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Attendance at the Thirty fourth An-
nual alMeeting-Paradesof of Naval Veter-
ans the Feature Of tho frat Days
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ST CHICAGO. Aug. 28. The S4th annual
encampment Of the Grand Army of the
/ Republic ID il full blast and i'm all
1 respects it promises to. be the greatest
and most successful encampment the
garmy hasseversheld. Train after train.
loaded down with veterans and their
friends, have rolled into the various
depots in the city, and by evening it
was estimated by railroad officials that
fully 45, 600 old soldiers had arrived and
fully 300, 900 other excursionists had
come with them. The veterans nave
come from ali parts of the republic and
every Northern state has sent strong
contingent. y A.sE y-fo<E
The right Of the line on the opening
day was given to the men who sailed
the seas during the Civil war, the cheer.
| ing was all for them and the honors
were theirs.
| The heroes Of river and sea of the
Civil war are a small band now. Of
the 132, 900 men enlisted in the navy in
the early days of the war less than
thousand were in line and it is agreed
by the old sailors that their number
was greater than it will ever be in any
parade to come.
Five Thousand Men in Line.
The parade started at II o'clock from
the corner of Michigan avenue and
Randolph street and after short march
through the down town streets, turned
| into Michigan avenue at jackson boule-
ward and passed on south under the
| beautiful army arch at Van Buren,
street, through the court of honor, and
out under the naval arch at Michigan
avenue and Hubbard court, where it
passed in review before Commander-in-.
Chief Sha' of the G. A. R., Acting
Governor Warder, representing Gov
ernor Tanner, Mayor Harrison, Com
and Commander Atwel of the Ex.Pris-
oners of War
! Chief Marshal J. F. R. Foss of Min
neapolis headed the parade. The first
| organization in the column was COM
! posed Of sailors from the revenue cut
| tiers Fessenden and Morrill,. Then came
two crews of the United States life
! saving service, the naval militia of ILL
nois, which in cludes hundreds of men
who fought in the navy during the war
of 1898; the naval Reserve Veteran AS
sociation, members of the Sons of Vet
Grams, the Boys Brigade, the Ex-Pris-
oners of War, and then the Nationa,
Association Of Naval Veterans-alto-
gether about 5000 men. tN.',
Dedicattng the Naval Arch. = ~ :.
Preceding the naval parade, the big
naval arch, erected at Michigan avenue
and Hubbard court, near the John A.
Logan monument, and marking the
south end of the court Of honor, was
| dedicated. Although the exercises were
held at comparatively early hour an
immense crowd witnessed the ceremo-
nies in honor Of the naval veterans.
The exercises were exceedingly simple.
After the band had played . America"
the crowds meantime standing with
uncovered heads Bishop: Samuel Fal-
lows delivered prayer. Commodore
George L. Seavey, national commander
of the Naval Veterans, then introduced
DIR. Murdock. who, in brief, eloquent
snnoch on1oui zn1 tho nro = ho.dol %,.,
for the part they took in the fight for
the Union and dedicated the arch to
their honor.
Again the veterans and the thou
sands Of spectators uncovered as the
band played ''The Star Span gled Ban
ner." Bishop Fallows delivered the
benediction and Commodore Seavey
and his escort left Immediately for
Randolph street and Michigan avenue
to take their places in the Darade Of the