st ately capitol building. Every window
in the capitol facing the starting point was
filed with faces, and even on the balcony
around the dome appeared line of per-
sons looking down below on the brilliant
spectacle of gaily uniformed bands. the
handsomely comprise ned staff of the COM
mander in chief and the enapping mark
ers and banners of the different
posts, awaiting for the sound of the bu-
gle to stforward, guide right, and march. !"
Every street leading to this scene of the
assembling comrades was packed from
curb to curb with people who evinced the
greatest enthusiasm on all sides. 1t was
the intention to have the head of the long
procession start promptly at $50 o'clock,
but it was not until a half hour later that
the commanding generals staff arrived,
and delay followed owing to the dense
crowd and great confusion incident to be-
lated posts arriving, 80 1t was after 10
O'Clock when the word of command was
started off to the accompaniment of burst
of music and the shouts of many voices.
The parade was led by the Old Guard
| band of this city, in white and red uni
forms, covered with wilderness of aigue-
lettes, gold cords aud trimmings. Behind
came the Old Guard itself in four compa-
MES of double solumns, dressed in q neat
uniform with headgear of black waving
shakos Then came the Albany City band,
| blowing and humping the liveliest sort of
music Just in front Of a banner on which
| was q picture of General Palmer, held aloft
by four sturdy infantrymen, to the rear of
colors Haunting defantly to the breeze.
General Palmer and his staff of 200 su.
perbly mounted men were next above
| which waved the headquarters flag of yell
low silk, with the g. A. R. emblem en-
blazoned upon It's center. The procession
after sweeping around the east front at tn,
capitol marched down the hill to the polio,
monument, where 1t was met by the oiti
zsns' committee in black frock coats, will
silk hats, and we'll mounted. Some della,
resulted at that point on account of tn,
vast crowd, but after things were straight
ened out by the police the order of process
| sion swung into the finest parade stree
in the ELECTROMAGNETIC avenue
and was on its way down tia
thoroughfare, marching between
mass Of people cheering, waving hats, AMI
In every way giving vent to pent up On
thusia.m. The street CORNERS from tn
Police monument to the end of the rous
were overlooking, and all the street oal
crossing the route of march were stopped
> The Scene from the Woo president's review
! ing stand during the parade was an Q,
: trsmely exhilirating one. Long before u
hour set for the column to move had q
rived, fully twenty thousand people hs
congregated In the two squares betwee
the treasury and state, war and nav
buildings. -
Yios President Norton arrived ii sbo'