Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-04
VETERANS BIG WEEK
Philadelphia Rapidly Filling Up
With Grizzled Veterans of the
Civil War.
Lavish Preparations For Their En-
tertainment Reunion Promises
To Be Great Success.
Visitors to the Encampment Will
Reach Enormous Numbers-The
Weeks Program.

tIle NTTdlu ARMY OF the RepuDllC, winch
will be held in profusely decorated Phil
adelphia during the coming week, will
be the most imposing patriotic event of
it's class in American history. Besides
the $4,000 veterans enrolled as comrades
who will be the city's guests of honor,
it is estimated that not fewer than $780,
900 other visitors will come to Philadel-
phia from all parts of the country, and
the number may mount up to 100000.
These, with large proportion of the
Quaker City's own population of 1,20O,-
900, will watch with sympathetic heart
beats the procession of grizzled veter-
ans, many of whom must limp over the
line of march on Tuesday next to pass
on grand review in front of their hon.
ored comrade, President Mckinley
The Grand Army was born in Illinois
thirty three years ago last April and at
the head of it's noble phalanX as the line
moves through Broad street on Tues
day will fittingly and proudly march
Post No. from Rockford, ILL.,, the old
est one in the veterans organization. 1t
was organized in 1885, and its present
commander, Thomas G. Lawler, has
been elected to the office thirty-two
| times.
Between long rows of white pillars
and heroic military statues, constitute
ing the respondent avenue of Fame,
covering a distance of five squares,
south and north of the city hall. as Welt
as over their longer and less richly dec
GRATED route, with red. white and blue
all a-fiutter around and above them, the
old boys in blue will march while the
plaudits of countless thousands ring
with grateful greetings. The first dele
CATION TO arrive from the west-Post 227
of Hartford City, Ind, got into Broad
street station shortly after noon Satur-
day, and fourteen other posts from
cities in Pennsylvania, New York and
Massachusetts,. got in during the after
noon and evening.
The first really big delegation of Wis
ting Veterans came yesterday morning
when the posts of Brooklyn arrived
over LOCO strong. Other delegations
will follow in rapid succession. Illinois
VIII send thirteen posts of Loco men all
! together. and these, after their fitting
i reception at the hands of local veter-
ans, will be escorted, one post to the
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