The National tribune., 1899-09-14
THE WELCOME OF
THE QUAKER CITY.
Palmer headed the
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Commander W. l.. Palmer headed the
column, and with him were about 40 men.
from the far Pacific Coast came 30 men,
who marched with the Department OF
Washington and Alaska. At the head
was Department Commander j. w. Lang
ley; these men made splendid showing,
and were loudly cheered.
ELEVENTH DIVISION.
I'm this Division were assembled tie
veterans from the Southern and Western
States. Many of the Posts wore emtlems
characteristic of their hone States, and
no Division was more warmly greeted.
First came the Department of Tennessee,
headed by Commander Crumbliss and
Asst AdJt-Gen. Seaman. Fifteen men
were in line The Department of Louisi-
ana and Mississippi had so men in line.
There was no Post subdivision.
| As the grizzled veteran who closed the
| file in the Department of Florida passed
| by everybody was amused to see that he
carried in bird cage at the end of q stick
two promising young speciments of FIori-
| da's lively indigenous product the alIiga-
| tor. Each was about 10 inches long.
| The Department was represented by 20
| men, representing IL or more Posts. De-
partment Commander E. Kirby was at the
| head.
Texas was represented by IS men, who
| belonged to some IL different Posts. They
marched, of course. a solid lody The
turnout was headed by Department Con-
| mander John RoacL
The hardy Texans. who had come from
1,SOO and 2.400 miles to attend the En-
| campment. moved along with brisk step,
receiving constant applause on tie way.
The Georgia department turned out
with an equal number of men, by far
| the larger portion. of them belonging to
| o. nj. Mitchell Post. 1, of Atlanta. The
Department was headed by Commander
| A. Mattison.
Alabama had Il men in line nearly all
of whom were delegates. Ten of them
Were members of George A. Custer Post,
1. of Birmingham. They were headed by
Commander Edward Birchnough
Every man of the % which North Da-
| kota had in line Wore pompon of wheat
sheaves in his hat. bouquet of tire same
on his coat, and carried a long cane or
wand whose top was a flowing sheaf in
his hand. The largest single representa-
ton any Post had was j. F. Reynolds
Post, Z, of Fargo. Commander William
Oklahoma had Is men in line, headed
| by Department Commander H. II. S.
| Hassler, Adjt-Gen. James Burns, Past
| Department Commander J. B. Munger,
! and Delegate }. c. White. of Post 1, Okla
| homa City.
| From the Department of Indian Terri
tory came +. ". Grissom, of Muskogee.
who marched with the Texas delegation.
Representatives were also present and
participated in the parade from Idaho,
Montana. and Arizona.
TWELFTH DIVISION.
Last in line was the Department of Penn
sylvania, 10000 strong, under Department
Commander James F. Morrison. Posts
from every part of the Keystone State were
present, and all We're well represented.
BattIe-torn flags were there by scores, and
all along the line of march round after
round of applause greeted these veterans.
This was their home State. and while
special features presented by other De-
partments had called cheers and applause
from the hundreds of thousands assembled
TO see the great pageant, there was nothing
so grand to them as to see the veterans
from Pennsylvania marching down the
wide street with banners flying and bands
playing
Many special failures were presented by
this Department, such as survivors of old
Pennsylvania commands marching to-
getker, carrying their own flags, which
had seen service with the regiments many
wears at the front