The Dickinson press., 1892-09-24
VETERANS MARCHING.
Many Thousands OF Old Soldiers Again
Fall In Line.

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Many Thousands OF Old Soldiers Again
Fall In Line.
1t was the intention to have the head OF
the long procession start promptly at $50
o'clock, but 1t was not until halfhour
later that the commanding general and his
staff arrived and delay followed owing to
the dense crowd ana confusion incident to
bslated posts arriving. ltWas past 10 o'clock
when the word OF command was given by
Gen. Palmer and the parade started off to
the accompaniment of burst of music and
shouts of many voices. The parade was led
by the Old Guard band of this city in white
and red uniforms, covered with wilder
ness of aiguelettes, gold cords and trim
mings. Behind came the Old Guard itself
i'll tour companies OF double columns,
dressed in neat uniform with headgcar
ot black waving shukos. Then came the
Albany City band, blowing and humping
the liveliest sort OF music, just i'll front
of banner on which was q
picture of Gen. Palmer, held
aloit by four sturdy in:antrymcn,
to the rear OF whom trod the Albany guard
with their colors Haunting deiiantly to the
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superbly mounted men came next. above
which waved the headquarters tlag of vel
low silk with the q. A. II. emblem emblaz-
oned upon its center. The procession,
after sweeping around the east front at the
capitol, marched down the lill to the
Peace monument, where it was met by the
citizens committee in black irock coats
with silk hats and unusually we'll mounted.
The procession then swung into the finest
parade street in the word-Pennsylvania
avenue-and was on its way down that
thoroughinrc marching between mass OF
people cheering, waving hats and i'll every
way giving vent to pentup enthusiasm.
THE ORDER OF PARADE
was US follows: Citizens committee, escort
OF commanders in chief, old guard at WASH
inglon. Grand Army battalion of Albany,
ommander-in-chie' junior vice command
er-in-chiei, senior vice commander-in-chlef,
official staff oi communicative chief aides
de-canlp to commander chief, escort to
the Grand Army, First de enders Sixth
Massachusetts,. United States Veteran Sig
nal association, departments of Illinois. de-
partment OF Wisconsin. Illinois had the
I place O honor in the parade being next 10
headquarters. The department command
cr was Edwin Har,au.
Wisconsin occupied the second division in
the parade, with more men than she ever
had be ore i'll an cncampmcnt parade aud
Was headed by Department Commander
Col. Z. b. Wellon, Coinrade Sutherland
carrying "Old Abe, !" the Iamous war eagle
that WAS carried through the whole war by
the Eighth WISCONSIN, regiment; Theodore
Rcil carrying Il badger, cmblcinatic OF Wis
conSin's shield, and Doc Aubury, the orig
inul ncwsboy .; the Iron Brigade. carrying
number of the identical newspapers he
had remaining unsold at the close OF war.
Pennsyivaniu's department. which fol-
lowed, was certainly the largest in the line
OF the procession. and according to the
figures Of The adju,unt general l5, lO2 old
soldiers announced their intention to fol-
low The headquarters flag to the end If the
march. The Pennsylvania uniform was
natter than most o. the others, cmbody-
ing, rs it did, u white vest, black tie aud a
fatigue cup. The department was separa, cd
into divisions OF u tritic less than /, 800 men
each.
Next came the department of Ohio, head
ed by Gen. l. +. Mack oi Sundusky. The
most conspicuous figure i'll the column was
EX-PnEsIDENr HAYES,
who marched with the men. Ohio had a
large representation. The department OF
| thr Empire State was accorded an ovation
were Slocum, Reynolds, Sickles. Howard
and manv distinguished men. The column
was headed by Department Commander I.
l.. Poole, Root, Post 15l and the Lily pos,
G6. both of syracuse was his escort with GOO
men. The department paruded in ten
brgadcs the first and second composed ell
tirely oi New York city posts and the third
Brooklyn and Kings county men.
Connecticut was the sixth in the line ol
parade, .ollowin. New York. AT the head
Of the column was Department Commander
| ii. Il. Snlth. There were twenty-eight
posts IN this department, ag.rcgating about
=, 5U0 meU.
The department of Massachusetts follow
ing was remarkable not only rom its size,
and drum corps OF which there were iullv
fifty. Gen. Butter was one of the notable
ti.i,rcs III the line. The march was pro.
nounced by ali who saw it to be one OF the
finest ait, most thoroughly eqaipped bodle.
in the pnra'ic. Seventy posts, representing
the department o New York, formed tn,
next contingent. Maine was we'll repre-
sentcd with Ii teen posts. One Of the
OLDEST MEN IN THE PARADE
came along i'll this department. njamiI
FcrGold, eighty two years old. The Cali
tornians who came next were all mounted
and carried crimson silk banner, with tn,
picture OF u grizzly bear Department Com
mnnder J. B Fails had fourteen posts, anc
the admirable riding of the men was til,
subject of general comment. Rhode Islant
haa six cen posts in line New Hampshir,
made fine showing with seven posts. Tn,
Green Mountain Stat. turned out wenty-on,
posts, with bits OF cedar in the hats of til,
men The department of. Virginia ant
North Carolina marched 7UO men in line
The Farragut post Of Portsmouth and the
Phil Kearncy Post of Richmond ere at tllt
head OH either side. The latter post is com.
posed Of about onc-hal colored men. There
were thrty-;wo posts in this department.
and tile :eaturc OF this column was the ap.
pearancco u large number OF the old war.
worn veterans belonging to the soldiers