Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20

persons Inc route CT lnafch looked Ike
an immense amphitheater Many hun
dreds of the boys had become worn out,
and watched th.ir comrades in the line
of march. The following were among the
State departments appearing: Depart
ment of Indiana. with 124 posts the larg-
est number of any department: Kentucky.
with 80 posts, Illinois. 30; Alabama, =;
Delaware. l; Iowa, >: Kansas. >: Louis
lana. IL; Maine. L. Maryland, =; Massa
chuSetts. >: Michigan, /; Minnesota, .;
Missouri. 10: New Hampshire. l New
Jersey. -; New York. >: Ohio 80: Penn
sylvania. IL: Vermont. ,; West Virginia.
>: Wisconsin. ,; Oklahoma, l; Washing
ton. u. c.. ); Oregon, Idaho and Wash
in-ton. l post each.
The browning feature Of the encamp-
ment was the great kentucky barbecue
and burgoo feast, at which over POO, 900
participated.
Notes of the EuCarnpment.
When the citizens had put the finishing
| touches to the street decorations and the
| triumphal arches both the residence and
| the business districts presented beauti
full appearance.
The Iowa boys took along the 4. O. L.
| W. band of thirty-ive pieces from Cedar
| Falls. Col. j. X. Thompson. department.
| commander, with his staff. was with the
| delegation.
Two special trains were necessary 10
take Wisconsin delegation.
Maryland sent good crowd and they
| had a cracking band which played with
much vim Maryland. Ny Maryland"
| One of the most pleasing incidents of
the encampment was the presentation 10
| Commander-in-chief LAWYER by the aides
| de camp on his personal staff of one of
the finest diamond badges ever made in
! this country. More than $1,000 was thus
| collected and the order for the badge was
| placed in the hands OF one of the most
| famous jewelry firms in the country.
| The badge is said to he one of the hand.
soonest pieces of work of the kind ever
made 1t is solid gold and imb@lded in
| the metal are several large diamonds and
other precious stones All of the en-
| blemS of the order are engraved on il,
and on the reverse side is an appropriate
inscription giving the date of presenta-
ton and other data.
At different times during the week six
! national conventions were in session.
| These comprised the national encamp-
ment of the Grand Army and the ma
| tional sessions of the Woman's Relief
| Corps. Ladies' of the Grand Army. Ma
| tiona Association of Naval Veterans.
| National Association Daughters of Vet
Grams. and National Association OF Union
| ex-Prisoners of War. In addition to
| these events there were q score or more
| of camphres. at some of which eXPreSi-
| dent Harrison. Gov Mckinley. ex-Speak-
er j. Warren Keifer and other men Of
national reputation delivered addresses.
Each member from North Dakota ear
ried some sort of weapon fashioned out
of wheat straw in the biz parade.
About 900 Chicago veterans attended
while the State Ut large sent 1900 more.
Michigan and Indiana boys went down
together. much as they did thrty-tive
years ago. They had their own bands
and drum corps, and mustered big
crowd.
At the big Jeffcrsonville. Ind. camp
lire Gov. Claude Matthews. Corporal
| Tanner and Gen. Lew Wallace spoke to
1000 persons.
In the chapel at the Indiana prison
south forty-iive convict veterans held the
most unique campfire OF the week by
special permission Of Warden Hert.
The coat lapel buttons of the United
| Confederate Veterans were to be seen
on every hand. but their wearers acted
| as guides, philosophers and friends 10
| their guests of the week.
That latchstring concerning which the
brilliant Henry Watterson talked so elo-
| quently before the members of the Pitts
| burg encampment was very much in evil
| dence. Not one alone. but hundred of
| them. hanging on the outside.
| 1t is doubtful il the city ever before
entertained many guests. Certain it
| is. the town never before had within its
| limits SO many battle-scarred soldiers.
The reception by the Womans Relief
| Corps To Commander LAWYER was the
| leading social event of the week. Thou
| sands of both the blue and the gray at
tended. For two hours veterans and
| their wives paid their respects to the re-
| cciying party. 1t is said by veterans who
| have attended every cncampment that the
reception surpassed anything of the kind
ever held.
In the biz parade was the ole. war horse
| Ned. aged 10 years. His presc.lt owner,
| y. +. Crawford. of Northeast. Pennsyl-
vania. got possession of him thirty-two
years ago and says Ned was then 5 years
old. according to his mouth. Until five
years ago Ned did his share of the work
| on Mr.. CrawfOrd's enLsylyania farm.
| Ned was captured from Gen. Jubal Ear
| ly's corps near Washington. and was Civ
! en- to his present owner To replace an ami
nal which had been shot in skirrlsh.
| At the close of the war Mr.. CraWford left
| Washington on Ned's back. Ned has
| been conspicuous ut former encamp-
| nents. He gave out at Pittsburg In u
year. and in the Louisville parade he rode
OH Il float.
| The Chicago posts took the city by
| storm. The famous Columbia, that post
SO loved by Southerners, marched at once
! to the Gait House. and were wildly cheer
! ed as they passed through the streets.
| When they reached the hotel scores o. ex-
| Confederates bid them welcome ~ Ken
lucky, and the Chicago men were toasted
| and Toasted to rcpletion.
| IL is estimated that the Iliuos visit
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