The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-28
CHICAGO BY STORM
CITY INVADED BY AN ARMY OF
$4,000 VETERANS.
WITH THEM 100000 VISITORS.
ENCAMPMENT PROMISES TO BE THE
GRAND AnMY's GREATEST.

Men Who Sailed the Seas for the
Union During the Civil War HAD
the Right of the LIne-FrOm 1872
900 Enlisted in the Navy in the
Early Days of the War, the Num-
her Has sadly Decreased Less
Than I,OOO Were in Line.
Chicago. Aug. N.-The thrty-fourth an
nual encampment of the Grand Army of
the Republic, which was formally opened
last night by the monster meeting in the
Coliseum, was in full blast to-day, and in
all respects 1t promises to be the greatest
ard most successful encampment the
army has ever held. 1t was estimated by
railroad officials tonight that fully A.
Geo Old soldiers had arrived. and that 3OO.-
GC0 other excursionists had come with
them.
The weather was splendid. The right
OF the line on the opening day was given
to the men who sailed the seas during the
Civil War The cheering to-day was all
for snem. and all the honors were theirs.
The army will come to it's own tomorrow.
The heroes of the river and the sea of
| the Civil War are a small band now.
OF the $4,000 men enlisted in the navy ID
the early days of the war. less than 800
marched to-day and it is agreed by the
Old sailors that their number was greater
In the march to-day than it will ever be
IN any parade to come. Only one battle
liag was carried by the naval veterans. II
was one that fiuttered from the monitor
Wtnnebagoi when Farragut sailed into
Mobile bay to gain his crowning victory.
Beside the naval veterans of the Civil
war marched men who fought with Dew
ey at Manila Bay and also members of
the Association of ex-Prlsoners of War.
They made a short march out to the ma
val arch at Michigan avenue and Hub
bard Court. where Commander-in-Ch Chief
| Shaw of the G. A. r., Acting Governor
Warder, Mayor Harr sen and others re-
viewed them. Prior to their parade. the
naval arch had been dedicated with SIM
pie exercises, in which Bishop Samuel
Fallows and DIR. T.. p. Murdoek of Far
ragut Post, Chicago, took a leading part.
The late afternoon feature of the days
| celebration, the naval parade on Lake
| Michigan, proved somewhat of a disap-
| pointment, weather conditions interfering
with the arrangements. Besides the rev.
! enue cuttero Morrill, and Fessenden and a
fleet of excursion steamers, 1t has been
| planned TO have the large fleet Of the Chi
cago Yacht Club included in the parade
from The lake front park off Jackson
Boulevard to Lake Michigan where the
naval battle took place, but the breeze of
the morning died away and hardly a
breath Of air was stirring during the aft
ernoon, so this part of the programme was
! necessarily abandoned.
The government vessels, towing a string
of barges filed with detachments from
the Illinois Naval Reserves and gaiiy dec
GRATED with flags and streamers, steamed
to Lincoln Park, where a sham battle oc-
CURED.
The principal event tonight was a ban
quet of the Iron Brigade. Speaker Hen
derson Senator Burrows Cows. Scofield
of Wisconsin and Mount OF Indiana and
! Controller of the Currency Dawes being
among the speakers.
The Sons of Veteranh and the National
Association of Ex-Prisoners of War held
sessions during the day.
Tomorrow the great parade of the q.
A. r. will occur. and it is expected to be
the largest parade held since the organ
| ization came into existence.