Connecticut western news., 1893-09-07

There Are Thousands of Men Who Wore
 the Blue at IndianapoIis-A Speech by
 General Harrison-The Big Parade Was
 an Inspiring Sight.
 INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 4.-The national en- eampment of the Grand Army of the Re- public opened here today with the recep- tion of thousands of veterans. The city is full of them, and Generai Carnahan, who is grand marshal of Tuesday's parade, fig ures that he will have over 50,0o0 veterans in line.
 INDIANAPOLIS, Sept 5.-Thousands of griZzled veterans were in line today, and the great parade is, as it was expected to be, one of the most notable in the history of the Grand Army. With the beginning of today's parade the encampment was in full blast.
 It was an inspiring sight, and the throngs who viewed the long lines shouted themselves hoarse in their enthusiasm.
 Commander in Chief Weissert had ap- pointed 2,oOo aids for this parade, who rode on horseback.
 The men marched in platoons of 12, four paces apart, and it required almost seven hours for the procession to pass given point.
 A feature of the parade were salutes from artillery along the line, which was in charge of the German Veterans associa- tion and the Indianapolis Light artillery.
 Camp wilder Dedicated.
 Ex-President Harrison dedicated Camp Wilder, the name bestowed upon some 800 tents in which reunions of regiments and old soldiers societies will be in full blast for the remainder of the week. About 5000 persons participated in the exercises, rzs IL zI. .la.l I am, General John T. Wilder, for whom the camp is named, and General Harrison, and patriotic business and the raising of the stars and stripes. When the ex-president was introduced, he was greeted with vol ley of cheers that was thrice repeated.
 He apologized to his fellow citizens for having remained SO long at the seashore, indulged in some interesting reminis- cences regarding the park and surrounding neighborhood in the days of the war and eulogized the bravery and devotion to their country of the Indiana troops. No Indiana soldier" said the ex-presi- dent, "need be ashamed to open to the world, in friendly competition with the rec ords of the sister states, the story of Indi- ana's part in the great rebellion. But the beauty of it all was that these regiments from Indiana, and these from Illinois, and 1ucSc lIOul OulO NtTt stil Oue lncy WtTt 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 are not here to exalt ourselves. but to take your hands as comrades and share with you the glory of the greatest result that was ever achieved by war in human history. My comrades, these tents about us are pitched | many days march nearer home than those in which you dwelt here in 1861. They will stand but for a day and vanish You go to l your hoIhes, to the shelter of those roof trees and to the companionship of those families from which you separated yourself in time of war and to which you returned with an increased love and conservation. You will go back to pick up the duties of your citizenship with a higher sense of these duties, of the glory and sweetness of this flag, than you had before you came here to mingle with these comrades, to lis ten to these stirring songs and to stir each other by the remembrances of those bloody days"
 | Commander In Chief Candidates. Now that goodly proportion of the men who make and unmake the rules of the or | ganization are on the ground, the woods are full of available candidates for the office of commander in chief. The list comprises the following:
 General s. N. Hurst, Ohio; Captain J. G. B. Adams, Massachusetts; General k. Burd Grubb, New Jersey; Edgar Allen, Virginia; Charles P. Lincoln, Washington, and James A. Sexton, Chicago. While, how ever, all these have their local supporters, the real contest remains between the orig. | inal candidates-Captain J. G. B. Adams of Massachusetts and General s. N. Hurst of Ohio.
 The only place SO far mentioned for the next encampment is Lincoln, Neb. | The Farnbam Post Affisir. It is probable that the encampment will | indorse the action of Commander Weissert in suspending Farnham Post of New York for its action in adopting and circulating resolutions approving the pension policy of | the present national administration The | question will be referred to in the com mander's report, and resolution of ap- proval has already been drafted by Phila- delphia delegate. Report has it that rep resentatives of the suspended post were in the city for the purpose of protesting | against the summary treatment it had ex- i perienced, but efforts to locate them were not successful. The New York delegates say that the efforts would be useless, as they would be denied admission to the floor | of the convention
 | Ten thousand people packed Monument place and the adjacent blocks to witness the inaugural electrical illumination of the | soldiers monument.