Morris tribune., 1895-09-11
NAVAL VETERANS
Ten Thousand People Take Part
in the First Great Parade
at Louisville
And a Great Many More Thou
sands Watched and Cheered
Them.
Considerable Speculation as to
Who Will Be Elected Com
mander- in Chief.

| LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. lit is
doubtful if this city famous for fair
women and fast horses, ever before en-
tertained as many guests as are here
j now. Certain it is that the town never
before had within it's limits so many
| battle SCARED soldiers 1t is conserva-
lively estimated that nearly 100000
strangers are here, but the majority OF
them, 80 years ago, bore arms either for
the blue OF for the gray. But the blue
and the gray are one today and men
! who We're then at war, walk arm in arm
as brothers. The bitter hatred of those
dark days has vanished.
The Naval Veterans Parade.
The event of the day was the parade
of the Naval Veterans association, and
to judge by the crowds of men, women
and children who thron2ed the side
walks along the line Of march. crowded
| the windows and house tops, all
Louisville turned cut to see
its old citizens. Men who
have lived here for the last 40 Or so
years-and there are many of them-say
it wasthe grandest sight they ever saw.
But the grand army parade promises to
fa1ssrupass it.
The hour set for the starting of the
naval veterans parade was 1870 o'clock.
But as usual, there was some delay, not
enough, however, to tire the anxious,
patriotic thousands who had gathered to
see it. When the order to forward,
march, was given, the old timers
moved. There were fully 10000 men i'll
line. Of course they were not all veter-
ans Of the United States navy. But
these veterans of the navy were the
centre of attraction and as the grizzled
and gray old heroes passed through the
straets they were greeted by patriotic
cheers from the throats of tens of thou
sands of citizens on the sidewalks, from
the windows and house-tops.
Order of March.
A detail of police under command of
J. W. Hammond led the way. The
Michigan City military band came next
and then the Louisville Legion drum
and bugle corps. A regiment of Indiana
state militia followed the music, and
next to the Hoosier soldiers was the
Louisville Legion Then in sequence
came Kirkamps' cornet band, uniformed
divisions of the Knights of Pythias, |
Alpha n A., Louisville and Jefferson
vile, Schneider military band, juvenile |
drill corps, uniform rank Knights |
Of Honor, ex-prisoners of war,
Mississippi ram fleet veterans, |
Echorns military band, G. A. r. juve |
nile drum corps and then the naval vet |
Grams. Last in the parade, riding in |
carriages, came score OF more veterans
of the Mexican war. They were too |
feeble with the drought and weight of
years to walk and few of them ever ex-
pect to see another national encamp-
ment of the G.. A. r. and in a few years
they will be of the past and the naval
veterans will be few and, like the vet
Grams Of the Mexican war, too feeble to
march i'll parade.
Grand Army Officers.
Just now there is vasst amount of
talk in G. A. R. circles as to who will
be the next commander -in-chief. There
are number of aspirants for the honor,
but as yet none Of the candidates have
developed sufficient strength to make
prediction There is a good deal Of talk,
however, to the effect that Colonel I. N.
Walker of Indianapolis should be elect
ed. Another prominent candidate for
the leadership is Thaddeus A. Clarkson
of Nebraska General Shute of New
Orleans has also been talked of as a can
didate.
Skirmish for Vice Commander.
There promises to be lively scrim-
mage over the office of senior vice COM
General E. H. Hobson of
KY, and Captain Michael
Minton of this city, both being candi-
dates for the place and the friends of
each are working hard It has always
been customary for the encampment to
give to the city in which the comrades
are assembled the Office of vice COM
mander as tribute to the hospitality {
and the labor necessary to the enter
-ainment of the veterans. When it was
decided in Pittsburg that the next en-
would be in Louisville, Cap
ain Minton, who was one of those who
went to that city and worked for the
kentucky metropolis, announced that >
le was a. candidate for that place. How
,ver, the department. of Kentucky which
net at Hopkinsville last spring, indorsed
General Hobson by a close vote and al !
hough Captain Minton's candidacy is /,
till being urged by the posts of Louis !
lille, General Hobson's S friends are MAX :
ng every endeayor to secure the place
or him. :
Shot His Aged Father.