The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-23
VETS ARE EN- ROUTE
OLD SOLDIERS ARE NOW ON THEIR
WAY TO THE BUFFALO EN-
CAMPMENT.
TRAiNLOADS OF COMRADES
LEFT THE TWIN CITIES LAST
NIGHT ON ALL EAST-BOUND
ROADS.
SOME OF THOSE WHO STARTED.
List Includes the Most Prominent G.
A. r.. Men in Minnesota ut
Present.
TRAlNL0ADs OF COMRADES
SOME OF THOSE WHO STARTED

crowd of men who have proved their
loyalty to their country, accompanied
by their equally patriotic wives and
daughters They were a sturdy-look-
ing lot of men, these warriors, de-
spite the fact that their hair is whit
ened by the frosts of many years, and
their faces bear lines wrought by pri-
walton; yet beneath these evidences Of
the eventide of life their hearts beat
| just as warmly, and they are just as
ready to sacrifice their all for their
country's sake, if need be, as the
broad shouldered young men, their
sons, who accompanied them to the
trains to wish the "old folks" a safe
and pleasant trip to their Mecca-the
thirty-f1rst encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic at Buffalo.
The bright blue uniforms, the shin
| ing brass buttons and the significant
badges and emblems denoted those who
were about to make the pilgrimage.
There were other veterans at the de-
pot who were unable to accompany the
party, but who had assembled to bid
their comrades God-speed- and many
of them, at the last moment, felt
longing desire to jump on one of the
numerous trains as it pulled out, to be
present at the grand reunion. There
were cordial handshakes and greetings,
and for a week at least the veterans
will live over again those stirring days
and scenes when the black crowd of re-
bellion lowered over the land.
In the crowd, the North Dakota con-
tingent was very much in evidence
with bright badges of yellow. They
are stalwart men, those North Da-
kota comrades, and they are proud of
their state and its wonderful harvest
fields. They each went armed with a
sheaf of Wheat-a small one formed
into a cane-and will wear boutonnieres
and pompoms of that grain. Their
official train was over the 500, and in
the party were the department COM
| mander, Gen. E. c. Gearey, accompa-
MED by his wife and son; the adjutant
| general, Col. J. w. Carroll, and the
chief of staff Col. w. w. Graves.
About fifty members of the department
of that state were on the train, and
! the ladies in the party will bring the
list up to seventy-five.
Very few of the officers and men in
the navy have found their way out
to the great farming districts of the
| West, but the Naval Veterans asso-
citation of the Northwest has a mem
bership of about eighty, and of these
| fully thirty will attend the, encamp.
ment. The naval reunion will be held
at the same time as, the encampment,
and the delegates from the Northwest
/ association are Porter Tremaine and
Of Minnoonn1ics T
Brigham and Capt A R. Foss, of ST.
Paul; W. R. Streeter, of Williamsport,
n. D., and Patrick Cummings, of Fargo.
They are all looking forward to a
good time; their ship will be anchored
at Buffalo, and they will go out for q
cruise every day, and the ''old salts
will parade on Tuesday. The army
parade will occur Thursday.
The convention of the Women's Re-
lief corps and Ladies of the G.. A r.
will also be held in Buffalo at the
same time as the encampment, and
the ladies of the party anticipate COLI
siderable pleasure from their visit TO
the city by the lake.
Among the badges seen at the depot
last evening was a very unique button
worn by Maj Espy-a miniature of the
living flag" which was such a con-
splcuous and pleasing feature of the
last encampment held in st. Paul. 1t
excited considerable interest and ad-
miration.
The Minnesota delegates to the en-
campment all favor Cincinnati as the
next meeting place. There are two
cities anxious for the honor, the other
being Richmond, Va, but the general
sentiment of the West is in favor of
the Ohio town.
1t is interesting to note that the rail
roads handled the crowd last evening
in an admirable manner; there was no
confusion and but trifiing delay in get
ting away.
The 500 ran a special train consisting
OF combination baggage car and
coach, colonist sleeper, three tourist
sleepers, buffet car and those two
elegant sleepers, the Minnesota" and
'Minnehaha." This route gives the ex-
cursionists a view of Sault Ste. Marie
and the Niagara Falls. w. S. Thorn.
the assistant general passenger agent
of the 500 line, and his two daughters
were passengers on this train.
The Minneapolis & ST. Louis ran a
special train of six tourist cars, three
Pullmans,a chair car, smoking cal, com
nlissary car and baggage car. This was
styled the official train, as it bore De-
partment Commander Wood and his
staff in one of the Pullmans Meals
will be served free to the veterans Oh
| the train. The party included John H.
Mullen, of Wabasha, senior vice COM
mander-in-chief of the national organi-
cation, and the following department
officers: E. 3. Wood, department COM
mander, Of Long Prairie; c. w. Nc
Kay, senior vice commander, of Fergus
Fails; j. c. Cooper, Junior vice COM
mander, of Mortified; c. c. Slater,
chaplain, of Duluth; George w. Saw
age, Osseo; Robert Scarf, Pipestone; J.
o. Milne, Duluth, members of the coun-
! Gil of administration; ]. K. Mertz, as
sistant adjutant general, of Minneap-
oils; b. n. Leavens, assistant quarter
! master general, of Faribault; John
! Schaffer, chief of staff, of ST. Cloud.
Judge L. w. Collins, of the supreme
! court, also accompanied the party.
The Wisconsin Central carried a, large
/ number of members of the ST, Paul
posts in three special sleepers, which
will be run straight through to Rrf
Omaha, Burlington and Great Western
roads also put on extra sleepers. and
they were all filed.
The number Of eXcursionists from ST
Paul and Minneapolis was far ahead
OF all expectations. The MINNEAPOLIS tz
st. Louis offices report $50 tickets sold
in the two cities, the 500 disposed of
200 the Wisconsin Central 100, and the
other roads somewhat smaller figures.
In the party from ST. Paul and the
immediate vicinity leaving last even
ing were:
Capt. J. ]. McCardy and wife, Judge L. w.
Collins and wife, Capt. Burger and wife,
Mayor Doran and wife, Capt. Hasenwinkle
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. B. G. Yates,
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bauer, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
uel Arbuckle Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rose and
Mr. MrC Mr.