The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-04
THE VETERANS
ARE GATHERING
Soldiers of the War of the
Rebellion at Philadelphia.
ADMIRAL SIMPSONS
FLEET CELEBRATES
City Magnificently Decorated In
Flowing Banners and Flags.
There Are Three Candidates For
Commander in Chief, Among
Whom Is Private Dalzell, the Con-
gressman-Naval Veterans Who
Fought Under Farragut Will Give
First Street Parade Of the Nation
al Encampment.

| third annual encampment Of the Crane
Army of the Republic will begin to.
morrow. The vanguard Of the veteran:
pie with outstretched hands. Never
again, perhaps, will Philadelphia be the
scene of a national encampment Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic. Of the
| valiant men who defended the cause o,
the Union there remains but a remnant
and with the depletion of the ranks, the
welcome is the more heartfelt and en-
thusiastic
|. Admiral Sampson and his fleet OF
fighting ships arrived here today, and
this event marks the beginning of ths
weeks celebration.
The city is crowded with strangers
while the incoming trains from all sec.
lions are bringing thousands to help
swell the throng.
The avenue of Fame"
The city has borne its share of the
work, and the citizens Of Philadelphia
by contributions Of cash and in vel
coming banners have shown their in
tereSt in the reunion. The route Of the
veterans parade, which takes place on
Tuesday, is one solid blaze of color and
light. Not q building but has it's front
encased in the red, white and blue
The Avenue of Fame, which extends
from Walnut to Cherry street on Broad,
a distance Of five blocks, with the city
hall as the center. is the most magmfl.
cent piece Of decoration ever attempted
in this city. There are two classes of
columns. The larger and more ornate
are about fifty feet in height and are
placed at the street corners. The
smaller columns, about twenty-five feet
high, stand on each side of Broad street
between the larger columns. The cor
ner pillars are massive, but graceful,
and at the base of each are alternately,
in heroic size, two soldiers and two
sailors. Numerous circles of electric
lights decorate the pillars from the base
to the gilded eagles at the peak
The columns are connected by fes-
toons of bunting and laurel, and strings
of ihcandescent lamps give a brilliant
effect at night
The north and south fronts to the
city hall will be illuminated with. mas
sive electric light pieces thirty feet in
length, representing the Grand Army of
the Republic badge
Camp Sexton, near Belmont, in Fair
mount park, contains 1900 tents. 1t is
intended to accommodate those posts of
the Grand Army which prefer to camp
out. rather than be quartered in halls,
armories or private houses.
Parade On Tuesday.
The tents will shelter 10000 veterans.
The big parade on Tuesday will be in
twelve divisions. Post No. 1, from
Rockford, ILL.,, the oldest post in the
Grand Army, will head the line. AS the
veterans pass around the city hall they
Will be reviewed by President McKin-
ley, who is expected to arrive here Mon
day night, accompanied by Secretaries
Root and Gage and Postmaster Cen
eral Smith. There will be over AZ, 600
men in line.
A feature of Tuesdays events will be
the chorus of 5000 school children. who
will occupy a portion of the grand
stand on the north side of the city hall.
AS the parade passes this point the
children will sing patriotic airs.
OF all the military organizations to
attend the encampment, probably none
will attract more attention than Boyd's
girl cadets of Topeka, Kan. These
young ladies are the daughters of vet
Grams, and are, commanded by H. n.
Boyd, who was sergeant of company
L, Seventh Illinois cavalry, during the
civil war.
A question of absorbing interest to
cided during the encampment, is the
election of a COMMUNICATIVE chief and
other officers. Two candidates promi-
nent in the field are Albert d. Shaw of
Joe Spratt post, Watertown, N Y, and
Judge Leo Rasscur of st. Louis. 'Pri-
vate" James l.. Dalzell of company n.
One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio, is
also a candidate.
The naval veterans will enjoy the
CT N ot Of trfr G,-r% -tx,
rade during the encampment Theirs
will take place tomorrow, afternoon and
will be unique feature of the dem
onstration. The, old volunteers who
fought under Farragut will tramp
shoulder to shoulder with the younger
veterans of the Spanish American
war.
Next Friday the naval parade will
take place. Admiral Simpsons fleet
will be anchored in the Delaware river,
opposite the city. and a long line of
vessels will pass around the fighting
ships, President Mckinley and cab
met officers will review the warships
from the revenue cutter Gresham.
Members of the commission of the i'm
perial Russian navy, stationed here,
experimenting the building Of battle
ship and a. cruiser, will participate in
the naval pageant.
"A
tire day was given to sightseeing by
the citizens and visitors. There were
three great centers of interest to which
the people fiocked by tens of thou
sands. The greatest crowd was gath
cred along the Delaware river front to
watch the arrival of the warships. The
North Atlantic squadron, composed of
the flagship New York, cruiser Brook
Ign, battleships Indiana, Massachusetts,
and Texas, under command of Rear
Sampson. arrived off the CEN
ter of the city at 1880 this afternoon.
Reception OF Sampson.
The feet, which anchored at Bombay
Hook, about fifty-five miles down the
river, last night. weighed anchor at
o'clock this morning and proceeded UP
the river. A reception committee. COM
posed of Mayor Ashbridge, the local c.
A. r. committee and several city off
Gals. left the League island navy yard
at $3.50 on board the government tug
to meet the squadron. The
ships were met off Chester, Pa, and
the reception committee boarded the
flagship and formally welcomed the ad-
niral TO Philadelphia.
Neither Admiral Sampson nor any of
the officers of 1.-THE fleet came ashore
today. Most OF them will, however,
land tomorrow and take up quarters at
the Hotel Walton, which have been
by the reception committee
The admit al will return Mayor Ash
bridges visit tomorrow at p M OF
the I'VE big ships that arrived today, 1
the New York. Brooklyn. Massachu-
settS and Indiana were built in this
.ity, and the people evinced the great
Est interest in them, it being their first