Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-12
THOUSANDS IN LINE.
NEARLY FIFTY THOUSAND OF THE
OLD SOLDIERS WE'RE IN
THE PARADE.
several Campnres Held in Dinerent
Part. of the city During
the Evening.

Louisville, sept. lin spite Oh thS
excessive heat and the saddening et-
feet Of the awful calsson explosion IN
the early morning. the exercises OF TINS,
the biggest day OF the Grand Army
encampment, was success.
The parade with nearly 10000 men IN
line, was witnessed by between two
and three hundred thousand people
on the reviewing stand with COM
mnnder in Chief LAWYER was Adjutant
General G. c. Jones, Quartermaster
General j. " Burt. Judge Advocate
General Matthells. Senior Vice Com
mander Burchtield, Governor Brown,
Commander Falrchlld. of the Loyal
Legion. and Post Commanders q. ;,
Merrill OF Massachusetts,; Robert
Beattie. OF Pennsylvania, and John L.
Palmer, Of New York. The most not
able OF the number Of the camp hies
held this evening was the one az Mu-
sic hail, where several thousand vet
Grams and others listened to a patriotic
welcome address by Hon. Henry wat
terson.
Gen. Lawler estimated the number
Of veterans In line in today's parade at
$4,000. This makes the Louisville pa
rade the greatest for i've years.
The thermometer stood at SO and
there was much suffering among the
older men I'm line. quite a number OF
the veterans became exhausted and
had to retire from the ranks. SIX
were so prostrattd by heat they wero
taken in ambulances to the hospital,
but none are considered seriously pros
trnted.
The first men to be overcome by heat
were four Of the famous Columbia
post Of Chicago. They were n. w.
Martin, o. f, Bascom, S. w. Walters
and John Carver. Just as the post,
which was In the first division, passed
Fourth and Green streets, the men
faltered and In rapid succession broke
down They were all caught before
they fell and taken to n barber shop.
where several OF the ambulance corps
went to work on the semi-unconscious
men and soon brought them around.
They were then sent to their hotels in
nm ambulance. William TOomer OF
Mlllgan, H., and j. =. O'Nelll OF the
Soldiers Home at Dayton, were also
Frustrated and cared Tor by the hos
pltal corps. The horse OF Captain John
Avery OF New York, slipped and fell,
throwing the captain TO the pavement.
lie lay apparently unconscious, but as
soon as he revived he remounted and
fell In line.
The horse on which Captain q. II
Nordstrum OF the Tenth u, 5, cavalry
was mounted, slipped and fell, pmnlng
Nordstrum's leg under him. The ann
bulance corps was called and Captain
Nordstrum was taken to his home,
Upon examination Il was found that
! his leg was broken. One of the most
serious cases Of prostraton at the hos
! pital Is that OF William Janeck, COM
mander Of the department of Missouri.
/ John Thdnas, member OF a Michigan
| post, fell and cut u deep cash In his
head.
| James II. Doyle, OF Lawrencebury,
l KY, post, was assaulted by thieves.
| His right shoulder was broken. j. p.
oil ,rl. a t.,t. Al
| ment OF Missouri, fell from exhaus-
tlon, Colonel William II. Gill. vice.
| commander OF the department
OF the Potomac, fell from
| exhaustion; also Henry Bowen, OF the
( Philadelphia Old Guard; Colonel Cert
| Hart, Of Plttsburg; A. II. Dixon, Day
/ ton, Ohio ana II. =. Herbert, SPRING
! Held, Mass.
Many who were viewing the parade
| fell from heat prostrotion and the hos
| pitfalls are well filled tonight
II was 3;i5 D. m. when the post
passed the reviewing stand. and half
| longer before ranks were broken. The
parade was over four hours In passing
u given point, and the boys were
| marching over i've hours while II was
six hours from the time they formed in
| divisions before they disbanded. II is
estimated that over 100000 witnessed
| the demonstrations.
| Grand Army veterans and their
friends TO the number OF 1000 attended
| the grand camp Are at Music hall to-
night, Like all other buildings IN
J Louisville, the hall was deliberately
decorated, and every one was just bulb
! bling over with patriotism and enthu-
sasni. An elaborate program had been
| prepared and II was carried out to the
delight and entertainment OF all pres.
ent The camp fire opened with
| "Narchlng through Georgia" played
BY a military band. The Hon. Henry
! Wntterson. editor Of the I.oulsvllle
Courler-JournSl then made tho wel-
coming address In behalf OF the clti-
gems committee
MT Watterson was frequently inter-
fupted DURING his speech by applause
and when he finished the building fair
~ shook with the cheers that were
given for him.
Colonel X. 7 Jacobs made short
speech OF welcome IN behalf OF the
Louisville comrades and Commander
in-Chief I. q, LAWYER responded Be-
fore General l.awler came upon the
platform he was addressed by Mayor
Taylor who In n short Informal speech
presented him with the KEYS 10 the city
Loud and prolonged applause greeted
General Lawler az he came forward.
{ When General LAWYER had finished
! thore were number OF musical sclec.
( pona, recitauons and songs after which
I there was general r0und-un" and
\ the camp FIRE was vt an end.
Al the camp are at Phoenix Pin Park
1 tonight over so,00h people We're present.
| Congressman Walter Evans prcaidine
| The music and reelsations were excsi-
! lent, Speeches were made by Afarna-
! duke Bowden, j. NJ. Thayer. Nebras-
ka, J. u. Campbell, Ohio, and others
| after the main adiress Of the evening
/ by General simon Bolivar ilucknef. cS-
governor OF Kentucky ana the COM
! manGer of the eonfederates at Fort
Donaldson and elsewhere.
| General Buckner's speech was TO-
! peatcdly and enthusiastically ,hcere,l
/ BY the Federal veterans. General
bnckner had been In the parade during
the day and described his feeling In 4
most impressive manner In living 10
zee the DAY Tor such confirmation OF
the reunlting OF the people a. weIl AZ
OF the states,
Al tho National Pack carp IRE the