Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-20

s}was to-day formally christened "Grand
q Army Place" as an enduring memorial of
4 the visit for the first time since the war of
any considerable number of the defenders
of the Union.
Who is responsible for the name "White
Lot, no one knows 1t is one of those
names which grow out of association, and
whose beginning is as mysterious as that of
the humorous stories that have passed cur
renttor hundreds of years in hundred Ian
guages without any narrator knowing their
origin. The white Lot" is that large cir
cular area between the White House on one
side and the monument on the other, and
to this whiteness of its surroundings is due
the name.
A Vista of Unrivaled Beauty.
In connection with the grounds of the
White House, the carp ponds, the monu-
ment grounds, the artificial fats of the Po-
tomac and the grand river stretching for
miles beyond, with the hills of Maryland
and Virginia on either side, the
view from the south windows
OF the executive mansion is
one of indescribable loveliness,
and outrivals fairly those famous
vistas which extend from the more private
fronts of the Royal Palace at Windsor and
that palace of unequalel history at Ver-
salles, now one of the many museums of
the French Republic
Within Grand Army Place is a circular
driving road about a third of mile in
length, which is used in the fashionable
season by the elite of the District, and in
that season at all times presents scene
gay and luxurious, with splendid horses,
costly equipages, handsome women and
men and unimpeachable coachmen and
footmen. The ROYAL Drive and Rotten
Row in London's famous HYDE
Park are seldom more bril-
liant with life and color than
is what will be henceforth known as Grand
Army Place when the Washington season
is at its height. Its dedication to-day was
quite an imposing affair, with its mixture
of marching cavalry, artillery, regulars and
militia, Grand Army veterans and beardIess
cadets, with the attendant tens of thousands
which crowded the vast space, the very
pretty speeches of the Commander in Chief
of the Grand Army and of the Vice Presi-
dent OF the United States, the roar of the
second guns and the almost louder roar of
the cheers OF the multitude which followed
the formal works of the dedication.
Crowds Gather Upon Crowds.
The crowds which lined the streets and
avenues to-day were simply tremendous,
and they were augmented momentarily by
the incoming trains. Well on to 100 specials
entered the city on each of the great trunk
lines within the last "a hours and still they
come. Tonight and tomorrow the local
trains which tap the country for so miles
about, will bring in mass ofhuman beings.
for the great day of the encampment only.
which will almost equal that which has
come from greater distances
The route of to-morrow's parade will be a
short one, extending only from the Peace
Monument, at the foot of the Capitol Ter
race TO Washington Circle, a distance of
about two miles along Pennsylvania ave-
nue., and consequently the entire immeas-
urable crowd will attempt to force itself in
on each side OF the way the length of this
short route. Usually the many immense
parsdes to which Washington is accustomed
are much greater in extent and the chance
to see is correspondingly increased One
may imagine then the jam which will occur
with this the greatest crowd of visitors that
has ever been in the Capital CITY.
1t is apparent that PENNSYLVANIA is not
going to permit herself to be outdone to-
morrow, at least in point of numbers in the |
great parade. Secretary of Internal Affairs
Stewart and General Beath, both of them |
having been in attendance at nearly every |
annual encampment, assert that the Key |