The age-herald., 1897-08-21
AGED VETERANS
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| broken. The grand marshal of the day became angered and declared that the flag was the signal for the national guards to prepare for marching sa- lute. The flag was restored. Following closely upon the arrival of President Mckinley the various army corps composing the Army of the Po'to- mac met independently at headquarters heretofora established for them, and held their business meeting. The corps, com prising the Army of the Potomac were the Third, Second, Twelfth, Ninth, Fifth, | Eleventh and Sixth.
 The parade in honor of the president and the Army of the Potomac was one of the largest ever seen in Troy; nearly | 1.SOO guardsmen were in line and about | 1000 survivors of the late war. Ths | three national guard companies of Troy acted as escort to the presidential party and Gov Frank s. Black and staff.
 The national guard companies taking part in the parade were the Tenth bat talion of Albany, ths Twenty-first, Sixth and Twelfth separate companies of Troy; the Seventh separate company of | Cohoes; the Thirty-secnod separate com
 pany of Hoosic Falls; the Ninth of Whitehall; the Fourteenth of Kingston;
 the Eighteenth of Glen Falls; the Six taopdl, of Csohcl.;1l. fha Tbi4-tv-third of i Hudson; the Twenty-first of Mohawk; and the Forty-Sixth of Amsterdam. The Grand Army portion of the column was | formed as follows: Troy cadet band, Lew Benedict Post. No. 5. Albany sev- enty-five men; G. L. Willard Post, Mo-
 34 Troy, 100 men; William B. Tibbitts | Post, No. Al, Troy, seventy men; John | McConihe Post, No. IS, Troy; John A.
 Griswold Post, No. 3SS, Troy; band; L.
 NJ. Wheeler Post, No. 92, Saratoga
 Springs; Walter A. Wood Post, No. 29i
 Hoosick Falls; Patrick Kane Post, No.
 312, Wat4rvliet; Henry Ensign Post, No.
 56S, Cropseyville; w. A. Jackson Post,
 No 644, Albany; band; Tibbitts Veteran | 1 volunteers; One Hundred and Twenty | fifth regiment, New York volunteers; On4 Hundred and Sixty-ninth regiment New York volunteers.
 All along the line of march the paradirg column was greeted by the thousands that lined the pavements and filled every 1 available point of vantage.
 The only active part the president took in tine proceedings of the reunion was in visit to the Ninth corps, of which tre is member. The corps gave him an ova- tion and finally elected him honorary ! president. The president in few words i accepted the honor, signed his name to i the register and left tn room with Ghe corps badge of his breast. He stated that he was a sergeant in the Twenty-third Ohio regiment of the Ninth corps, under command of Rutherford B. Hayes.
 In the evening the president attended the public meeting of the Army of the Potomac. Gen. Alger was not with him, having left on special train at o'clccl. for New York to attend to sps ciab busi- ness for the president
 Gov. Black made the opening address. He extended in behalf of the state cor dial welcome to the Society of the Army of the Potomac. Mayor Mallory then made few appropriate remarle.
 There was brief respof SC by the pres.- dent of the society, and then Maj. c. A. Woodruff, the orator of the day, delivered an oration.
 Following came the delivery of the army posn by cspt. w. R. Fsaynlond. U. S. N.
 At 11:so o'clock President Mckinley and his party took the train for Bluff Pcint.