New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-07
TUE G. A. r. ENCAMPMENT.
.,,ccEss ATTENDING TIE GATHERING
IN CINCINNATI
.,nr~1 WILL Pc UNABLE TO ATTEND
NAVAL PARADE YESTERDAY AND ARMY

NAVAL PARADE YESTERDAY AND ARMY
PADApE TO-DAY.
c,,c,nnati sep: e.-The thirtysecon annual on
nroent ~ the Grand Army OF the RepubNc Is
.,ccsss so far "a attendance is concerned even
.h.se National events. whi,h cal, or. phenoin-
vi crowds The opening day Yesterday surpassed
sc,,t,ons as well Sunday, In the arrivals
50, before the twenty-one guns were fired at gun
sc today al Camp Sherman the stations were
rosded with more arrivals. The posts came IN
,oses today and we're escorted to their quarters
~ ,ocol posts The special trains arrived faster
y, ,hev could be handled at the terminal In the
,,v hours and the rush continued. so that later
jns we're stopped at Camp Sherman and other
,hurban points. where streetcars and other trans
s,,,oton had been provided. There is capacity
,. e,teen thousand In the tents o. Camp Sherman
,d {, is we'll filed. the smaller camps.
,,, the Committee on Quarters has unlimited
so. IN houses and other places. The decorations
o unusually elaborate, the electric light designs
e. the public squares and at street intersections
nrnassjng even the finest structures OF exposi-
,,ons and the entertainment is equally lavish.
A letter was received to-day from President Nc
p,nley stating that public business would prevent
him and Mrs. Mckinley from attending the
csmpment this week. The weather has been pleas
an, to-day after the rains OF last night. and still
cooler weather is the prediction for this locality
to.morrow when the big parade takes place
This was Naval Day and tomorrow Is Army Day.
N he followed Thursday by the peace jubilee.
The National Naval Association gave a grand
,srads this morning Tomorrow morning the
q A. r. men have their annual parade. and
thursday the civic and Industrial parade occurs.
srer their parade to-day the naval veterans were
,nura.aed on steamboats,. and they captured Coney
Island. The features o. the Gay were the reSi
mental brigade and other reunions az which the
Old comrades got closer together than On any other
Hyai Of several department.; commanders and OF
Governors ana their STATS. The citizens also ten
esrel 5eSgp0Rs to rs a. MaT mel president H
q The wemens Reaef corps ;o Ms t0T5 p nys
aPs r obea II the Na ns and
S Sif,ipn the Wonens Relief corps Auditing
commtee the directors o, A2deTsOnYiille or prison
G oSns we're Ss s9 In e!son o3sy On
routine business. D.. ,,r uo. rnas, command y,
Grand Marshal y /; Hawkns Win L Lev ant
Soon George ~ Fnen IS Of fhT n or XaTa Rs
serves the National Association q x-PriSoners OF
pon 70 zee (nS M;o7e T Sownf 5hs amy ny
tie second division, commanded BY Major JJoseph
i Gsu ard con:isHs OF the SIN Resiment ened
local companies OF cadets and boys breades. most
Iy bearing arms
A DRAMATIC EFFECT PRODUCED.
Tie parade required ar hour more TO pass
gwen point and vas everywhere watched by cro*cs
o, deeply interested spectators The drama'ic ef-
fec. OF the arrangement of the divisions was the
occasion for much comment. First IN honor came
the veterans OF :he Civil Wharf.-The men who manned
the yesse;s n our 1nGge Nayysa re S tn4s[
tors could not fail to be impressed WITH q SAD
feeling that they were looking upon body OF
te en Ss %Se b,ar arm sturdy hearts fuller than
ever a. 0 I've Kerr o deeds but IL was psnfuy ap
parent that their ranks were thinning and that
Their deeds were 70 be so Iny 81 1dav and IT
happen4d that they were black soldiers. the sth
a. Fort Thoniss COMMANDED by Colonel Huggins:
What a contrast, Their full ranks, the vieor and
". TN q Sa . Ds 4y Of fP s'SP n n
me sodieTy Appearance.a.i SPOKE o, tne s,re S
The spectacle was Inspiring, ana the efieet
shown by roars Of cheering al! along the Inc
.. thA city schools-the younger hope OF the coun-
ever. In The se.ond division, the coiored troops
of hs hoa9 S ana mn 9aye been ser
d!.rly bearing. -~'e.''-
-.. CONTEST FOR coMMANDER-IN- CHIEF.
Z The contes. for commander -in-chiet has become
much more complicated BY the arrival o. a large
delegation rom Eew-YoIk. headed by Corporal
Tanner. in support OF Colonel John C Shots. OF
bSRSsLS " S 9i ?9y o nsaas, coore
Shaw, 0. watertown. y. Y but II also divides
expected 10 be solid for shaw. While Colonel J. 4
Sexton. az Chicago had only one or two votes in
the Iliaois deleg aon against him. he is now losing
eonis supper. by me candidacy OF Coonel Tom
Anderson. 0. Topeka, who is getting Western votes
Ina. we7- depended upon for Sexton, and VINO was
,Ous!de:et "a a favor!te in the race as the only
Western candidate until the Kansas man just
brought out
= Mack the Ohio candidate for commander
i-chie: is enbarrassed In his canvass by the iact
tina; ". c. johnson. OF Cincinnati, has been deter
mined or as The man tor senior vice-commander,
Ana the two leading ofnces are not likely 10 90
20 the same State. Commander W +. Atkins has
heretofore been considered the leading candidate
Cor rear-admira of the National Naval Association.
IN, he IS having close contest now with Com
-cdore j +. r. Foss for that position. The con-
test for the Offices has also become animated
among the women.