The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-12
WAS A MIGHTY HOST
THE GRAND ARMY PARADE
AT CLEVELAND
LINE WAS SIX MILES LONG
Ninety Bands and One Hundred and
Eight Drum Corps Furnished
Inspiring Music for the
Veterans.

CLEVELAND, Sept. 1.-THE surviving
veterans of the civil war known as the
Grand Army of the Republic again re-
sponded to the bugle call today. They
awoke this morning to the sound-of rev.
ellie, and long before the hour set for
the starting of the parade lined the
streets and avenues adjacent to Case and
Euclid avenues, where the parade was TO
be formed.
Old veterans prominent in the affairs
of the G. A. r. said it was the grandest
parade and the greatest day the organ
ization had ever known. 1t was fully
six miles long.
In a seemingly interninable line of
blue the various departments took up
their march Surging masses of people.
numbering in the hundreds of thou
sands, lined the streets and covered the
housetops and took advantage of every
available point of view along the entire
line of parade.
1t is estimated that nearly half mil
lion people witnessed the magnificent
pageant, moving steadily and with
scarcely a halt or break until the entire
line had passed the reviewing stand.
The scene was inspiring. Octogenar-
ians with totterfng footsteps and others
erect and sprightly as in youth plodded
patiently side by side, and among the
thousands who made up the host there
were scarcely half a dozen whom the fa-
tiguessof the march caused to fall out
before they passed the reviewing stand.
Promptly at therhour set for the pa
rade to move, Gen. Leo Rassieur, COM
mander-in-chief, gave the signal and the
column moved forward. The governors
of several states marched In the line
with their respective posts and did not
hesitate to go afoot with their old COM
rades in the old way. Even Senator NJ.
A Hanna caught the; infection of the
hour, and left the reviewing stand to
march down the line with Memorial post.
Every department, as 1t passed. the
court of honor and neared the living
flag of children formed upon the grand
stand, was greeted with a patriotic
cheer from the school children compos-
ing the flag.
IN THE REVIEWING STAND.
With Gen Rassieur in the reviewing
stand were Mayor johnson, General
David R. Hunt, General Henry S. Peck,
Adjutant General F. M. Sterret, M. A.
Taylor Surgeon General Wilkins, George
Stone department commander of Col
orado; Gen. John c. Black, of Illinois;
General Joel Long, of Illinois; General
Daniel NJ Sick1es, Guy T. Gould, past
department commander of Illinois; Gen.
Louis Wayne, of Pennsylvania; Gen.
James Barnett, Col. Thomas Scott, of
Illinois; l.. E. Holden and Gen. j. War
rem Keifer,
In addition to the regular line of vet
Grams, 80 bands and 10S drum corps
poured forth patriotic and martial mu-
sic.
A number of women and children were
overcome in the crush incident to the
parade, and the Red Cross and city am
balances were kept busy responding to
calls. but no serious casualty was re-
ported.
1t is expected that the patriotic out
burst of today will be repeated tomor-
row afternoon, when a mass meeting
will be held in praise and thanksgiving
for the prospective reeovery Of Presi-
dent Mckinley. Senator Hanna, Gov.
Nash of Ohio. Mayor Johnson of Cleve-
land, Gen. Rassieur of the Grand Army,
Judge VIM. r. Day of Canton, Senator
Fairbanks of Indiana, Hon. Charles
Grosvenor and Rev. DR.. Manchester, the
presidents pastor, will address the meet
ing.