St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-21
BUTLER In LINE.
The Old General Received With
Enthusiasm.

The Old General Received With
Enthusiasm.
The First Massachusetts division
evoked deserved applause all along the
route for their splendid appearance.
Like the New Workers their ranks were
compact and steady. The greatest in
terest was manifested when post from
Lowell came along, and right behind it
the familiar form of Gen. Butler, rest
ing easily in commodious open car
riage with his head barred, bowling right
and left to the throng which gave him
a tremendous ovation wherever he was
recognized. The children let themselves
out in song and yankee Doodle" filed
the air for several minutes.
New Jersey showed up we'll and kept
in good line. A feature of her display
was good-siZed mosquito perched on a
key labelled whisky" into which he
was trying to thrust his bill. Rhode
Island and Michigan presented a good
appearance, and their bands were par
tlcularly gorgeous and effective.
AT O'Clock in the afternoon the pro-
cesslon was still steadily progressing.
For the first time during the day the
popular ''Boom-de-ay" was heard,
and a Detroit band was the one which
could no longer resist the temptation.
Applause greeted the effort.
at this time the weather, which, to-
wards noon, had become warm and
clear, with bright sunshine for four
or five hours, changed again. and the
sun retired, the sky presenting the gray,
overcast appearance of the late fore
noon. Colorado and Wyoming marched
together, headed by small burro be-
stridden by a small boy, the Leadvllle
band and fawn following, behind
whom came several hundred we'll pre-
served, hardy-lOoking men from the
Rockies.
The Kansas veterans marched solidly
land well. about 1,500 strong, and every
man wearing large Sunfiower in his
coat lapel. The Indiana soldiers orphan
band was everywhere greeted with en-
thusiaSm. 1t led the Hoosier contin-
gent, which was quite large. Iowa's
brigade looked happy and contented as
1t trudged up the avenue, its individual
members carrying long green corn
stalks musket-fashion against their
shoulders. They sang as they walked
Marching Through Georgia" as the air
natural to the occasion and tine one they
sang.
Missouri's posts were exceedingly
well represented, and, though their
MEN, DerS QlQ not nave an opportunity
to march until late in the afternoon,
when the crowd had grown weary, their
leading posts received many manifesto
lions of appreciation of the fine appear
ance they presented.
And so the procession continued clear
until evening. Department after de-
partment, post after post, hearty men
and men on crutches. bands, drum
corps, bright, fresh, color-stained and
ragged battle flags, cheers, clapping Of
hands and waving of handkerchiefs. the
swelling of bOsOmS, the outflowing of
eyes that would become moist, the
twitching of lips that refused to be
still, and the growth of that spirit which
would impel the meanest mortal to de-
fend the stars and stripes.
passed by, the grand parade of the
tWenty-SlXth annual encampment of
the q. A. r. was over, and was ready to
be written an unqualified success in the
pages of GA. K. history. In every way
it had equaled the expectations of it's
projectors. More men were in line than
at any other Grand Army parade. An
estimate close onto $4,000 men would
not be far from the mark. The crowd
which witnessed the parade was very
large, and the steadiness of its atten-
ton showed that, long as the parade
was, it was full of interest. By actual
count there were $50 bands. The
weather, though at times cloudy, was
free from rain, pleasant, and just warm
enough for the comfort-in fact, a typ
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