The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-26

BUFFALO ~. Y Aug %-Forty-ave
fa9sasana men today marched snr0sga
Streets gieFtols II fags ard bszutiug. re-
ee&TIsg the oyatloas Of q half nllsoz 2eo-
tte. ne president % tas EElsn they
fos7gAt % save. hsnseaf their rumrsde. was
AZ tsex bead. Nnzn zee Ire of The Grand
ArHny procession moved al Is-n THIS morn
inE. tne axes lad net cscgc- Tns rain
storms q tae night ssft . cieaT. 5raciag
ar. ia&f wzs Ike q ga-tc . s-e marching
men TIE procession moved for Eve hour.
ana farty-two minutes. along The route
0f rnarcs 10 girls dressed IA tie colsrs Of
the aag. scattered aowers n tne pain ef
tire soldiers.
President Mckinley rode IA = carriage a.
TIE head q the pEocsSslon and waved MS
hat A. TIE cheering cFoEG- A. the review
ing stand &c TOOK h4s position vsth Ccua-
Ha4n4sr-an-CalsE CIaTas0n and COY. Back
ana the headquarters STAFF rasssd IL -
vlsw.
Mckinfey Lead. EnfhusIasm.
OF al the throng viewing the procession.
10 one person was more enthusiastic or
more affected b the sight than President
AeAiusey. Vita his hand on his aat con-
ilnusliy uucoysrlaE . the national colors
0r Tie ssalGtes of the veterans, the pres4-
c4ng watched the array of proud veterans
nlaFch b. X was certainly a column 70
inspire admiration. SEch men as secre-
tary Of Var Alger. Gen Lev Wallace and
Gen John Palmer walked side by
side with the negro or GecreQlt pSnsIoner,
whom they had 70 assist
The closing eyenf of the evening was .
reception 10 the president
0ther events were . reception by MTs
Catherine Z. Hurst. prssi1snt OF the
ladies OF the c. A. 2. az the Iroquois ho-
Tel. a recep.s0n By Mrs. " G WoodIgy
natieaal president of the army nurses.
and uumerous receptions by minor oTgani-
zatons.
Gathering OF the Fcrcc..
Drums beating the revelua brought the
comrades from their tents early this
noraiug. Aides-ae-eamp in the gold lace
of the National Guard of Ss~ York we're
dashing about the streets on horseback
locking sikh anxious care 70 the divisions
they had been assigned 70. IN the cor
rldors CT the Irogaols hotel. spurs were
Jtngling and sabres changing as the on
GERS Of Ger. CiarkSoa's staR hurried to
tha headquarters OF the comuandar-ln-
chief to report 70 Col. J. Cory WInaus.
chief of staff
The posts af the department OF Illinois
and some of the department OF Wisconsin
were saFly on the march. The rnusfe and
tramp ~ marching feet brought cheering
crowds 70 the little detachments as they
passed. and the hum of expectancy grew
into roar of settlement as the time for
the moving of ire procession grew near
Excursion trains began 20 pour thousands
CT recruits into all the congested thorough
fares.
The President az the Hend.
In front af the Hotel Niagara Ge..
ClaEkson and staM drew un n Nne ard
Carlson waited apon President McKlnle-
20 escort him % the head az the column.
AZ i9 oclock the president ieft The Nla<-
ara. accompanied by his escort A. ia5a
o'cloek the procession moved 10 the reli ef
iRnUmeFable drums ard the hIare of tram
( pets. and the Grand Army headed hv the
PRESIDENT, toak 40 its triurDhsl way
through seas of cheering humanity. in
frErt % the Erie County hank fhe process
slon swept On. a sotd mass of hlras ard
gold beneath the great area OF welcome.
On tfe balcony ot the arch hard pIayed
Hall 20 tNe Chief1 a. THE presidents ear
riaRe passed, ana the people or fhe grand
stana gave mighty cheer whirh was
taken un by fire thousands on fha zf~eaf
AZ Chippewa street the president saw be-
fore him the greaf living shfaN ard ra uet-
the music o la@o Young voices some
state delegations fn iine were varv sr-aff
Aisska. Nsw Mexico and Mississippi has
fuE hlft one man eaca. Oklahoma sts-
hama and Arkansas three men each. ard
Montana aEG Texas five each Il f. essf
mstet that there were over g. 30 veterans
in tire
A. - The president aud Gov. BLACK Leg,
the reviewing stand tust as the Fops~+-
r1enf - Counecfieut srr}ved at ihe ~ "a
of review Luncheon Nas served st a o~-
v8te residence near hv The stav er
luncheon wss brief however ana tha
president and Gov. Black we're soon ba X
fu sheiT places. ant ere president w7s
aEslu nowinE aHd smiling snd us1t~e a.s
hat So ere veterans.
ff ans nearly 5 o'cl0ek nten tne laz- ~
the >sw YORK state division passed tha
sffad sre af'er uelrtF ak hcurs ~ con-
s.sat attention the president ara t+ov.
D'ark were driver e. tAe.r h1tsl anE5 sha
hurrah rs ~ Oh s-s ara ann-1ase ~ q
vaet crawH Throushout the en ~e sv
iha great crows was orlerlv ara -1e--
was 10 Intrusion aaag the president Tae
president admitted ~ wss ereH uith ,ha
asv's vrark bet Hfsasa5
large telesa tsees - CsHforesa1s ar
rived here ksr rtsht- They nsee -o--a
~rssh ! -vsa-faaS rerreae thsf - 3.e-ersr-.-
eng ehelr Hu.v "a delegates - -ne @
enrar rrloraere anH 81 haow Ss~ rrzr-. s.a
as tne nfs-e far eat3'rx tNs rexe e~-a a-,s-.-
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