Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-31
Thirty Thousand Veterans
in a Grand Review.
WAS SELDOM EQUALLED.
Glorious Pageant in ChicagO's
Crowded Streets.
PATRIOTIC OBJECT LESSON.
A Million People Witnessed tho Most
Spectacular Feature OF the g. A. n.
Encampment and Gave Gray Haired
Heroes n Cont;nrnI ovation.


Encampment and Gave Gray Haired
Heroes n Continual ovation.
Chicago, Aug. 29.-For four hours
and half yesterday the thinning
ranks of the Grand Army of the Re
public passed in review before their
leaders and before probably a mil
lion spectators, packed in almost solid
masses along the four miles of the
line of parade. 1t marked the climax
of the thirty fourth annual encamp-
ment of the veterans and was, accord
ing to Communicating Chief Shaw, the
greatest parade since that day in
| Washington, when the hundreds of
thousands of veterans, the most pow
erful army on earth, marched in re-
view to their final disbandment.
Probably 10000 veterans took part
in the parade. For four hours and 90
minutes, most of the time with ranks
almost perfectly aligned, they filed
past the reviewing stand on Michigan
avenue.
The line of march was much short
er than ever before mapped out for
the annual parade, its entire length
not being over four miles, but not
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veteran. dazed and exhausted. drop
ped out of the ranks. Especially was
this after the reviewing stand
was passed.
One especially sad incident occurred
to mar the glory of the parade.
Charles Beckwith, of Algonac, Mich,
dropped dead as the line was filing
past the corner of Michigan avenue
and Madison street. The parade halt
ed for moment, the body of the
veteran who had responded to his
last call was removed and his COM
radcs passed on.
1t was shortly before 1o:30 a. m.
when the head of Che column started
from the corner of Michigan avenue
and Randolph street and an hour
later it was filing past the reviewing
stand. For hours before that time
the sidewalks along the line of march
were packed from curb to wall, the
windows of tNc immense Office build
ings, gay with futtering flags and
bunting, were filled with sightseers,
while along Michigan avenue. where
were erected the beautiful columns
and arches forming the court OF
honor. the crowd was so great that
the hundreds of police had great diff
ficulty in keeping clear the line OF
march. And all during the hours that
the veterans tramped by this sea or
humanity roared it's welcome.
In the reviewing stand were Lieut..
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, COMMANDMENTS
Chief Shaw, Gen. Wheeler, Gen. Sick
les, Mayor Harrison and w. IL. Har-
per. TO their left were Speaker Hen
, derson, Bishop Fallows and Senator
Cullom and to their right the Spanish
minister, Duke D'Arcos, with party
! of friends, stood an interested spec
. tator.
. The first cheers from the reviewing
stand were given by the famous old
war eagle of the Wisconsin troops,
| "Old Abe" the stuffed figure of which,
, borne aloft by buclkskin-dressed vet-
, eran, was heartily greeted by the
, crowds and saluted by Gen. Miles and
| the others in the boxes. The post
, escorting "Old Abe" was closely fol-
, lowed by Lucius Fairchild post, which,
startled the crowds by stopping in
: front of Gen. Miles and Commander
! Shaw and gave the familiar '-rah
l rahs" of the University of WISCONSIN,
. A few moments later George g.
Meade Post No. 1, of Pennsylvania,
| HleQ DN. uloit ny
were as many battle flags, tattered
and torn by bullets, and close behind
them ten equally ragged corps flags.
They were the first of the many bat
tie flags carried in the parade that
were seen by the thousands along the
:. line of march and everywhere the
Il ragged banners were greeted with
cheers. They were followed by Philip
SCHUYLER post with eight battle flags
KnapD's battery. of Penl. sylvania,
: with three guidons, and Lyttle Post
No. 12S. of Allegheny City, with three
:. battle flags.
u New York was rich with these EN-.
blems. ORourke Post No. 1, of Roch-
le ester, n. Y, the veterans all in uni
l. form and carrying rifles, held alof'
T. the civil war banners. Chaplin Pos
N No. Q. of Buffalo, headed by the Ole
=, Continental drum and bugle corps
~ carried % battle flags and one guid
- on, all of them in ribbons.
~ Picturesque features were supplies
~ by the Louisiana veterans, who car
i ried pieces of sugar cane, topped witt
" punches of cotton; by the veterans O
y North Dakota, carrying small sheavet
q" of the wheat of their prairies, int
y; which was stuck small flag; an
:, by the South Dakota posts, each ma
~ CARRYING an enormous ear OF cor
mounted on a staff.
The evening was given up entirel.
to affairs of a social character, tn
Of chief event being an informal recef
,e tion to Commander-in-Chief Shaw
, department commanders and depart
ing guests at Memorial hall. 1t wa
:" largely attended, thousands OF tn
t. old soldiers coming to greet the kig
rt officials of their organization. In z
th different places in the down town dis
To trict reunions of states were held.
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