The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-03
GRAND ARMY PARADE.

BUFFALO. y. ", Aug. 20. -Forty-fi v,
thousand men yesterday marched
through streets glorious in flags ans
bunting. receiving the ovations of
half million people. The president o
the Union they fought TO save, himself
their comrade. was at their head. Wher
the line of the &. A. X. procession
moved at 1880 A. N. the sky had not 4
cloud. The rains of Tuesday night lefl
. clear. bracing air that vas like
tonic to the marching men. The pro
cession moved for five hours and forty
two minutes. Along the route Of
OF the flag. scattered flowers in the patti
of the soldiers.
THE GRAND PARADE.
Gen. Clarkson and staff rode from
the lroquois hotel to the Hotel Niagara
as o o rs the staff had assembled Oh
Eagle street. In front of the Niagars
the staff drew up in line. and Gen,
Clarkson waited upon President Nc,
Kinley to escort him to the head of the
column. At ten o'clock the president
left the Niagara, accompanied by the
escort. All along the way To the point
of formation the president was loudly
cheered. At 1880 the command t0
march was given and the procession
moved.
In the great square in front Of the
Erie County bank the first glimpse was
caught of the real immensely Of the
procession, for here the close walls OF
the houses opened o1t ON either hand,
and the great tide of humanity poured
out from the narrow street as from q
funnel, and swept in a solid mass Of
blue and gold beneath the arch of
Welcome. On the balcony of the
arch q band was stationed
aud PLAYED Hail to the Chief as the
presidents carriage passed belo W.
President Mckinley" 'Comrade
Mckinley 1.-The Grand Army could
be heard in the roaring tumult of
voices.
Again the column plunged between
congested sidewalks and again the
deafening applause roared back from
wall TO wall. The imposing depart
ment of Illinois on the right Of the
line received IN ovation as il passed
along. Columbia Post. of Chicago. was
wildly ~applauded. but the whlte-haired
veterans OF the smaller posts from re-
mote corners of the state were not for
gotten by the generous crowd
As the veteran color guard. the old
battle-fiag battalion, passed, heads were
uncovered. There were 20 battle-worn.
~ and tArn Ha-c ..~-t.I l., 81.
rade by Camp 1. Buffalo Sons of Vet
Grams, in company with Meade post of
Philadelphia. The old color guard was
under command of Capt. Morgan and
Edward Curtis.
On came the procession. post after
post, in columns of %platoons. eight
files front, at half distance. while the
head of the pageant wheeled into Chip
pewa street and passed under the gaily-
decorated arch erected by the people of
Buffalo.
Once clear from this arch the presi-
dent saw before him n great living
shield. and caught the music of =, 900
young voices, lifted up in the
national athem. AS the columns
moved on nearer and nearer
the shield the first platoons wheeling
up Delaware avenue, the human sym
patny that had been pent up for an
hour of waiting. broke out in one
tumultuous climax Of enthusiasm. At
the large grand stand erected by the
FRIEND OF the Fresh Air Mission
for the benefit of charity. on
Delaware avenue, near the shield.
hundreds of spectators waited from an
early hour. The bands. President Me-
kinley and the marching men came
closer and closer. the children Of the
shield sang. and men and women boys
and girls. young and old. rose and
waved and cheered for the q. A. Il.
At the reviewing stand the president
took his position with Commander
Clarkson and Gov. Black and the head
quarters stats as the veterans passed
in review. Of all the throng viewing
the procession, nc one person was nor
enthusiastic or more affected by the
sight than the president. With his
hand on his hat, continually o
ing to the national colors or the salutes
Of the veterans, the president watched
the array of proud veterans march by.
1t was certainly a column to inspire
admiration. Such men as Secretary Of
War Alger. Gen. Lew Wallace and Gen.
Potter walked side by side with the
negro or the decrepit pensioncr whom
they had to assist.
The closing event was a reception TO
the president at Music hall.
Other events last night were a recep-
ton by Mrs. Catherine Hurst, presi-
dent of the ladies of the G.. A. r.. at
the Iroquois hotel; a reception by Mrs.
+. G. Woodley. national president OF
the army nurses. and numerous recep-
tions throughout the city.
President Mckinley, after his return
TO the hotel last night, said Of the pa
rade:
Even to a veteran the sight was a
most surprising as well as an inspiring
one. 1t is too bad hat every child in
the country could not have seen It, for
it would surely inspire patriotism and
inculcate all the good that goes to
make the American youth. | had
never supposed until to-day so many