The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-03
TWENTY THOUSAND IN LINE.
CHEERED BY A GRATEFUL PEOPLE
ALONG FLOWER STREWN
PATHS.
OVATION TO COMMANDER WALKER
Pageant Equal in Every Detail to
Those of Former Encamp-
ments.

The acme of happiness for the odd
comrades in blue. 56s5Pb[
The one event of ca cl1>twelpeZ month
which tens of thousands of Union
soldiery await with eager rimpatience-
the annual parade of the Grand Army
of the republic of American au..
1t was the greatest eVent,E ENgSZTgM@at-
est parade, the, richest pagEaSNH5gsgzNEEgM
point of sepfinient, ever >seeMDsAH@4asEhWI
streets of7StyPaul. Nd one lEsS8SssAd it,
to be marvellous for it's miMBaKSNpEsz,
cisionJ Or it's martial aspe4NgzMXXH&#agz
in the wealth of sympathy HMAzf8gtYk&
which lowered over that dENAaEHisW$EW
tacle which enthused the 30Hy9B8a88Sa32H
! who saw it, and causedSth thehN9SDlEXesSka
forth time and time \ agai&EfI4SgaInltXG
acclaims of joy. M iM%gGaW ""',
Long lines of brilliantly lEasiiHf4zrm e61
soldiery, with shining guns HGfANE4rdg4ihl
accoutrements might, perhRMs9NghaAsAB
pleased the eye better, but Ez&BzAtfsaaetM
never. Those dismemberedN dNaMdTst8gzaaW
lines, those halting steps, NtHXss@nJBaBE4W
and dirty battle flags, hoseHM4S8lygMsaN
brass bugles aroused an ent4EaSsSagfiM
which nothing else could have yEEHNEgaM
Yet all the steps were not NfaxRHEFhg
and feeble, nor all the uniforfnsS fKx1ed
for in the ranks were dozens of \5TgaaxffJ
Army posts whose members stfn XaA1
pear to be in the full VgorS3aHiA&
strength of manhood But the[naW
jority, the big majority of those theus-4
ands of patriots are fast succnnabing
tc the battle of life and hundreds who
kmarebed yesterday under the eyes of
the nation, will hever pass IN review
again untH1he archangels sbund5fhe
clarions forSfhe final assemblingaA.
When the heart of the great Anaet4e
can people isestirred, joy and gfsatisa
tude knows noebpunds. The people OF
the North are not a passioniess race
when the heart Is touched. GratHuds
and love unlobse the founts efS-en5s
thusiasm. No&RAgher Inspirations
needed to stis, the people than the
hspectacle of yesterday
EAThousandsNof those aged boys@1n
hue had asseA under the steadfast,
sober ga4e Yof 1Abreham Line doln, the
eyelofIt Sheridan, Fek Grant, of Nc
CteIepS of Sherman Aand a Ehosf@pf
Other gallant generafsA But itbenft)
was in the full panoply, of war, Wien
matching was grfmS duty, .ahd 1nb6t
pleasure. Sherman J or Grant, orsSheeapf-Z heafZ
dan was not a whit ps9nder of tllat<re-
hsistless army, than was the spdaHest
and most juvenile spectator of yes.
terday The fine trappings We're mss
ing. The rows of kets1were gone.
The CLINT of the sabertIwas not seen,
but a truer PATRIOTISM a keener gfati-
tude, deeper71ove of country we're
the weapons which caused the capitu-
lation~toll the invading hosts yester-
7dayAJFhe young who Witnessed the
great sight have been taught aHlesson
in higher patriotism which win out
live life itself. They have seen a huge
army of men whose lives were dedieat-
ed to the defense Of the nation. amid
the screaming of canister and the
binding smoke of battle.
1t seemed as If everyone in the EN-.
tire Northwest was in the city and
standing on the line of march. Some
place the estimate on the numbert of
spectators at half a million, ana DER
haps this is no exaggeration. All of
st. Paul was on hand Half of MIN
neapolis was there, which alone makes
over 300, 600 people, and add I'd this
the countless thousands who are with
in the gates of the Twin Cities from
abroad. They clung to the tops of tall
buildings. They filled every window
three of four deep. They sat on mar
row ledges and cornices at the peril
of their lives. They were lined twenty