The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-14
THIRD EDITION.
NEARING THE END.
The Next q. A. X. Encan,pment WIN be
Held mt Louisville, Ky-liany Old
Soldiers Return to their Homes.


PrrrsBuRG, Sept. Is. 1894. When the
parade was over on Tuesday many of |
the veterans, tired out, took tn first |
train for their homes. consequently .
there WIS a considerable decrease In |
the floating population to-day and IL |
was possible to walk the streets with;
out being crowded off the sidewalk. 1t .
would be an impOssibllity to describe
Pittsburg on Tuesday night.
ALI the streetsH were abla2e with !
eleotric lights and some OF the designs !
were artistic and beautiful. At one |
place thers was magnificent Grand |
Army badge, composed OF probably
thousands electric lights which attract
ed oonsiderable attention There never
was before, such display Of flags
and bunting, and the old soldiers were
never treated better in any place they
have heret ofore met. Excellent meals
could be obtained at from 25 to so cents
but lodgings were higher unless a per-
son chose to go to the places provided
by the committee where they could be
secured free of charge.
Too much cannot be said In praise of
the Pittsburg Press Club. whose large
and handsome building at No. $40
Smithtield street was open day and
night to all newspaper men who
called. Every courtesy was extended
TO visitors. and If they wanted any.
thing to eat or drink all they had to do
was to touch the button, and a walter
appeared as II by magic, and the order
was promptly filled. Colonel Henry
Waterson, OF Louisville, Ky. with
about 300 delegates from that city,
were entertained Oh Monday night by
the club. and the festivities lasted
until O'Clock Tuesday morning.
The men from Kentucky were we'll
pleased and the only complaint they
had. was that they were obliged to
drink Monongahela whlskeY instead
of native Bourbon, on which they had
bean raised. They were however.
abundantly supplied with excellent
Milwaukee beer, which In some degree
took the place OF the Bourbon. The
d. club house has been the headquarters
of newspaper men from almost every
btzte In the Union, and all enjoyed It's
hospitality, and the cordial request to
make yourself at home and call for
anything you want" Each guest was
given card on which his name was
inscribed which was an open sesame
to the theatre and other places OF
amusement.
Each day a select com pany would
gather around the lunch tabla and ex-
change stories. among them being
one which IL worthy OF publication,
told by victorian correspondent, who,
during the war, was on ono OF Admit
raj Porters ships on the Mississippi.
He said that at that time Grant was in
front of Vtcksburg and considerable
CON plant had been made to President
Lincoln about his inactivity. he was
urged to remove Grant but as he had
implicit confidence in him declined to
do SO but finally agreed to appoint u
commission to visit the scene OF the
hostilities and carefully examine into
the matter General Thomas was one
OF tho commissioners, and on his de-
oision the result depended. lie made
his headquarters on Admiral Potters
ship. but did not make his business
known.
One night after an exhausting dny's
work he asked the admiral II he cou,d
get mint iullp. "Oh, yes" repled
the old sailor. Il will mix you one my.
sell" The drink was prepared and
swallowed ty the General with such
Satisfaction that he said: Porter. you
made great mistake In going Into
the navy. ne you would have IN 4de an
ID oil bartender. Give me another. ="
Thus lie went on until he had five or
six OF the seductive drinks, when he
said: Porter want to tell you some.
thing In strict contidence-our bust
nees here Is to Inquire into Grants in
a0llYity anu l have q paper In my
pocket from the President which, as
soon as | sign it, will remove him to
private life"
You are not going to sign it, are
your" inquired Porter.
Il dunno, but think shall" said
the General.
well all l have to say" replied Porter
is that II Grants men OF mine knew
your business here, none OF you would
ever ee you homes again as they all
worship Grant and place are m ost Inn
pile I confidence III him." 1t is needless
10 cay that he was not removed and Il
few days latter the country was cleo.
trihel by the news that Nicksburg waR
taken and large number OF mon and
arms captured. Hud Grant been re.
moved Mt TINT time who would have
led the Union armies to victory at
Appon alto :? Who would have effect he
reconstruction as he afterwards did
This 10 certainly case where tri
fling mutler, had great effect on the
history OF this country.
The eneampLnent met on Wednesday
morning In the Grand Opera House
when addresses Of welcome were made
by Governor Pattison and the Mayor
Of Pittsburgh and Allegheny. Com
manGer-iu Chief John g. j. Adams
presided, and shortly after the open
Tag presented his report. The report
Of Adiutant General Mech showed
that there are now, In good standing
In the q. A. r., 3bg .OS3 old soldiers /
decrease oil 9S.li0 during the past year
Thsre are 4bj posts less than at the
lest encampment. When the reading
was finished the commander in.chleI
remarked: These figures show that
the Grand Army OF the Republic has
reached the beginning OF the end, y
Col. Henry Watterson was intrOduc
cd, and from the reception lie recely
asH awrl. hFat B.. 4. 10,
CATION had improved the time IN
urging the claims Of Louisville, as the
next place of nesting. He said that
he represented the citizens OF that
Dlnce. who wera anxious to have the
old soldiers visit them. y GU did cal
on US once, some years ago, but at
that time we did not want you sllll
We tried to give you warm recep
zion. Now, however, things are chang
cd and you will tinu ouI pots boiling
and the lids of, while every latch
string VIII hang out Ills peTSuasl VI
sioquence hai ita effect, anu tho ayes
In iayor of Louisville were overwhel
ming. ST, Paul wanted tho enGamp.
msnt but will have to walt until at
leISt 1895. GommHnder-ln.Gh iel
Adams In his annual address spoke
sloquently on tho peuslou question
and claimed that the Old soldiers wert
mot fairly treated.
The finances OF the order we're ia
ported as being In good shape, an,
there IS more money in the treasur!
than there WAS one year ago Owe
e20l. 900 was expended during the yea
for the relief OF members.
Tue ex-prlsoners VI war had parad
yesterday afternoon. They numbere
about 1000, and were escorted by tn
Sons OF Veterans. lhe grand rucel
zion and banquet took place lust ever
ing In the Westinghouse building u
Brinton, 10 miles from tho city liner
was a great demand for tickets, al
but 5000 were issued. Among Ihos
present were Governor FattIsUn. Co
srnor Mckinley, Confederate Geueri
John Il. Gordon and host OF 9th,
coIsbrltes
New Castle Base Halt
At Battery Park, Sew Castle, to.mo
row the Columbia A. g. team whlu