The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-29
C. A. R. CHOICE BETWEEN
DENVER and SALT LAKE
Colorado City is Said to Have Slight Lead For
Next EnCampment- Decision Today.
Muttudes See Longest Procession of Veterans Since the
Grand Review at Washington.

Chicago, Aug. 2S.-Sent1ment in re-
Sard TO the place for holding the next
annual encampment of the G.. A. r.
has apparently crystallized in favor of
a far western city, with Denver in the
lead for the honor, 50 far as appear
ances go.
There is apparently an almost unani-
nous desire on the part of the veterans
to hold the encampment of 1901 in the
Rocky Mountains, partly on account of
the fact that that part of the country
has never yet entertained the old sol
diers and also because cool weather will
be more likely to prevail than in an
| eastern city.
The Denver veterans are active in
pushing the claims of that city for the
| honor. Salt Lake also has many friends
and a lively contest is expected before
| the matter is finally settled. The Ques-
/ lion will probably be settled tomorrow.
For four hours and a half today the
/ thinning ranks of the O.. A. II. passed
! in review before their leaders and be-
| fore million spectators packed in al
most solid lines along the four miles
! of the long parade. It marked the eli
max Of the thirty-fourth annual en-
mander in Chief Shaw. the greatest
| parade since the day in Washington,
when the hundreds of thousands Of vet
Grams, the most powerful army on
| earth. marched in review to their final
| disarmament
Probably 80. 900 members of the army
! of veterans took part in tOday's parade.
/ For exactly four hours and twenty
| minutes, most Of the time with ranks
| almost perfectly aligned, but occasion
ally faltering under the burden Of years
| they filed past the reviewing stand on
| Michigan avenue, saluting, as they
| marched by, General Nelson A Miles.
Commander in Chief Shaw. General
Dan E. Sickles and the Spanish minis
ter, the Duke of ARGOS
Some Drop From Ranks.
Weather conditions were almost ideal
for the parade. The rays of the sun
were yelled by light, f1eecy clouds near
ly all day, and even when UnObserved
their effect was greatly lessened by d
| cool breeze which blew steadily off
Lake Michigan. The line of march. too.
was much shorter than ever before
! mapped out tor the annual parade, but
+ notEit hSte nding here and there a vet
eran, exhausted, dropped cut of the
ranks. Especially was this true after
! the reviewing stand was passed. and
many pathetic scenes were witnessed
down the long stretch of Michigan ave
| nue. as the veterans fell by the way
side.
The one especially sad incident oc-
curing to. mar in a degree the glory
of the parade was when Charles Beck
with of AlgonZa, Mich, dropped dead
! as the line was filing past the corner of
Michigan avenue and Madison street.
! The procession was halted for a mo-
ment. the body of the veteran who had
! responded TO his last call was tenderly
| removed and his comrades passed on.
Streets Are Packed.
It was shortly before 1890 a. m. when
| the head of the column started from
! the corner of Michigan avenue and
| Randolph street, and an hour later it
was filing past the reviewing stand.
| For hours before that time the side
| walks along the line of march were
/ packed from curb to W. the windows
of the immense Office buildings, gay
/ with fluttering flags and bunting. were
| filed with sightseers, While along
/ Michigan avenue. where were erected
/ beautiful columns and arches forming
/ the court of honor. the crowd was 50
/ great that the hundreds of police had
I great O1l0CulIg III heepllS CEtdE TIE
| line of march. And all through the
| hours that the veterans tramped by
4 this sea, of humanity rOared its well
come.
! In the grand stand erected down the
/ slope of the Lake Front park near the
| Logan monument, were gathered scores
/ of officers who won fame in the civil
war. In the center box of the review
| ing stand were Lieutenant General
/ Nelson A. Miles. representing President
! Mckinley; commandments Shaw
/ General Joseph Wheeler. General Dal
/ Sickles, Mayor Harrison Of Chicago
and w. H. Harper. To their left Were
| Acting Governor Warder. Speaker
/ Henderson of the house of representa-
| tives, Bishop FallOwS and Senator Cul-
| Iom. and to. their right the Spanish
minister. the Duke of ARGOS, with z
party of friends stood an interested
spectator. Warm greetings We're &C
corded General Miles and the Duke Of