The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-28
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and all of today train after train ioaaed
with veterans and their friends rolleo
into the various stations in the CITY
and bv evening it was estimated by
railroad officials that fully 4o,Ooo ot1 d
soldiers had arrived, and that SOo, .spO
other excursionists had come with
them. 1t is expected that there VIII DC
$4,000 additional arrivals by tomorro"
morning. "a
General ]. w. Keifer of Ohio ana
General Bragg of Wisconsin both salo
today that they looked 10 see to1ioI-
row the greatest number OF old soldiers
that had marched at one time beneath
the Stars and Stripes since the ilellio.
able review in Washington at the close
of the war.
The first day of the encampment was
one of ideal beauty, in marked Con-
trast to the hot and humid weeks that
have preceded it since the hrst OF
August.
Naval Parade Is Held.
The ri@ht of the line on the opening
day was given to the men who sailed
the seas during the civil war. me
u d
cheering today was all for them ana an
! the honors were theirs The army VIII
come 70 its own tomorrow.
The heroes of river and sea OF the
civil war are a small band now Ot the
! 1S2, 900 men enlisted in the navy IN the
days of the war, less than lOOO nlarcn,
/ ed today. and it is agreed by the old
/ sailors that their number was greater
/ in the march today than IL VIII ever
/ he in aOV Darade 10 come.
But one battlefag was carried by the
| naval veterans. It was one that nut
| tered from the monitor Winnebago
when Farragut sailed into Mobile bay
/ 1t was borne by Seaman E. D. Wood
ruff of Rockford. H., and beside MN
marched ex-BOatSWain's Mate j. IL
LYNN OF Chicago, who made the nag
while serving on board the Winnebag'o.
Beside the men who fought aftoat
| from 81 to 'e5, came the younger gen
GRAFTON who helped to demolish Monte
| los fleet in Manila bay, and made SIof-
IiouS history when CerVera sailed out
of Santiago harbor to overwhelming de-
feat. With the veterans OF the navy
! marched a band of men whose lot our
ing the war comprised the worst OF
/ hardships-but none the less was as
full of glory as the career OF the pray
est fighters of them all. These were
prisoners of war. who received an en-
( thusiastic greeting as they marched
along.
The parade started at II o'clock
Naval Arch Dedicated.
Preceding the naval parade, the big
! naval arch, erected at Michigan ave
nue. and Hubbard court, near the Jonn
A. Logan monument, and marking the
south end of the court of honor, was
dedicated Although the exercises were
held at a. comparatively early hour, an
| immense crowd witnessed the cereTno-
MES in honor of the naval veterans
The exercises were exceedingly SIM
pie. Shortly after 8 o'clock Major T.
A BigelOW, secretary of the Il. A H.
Bishop Samuel FallOWs and DR.. +. =
Murdoch, past commander in chicago
and member of the Farragut post u A
r., who had been selected to make tins
dedicatory. speech, left G. a R. head
quarters at the Palmer house and eS-
Corted by the Wilkinson post, No 3, 'ol
New York, a detachment of the Hi
Dois association of Naval Veterans
and the Illinois First Regiment band
, were driven down Michigan avenue Il
the big white arch erected in honor O
the veterans of the navy After TIT
band had played America the GROVE
meantime standing with uncovered
heads. Bishop Samuel FallOWs deliver
ed a prayer. Commodore George L
Seavey, national commander OF tn
! Naval Veterans, then introduced DR.
Murdoch, who made a brief, elOquen
speech
The late afternoon feature of tn
days celebration. the naval parade OF
Lake Michigan, proved somewhat OF I
disappointment, weather conditions in
terfering sadly with the arrangements
Besides the revenue cutters Aorrel
and Fessenden and a fleet of excursion
steamers. it had been planned to hav
( the large fleet of the Chicago zach
club included in the parade from tn
Lake Front park off Jefferson boule
ward to Lake Michigan, where tn
naval battle took place, but the breez
of the morning died away and h2rdl,
a breath of air Was stirring during tn
afternoon, so this part Of the pro
gramme was necessarily abandoned
The government vessels, towing
string of barges filed with detachment
from the Illinois naval reserve an
gaily decOra ted with flags and stream
ers, and the excursion boats, lOade'
| with sight-seerS made an imposing ap
pearance as they slowly steamed on
: of the harbOr and headed toward
} Lincoln park. The fleet arrived OF
Lincoln park about 4,90 p m. and Their
in sight of tens Of thousands of spec
tatorS gathered along the sea wall o
I the park, the revenue cutters, wit
their blue jacketed crews working tn
$ rapid fire guns of the two vessels, wen
{ through some beautiful naneuvering /
/ a sham fight.
[ The eVOlutionS eXempifying IN
2 workings of two fighting ships in bat
: tie lasted for half an hour and at thei
$ conclusion the fleet slowly steame
= back to the harbor.
: Many Regimental Reunions.
I The end of the naval fight off Lir
1 coin park closed the official prOgramm
r of the encampment for the day, but a
over the city-in various halls and in a
e the hotels there were reunions of reg
q ments almost without number and fra
i ternal greetings of all sorts and de
Scriptions.
One of the leading affairs of the nigE
s was the banquet of the Iron Brigad
= which w2s held at the club house
: the Chicago Athletic club at $50. TIL
d speakers were Speaker Henderson
:, Senator Burrows of Michigan; Cover
q nor Scofield of Wisconsin, Commando