Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-20
The veterans Of the Army Have q
Great Time In the Nations
Capital.
CHOLERA NEWS feon VARIOUS
coUNrRlts
Dy Tcltsrpsh 10 tho NEWS
ruE GRAND AnuY.
The Feature In podsJ's Proceedings,
Parade Of Veterans.

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Parade of Veterans.
WAsiuSGroa, Sept. ~. Tho I, atur,
In toduy'H proceedings vi the grant
army reunion wns the parade OF vete
rams, In tho curly morning the
weather was mild, hHzy; later the SUI
came out shedding a grninl warmth,
but the Shy was soon uloudod Uvcl
again and cold wind made II uncom.
Portable In exposed plsCca.
$3.50 n. NJ. was the hour oct foI
starting the paTnde, aud long
before that time great crowds
bnu lined up against this
wire cables stretched outward
along the sides Of the broad PENNEY.
vania avenue from the capitol build.
Ing. Thevhrious veterans posts formed
NJ their headquarters anu marched 10
The positions assigned them on the
diagonal streets on each side Of Penn.
HyiVauia avenue, beginning nj tlN
West font OF the capitol. The Illinois
posts coming from The State In which
the order was FIRST organized, had the
place OF honor nj the head OF the line
next the general officers, and the Wis
consih post came second, and no ON In
due order, through the dense lanes OF
Thousands Of people who lined thepave-
menis and side streets, pasting build.
ings lavishly decorated with nattering
baunefa, fc-toons, fiagB and sfuslnefg,
cheered on by the fresh voices VI hun.
drods Of school children singing
patriotic airs. The gfi1zied vett rams
who twenty.seven years ago occupied
Two days In passing In review along
This a. saUNNFnnl
today with thiuned ranks whose mum.
befs did not preclude tie completion Of
tho journey within singls day.
Then over the rough cobbleatonos they
marched IA members OF great modern
armies tired, dusty, trAyel.stained,
whf.wurn, but with fierce exultallon
aud pride born Of the knowledge VI
their deeds and accomplishments
Today, over smooth asphalt pavement
they marched again, still proud tuat
thoy had been members Of that great
army, but In the years which thinnod
their ranks, tho fierce war spirit died
away ana left little behiud but feel.
ing Of Joy and good will 20 all meii.
In their grikzlcd locks and remlnis-
cont faces one could read recognition
Of the fact that II was the last time
that many OF them would sco the
national capital. 80 II WINS decided
to make tho parade the greatest feature
Of the encampment, knowing that IL
was a coincidence which could never
be repeated.
On the lawn adjoining the south
wing u the treasury building on q
large covered stanu named IN honor Of
Lincoln, were placed 500 school. giTls,
10 arranged In red, white aud blue
dresses ms to produce n living star
spangled banner. Further down near
the Genital market, colored school.
girls were massod together ON stand
with melodious voices blending har.
moniOusly In grand chorus ~ the old
soldiers marched past.
The order OF march was ms foliowr:
CitizenB' committee; old guard OF
Washington ns escort Of thu comman.
mander.in.ohioi; grand army battalion
OF Albany; comuiander.in.chiof; Junior
vice commandments senior vice
commander-in.chiei; oilicisl stAl OF
commandments; Rids de camp TO
commRnder.in-chlet; escorts OF the
grand army; First defenders; Sixth
Massachusetts; United States veteran
signal association; department Of III.
roip, Edward Harlan COMMANDER.
with tsenty.three posts aud about 1900
men In line, gathered from oil parts Of
the State.
Next came the Wisconsin depart.
mont, with more men than the state
ever had before Ia an encampment
parade, headed by Commander Colonel
q. Il. Weltou.
q. w. Sutherland carried old Abe,
the famous war eagle, carried through
the rebellion by the Eighth Wisconsin
regiment; Theodore Riel, carrying
a badger, emblematic OF the Wisconsin
shield, aud Doc Aubufy, the original
newsboy Of the Iron brigade, carrying
q number Of the Identical newspaper
he had unsold at the close Of the war.
There were twenty.three posts In line.
Next came the Pennsylvania de.
with the largest representa-.
ton In line. Then came another
heavy department, that OF Ohio,
headed by Commander |. II. Mack.
Then next IA order came New York
with her bfigadus, with Slocum.
Sickles, Howard aud Reynolds In the |
ranks; Connecticut, Massachusetts.
with General Butler; New JersUy ana
iHARAh's ~ "N@AAARAsAAthN AAN NAlIAt I
next were all mounted and carried u |
eilk banner with n picture Of \ |
gri1aley bear. Department Commaud. |
er J. Il, Falls, lei fourteen posts, and |
the admirable riding OF the men was |
The euhjoct OF general comment.
Next followed Rhode Island, New. |
Virginia, North Caroliaa, |
Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan,
Indiana, Wyoming, Colorado, includ. |
I'd In one department and making a
ii1e showing with thirty-eight prsts,
led by Department Commander John |
.. Kennedy and statl.
Their came Kansas, Delaware.
Missouri, KENTUCKY, West Virglnin, |
Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana. |
Florida, Oklahoma, Texas,
Alabama, North and south Dakota
With acreditable showing, anu Indian
Territory.
The procession closed with the posts
" the department. OF Potomac and
naval veterans.
The Cholera in nussin,
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