St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-20
VETS AT The CAPITAL
Grand Army Men Favorites
With the Weather
Clerk.
Immense Parade Opens the
Formal Exercises Of the
Encampmsnt.
Grand Army Place Dedicated
by Vice President
Morton.
President Harrison TeIe.
graphs His Regrets to His
Old Comrades.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-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 ma
tional encampment. All through the
night the streets were alive with march
ing men, 6. A. r. posts and their
friends, on their way from railroad sta
tons to quarters. Despite all the eXer-
tions that the railroad companies made
to handle the cro@ds promptly, the
visitors were from two to twelve hours
late in reaching the city. Despite all
delays it is believed that every one who
Is bound for the encampment and re-
union Will reach the city in time to wit
ness the great parade tomorrow.
Among the noteworthy arrivals
was that Of the famous Sixth
Massachusetts, the first to respond
to President Lincoln's call for troops.
En- route to Washington they were fired
on in Baltimore April 10, and spilled the
first blood after the assault upon Sum-
ter. Distinguished visitors are abund-
aDt-ex-President Hayes. Maj. Gems.
Howard, Miles and Crooks, and Gen. g.
(. Butler are prominent among them.
The Parade.
The Inauguration of Grand Army
place was preceded by parade of con-
siderable proportions, and one of great
interest to the Grand Army meu, as
well as to the other spectators, because
Of the opportunity It afforded of con-
traSting the appearance and movements
Of the veterans with the precise and
modern methods OF the soldiers Of Uncle
Sans regular army and navy. for the
principal part in today's parade
was taken by the regular soldiers,
sailors and marines stationed in Wash
ington and the District of Columbia Ma
tional guard. which ranks high in the
points of efficiency OF drill and soldierly
appearance among the militia organiZa-
tions of the country. The procession
consisted OF five brigades, commanded
by Gen, Eugene A. Carrusa, as follows:
Troop of the regular army. naval bat
teries and marines, district national
guard, posts OF the Department of the
Potomac q. A. R., and Sons of Veter-
ans.
The procession started at 10 O'Clock
from Second street. west of the capitol.
and proceeded up Pennsylvania to a
stand in front of the treasury, where it
was reviewed by Vice President Nor
ton. The main body of
The Procession
continued on its way by Seventeenth
street into the GIanS Army place, the
cavalry contingent remaining behind to
form an escort for the vice president.
The formal opening of the exercises
of the week was the dedication of
Grand Army place by Vice President
Morton as the representative OF Presi-
dent Harrison. who was detained at
Loon Lake, in the presence of a large
assembly that filed the whole enclosure
between the Mimic Richmond, on
which the exercises took place, and the
lines around it. At IL O'Clock an ar
tillery salute from the guns on the fac
simile of the Kearsarge in the rear OF
the stand sounded, and few minutes
later Vice President Morton was
ushered to his place on the stand. Com
mander-in-Chief Palmer was a moment
later shown TO his seat.
At 12:05 bugler sounded the assem-
bly,, and Commander McElroy called
those present to order. The Rev D.
Payne, of Florida, chaplain-in-chlef of
the q. A. r.. offered prayer. He made
q special plea for the restoration to
health of Mrs. Harrison. The
cred, White and Blue,
was played by the Marine band, and
the District of Columbia, was intro
duced. AS a municipal officer. he was
here to assent with pride and pleasure
on behalf OF the District to the change
of the name of White Lot to Grand
Army place. There was applause when
Commander-in-Chief Palmer. of the G.
A R., was introduced to deliver the in
troductory address. At the close of his
remarks. Mr.. Palmer read the following
telegram from President Harrison:
Loon Lake, \. Y, Sept. 1S.-Gen.
John Palmer, Commander-in-C Chief G.
A. r.: had looked forward with much
interest TO the great rehearsal in Wash
ingt0u next Tuesday of the yictors'
march of 1865. l would have esteemed
il one of the highest honors OF my pub
lie life to have welcomed to the national
capital and 10 have received in its his
torie avenue this representative as
sembly of the men who not only saved
the city from threatened destruction.
but made it the worthy political capital
OF an unbroken union. 1t would also
have been one of the most favored and
tender incidents of my private life to
have taken these comrades again by the
hand, but all this has been denied to
me by the intervention of sad, impera-
tive duty. and ! can only ask you to
give 10 all my cordial greetings and
good wishes. Accept my sincere thanks
for your very kind and sympathetic
message. BENJAMIN HARRISON
Open TO Vets.
The commander-in-chief announced
that the president directed that the
White house and grounds be kept open
to them at other hours than those at
which it was usually open to the public
This announcement was greeted with
applause, renewed when the COM
mander-in-chief introduced Mr.. Morton,
as one who, though not comrade in its
literal sense, was with them in sympathy
and spirit. The formal dedication ad-
dress was then delivered by the vice
president.
Immediately after the conclusion of
the vice presidents speech, Shipmate
Baker, who manned one Of the guns of
the Kearsarge on the occasion when that
vessel sunk the Alabama, pulled a guy
rope, and the large United States flag
whose folds had been lying half un-
furled against the pole surmounhng the
grand stand tower, spread its face to the
breeze and Grand Army place was a
thing of fact, formally, officially and
forever.
The final programme of exercises
closed with the playing Of the Star
Spangled Banner" by the Marine band /;
but there were some very brief iDfOr-