The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-01
G.. A. R. ENCAMPMENT.
Battle-Scarred Veterans Invade
the City Of Buffalo.
President Attends and Speaks Mt a
BanQuet-FOrty-Fi Thousand
Old Soldiers Line Up
in the Parade.

OAu, oOAuicrs AAhc ~
in the Parade.
Buffalo, n. Y, Aug. 25.-Another
beautiful day greeted the veterans of
the G. A. r. Tuesday. The features of
the day were the arrival of President
Mckinley at three o'clock in the after
noon, the banquet rendered him by the
Columbia post of Chicago, and the pa
rade Of naval veterans and ex-prisoners
of war in the evening.
Shortly after five o'clock Columbia
post, dressed in fatigue coats and white
duck trousers, arrived at the hotel and
acted as escort to the president to the
Elliott building, where the post enter
tanned the president at banquet.
cussed to the satisfaction of the guests
the POSTMASTER called for Gov. Frank
S. Black, who extended a welcome for
Columbia post to President Mckinley.
The POSTMASTER announced the toast
'The City of Buffalo Welcomes the
Grand Army" Mayor Jewett respond
ed. When Mr.. Jewett had finished his
address, President Mckinley was intro
duced and for fully five minutes il
seemed as though the roof would have
to fall or the side walls bulge with the
roars of applause and greeting. Then
the president said, very slowly and dis
tinctly:
The Presidents Remarks.
"Mr. POSTMASTER and Comrades and
My Fellow Citizens: I wish I might frame
fitting words to make suitable response to
the more than gracious welcome which
you have accorded me here tonight I come
with no set form of speech; 1 come with
no studied phrases to present to you, but
/ come in the spirit of comradeship; to
talk with you as we have often talked in
the past, around the camp fires in war as
well as at camp fires in peace [Applause.l
To me, see by the programme, has been
assigned the toast, The Country and It's
Defenders. My fellow citizens, blessed is
that country whose defenders are patriots.
Blessed is that country whose soldiers
fight for it and are willing to give the best
they have, the best that any man has.
their own lives, to preserve it because they
love it. Such an army the United States
has always commanded in every crisis of
her history. [Applause.]
SO nigh to grandeur is our dust;
So near to God is man. When duty whis-
pers:
Lo, thou must! the youth replies:
Il can"
"And so more than 100000 brave men
responded and made up an army grander
with it's tread. LApplause] And engaged
in holier cause than ever soldiers did be-
fore. What defenders, my countrymen:
this old, magnificent, matchless army of
which 1 have been speaking, and then as
allies in any future war we have the brave
battle fields. fGreat applause.l The army
of Grant and the army of Lee are together.
[Applause;l They are one now in faith d h,
an invincible patriotism, and therefore the
country is in no danger. Applause In
Justice strong In policy ano IN
My fellow countrymen, /! thank you ana
bid you good night" prolonged applause.]
Parade of Veterans.
Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 26. = Forty-five
thousand men on Wednesday marched
through streets glorious in flags and
bunting, receiving the ovation of half
million people. The president of the
union they fought to save, himself
their comrade, was at their head. When
the line of the grand army procession
moved at 1O:30 Wednesday morning,
the sky had not cloud. The transforms
of the night had left clear, bracing air
that was like tonic to the marching
men. The procession moved for five
hours and AZ minutes. Along the route
of march 100 girls, dressed in. the colors
of the flag, scattered flowers in the path
of the soldiers. President Mckinley
rode in carriage at the head of the pro-
cession and waved his hat at the cheer
ing crowd.
Address of Comma N der CIarksOn.
Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 27.-The first adj
dresses delivered after the opening of
the session Wednesday morning were
those of Gov. Black, Mayor Jewett and
Commander Shaw, welcoming the vet
Grams respectively on behalf of the
state. the city and the New York de-
partment of the G. A. r. Comrade Eos
ter, of New York, then read an original
poem.
Commander in Chief Thaddeus S..
Clarkson proceeded to deliver his an
nual address. After the usual compli-
ments and fluctuations he proceeded to
touch upon variety of subjects. In
relation to the story of the war as
taught to children in the books of the
public schools, and which has recently
come in for large share of public at
tention, the commander in chief said
cit Is certainly not the object Of the
Grand Army of the Republic to keep open
the wounds Of the war, but of this we are
determined-that one side of that great
struggle was right and the other side
was wrong-and we were not the wrong
-;1 nd MA don' int q nhildran
shall be taught that we WERE"
Goblin Elected Commander In Chief.
After reports of the other officers had
been presented, the hall was cleared
for the executive session, at which Gin
cinnati was chosen as the next place of
meeting, and Gen. Goblin was elected
commander in chief.