The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-11
Forty Thousand Old Soldiers in
the Pittsburg Parade.
The City Makes Much of the
Nations Defenders.
ALL ALONG THE LINE
The Marchers Are RECALLED With
Lemonade.
Emergency Hospital Tents to
Care for the Tired.

PITTsBURG, Sept. 11.-Forty thousand
men who fought to save the union
marched through the cities OF Pittsburg
and Alleg heny today. The old familiar
war tunes to which they and their com
rades rushed to victory or to death filed
the air and echoed back from the sur
rounding hills.
The music made their hearts beat as in
the stirring times of thirty years ago and
brought The flush Of patriotism and cour-
age to their cheeks. But while they
stepped out boldly and hravely, they
could not straighten their bent forms nor
conceal their gray hairs and furrowed
cheeks. They aided their aged limbs
with walking canes, while here and
there IN the line of blue, came a com
rade on crutches. They marched no
more beneath the yaWning muzzles Of
frOwning cannon. but past battery after
battery Of bright eyes while the fair
enemy waved white handkerchiefs and
applauded with shrill sweet voices
On every street corner and vacant lot
rose tier after tier Of human faces, and
as the veterans passed cheer after cheer
greeted them. Every window along the
route, The fire escapes and roof tops were
crowded, While the sidewalks were
packed solidIy from the building line to
the wire ropes stretched along the curb
to prevent interference with the free
movement of the parade of the grand
army Of the republic.
The decorations of the two cities were
most lavish. 1t was stated by men who
attended many previous encampments
that while Individual dis plays may have
excelled in other cities, they had
never seen decorations on such a gener-
Gus and general scale. Hardly 4 dwell
ing, no matter how poor. or how far from
the route of parade. but at least had IA
flag and usually a display Of bunting
well, while the business houses in every
part of the cities made gorgeous show
ing.
This was probably the last time the
veterans would turn out in such force, as
it is seriously contemplated by the @. A
r. officials, in view of the advancing age
and intrmities of the mem bers, to aban-
don this most attractive feature of the
national encampment
Governor PattisOn, Of Pennsylvania,
with his staff and a number of notable
men and women from all parts of the
country, occupied the reviewing stand in
Allegheny park, and saluted each divis-
ion as it swung around and passed in re-
view.
The arrangements for the conf Jrt of
the marchers were excellent Al short
distances apart were stationed emergency
hospitals, with the red cross huttering
before the door. while all along the route
were men with cool water and lemonade
lOE the f5lCE0uG-
1t is impossible to form any accurate
estimate Of the spectators who witnessed
the parade today. Every available inch
along the route was packed; every side
street was jammed full for q hundred
yards back and the house tops for blocks
were hidden by thousands Of applauders.
A rough estimate is that between 500.-
600 and 600, 900 people saw the parade.
OF this number 100000 came over the
railroads 100000 arriving this morning.
The almost innumerable lines Of electric
roads running to thickly settled suburbs
within a radius Of fifteen miles brought
many more
out ia force, but few being seen out of
line while the parade was moving.
The weather was perfect The sky
put on its deepest blue tint relieved
here and there BY white heecy clouds
Henry Paul, a member Of West Vir-
ginia post was struck by Birmingham
electric car and injured, but not seri-
or1afxv