The herald., 1895-09-12
VETERANS ON DRESS PARADE
The Blue and the Gray March Side
by Side
Fifty Thousand in Line, With the Thermom,
eter Registering o6---Two Ex-Confed-
crate Generals Lead the Procession


esting feature, although everything that
money or ingenuity could command in
the way of warlike designs were added to
the procession.
Thousands of "Johnnies" grew hoarse
and the ladies from Louisville and from
all parts of the south in brilliant dress
joined in the great chorus of cheers. 1t
was the general remark that there were
never so many old, lame and feeble men
in line, uut they proudly kept step and
"tramped, tramped, tramped, tramp
ed as if they we're boys still Marching
Through Georgia.
The silent ajority," Grant, Lee,
Sherman, Johnson, Sheridan and Jack
son and other leaders could today have
been no more at peace or have no more
good will 20 man thsn was felt and sin i
cerely expressed here today and scenes
were enacted that beggar all description
and wipe out the last vestiges of ectional
feeling.
The departments began forming early
under special orders to have the process
sion move promptly at 1880 a. m. The
Louisville Legion and cadets and the
streets and there was no delay. The
parade was headed some distance in front
of the first graud division by two distin-
guished x-confederates, on horse back 4,
Captain John H. Weller and Capital n
William K. Garrison.
They were dressed in black Prince AL
berts with silk hats and red, white and
blue sashes. They also wore red. white
and blue scarts and rosettes. Captain
Weller carried a large flag. Captain Gar
rison carried a large white banner of
peace mounted on a staff like the Stars
and Stripes carried by his comrades. In
place of the eagle on top Of the staff the
white banner had dove carrying an
olive twig designating peace and good
will to men.
The mum Der in line was estimated at
80, 600. The thermometer registered 90
ana half dozen veterans were overcome
with heat.
The procession moved on time to the
moment to the great satisfaction of hun
dreds of thousands of suffering people
along the line of march, as well as those
in line. The thermometer stood at SO
and the enthusiasm was equally high. One
hundred Kentucky horses were mounted
by the committee on parade and review,
and they made a chivalrous appearance.
When the white caps of the escorting
Columbia post of Chicago doomed up the
the streets opened the chorus OF cheers
for Commander Lawler and kept up the
cheering as the posts of the different de-
| partments passed the stands and street
intersections.
With General Lawler on the reviewing
stand we're Adiutant G. c. Jones, Quar-
termaster General j. w. Hurst, Judge
Advocate General Matt Hellister, senior
Vice Commander Burohfield Governor
Brown, Commander Fairchild of the
Loyal Legion, and they were received by
the following post staff commanders: 6.
S. Merrill OF Massachusetts, Robert
Beatty of Phiade phia and j. X. Palmer
OF New York.
Among the ex-commanders-n- CHI eff
who had seats on the stand were General
Weissert, Milwaukee; General Joseph
kountz, Toledo: General William NJ
Warner, Missouri; General John ?. Rea,
Minnesota; General J. B. Adams, Lynn
Mass; General R. B. Beath. Philadel-
phia; General ]. o. Palmer, New York
General Lucius Faiichild of Wisconsin,,
and George s. Merrill of Massachusetts.
The horse On which Captain c. e.
Nordstrom of the Tenth United States
cavalry was mounted slipped and fell,
breaking Captain Nordstrom left leg.
One OF the most serious cases OF pros
tration at the hospital is that of William
Of Missouri.
Many who were viewing the parade
fell from heat prostrations and the hos
pitfalls are well filled tonight.
The parade was over four hours pass
ing given point. 1t IS estimated tina
over 800, 600 people witnessed the demon
strstion.
| Grand Army veterans and their friends
to the mum Der of 1000 attended the grand
camp fire at Music hail tonight Hon.
| Henry Watterson made the address OF
welcome in behalf of the citizens COM
mittee. He spoke in part as follows:
Comrades, for under the suar-fowered
| flag of the union all who truly love it are
| comrades, in the name of city and state
bid you the heartIest welcome
Let the dead past bury is dead. You at
least have no reason to complain. You
| got away with as many of us as we got
away with you. The brave men who
have gone to heaven long ago settled the
account before that court where all il
! made right that go puzzles US here. God
reigns and the government of Washington
| still lives. That should satisfy us all. i
there is any more fighting to be done
let's go lick England and take Canada
| let's 60 lick Spain and take Cuba let s
| go lick creation and make the unspeak-
able Turk vote the American ticket w
! can do it. Shoulder to shoulder, witt
who shall stop us?
| No surrender; no Ireteuder.
| Pitted together IN many fray.
| Lions in fight and linked IN their might
| The north and the south will carry tn,
day.
| "All that is wanted in this great land o
ours is for the people-the plain people
as Lincoln called them-to realize from
Maine to Texas, from Florida to Oregon
| that there is nothing whatever to divide
| them. They are the same people.
This monstrosity out OF the way, tn
foolishness OF secession ont of the way
the nation having actually had its nes
birth of freedom, what but ignorance an,
| prejudice is to hinder the stalwart Amer
| lean in Minnesota from taking the han,
of the stalwart in Georgia and calm,
him brother? Both came from a common
| origin-good old Anglo-Suxon an,
! Scotch irish stock-and are welded to
Gether bv common interest and common
destiny
But pardon me, / did not mean to b
serious. This is an occasion for reIoic
ing, for merry making, not for reflection
| If anybody thinks he's not welcome
let hun. If there is dog that fails t.
Vag his tail for us, shoot him. We ar
glad to see you. We are glad you came.
Colonel r. t. Jacobs and Mayor lyle
made short speeches and then Genera
Lawler came forward. In the course o
his response he said:
Comrades, ladies and gentlemen, ev
erybony here in Louisville: / want to sa,
to you that | accept your welcome in tn
name of 200, 900 Grand Army men. Yo-
have given us d royal and loyal vel