The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19

W" strangers were IN town during the en-.
campment. While the influx from the
Northern States was tremendous, yet
that from the South kept pace. All the
roads ran trains as close together as Dos
sible, and the most complete arrange
ments prevailed for receiving the visit
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ovation to LAWYER. ~s
The arrival of Commander-in-chie
Lawler was the signal for the opening
OF the encampment. His special train
bowled into the Union Depot on time. AS
soon as the Commander appeared at the
door of his car the members of the Re-
ception and Invitation Committees gave
him a rOusing cheer. The Louisville Le-
gion was the feature of the parade. At
the Gait House crowds were awaiting
the Comm. nder's arrival, and they kept
him busy for a long time shaking hands.
AT q p. m. General Lawler and staff
dined with Colonel II. S. Coin, and at
. p. m. were formally presented to Presi-
lent Shirley, of the Citizens Committee.
Ransom Post of st. Louis and the Gin
cinnati posts serenaded the party ut Pres
ident Shirley's house, where a brilliant
social event was in progress. s
At night camp fires were held in New
Albany and Jeffersonville, as well as in
Louisville, while receptions were given
Commander Lawler, Admiral Allen, Mrs.
Logan, Mrs. Wallace and others. At
camp Caldwell, where twelve State de-
pahtments and thousands of unattached
vetet> ans were quartered free in tents,
there Ixs.vas singing AMI storytelling
and man, informal camp fires. Most
of the Ind,.'na veterans were quar-
tered at New Albany and Jacksonville.
The regimental re, mons were held in
the State headquarters, Tuesday.
Distinguished CHESTS. mS
Among the distinguished v~isitoHS were:
Corporal Tanner, 8. D. burdette, Gen.
r. A. Alger Of Detroit, Mich, Inspector
General Pond Of Lansing, Mich, ]. c. S.
Blackburn, w. G. Bradley, General s. B.
Buckner and Colonel j. A. Buckner of
Louisiana, Col. w. E. Bundy of Cincin-
natl, J. c.. Burrows of Kalamazoo, Mich,
general H.. B. Darlington and General
B! 4. Z dl i|s y wt (! 5sEe x2 S;9 j: \. GGs e;sy'
Judge Advocate for Massachisetts; Cap
tain T. Davis Cunningham oil RlaUsviLIe,
Pa; w. II. Derby, Senior Vice Command
er, of Massachusetts,; j. 1. Dorsey and n.
s. Dudley of F~lemingsburg, Bishop Sam
uel Fallows of Chicago, Rev. James P.
Foster e Geneva. y " General John
b. Gordon of Reynolds, Ga, Rev. T. Fl.
Hagerty of st. Louis, John NJ. Harkin
and General Warren Keifer of Spring
field, Ohio, J. Proctor Knott of Lebanon,
KY, William Lindsay of Frankfort, Ky,
John A. Logan of Chicago, United States
Senator Henderson of Nebraska, Cover
nor Claude Matthews of Indiana, James
Whitcomb Riley of In~dianapoliss Adju-
tant Joseph w. Roberts of WARSAW, Ky,
General D. Il. Sickles of New York, John
w. Thayer of Lincoln. Neb., General
John G. Underwood of Chicago, Governor
William II. Upham of Madison, Wis,
Rev. T. D. Walker of Chicago, Colonel
NJ. D. Wickersham of Mobile, Ala.
The New Commander.
The tread of the feet of the boys in blue
had hardly begun before the contest for
the Office of Commander-in-chief was we'll
under way. Every State represented
seemed to have its favOrite son. but the
two men most prominently considered
for the high honor were Major Thaddeus
-. ClarkSOn OF .NeDrdSkd dIu SOlOnel
Ivan Y. Walker of Indiana. The friends
of these two veterans and of the other
candidates were quickly hard at work.
The opposing factions got together, and the
result of the conference was the decision
that Colonies Walker and Clarkson should
be the only nominees. Then an Iowa dele
gate was to move the withdrawal of Col.
Clarkson's name and the unanimous cleo
ton of Col. Walker. This would serve to
give Col. Clarkson prestige at the 1896
convention.
Ivan n. Walker.
Colonel Ivan y. Walker is a native of
Indiana, and at the breaking out of the
war, at the age of u, was holding an
important office, which be resigned to
raise a company for the Seventy-third
Indiana, of which he was chosen Captain.
He was with his regiment in all its en-
gagements, and for gallant conduct on
Stone Rivers contested field won the
rank 6f Major, and was promoted to
Lieutenant Colonel in March, 1869, and
on the death of the colonel became COM
mander of the regiment. For a year he
endured the horrors of Libby prison, and
escaped through the historic tunnel in