The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-03

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 2.-To the
strains of Rally Round the Flag"
Marching Through Georgia. Hail
Columbia Star Spangled Banner
and other patriotic music, the veterans
of the war made their annual parade
today. AT sunrise the salute of Union
of forty-hve guns was fired from Camp
Mason, and was followed at $50 by a
national presidential salute of twenty
one guns. The various divisions began
to form at $50 and the column moved
an hour later. The departments march
ed in the order of seniory and in col
umns of platoons at half distances, in
single and double rank. Sixteen thous-
and veterans were in line, while $4,000
applauding citizens viewed the pro-
Cession.
There were eight divisions. In the
first were the veteran signal corps,
from Illinois, Wisconsin and Pennsylva-
mia: second division, Ohio and New
York; third, Connecticut, Massachu-
Rhode Island, New Hampshire, YER
mont, Potomac, Virginia and North
Carolina; fourth, Maryland, Nebraska,
Michigan, Iowa, Indiana; fifth, Colo
RADIO, Wyoming, Kansas, Delaware,
Missouri, Oregon; SIXTH Kentucky,
West Virginia, South Dakota, Washing
ton Alaska, Arkansas, New Mexico,
Utah and Tennessee. In the seventh
division were the departments of Louis
lana, Mississippi, Florida, Montana,
Texas, Idaho, Arizona, Georgia, Ala
Indian Territory. The eighth division
Minnesota department.
MANY OLD BATTLE FLAGS
were carried in the line. There was
but one carriage, this being occupied
by Department Commander Shakes
peare of Michigan, whose disa bilities
prevented his marching with his COM
rades. The route was short and over
a fine asphalt road. The streets were
packed with spectators and the veter-
ans were given a royal reception.
Commander in Chief Walker with his
staff and 1000 distinguished guests
reviewed the parade from a. stand at
Smith park.
The boys" marched to the music of
war times, the music which the Union
soldiers and the southern foe went
forth In battle to defeat and victory.
They marched with age-bent heads and
proud bearing, striving to keep erect
and in military step and line, con-
scious of the fact that death, their only
enemy now, might claim them before
another grand parade. The route was
purposely made less than two miles
long and over asphalt pavement all
the way, but many old soldiers were
physically unequal to the task and
contented themselves with viewing
their comrades along the line. The
abundance of excellent brass bands and
fife and drum corps music was a fea-
ture of
THE PATRIOTIC SPECTACLE.
The start was at Dayton and Western
avenues, in the vicinity of which were
thronged 10000 sight seers in all con-
ceivable places from which a, view of
the marching could be obtained. The
procession swung into Sixth street,
which descends towards the business
centre of the city, affording the tens
of thousands on that thoroughfare a.
superb view of the great column
Every large vacant space on Sixth
street was filled with tiers of seats for
spectators. Between the street curb
and the building line were wedged a,
solid mass of humanity along the en-
tire route. Above them in every win
dow were crowded thousands more
The reviewing stand, where the COM
proudly stood for three
hours receiving the salutes of his COM
rades, was built at Smith park near