Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-14
GRAND PARADE OF VETERANS
Louisville Resounds to the Tramp
Of the Boys in Blue.
The Old Soldiers March Through the
Streets Of the Kentucky tity
While the Men They Fought
Look on.

Ing event of Grand Army week. the an
nual parade and review OF the vete'
rams OF the war. took place today. uno
was witnessed by "A half million OF peo'
pie, who lined the sidewalks, windows
and roofs along the line Of march. In
accordance with the resolution Adopted
last year by the council of admlnlstrs
ton, the route OF march was limited ~
twenty-six squares, on a distance OF tXd
miles and a quarter, complaints haVina
been made that the routes heretofore
chosen were too long for the veterans
who ere yearly getting more feeble. ant
less able to stand a long march In the
heat Of the day.
The early morning trains from In
terror points Of the state as Well as
from Indiana, Illinois and Ohio, broughi
tens OF thousands OF spectators. and
these, added to- the hundreds OF thou
sands already I'm the city, made the CEN
trail streets we'll nigh impossible. Am
pie police arrangements. however, had
been made, the roadway over which the
parade was to pass had been roped on,
and altogether the arrangements Tor ths
proper movement Of the parade were al.
mirable. Numerous public reviewing
stands had been erected along the line
OF march. and every seat was occupied
long before the time appointed for W
procession To move.
The veterans were aroused at $50 by
q national salute OF forty-four guns,
fred from Captain David Castleman's
battery, of the Louisville Legion al
Phoenix Hin. By s O'Clock the citizens
committee was assembled N mounted,
while the Grand Army band OF Canon
O.. and the Louisville Legion Drum
Corps, awakened enthusiasm o the
City Hall square with inspiring music
and tattoos.
AT $50 the firing of m gun from
Phoenix Hill gave the signal for the
First division OF the column TO form.
and half an hour later the head OF the
division comprising the commander In
chief and staff. his escort. the Columbia
post OF Chicago. the citizens COMMITTEES
and board OF managers. the mayors OF
Louisville, Jeffersonville and New AL
bany, and the visiting governors and
tDtlT StdHS, were III Epult lIonh NV
Gait house to the locality assigned
them.
Every division was In readiness at
1915, but 1t was not until fifteen min
utes later that the firing of three guns
from Phoenix Hill gave the signal for
the head of the column To move. Then.
with flags flying. and a torrent OF patri-
otto music, the parade moved In the fol-
lowing order:
Capt. /. III. Waller, carrying stars ana
stripes: Capt. william Harrison. carry+
Ing the banner OF peace and good Will.
(red, white and blu sashes) drum
corps. Louisville legion: Grand Army
band. OF Canton. o.; Col. Henry 8.
Cohn. chairman OF committee on parade
and review; Thos. Satterwhite. Jr.,
Capt. c. r. Nordstrom. ad%jutantss
special citizens aids, (red sashes) cit!
izens' committee or parade n review.
(white sashes for leaders OF platoons.
blue for rank and fle) carriage No. l.
The governor OF Kentucky and stan:
carriage No. 2-The mayors OF Louis
vile, New Albany and Jacksonville.
and Col. Thomas III. Sherley, president
of citizens committees; the board OF
managers and invited guests In cary
riages, three abreast; Chicago Militia.
ny band: Columbia post Of Chicago. ILL.,,
as Grand Army escort to commander In
chief: Commander In Chief Gen. Thos.
G. LAWYER and stan: members OF the
council Of administration; aid decamp
TO commander I'm chief. First grand di-
vision white flag; /, Illinois; 2. Wis
~eonsin: 3. Pennsylvania. econd grand
division, white flag: 4, OHIO; 5, New
York. Third grand division. blue nas;
8, Connecticut; Z. Massachusetts, 8.
New Jersey: 8. Maine: 10. California;:
IL. Rhode Island: II. New Hampshire:
l3, Vermont; II, Potomac; Is. Virginia
and North Carolina. Fourth grand
division. light red flag: l6. Maryland;
II, Nebraska; IS, Michigan: 10. Iowa.
20, Indiana. Fifth grand division. yell
low flag: q. Colorado: 22. Kansas. %
Delaware; -. Minnesota: 25, Missouri
20. oregon. Sixth grand division. light
green flag u, West Virginia: Is. South
Dakota. ~, Washington. Alaska. Sew
enth grand division. orange flag: 80. Ar
kansas: 81, New Mexico; 32, Utah; 80.
Tennessee. Eighth grand division. pur-
pie flag: "a. Louisiana and Mlssissippis
IS, Florida: 80. Montana; 81. Texas
81. Idaho. Ninth grand division. dark
green flag: 80. Arizona; u. Georgia.
Al. Alabama; AZ. North Dakota; -.
oklahoma: A, Indian Territory.
Tenth grand division. light blue flag:
As, Kentucky, with battle fiags Of Ken
lucky regiments. i'm charge Of guard OF
honor.
The line OF march is from Shelby
and Broadway. west on Broadway to-
Fourth street, north ON Fourth street to
Jefferson, west on Jefferson TO Eighth
street. north on Eighth street to Market.
and east on Market street to First
street. When the reviewing stand In
front OF he court house was reached
Commander in Chief LAWYER and the
distinguished guests In advance of the
First division O their places upon the
reviewing stand. The veterans were
heartily received throughout the line
OF march.