The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-09-14
Legions of the North Paraded
Streets Of the Sunny South.
AND PEACE WAS WITH THEM
Grand Army Divisions Fell in Behind
Gallant Ex.COnfcdcratcs Bear.
ing the olive Branch.

| Louisville, Sept. 11.--After all the 9TH
err demonstra tons of the week the pa
| rade today was the event of the 18th
| annual encampment Of the G.. A. r., as
| of all former encampments. The vet
Grams themselves were the most inter-
esting feature, although everything
| that money or Ingenuity could COM
mand in the way of warlike designs
were added to the procession. Thou
| ands of "Johnnies'' grew hoarse in
cheering the Yankees along the way,
and the ladies of Louisville and from
all parts of the south, in brilliant dress,
| Joined in the chorus OF cheers.
| In accordance with the resolution
adopted last year by the council of
administration the route of march was
| limited to 26 squares, or a distance of
two miles and quarter, complaints
having been made that the routes here
| tofore chosen were too long for the vet
Grams, who are yearly getting more fee
BILE and less able to stand a long march
in the heat Of the day. The early morn
ing trains from interior points Of the
state, as we'll as from Indiana, Illinois
| and Ohio, brought tens of thousands
of spectators, and these, added to the
hundreds Of thousands already in the
| city, made the central streets well-nigh
impossible. Ample police arrange
ments, however, had been made, the
| roadway over which the parade was to
pass had been roped off, and altogether
the arrangements for the proper move
mPnf of the
Numerous public reviewing stands had
been erected along the line Of march,
and every seat was occupied long be-
fore the time appointed for the process
sion to move.
Inc veterans were aroused at half
past o'clock by national salute of Al
guns, fired from Captain David Castle
mans battery of the Louisville legion.
at Phoenix hill. By o'clock the citi
zens' committee was assembled and
mounted, while the Grand Army band
of Canton, Ohio, and the Louisville
Legion drum corps awakened enthusi-
asm about the city hall square with in
spring music and tattoos. At half
past the firing of one gun from Phoe-
nix Mill gave the signal for the first di-
vision Of the column to form, and half
II.
comprising the commander-in-chief
and staff, his escort the Columbia post
of Chicago, the citizens committee and
poard OF managers, the mayors Of Lou
| 1sville, Jeffersonville and New ALBANY.
and the visiting governors and their
Stairs, were en- route from the Calf
house to the locality assigned them.
Every division was in readiness at
1915, but it was not until Is minutes
later that the firing Of three guns from
Phoenix hill gave the signal for the
head Of the column to move
GRAND CAMP FIRE.
Grand Army veterans and their
friends to the number of 1000 attended
the grand campfire at Music hall to-
night. An elaborate program had been
prepared and it was carried out to the
delight and entertainment of all the
people present. The campfire opened
with Marching Through Georgia
played by a military band.
hon. Henry Watterson, editor of the
LOUISVILLE Courier-Journal, then made
the ADDRESS Of welcome in behalf of
the citizens committee. Mr.. Watterson
was frequently interrupted during his
speech with applause and when he fin.
lsned the building fairly shook with
cheers. Will
Colonel r. T. Jones made a short
speech OF welcome both to Louisville
ana MS comrades and Commander in
ChleI LAWYER responded. Loud and
long applause greeted General I.aw1or
when ne came forward. IN the course
oI ms response he said: Comrades
ladies, children. evervhody