New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-04
GATHERING or THE TE7ERdNS
TRAINS FILLED WITH THE OLD SOLDIERS A.
IRVING At iNGIANAPOLIs-AN M
pgEssIyE SERVICE.

r,a,.ranolis Sept tSpeciaD.-Those attending
the Grand Army Encampn ent began to arrive to-
dav In large numbers. The departments VI ieAass
John W. Parks, commander ana OF west W.
gina Anthony Smith COMMANDER are nero. me
Texans designate their headquarters as usual With
a pair OF steers horns, measuring seven ieet ana
seven inches from tip to tip. which Is three inch>o
,oruor tho, tho nair they exhibited last yeoR.
The frat nosts to arrive in a body were the Frank
r. Blair and the Harding posts OF ST. Louis They
marched up the streets past the monument Win
A band from Wausau. Wisconsin inc BAR Po"
had two hundred members and the Harhihg severn
ty-fve They took up free quarters III large od
comfortable schoohouse.' The late afternoon
trains were filed with arriving veterans
The Naval veterans attended church this morning
at the Tabernacle. and participated In II most In.
pressiye service moving many TO tears. EN-Prel'
dent Harrison in the congregation. wallace
Foster tho totally deaf veteran, who mas done 20
much TO induce the young to reverence inc nag.
addressed the congregation briefly but eloqueHty
upon his favorie topic. unfurling large SIX nag
as he spoke The audience burst out with applause
~ the hands which though he could hear,
he could see He acknowledged the applause ny
bow The choir sang "Tenting Tonight on the Old
Camp Ground" and the organ was made TO sound
the bugle call family and more family after each
stanza The effect was touching in the extreme,
and General Harrison was visibly moved. Many
OF the veterans IN the auflence Nept lfcely.
The proceedings tomorrow include the dedication
OF Camp John r. Wilder. amed for the leader Of
the famous Wilders Brigade. The speakers in
clude Benjamin Harrison. General Wilder. Com
mander-in-C hief eissert and Chairman Lilly AZ
night occurs the welcome reception I'm Tomlinson
Hall the Official visitors, when General Harrison
will deliver the address and General Weissert will
respond. The latter will be presented with hand.
some badge from his aids the presentation speech
being made by Colonel Davis s. Brown. OF New
York city senior aid
Commander-in-Chi ef Weissert. whose address will
deal largely with the pension question said tonight
in an interview: 1T outrage to stop tho
pensions without giving the old soldier chance to
show that he was riehtflv entitled TO what he got
from the Government for the sacrifices he made At
the expense OF life and limb. The pension should
not have been stopped until IT proved that the
pensioner unworthy Of relief or that he haq
obtained the pension by fraud The matter Of
pensions will. Of course. be important one b.
tons think this will be one OF the most N:
terpsting Encampments ever held by the Grand
Army" =.
The electric illumination OF the great monument
tonight attracted 20 90 people to the circle. now
known as Monument Place. The incandescents are
strewn about the pedestal to outline the
monument and search-iqhts bring out the crown.
ing figure. The fiag the American shield wreaths
SPRAYS etc were pictured in electricity Of varying
coors The New England delegations are arriving
tonight.