Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-19

Department Commander W. NJ Snyder ar
| rived with 200 men from the Department O
Alabama Their quarters have not been a.
signed.
TIE CROWD INCREASED.
The crowd increased steadily a. the day wor,
on. and from O'Clock till late at night the sta
ton was filled with sitting crush of human
beings. The greater part Of the crowd wer,
people who had assembled out Of curiosity
10 see the veterans arrive. II wa
o fruitful source Of discomfort and annoyanc,
to the members Of the various committees WHIT
had In charge the reception of the posts, as vel
as the tourists themselves. who were pressed OF
all sides. Only when once in a while a bant
passed the building was there room to move
about At such times the crowds surged out e
the street, leaving the station almost vacant
but making walking in the street almost impos-
sible.
The ushers at the waiting rooms had thei,
hands full keeping passage way open for pas
sengers.
70 a reporter for The STAR one OF them said
This Is the worst l have ever SEEN We
haven't had such jam since have been on
the road. Even ut the Inauguration it was not
90 bad. for then the greater parsof the crowd was
constantly in motion, but now at least half OF
them keep in the same place and more are con-
stantly coming. But You can't keep them out.
They say that they want to meet friends; 90
what can We do?''
There we're no thefts reported, though sew
ernl parcels were lost about the station, owing
tolcareessness on the Part Of the owners
It Is said that the western roads are 90 pushed
for cars that they are forced to refuse to sell
any more tickets Mt present. This is caused by
the great demand for cars in the nearer states,
1t is expected that enough cars can be soon
procured, as long trains are now being rushed
to points OF distribution. Men are arriving in
greater number singly than posts, a hundred
ling i'm ma fro in fvDv Ill
or four states.
The station was very warm and close all day,
and in the evening when the gas was lighted il
became much more So
SLIGHT CASUALTIES.
Two ladies tainted, but recovered sufficiently
to go to their hotels very soon. One veteran
strained his back so seriously on the train that
be was taken to the Citizens Hospital in the
ambulance.
During the afternoon the following posts ar
rived: Phoenix. No. 5, forty-tive men. and
Post Commander English Williams Post, No.
so. from Marblehead, Mass. with sixty-eight
men. With these came ten members Of Grant
Camp, No. 5, Sons Of Veterans Of Philadelphia,
under Capt. Lansston.
Hancock Post, No. 105, under Commander
Shell, with fifty men from Montreal, Canada.
Rankin Post, No. 10. Of Brooklyn, with $50
men and a band: Rockland Post. No. 10, of
Rockland. Mass, with thirty men and Com.
mander Carney. Their quarters are at Camp
Farragut. Sheridan Post. No. II, of
Oak Park, ILL.,, Commander Cook
Hotel Dumbarton. Fifty men Of Buell.
Post Of Delphi. Ohio. quarters at Camp Alger
Haight Post, No. 2G, with $50 men under Com
mander Sherwood. from Corning, N. Y, quar-
tiers at Garfield barracks. The post marched to
the barracks with their own full brass band.
WILL STAY on THEIR CARS.
At n late hour a train from Michigan brought
seventy-fve men. who will use the train during
the encampment for quarters. They were
Grant Post. No. CT, Of Bay City; Cora Granger
Post, No. SO, Of Saginaw; Donncly. No. 307, OF
Saginaw; Morgan Grange Post, No. 375. OF
Saginaw, and Favour Post, No. lS1. of Milford.
Sill later came John Brown Post, No. lS5. o.
Detroit, thirty men, under Commander Smith
j. A Garfield Post of Lowell, Mass, quarters
ut 1886 street northwest.