Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-08-31
'Thir,y Thousand Old Soldiers
I Take Part 5ln 4 Monster
'sss Dsmo stration.
5 VIEWED Il \ BY 1 l ! i 4 /
Spectators Are Packed In Al
most Solid Masses Along
tho Route Taken. .s..
Crowd cheslsF Itself Hoars'e'
~ Tattered Flags Are
s i Carried ~. III

'.r4s5 Carried BY. ss9s
CHlcAac, Aus. %. Tor four hours
'aand hs5f aths thinnins ranks Of the
Grand Army q the Republic passed
Ia review be6ors their leaders and be-
fore probably 1000, 600 spectators
packed IN Almost solid masses along the
3our miles Of the lines Of parade. Il
marked Tho climax Of the saith annual
cncampment Of the association Of the
veterans who filed the pages Of history
with deeds of heroism during the weary
years Of the Civil war. and was. &C.
cording 70 the comnander.in- chief, the
greatest parade since that day in
Washington when the hundreds Of
thousands Of veterans, the most power.
full army Of the earth. marched in re.
view to their final disband .s 5x Z
Probably 10000 Of the army Of vet
Grams took part in the parade. For ex-
aetly four hours and twenty minutes,
most Of time with ranks almost per-
fectly aligned, but occasionally falter-
ing under 5 ..'...s5 +.
Tho harden at the Years, =.
they filed past the reviewing stand on
Michigan avenue, saluting as they
marched ~. General Nelson "A. Miles,
Commander.in-C Chief Shaw, General
Daniel 9ickles aud the Spanish minis
ter. Duke; d ARGOS. Xxi .,ss.i- -. 4 "A T..
4 Weather conditions were almost ideal
for the parade, wearisome enough at
best for the silver.haired veterans. The
rays Of the sun were yelled by ligl.
fleecy clouds nearly all day. and even
when unobscured their effect was
greatly tempered by Q cool breeze
which blew steadily of Lake Michigan.
The line Of march, too, was much
shorter than ever before mapped ont
for the annual parade, its entire length
not being over four miles, but notwith-'
standing this here and there q veteran,
da1sd and exhausted, ropped ont ol
the rank and many pathetic scenes
were witnessed down the long stretch
Of Michigan avenue % the 4, a:
WI. Il. = Veterans Fell ~ the Wayside. 4: J..
Il was shortly before 1880 q. a. when
The head OF the column started from
the corner 81 Michigan avenue and
Randolph street, and an hour latertit
was fling past the reviewing stand,
For hours before that time the side
walks along the line Of march were
packed from curb to wall. @sy
The marching column was headed by
detachment Of the city. police. Il Be-
hind them came Q band Of 70 pieces,
and then Chief Marshal J. II. Wood
with his immediate staff A regiment
Of assistant marshals and aides came
gathering on, and then, behind the
great band Of the Second infantry, came
Commander-in- Chief Shaw and the
members Of his staff. Acting Governor
SWarder and Mayor Harrison followed
In q carriage and then came 80 mem.
bers Of Oolumbia post Of Chicago, form
ing hollow square in the center Of
which were borne 10 battlefags car
ried by New York regiments during
the war. The spectacle Of the worn
and tattered flags was greeted, at times,
with cheers and at times with deep
silence more expressive than applause
could ever be. II. ~ b .*
Tong I.ins "a q csssrri.iE..s a. \ &.
followed the battlefags. each contain
sing ladies' who /. are officials Of the vari-
ous organizations who are affiliated
with tho Grand Army. Bidwell Will
keson post of Buffalo, which had the
largest humble Of men In rank OF any
organization that came from outside
Chicago and Cook county, made 4 fine
appearance III they came marching past
tile stand, headed By the Buffalo Mill.
stsrys band sofs 80 pieces. III The old Conti-
Eueltnl drum and bugle corps of New
'York city led Chapin post, also from
New York, and both were heartily
~ ssred Tor thar sxcellsnt appearance
eisd fnayching. Then cams the Arion
Military hand az AfilvaukaD, forming
Ere an9uard, II the various depart
es1,taS ~ 'whiek marched under the lead
RRtSI4SRip 81 thsir dspar tmsnt comm aIders.
1xalns was given tho right 90 line
and q her 6olumn en- t1rnins around
|, ~. corner 81 Jackson oalevard = che
81 9 sNSspi os,1lI 1riohi III avenue and
WIZ 6andds 4yIinigl ma sscolofs flying,
eSdhpSl 81 My ~ Tho Republic came smarch.
III down, ths people sse1nsd 10 realize
sthat hers D at LIST came TIC trus pageant
Eofs paksi The: I'D, wocn out, hnt.
EtefinK Aags that had gone before were
! nothing n themselves, but q 33 sss
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