The age-herald., 1900-08-29
Chicago Does Full Honor to
 Guests.
THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL
Pronounced by Commander Shaw to be Greatest Parade Since Victorious Marched in Review to Fi-
 nal Disbandment

Chicago, Aug. 2.S-For four and half hours today the thinning ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic passed in re- view before the leaders and before proba- bly, a million spectators, packed in almost solid mass along the four miles of the lines of march. It marked the climax of the thirty fourth annual encampfnent, and was, according to, Commander-in-Chief Shaw the greatest parade since that day in Wash lngton when the hundreds of thousands of veterans of the most powerful army on earth marched in review to their final dis bandment.
 Probably SO000 members of the army of veterans took part In the parade. For ex- actly four hours and twenty minutes they filed past the reviewing stand, sauting as thew marched by General Nelson A. Miles, ommander-in-Chief Shaw, Mayor Harri- son, General Daniel D. Sickles, General Joe Wheeler, Speaker Henderson, the Spanish minister Duke d'Arcos and others.
 Here and there & veteran, dazed and ex- hausted, dropped out of the ranks Es- pecially was this true after the reviewing stand was passed and many pathetic scenes were witnessed down the long stretch of Michigan avenue as the veterans fell by the wayside. Charles Beckwith fell dead in the street.
 The Parade
 The marching column was headed by detachment of the city police under the command of Lieutenant Flynn, which in battalion formation swept the street from curb to curb. Behind them came band of seventy pieces, and then Chief Marshal J. H. Wood with his immediate staff consist ing of Colonel H. s. Dietrich, Colonel J. B. Stuart and Colonel c. E. Young.
 A regiment of assistant marshals and aids came clattering on, and then behind the great band of the Second Infantry of the Illinois National Guard came Com mander-in-ch chief Shaw and the members of his staff, comprising Adjutant General Stewart, Quartermaster General E. J. Atkinson, Inspector General Cummings, Judge Advocate General Herrence and Chief of Staff J. Cory Winam. Ahead of the carriage containing Acting Governor Warder, who supplied the place of Govern or Tanner, Mayor Harrison and Executive Director Harper, who, with Commander in-Chief Shaw, occupied the reviewing stand during the parade, marched Lafay cite Post 14, of New oYrk, commanded by Allen c. Blackwell. Cheer after Cheer went up as General Daniel D. Sickles, companied by his aids, rode past the viewing stand. All along the line of march the General had been given most fatter- ing greeting but the warmth of the recep- tjon-that met him as he approached the stand where Commander Shaw was await ing to receive his salute caused him to flush with pleasure and bow his acknowl- edgments again and again.
 Imposing Spectacle
 Twelve heralds in costume, each bearing long trumpet, came down the avenue an- noucing the approach of pageant of pat riotism,' which followed close behind them. Fifty members of Columbia Post, of Chi cago, wearing handsome uniforms of dark green, formed hollow square in the cen ter of which were borne fifty battle flags carried by New York regiments during the war The spectacle of the worn and tat tered flags was greeted at times with cheers and at times with silence more expressive than applause could be. Whether the crowd cheered kept silent 1t showed deep feeling and from end to end of the parade, all hats were off as the flags went by.
 A long line of carriages followed the bat tie flags, each containing ladies whd are officials of the various organizations which affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic. Among these were Mrs. Harriet J. Dodge, president of the Woman's Re- lief Corps; Mrs. Julia P. Shade, president Of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic; Mrs. Ada Johnson, president of the Army Nurses Association, and Mrs
 
 ters of Veterans.
 Close behind the carrages came three platoons of the members of the Columbia Post, acting as a rear guard, while score of veterans as special escort marched be- side the vehicles.
 Bidwell Wilkerson Post of Buffalo, which had the largest number of men in the ranks oi any organization that came from outside of Chicago and Cook County, made fine appearance they came marching past the stand, headed by the Buffalo Military Band of fifty pieces.
 The old Continental Drum and Bugle Corps of New York City led Chapin Post, also from New York, and both were heart fly cheered for their excellent appearance and marching.
 Then came the Arion Military Band, of Milwaukee, forming the vanguard of the various departments, which marched un- der the leadership of their department com manders.
 True Pageant of Patriotism
 Wisconsin was given the right of line, and as her column came turning around the corner of Jackson Boulevard into the broad sweep of Michigan avenue and with hands playing and oolors dyinS. the 0san1 Army of the Republic came marching down, the people seemed to realize that here at last came the true pageant of pa ,