The record-union., 1895-09-12
GREAT DAY At LOUISVILLE.
Fifty Thousand Veterans March
in the G. A. r. Parade.

GREETED WITH UTMOST ENTHUSI-
ASM BY THEIR FORMER FOES.
The Line Four Hours and Half Pass
ing the Reviewing Stand-Two Ex-
Confederates Ride at the Head of
the Procession. One Bearing the
Stars and Stripes and the Other the
''Flag of Peace''-A Memorable Day
in the Annals of Grand Army En-
campments.
EoUI svILLE (Ky.). Sept IL. - Fifty
| thousand ex-soldiers of the Union army
marched through the streets OF this
! Southern city to-day. Before them, at
the head of the column, rode two Ken
tuckians who enlisted in the Confederate
| service at the outset of hostilities and
fought to the last ditch. One bore aloft
the stars and stripes. the other a silken
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ter golden dove, and its mouth an olive
branch. This was typiied the Flag Of
Peace" the reunion thirty years after Of
the victors and the vanquished.
Three hundred thousand people lined
! the streets and filled windows and house
tops, and gave the marching hosts re-
ception that will be memorable in Grand
Army annals, and remem brances of
which will be carried by every partici-
pant to his last. LII these great throngs of
spectators were tens of thousands OF those
that fought on the other side, that even
to-day speak with pride of the fact that
they rallied under the stars and bars and
wore the gray that was 80 dear TO South
ern hearts. These were the loudest in
their plaudits, and the most vociferous in
joining i'll the chorus when the strains OF
Rally Round the Flag" and other
Northern war songs filled the air, and
proudly the great unarmed army re-
ceived the pIauditS OF their one-time fOe-
men. Full of sentiment and pathos also
W wefe the demonstrations OF the women
folk when manned or crippled veteran
came hobbling along.
For fully mile in the aristocratic resi-
dence district the lawns and gardens
were filled with the fairest buds OF State
! of beautiful women, their costumes OF
white adorned with tri-colored sashes or
| miniature American 1iags, and those not
! content with waving OF handkerchlels
/ and similar feminine modes of greeting,
/ showered flowers on the heads OF the
aged and crippled they passed along.
| From start to finish ii was more the
! home coming ana passage OF victorious
army fresh from the battlefield than
reunion Of conquered and conquerers
| three decades later.
one OF the features of the parade that
attracted attention was Old Ned, who is
believed to be the only horse now living
that participated in the rebellion. lie Is
not a mem Der of the q. a. H., but of re-
cent years he has been pretty regular In
his attendance at eDcampments. lie was
at PitLsburg last year with Post No. o..
from Erie, Pa. \ sd is now 40 years old,
according TO tradition. Ills present
owner, b. L. Crawford of North East.
Pa, got possession of him thlrty-two
years ago, and he says Ned was then 5
years Old, according TO his mouth"
Ned was captured from General Jubal
Early's corps near Washington by d
/ Union scouting party thlriy-two years
ago, and was given to his present owner
TO replace an animal he had loaned and
which had been shot in skirmiSh.
The early morning trains from interior
points of the State, as we'll as from lndi-
ana, Illinois and Ohio, brought tens of
thousands of spectators, and these, added
| to the hundreds of thousands already i'll
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 of, and altogether
the arrangements for the proper move
menL of the parade were admirable.
Numerous public reviewing stands had
been erected along the line of march, and
every seat was occupied long before the
time appointed for the procession to
move.
By S O'Clock the Citizens Committee
was assem- bled and mounted, while the
Grand Army Band OF Canton, D., and the
Louisville Legion Drum Corps, awaken
ed enthusiasm about the City Hall Square
with inspiring music and tattoos. At $50
the signal was given for the first division
OF the column TO form, and half an hour
later the head of the division, comprising
the Commauder-in-Ch Chief and staff, his
escort. the Columbia Post of Chicago, the
Citizens Committee and Board of Man
ayers, the Mayors OF Louisville, Jeiler-
sonville and New Albany, and the visit
ing Governors and their staffs, were ell
route from the Gait House to the locality
assigned them.
Every division was in readiness at
1915, but il was not until fifteen minutes
later that the signal was given for the
flags flying and torrent of patriotic
music, the parade moved.
The parade was four hours and quar-
ter passing the reviewing stand. 1t
moved like clock work. and was remark
ably free from tedious breaks. Despite
the intense heat, the large majority of the
paraders went over the entire route of
two and half miles, although many
were compelled TO drop out early III the
march. There were numerous cases Of
heat prostration, which were promptly
treated by the emergency CORPS. Among
the victims were four members of the
crack Colum bia Post OF Chicago-H. W.
Martin, V. Bascom, S. Z. Walters and
John Carver; James p. Neil OF the Ma
tional Military Home at Dayton, o.;
Harry Bowen, of the Old Guard Of
Philadelphia; Colonel Gerthart of Pitts
burg, Pa, Post 50; y. IL. Dixon, Dayton,
o., and +. S. Herbert OF Springfield |
-tass. The latter was taken t. the City
II ospit6l, where his condition is reported !
as serious. The others recovered under /
treatment, aud left the emergency hos
pilal during the day, with the advice TO
take it easy for the remainder of the |
heated spell.
The opening of the encampment proper |
was preceded tonight by a campfire at |
Music Hall, which WAS filled with a bril- |
liant audience. Mayor Tyler presided, |
Henry Watterson spoke words o. well |
come for the Citizens Committee and ex- |
Lieutenant-GovernorJ Jacobs tor the Is en-
lucky Department OF the Grand Army.
Brief impromptu responses were made !
by COMMUNICATIVE Chief Lawler, General |
Dew Wallace and Mrs. John A. Logan.
In the TOwar Hall the visitin OF officials !