Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
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Fully 5000 Old Soldier March ii
the Grand Army Parade

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The Tra napinR Hosts pass in Review
Before the chief BIagistratc-
Presiden Visits the Naval
Fleet--A ddress at Night.
philadelphia Sept. Tuesday was
the big day Of the grand army encamp-
ment and the city was alive at an early
hour. The presence in the city of Presi-
dent Mckinley increased the interest
and his drive over the route OF: the
parade aroused the greatest enthusiasm
among the throngs.on the streets. Ad-
miral Sampson and the captains of his
fleet made a formal call upon the presi-
dent before nine o'clock, Mr.. Mckinney
receiving them in the reception room
set apart for him during his stay at the
Hotel Walton. . j:
Afterward the presidential party, in
Guiding the admiral and the captains,
entered carriages and went over the
route OF the. parade. The presidents
carriage was drawn by four richly
caparisoned bay horses. With the
president were Gov. Stone of Pennsyl-
vania, Mayor bridge and Gen. Louis
Wagner, chairman of the G. A. r.
executive committee. -.
/ a: : 80 u The Parade.
I" The head OF the procession moved at
ten o'clock down Broad street, east side
of city hall, toAlarket street to Fourth,
to Chestnut, to- Broad, to Pine, where
the parade was dismissed.
| Tho HiSfnnnnI noyorol ,,,o. o.. ILL.
Independence hall was passed during
the march and caps were lifted and
colors dipped by the veterans. The
chorus of 5000: school children occupied
a portion. Of the grand stand on the
north side Of the city hall and sang pa
triot;c airs as the, veterans passed.
!, At no celebration since the centennial
has this city seen the crowds which lined
the streets along which the veterans
passed. The Avenue of Fame with its
isnoW-White columns and festoons of
bunti1gSand laurel was the favorite
view point.
| President Visits the Fleet.
A visit to the feet was decided upon
Tuesday morning when Admiral Samp-
son called upon the president at the
Hotel Walton. It was the intention to
have the. chief executive remain here
until Friday. to review the naval pa
rade and visit the squadron, but the
presidents desire to return to Washing
ton caused Encouragement in the pro-
gramme. The visit of the president to
the squadron proved to be the greatest
marine spectacle ever seen here. 1t was
the intention to have Mr.. Mckinley to
visit only the New York, but he grew
so enthusiastic over the great fighters
that he suddenly made up his mind to
inspect all of them. Accordingly he
visited the flagship New York, cruiser
Brooklyn and the battleships Indiana,
Massachusetts and Texas. It was his
intention to also visit the cruiser De-
troit, but much to his regret he was
unable to do so on account of lack of
time. There was almost a continuous
roar of guns during the ~ hours that
it took to inspect the vessels. In all
462 guns were fired by the squadron in
presidential salutes.
| President Makes an Address.
Enthusiasm was rampant at night.
Wherever President Nc Kinley appeared
he received q tAmendous ovation, par
ticularly at the Academy of Music
where the grand army was officially
welcomed to the city and state by
Mayor Ashbridge and Gov. Stone. The
president was introduced as "Comrade''
Mckinley. He said:
1T has given me great pleasure to as
sociate with you to-day. I have been Deep
ly touched by many of the scenes which
all of us have witnessed. With the Joy
aside OF the glad reunion of old comrades
who fought side by side in common cause
and for common country, there was the
other sad side, that so many of our COM
rades who two years ago marched proudly
with you through the city Of Buffalo are
no longer in the ranks. The circle is mar
| rowing. AS years roll on one after another
is not present atiour reunions, but account
ed for. They have gone to join the great
majority of our comrades who sleep to.
night beneath the low green tent whose cur.
tains never outward sway -.
But, with 1t all, my comrades, could
not but inquire, as witnessed the vast
procession Of old veterans and heard the
plaudits of the people, could not but ask
the question:: What has endeared this
vast army to the American people? What
has enshrtned you in their hearts? What
has given you. Appointment, unperishable
place in history? The answer comes, that
you saved the nation. twas because 70,
did something; aye, you sacrificed some
thing. You were willing to give up your
lives for civilization and liberty, not fol
/ the civilization and liberty of an hour. but
I Of ages. That has given you the place in
the heartssof theSAmerican people.
4 Great and %gond deeds never die, and
the Grand Army OF the Republic is to b<
congratulated tonight that the union /:
saved and the peace It secured at Apo
mattox Court House more than third
Of century ago lis stronger. better anG
dearer to the American people to-day thar
once more and forever one people-one ir
faith, one In purpose, willing to sacrifice
our lives for the honor of our country
and the glory of our flag. The blue and
the gray march under one fag-we've got
but one flag. now---the same that our grand
fathers lifted up, the same our fathers
bore, and that flag which you kept stain:
less and made triumphant forevermore.
IT may be pardoned for saying in this
presence that this has been one Of the
happiest days Of my life, looking into the
faces Of my comrades. They are getting
little too old for war. but they are al
f right. That. during last year and thi:
summer, we were able to convene 250.00'
/ Of the best, young men In the United
Il States was duet to the example OF you
Il patriotism and the inspiration of your ex
ample. " :. Y
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!. Madrid, Sept. 6.----The trial Of Capt
Diaz Moreu, who commanded the Span
! ish cruiser Cristobal Colon at the battle
4 Of Santiago Cuba, and Gen. Parede
h who was on board the Colon, on charges
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