St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-05

The hardy, heop-pole yeomanry, with
their wives and children and other rel
atives, near and remote, form large
proportion Of the arrivals. 1t is real
live national Grand Army encamp-
ment within easy reaching distance;
and to keep away from 1t would be
worse than treason. And so they are
here in their
TENS OF THOUSANDS
with the prospects that their numbers
will be doubled before another sunset.
AS to-the veterans, the arrivals outside
of the state posts are hot by any means
up to expectations. A good many states
send less than half the total that had
been scheduled month ago as certain
to be here; while a few are likely to
make even poorer showing. LII the
encampment proper fully a hundred
delegates, if not more, will fail to an
swer to the roll call. Hard times and
the continued stringency of the
far Western states, is the
ascribable cause. But the crowds are
here. and even if there are quartette
of civilians to every veteran, IHdianap-
oils is just as we'll contented and happy.
Almost on the very spot in Military
park where, thirty-One years ago, the
citizens presented to Col. Harrison and
his newly organized Seventeen regi-
ment of volunteers the standards of
Indiana and the United States to cary
before them to the war, the eX-president
this afternoon dedicated Camp Wilder,
the name bestowed upon some 800 tents
n yrb nj hn of RI
soldier societies will be in full blast for
the remainder of the week.
About 5000 people participated in the
exercises, which included addresses 10y
w. A. Ketcham, Gen. John L. Wilder,
for whom the camp is named, and Gen.
HARRISON; patriot music by the band
and the raising of the stars and stripes
10 the top of a towering pole. When
the eX-preSldent was introduced he was
greeted with yolley of cheers that was
thrice repeated. He apol0gized to his
fellow citizens for having remained so
! long at the SeaShOre while they were
WORKING HARD
for the success of the encampment, adj
mitted that he felt in some degree "a
shirk." INDUCED in some interesting
"reminiscences regarding the park and
surrounding neighborhood in the days
of the war, and eu!ogized the bravery
and devotion 10 the country of the Indi-
ana troops. mo Indiana soldier" said
the eX-preSident, ''need be ashamed TO
open TO the world, in friendly cOmpeti-
tion, with the records of the sister
states, the story Of lndiana's
But the beauty of it all was
that the regiments from Indiana and
those from Illinois: and those from Ohio
were all gone. They were not Indiana's
soldiers, Ohio's or Illinois soldiers, but
soldiers of the United States. The
cause was one, the glory is one, and
visiting comrades from other states, We
are not here to eXait ourselves, but to
take your hands as comrades, and share
with you the glory of the greatest result
that was ever achieved by war i'll hui
man history. If there is any man any
where who does not honor the Union
veteran he does not live inilndianapoliS.
Ii there is any man anywhere who sus-
poets him, or who would detract in the
smallest degree from the merits OF his
service, lie is not here today. You will
not meet him OH our streets. If there
is any one who can ever find it in his
heart to speak i'll of the wounded or dis
abled veterans of the war. of the vete-
ran who has fallen by the way, after
brave struggles for near thirty years in
the pursuit of civil life, he does not live
here.
MY COMRADES,
these tents ABOUT us are pitched many
days march nearer home than those in
which you dwelt here III 1861. They
will stand but for day and vanish.
You 20 to your own homes, to the shelter
of those roOf-treeS and TO the COM
panionShip of those families from which
you separated yourself in time of war,
and to which you returned with an in
creased love and conservation. You
will go back to pick up the duties of
your citizenship with higher sense of
these duties, for the glory and the sweet
ness of this flag, than you had before
YOU came here 10 mingle with these
comrades. to listen TO these stirring
songs, and to stir each other by remem-
brances of those bloody days"
Now that gOodly proportion of the
men who make and unmake the rulers
| of the organization are on the ground,
! the woods are full of available candl-
/ dates for the office of commander-in-
chief. Tonight the list comprises Gen.
| 5. H. Hurst, Ohio: Capt. j. q. Il.
| Adams, Massachusetts: Gen. e. Burd
| Grubb, New Jersey. Edgar Allen, Vir-
| ginia: Charles Z. Lincoln, Washington:
| James A. Sexton, Chicago; Editor |. o.
| NJ /.
| Travis, Indianapolis. Hurst, who ap-
peared to be leading yesterday, has
encountered opposition from his own
state. Adams and Lincoln are prime
| favOrites, while the support of the 9TH
efS is confined to their own states.
1t is probable that the encampment
will endorse the action of Commander
Weissert in suspending Farnham post,
of New \ DIRK, for its action in adopting
| and circulating resolutions approving
/ the pension policy of the present ma
i tIonal administration. The question
4 will be referred to in the commanders
! report and resolution of approval Sls
| already been drafted by Philadelphia
| delegate. Report had it today that rep
| reSentatiyeS were in the city today for
the purpose of protesting against the
| treatment they had received. but
EFFORTS TO LOCATE
them were not successful. New York
| delegates say the effort would be use
| less, for they would be denied admiS-
sion to the floor of the convention.
At this afternoon session of the asSo-
| citation Of naval veterans a motion to
! incorporate the organization under the
laws of the state OF New York was
| defeated. The object OF the resolution
| was to enable the body 70 prosecute any
| of its officers who might be charged
with embezZlement or other Irregular
| tiles.
| Admiral Osborn announced that he
! received a letter from eX-PaymaStpr
Forfier. of Buffalo, who has been re
moved from office OH account of short
age in his accounts. i'll which he ex-
pressed his ability OF proving up clean
record by explaining where the money