The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-11
of Perry's Great Victory
FittingIy Observed on the shores
of the Unsa1ted Sea.
PLANS FOR PRESIDENTS DAY
DISAPPOINTMENT THAT COLONEL
ROOSEVELT WILL BE ABSENT.
Ex-Prisoners of War Meet and Their
Auxiliary Elects OfHcers-McKin-
Iey's Regiment in Reunion.


| CLEVELAND, Sept. 1o.-The Naval Vet
Grams took first place in the festivities at
tendant upon the Grand Army encamp-
ment to-day. The eghty-seventh anniver-
sary Of Oliver Hazard Perry's historic
! triumph on Lake Erie was fittingly cele-
| brated in grand parade OF naval veterans
and a naval display upon the lake. The
weather was favorable, although cloudy
! and threatening.
| General Leo Rassieur, commander in
chief of the Grand Army. with his staff.
reviewed the parade. In the reviewing
stand with General Rassieur was former
| Secretary of War Russell A. Alger and j.
| Warren Kiefer. of Springfield major gen.
eral of volunteers, together with other
prominent veterans and celebrities. Ad-
miral Daniel F. Kelley. past commander
of the National Association of Naval Veter-
ans was grand marshal commanding The
| parade moved in six divisions, as follows:
| First-Capt William E. Writ, N r., o.
| n. G., marshal; staff, band, officers and
crews of L. S. S. Michigan, U. s. S. Fes-
| sender, L. s. s. Yantic, u. 8. S. Hawk,
/ brigade of naval reserves. float. carriages
/ containing United States naval officers,
| United States marine officers and commit
! tee.
Seconded. w. H. Pond. o. N. G.. mar
shall; staff, band First Battalion engineers,
Fifth Regiment O; N; G.. Company. D..
! Ninth Battalion o. n. G., Battery A, Light
| Artillery, O. n. @.
Third-Union jack, commodore's flag,
| Commodore Frederick E. Hasxins. marshal;
staff present and past national officers.
| etc. band, National Association Naval
Fourth-Col. C. C. Shanklin, marshall
| hon mi -Dric Of
Association; Col. James Atwell command
Fifth-Capt. George r. Mckay, marshal;
| marshal and staff, band, Spanish-Amercan
war veterans; First Brigade, Second Di-
vision, Twentieth Army Corps, consisting of
the Seventh o; V; L.. Twenty,ninth Q. v.
Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania V. l., One
| hundred-and-f Pennsylvania v.
A, o. N; G., band, First Q. v. l., under
| command of James Barnett; Independent
batteries o. V. l. A, and Nineteenth o. V.
Sixth-Letuenant c. L. Burridge mar
shall; staff band, Cleveland Grays, Scots
Guards, cadets, etc. brigade commander
/ and staff, colonel commanding First Regi-
ment and staff, band, First Regiment
| knights of st. JOHN Colonel commanding
| Second Regiment and staff band, Second
Regiment Knights of st. John, other or
Much regret was expressed by veterans
/ to-day at the announcement that Vice
/
| tend the encampment. 1t was confidently
| expected he would be here on President $
| day. but dispatches from Buffalo indicate
! that he intended going to Oyster Bay to-
/ day.
The citizens committee on Presidents
day has placed the arrangements for
! Thursday entirely in the hands of Senator
! Hanna who also will preside at the pro-
| ceedings of the big G.. A. X. convention.
| Other features of interest in the day s
programme were as follows: Reception by
! the Cleveland Yacht Club: naval display on
Lake Erie, the fleet being opened to the
! inspection of the public; dog watch of the
| Association of Naval Veterans the
| Grays' armory; camp fire of Union eX-
! prisoners of war at Central Armory; re-
| ception for national officers of the Grand
! Army by Woman's Relief Corps at Cham
Der of Commerce Hall; reception of Ladies
of the Grand Army of the Republic; West
| Side camp fire at Turner Hall. and lake
| front naval display by the United States
and naval reserve boats, including illumi-
nations and maneuvers by the fleet.
| The real business relative to the admin
istratve affairs of the Grand Army COM
menced this afternoon, when numerous
! caucuses were held at the headquarters of
| the various departments The election of
| the next commander-in-chief promises to
! be one OF the most interesting and spirited
in the history of the organization. Gen.
Sickles's candidacy is still being doomed,
but if he secures the election he will be the
first Democratic incumbent of that office.
handling the campaign of Judge Eli Tor
rance of Minneapolis. and the Minnesotans
claim that they have excellent chances of
| winning out 1t is said that General Stew
| art. of Pennsylvania. is the adminstrs ton
favorite and the fight is expected to be
waged most closely between the candidates
| from New York and Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Calsta Robinson Jones. of Brad
! ford VT, is a candidate for president of
the Woman's Relief Corps, the largest
auxiliary body allied to the Grand Army.
! Her election is practically decided upon.
At Central Armory tonight the Union
| ex-Prisoners Of War held their twenty
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| forum was packed to the doors Tom L.
Governor George K Nash, of Ohio. and
| Governor A. T. Bliss. of Michigan. adj
! dressed the assemblage Every speaker OF
| the evening prefaced his remarks with a
| feeling tribute to the stricken chief execu-
tiv OF the Nation and John c. Black of
| Illinois, voiced the sentiment of the as
semblage when he said that mo assassin s
bullet could ever endanger the life of the
The Women's National Association, an
auxiliary of the ex-Drisoners of war, to-
| day elected national officers as follows:
! Allegheny Pa; senior vice president Mrs.
| John Horne, Steubenvile. o.; junior vice
! president. Mrs. Frank Traville; secretary.
Mrs J. r. Hutchinson: treasurer, Mrs. Al
! fred II. Jones; counselor. Mrs. Charles r.
| Sheriff; chaplain. Mrs. F. A. Patterson;
| conductor. Mrs. Milo Ingram: guard. Mrs.
! Mrs. II. II. Shannon. Mrs. Benjamin Nc
Call and Mrs. Robert Gilchrist. Mrs. Car
/ Tie SDeIlH. OF AlleR0e0N, IA. is the retlr-
! ing president having served two terms at
| the head Of the organization.
At the naval dog watch in the Grays'
| Armory the principal speaker was Capt
| Richmond p. HobsOn. of Merrimac fame.
| Capt. HobsOn was enthusiastically received
! by the large audience. He said he hoped
| that the day would soon come when Union
and Confederate veterans held their ma
| tional encampments together. He referred
at length TO the achievements OF the
American feet at Santiago.
| President McKinley's old regiment the
| Twenty-third Ohio. in which he enlisted as
| a private in Company G, in 1861. and which
/ had for it's commander Col. Rutherford b
| Hayes. another President. held its annual
| reunion to-day at the Chamber Of Com
| merce auditorium. over 300 men attended.
| which made the largest gathering of the
| regiment in ten years.
| \ resolution unanimously adopted
! calling upon senators and representatives
| I'm Congress to enact a law banishing all
| Anarchists from the United States Gen.
| Kennedy. OF Columbus. then offered reso-
| luton. which was adopted. stating that the
| Twenty-third Ohio Infantry. In mass con-
| vention assembled. extends it's sympathies
| 10 its former comrade i'm arms. William
| Mckinley. President OF the United States.
! and Mrs. Mckinley. in the afiiction brought
| upon them by a cowsrdy ASA ssin
| Ticket Brokers Restrained.
! CLEVELAND. Sept. 1O-Attorneys for