The record-union., 1896-09-03
GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT.
The Parade of War Veterans Takes
Place at St Paul

Place at St. Paul.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 2.-To the strains OF
Rally Round the Flag" "Marchfne.
Through Georgia." Hail Columbia.
Star Spangled Banner" and other pat
riotic music, the veterans Of the war
made their parade to-day.
At sunrise the salute Of the Union of
forty-five guns was fired from Camp
Mason. and was followed at 9.3O BY a
national Presidential salute of twenty
one guns. The various divisions be-
san TO form at 9:30, and the column
moved an hour later. The departments
marched IN the order of seniority and
column of platoons at half distances,
in single and double rank
There were eight divisions In the
first We're the Veteran Signal Corps.
members of Illinois, Wisconsin and
Pennsylvania; second division, Ohio
and New York; third, Connecticut,
Massachusetts,, New Jersey, Maine.
California, Rhode Island, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Potomac; Virginia and
North Carolina; fourth, Maryland, Ne
DTaska, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana; fifth,
Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Delaware.
Missouri, Oregon: sixth, Kentucky,
West Virginia, South Dakota, Wash
| 1ngton, Alaska, Arkansas and Tennes-
see. In the seventh We're the depart
ments Of Louisiana, Mississippi, Flor
ida, Montana, Texas, Idaho, Arizona,
| Georgia, Alabama, North Dakota Okla
homa and Indian Territory. The eighth
| division was composed entirely of posts
| or the Minnesota Iepart1aelII
| Many old bate flags were carried in
the line. There was but one carriage.
this being occupied by Department
| Commander Shakespeare of Michigan
whose disabilities prevented his march
ing with his comrades. The route was
short and over a fine asphalt road The
streets were packed with spectators,
and the veterans We're given a royal
reception.
Commander-in-Chie Walker. with
his staff and 1000 distinguished guests,
reviewed the parade from a stand at
Smith Park
There were 10000 veterans in line.
The boys" marched to the music OF
war times, the music to which the
Union soldiers and the Southern foes;
went forth in battle to defeat and vic
tory. They marched with age-bent
heads and proud bearing striving to
keep erect and in military step and
line, conscious 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 pave
ment 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
feature Of the patriotic spectacle.
At midnight the Commandership fight
seemed to be narrowed down to Clark
son of Omaha and Iinehan of New
Hampshire. New York, which was the
mainstay of Meade, has gone over to
the New Hampshire comrade, and New
England is solid for him
Six thousand people attended a camp
fire at the Auditorium tonight Ad-
dresses were made by Governor Upham
of Wisconsin, General Brooke, u. S. A,
Mrs. John A. Logan and General Alger
Vermont Election Returns.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION Ut). .
Sept. 2-Returns from 325 cities and
towns in the State give Grout Rep)
for Governor 81, 500, Jackson Dem.)
1852, Battelle Pop) 613, Whitemore
Pro) oil. CIRCUITS plurality 81 ,93S; ma
jority, 36,S11. In 1892 the same towns
and cities gave Fuller Rep) 3S,239,
Smalley Oem) 1903, all others 1. .721.
F'ullers plurality, 1888; majority, IT,
G15.