The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-12
GRAND ARMY ON THE MARCH.
ENTHUSIASM OF THE LOUISVILLE
PEOPLE As THE VETERANS
SWING ALONG.


Mascot, Huge American Eagle, Is
set Free and Scars TO the skies.
Notwithstanding the Intense Heat,
the Veterans Went over the Entire
Route of Two and One-HaIf Miles.
Opening of the Encampment Prop
er at Night, and Caucuses on the
various Contests.
Louisville, Ky, Sept 11.-Fifty thous-
and ex-soldiers of the union army march
ed through the streets of this southern
ci,y to-day. At the head Of the advance
guard of the column stepped two Ken
tuckians who had enlisted in the confed-
crate service at the outset of hostilities
and fought to the last ditch One bore
aloft the stars and stripes, the other
silken banner of white, having in its CEN
ter a golden dove. and in its mouth an
olive branch. This was typihed THE EN-
blem of Peace" and the reunion, thirty
years after. of the victors and the van
quished.
Three hundred thousand people lined
the streets and windows and housetops,
and gave the marching hosts a reception
that will be memorable in Grand Army
annals and remembrances of which will
be carried by every participant therein 20
his last hour.
In these great throngs of spectators
were tens of thousands of those who
fought on the other side. and who, even
to-day, speak with pride of the fact that
they rallied under the stars and bars and
wore the gray that was so dear to south
ern hearts. These were the loudest in
their plaudits and were the
most viciferous in joining in
the chorus when the strains of Rally
Round the Flag and other national war
songs filed the air, and proudly the great
unarmed army received the plaudits Of
their one-time foemen. Full of sentiment
and pathos also were the demonstrations
OF the women folk when a manned or
crippled veteran came hobbling along.
For fully a mile in the aristocratic res
idence districts the streets were filled with
the fairest buds of a state of beautiful
women, with costumes of white adorned
with tri-eolored sashes or miniature
American flags.
These admirers, not content with the
waving of handkerchiefs and similar
feminine modes of greeting, showered
flowers on the heads of the aged and Grip
pied as they passed along.
From start to finish it was more the
home coming and passage of a victorious
army fresh from the battlefield than a
reunion of cohquered and conquerors
three decades later.
Owing to the railroad blockade and the
consequent delay in the arrival of many
of the posts that were to figure in the
line, it was not until nearly daylight this
morning that Col. Coe and his assistants
had completed the order of the divisions.
AT $50 o'clock five signal guns were
fired to awaken the veterans in the out
door camps and school houses, but the de-
donations had the effect of startling the
whole city and rafting the china in the
closets An hour later all vehicle traffic
in the district covered by the line of
march was stopped, the police roped off
the roadways from the sidewalks and the
department delegations and individual
posts began to form at the locations des-
ignated.
IN the meantime the sightseers had
commenced to turn out in a torrent and
sidewalks, windows and the public and
private stands with which the route was
thickly studded filled up like magic.
Owing to the complaints of the veterans
at previous encampments that they were
compelled to go over more ground than
their age or physical condition justified,
the line of march was limited to two and
half miles and the change was wise
one, for the heat was intense and the sun
beat down upon the unshaded streets
with remorseless fury
The head of the column formed at Shell
by and Broadway, close upon the spot
where the catastrophe had occurred a
Few hours before, and at 11:15 o'clock three
signal guns from Phoenix Hill gave the
signal that all was in readiness for the
grand parade
Upon the moment, Capt J. H. Weller,
bearing aloft a magnificent silken speci-
men of the stars and stripes, moved for
rn hnIafn Cpv
Harrison, holding high a banner emble-
matte of peace and good will
Chief Marshal Henry s. Cohn and the
members of the various citizens commits
tees followed on horseback, acting as es-
corts to the carriages containing Gov
Brown and staff and special guests. The
crack Columbia post of Chicago was next
in line as escort to Commander-in-Ch Chief
Lawler and the council of administra-
ton, who were mounted on splendid black
chargers. This completed the advance of
the column and the grand divisions fol-
lowed in regular order.
In the first were the departments and
posts of Illinois, Wisconsin and Penn
eylvania, Gov. Upham marching with the
post in the front rank of the Badger State
boys. In the second division the COM
rades from Ohio turned out in force and
1 behind them were the delegations from
3 New York state, of which the members
of John A. Dix post, attired fittingly for
q ballroom in black broadclOth suits and
white helmets, easily carried Off the hon
ors.- Features of the third division were
the Rhode Island contingent, looking
spick, span and comfortable in white duck
trousers and blue coats and the New
Hampshire delegation.
Between the two first posts four sturdy
veterans carried cage containing the de-
partment mascot, an immense white eagle,
which has been in captivity for seven
years. When the reviewing stand was
reached the top of the cage was Ioosened
and the bird. mounting to the upper rail-
gave an unearthly screech in celebration
Of freedom and scared to the skies.
Behind the Granite State contingent
came the department of the Potomac with
the famous Old Guard and it field band of
eighty pieces well to the front. Their
Russian mink shakos were a novelty 10
the southern spectators and their gem
eral picturesque appearance was reward
ell by torrents of applause.
The delegations from Connecticut, Mas
Eachusetts, New Jersey Maine, Califor-
MA, Virginia and North Carolina were