Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-10

showing the symmetry OF its newly
completed dome. The Ninth corps
under Gen. Parke, bivouacked during
the night on vacant ground near the
great white building. The engineer
brigade and the prvost marshal gen
erals brigade crossed the bridge at 8
o'clock in the morning and were fol-
lowed Immediately afterward by the
Fifth corps, under General Griffin, and
the Second corps, under General
Humphreys, which were the last to
der General Merritt, was stationed on
Maryland avenue, near the northern
entrance of the capitol.
Four years of strict discipline en-
abled the column, with nearly four
score thousand men, to move promptly
at o'clock in the morning. AS early
as sunrise, however, the crowds had
begun to appropriate the advantageous
places along the curb of the avenue,
and when the armies began their
march a dense mass of humanity filled
the street Four stands were erected
by the government and were situated
on Pennsylvania avenue, between Fiji
| teenth and Seventeenth streets. The
main stand was on the south side OF
the street, directly in front Of the ex-
ecutive mansion, and was occupied by
President Johnson Lieutenant General
Grant, General Sherman and members
of the cabinet, heads of civil and mil
itary departments and the diplomatic
corps. 1t was artistically festooned
with the national colors and battle
flags and decorated with flowers and
evergreens. Immediately over the
center Of the pavilion and at each end
were large stars formed of flowers and
evergreens, while there were also prom
inently displayed the names of Gettys-
burg, Donelson, Bentonsville, Peters
burg, Richmond, Vicksburg, Shiloh,
South Mountain South River, and the
Wilderness, as reminders of the battles
through which the troops had passed.
The principal platform was soon
filed. General Hunter, president OF
the conspiracy court; General Han
cock and General Torbert, with ladies,
walked slowly down the pavement and
entered the stand, being greeted with
waving handkerchiefs and the clapping
of hands. Next General Augur, COM
handing the department Of Washing
ton, joined them, and in a few mo-
ments a deafening cheer that rolled
along the line with increasing volume
! like a wave announced the approach
| of General Sherman. The general, fol-
| lowed by a few of his staff, with I'M
covered head, passed quickly along and
up into the place assigned to him,
while the roar of the enthusiastic null
titude grew louder. Scarcely had the
cheers subsidized before the other end
of the street took up the peal and pre-
ceded with still more deafening accla-
nation the coming of General Grant,
who, accompanied by General Ingalls,
and General Barnard, also moved un-
covered and acknowledged with appro-
pirate gestures the ovation rendered to
| him.
Members of the cabinet, officers of
| the army and navy, foreign ministers,
Mayor Wallach and other distin-
guished personages followed rapidly,
filing up the seats, until, when the
president and Secretary Stanton ar
rived, little space remained unoccu-
l-pied. The president sat in the center
of the front seat, with Secretary STAN
ton, General Grant, Attorney General
Speed and Secretary McCulloch on his
right, and Secretary Welles, Postmas-
ter General Dennison, General Sher-
man and General Barnard on his left.
The other three stands were occupied
by governors, senators, and members,
judges, officers of subordinate rank,
etc., and were appropriately decorated.
The first soldier to pass before the
reviewing stand was General George G.
Meade, who was splendidly mounted.
Just behind him was his color bearer,
carrying a purple silk flag, ornamented
with a gold eagle craped in mourning.
| Following the general and his escort
| came the cavalry, under General Mer-
| rift; the provost marshal generals
| brigade, under General Macy; the en-
| glneer brigade, under General Ben
| ham; the ninth corps, under General
Parke, with division of the nine
teenth corps, under General Dwight;
the fifth corps, under General Griffin;
the second corps, under General Hum
phreys, and the artillery Of each corps.
| General Meade rode a few PAGES in
advance of his staff, the column NOV
ing by companies closed in mass, with
shortened intervals between regI-
ments, brigades and divisions.
For the sake of uniformity and to
pass narrow portions of the street, the
company front of the whole army
was limited to twenty files. Arms
were carried at right shoulder shift
until reaching the front Of the state
department, when they were brought
to a shoulder Each brigade of infan-
try was accompanied by six ambu-
lances, three abreast. The crowd filled
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