New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-18
THE GRAND ARMY REUNION.

The veterans of the Union Army are to ad-
vance upon the District of Columbia this week.
The cry is On to Washington" and nothing
ilnpedes their triumphant march. a united
Nation. approaching who these soldiers are and
what they have done, grects them with I'M
stinted affection and admiration as they pro
coed to CAPTURE the capital. some republics
NAV be ungrateful. but not ours. Uncle San
will review these soldier, with uncovered heal
and tear-moistened eyes. For well he knows
that but for them and their comrades III arms
who have passed on to flames eternal camp
ing ground his name would have either per
ished from the earth or would have survived
merely to point the moral that government OF
the people was dismal failure. The reunion
comes at good time. 1t comes in the middle
of an exciting campaign, when the partisan
feeling necessarily has full sway. Political
parties emphasize the things which separate
and divide-the things which make our coul-
trymen Republicans, Democrats. Peoples party
men and the like. The Grand Army of the
Republic. which is not in politics, emphasizes
the things which tend 10 bring us together
which tend to make us kin in the realization
of the fact that ours is the best land under the
sun.
The leading feature Of the reunion promises
10 be the grand review. which is to take place
on Tuesday. 1t is estimated that upward of
100. 600 soldiers will be in the line when the
order " Forward. march :" is given The Splen-
did and most impressive pageant as ii moves
along pennSvlvania-ave. will forciby recall
the famous review which took place on the
same historic avenue in 1865 at the close OF
the war Most of those who will take part IN
Tuesdays pageant we've in thai earlier one.
On the cath of May 1865. the soldiers of the
Army of the Potomac passed in review and on
the next day those of the Army Of TcnncS-
see and the Army of Georgia. Grant. SheI-
man. sheridan. Logan. Meade, Custer, Howard.
>locum. were of those who lent distinction u
this celebration Of the close and the successful.
issue of the struggle for the preservation of the
Union The Capitol. which. like the rest OF
the public and most Of the private buildings
along the line OF march was gayly decorated
for the occasion. displayed badge OF wei
come whc, il ought to weas again this week.
The badgs read: "The only National debt we
can never pay is the debt we owe TO the vie
toiious Union soldiers This twenty
seven ycals ago. This week the march is re-
of the great captains are left while the gaps
in the ranks are many and great. The lessen
of mortality which is thus enforced will not be
lost upon the heroes who meet together 20
morrow Their hearts, we NAV be sure. viii
glow with tonder Iecollections Of their dead
comradei. while the bond which unltcs them
to one another will become stronger than ever.
Ii is clear from the dispatches from Wash
ngton that nothing has been left undOne which
was thought likely to promote the success OF the
present Encampment. The JOY OF the jubilee
promises to he unconfincd and 10 express itself
in numerous clightful ways. The Nation will
look on with ancctiOnatc interest. Ii is cSti
mated that Washington will have 100000
strangers within her gates this week. The rest
Of The 60 600, 900 Of us-With possibly a few
unimportant XceptioEs-whOSe engagements
will not allow us to be present in the body. will
respond in spirit. All hail TO the Grand Army
Of the Republic, There is no prouder chapter
in American history than the one which bears
the record of its patriotic achievement.