El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-05
When Two Score Thousand
Veterans Marched BY
With Tattered Flags.
QUIET PHILADELPHIA
Alive With The Hurrying,
Busting, Sightseeing
Crowds of Re-UniOn
Visitors.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Sept. ga
parade of 5O,O0O Grand Army veterans
today, and with one accord pronounced
1t the most impressive pageant eyer
seen in Philadelphia.
The majority of the old soldiers in
line bore the strain of the formation
and march admirably. They marched
with precision, even If they were not
as quick in obeying commands as in
the '60s. The arrangements were all
that could be desired and all along the
route the marchers were supplied with
refreshing drink by the water couriers
who everywhere attended them.
But despite the admirable arrange
ments the parade was necessarily at
tended with much fatigue and there
were thousands among the spectators
who expressed the opinion that the
time has come to abandon this most
inspiring feature of the national en-
campment.
At every national encampment for
nearly decade the same proposal has
been made without result, but it may
now be put down as q certainty that
the veterans will not march many more
years.
The great column formed in Broad
street In the vicinity of Girard avenue.
Heading the procession was Acting
Commauder-in-Chief johnson, of Gin
cinnati, and the members of his staff.
Accom- mpanying them rode General
Latta, the grand marshal of the day,
and his aids, who escorted the COM
mander to the reviewing stand in front
of the city hail. while the thousands OF
spectators who lined the sidewalks and
occupied the windows and roofs of the
buildings shouted an enthusiastic vel
come.
The governors and other state Of
ficials of Pennsylvania aud New
Jersey. the mayor and city officers of
Philadelphia, and the various commit
tees followed in carriages, and all took
their places on the reviewing stand,
where the president and party were al
ready seated. Here four thousand
school girls forming the letters &C. A.
R." greeted the veterans with patriotic
songs.
General Miles. Adjutsnt General
Corbin and other distinguished guests
from the national capital also occupied
seats at the city hall stand. The stars
and stripes were flung to the breeze
over the city hall and then the column
moved forward again.
The citizens committee led the way |
and then came Illinois and Wisconsin |
leading the veterans of the Grand Ar |
nv. Ohio led the second division and |
was followed by New York, Connecti- !
cut, Massachusetts,, New Jersey. The /
fifth division was made up of the de- i
partments of Maine, Nevada, Califor- ,
mia, Rhode Island, New Hampshire |
and Vermont. In the sixth division !
were the departments of the Potomac, !
Maryland, Virginia and Nebraska.
The departments of Michigan, Iowa,
Indiana, Colorado, Wyoming and Kan
sas made good showings in the seventh |
division. Preceding the Pennsylvani- !
ans, who brought up the rear of the :,
parade, were the veterans OF Missouri, |
Oregon, West Virginia, Alaska. Wash
Ingtou, Utah, Arkansas, Kentucky and
Arizona.
The parade began shortly before
eleven O'Clock and though the route
had been considerably shortened it was
after three O'Clock when the last flags
passed the reviewing stand. The route
was down Broad street past the City
Hall, east on Market to Fourth, to
to Broad, to Pine. where the
veterans disbanded. In passing Inde-
pendence Hall the:soldiers saluted the
Did Liberty Bell.
General Wagner with the presidents
consent sent the following telegram to
Mrs. Mckinley:
philadelphia one million and a
quarter citizens and more than fifty
strangers exceedingly regret