Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-10-18
G, A, R, REVIEWED
BY ROOSEVELT
The President, In His Carriage,
Passes Along the Lines
Amid Hearty Cheers.
RANKS SADLY Trimmed
Heroes Given d Great Ovation by
Immense Throne of Spectators
Order of the Parade by
States.

Washington, Oct. 10. - President
Roosevelt today reviewed the Granu
| Army parade in his carriage. lie was
carried down stairs from his room on
the second floor of the temporary
White House in an invalid's chair, at
i:10 o'clock, and amid cheers or q
large crowd was placed In a carriage In
which there was a board TO support his
injured leg. He was accompanied py
Secretary Cortelyou and Colonel Blng-
| ham, his military aid. Ills carriage
was guarded by a platoon of mounted
police.
AS the carriage appeared on the az
enue the president was greeted WIN
loud cheers. The president stopped at
the reviewing stand for a un-
til the marshals OF the parade IN
Rawlins post of Minneapolis, to the
right of the line, had passed, and then
| drove down the avenue to the peace
monument st the foot or the capltol'
1he veterans faced the carriage as
the president drove by and saluted
| him. There was continuous cheering
| from the crowds as the president drove
| along. The remnants Of the agnln
cent armies of Grant, Sherman,
Thomas, Slocum and Sheridan, which
| participated in the grand review at the
| close of the civil war, again passed up
| historic Pennsylvania avenue.
Many Gone to Last Bivouac.
The ten years which have elapsed
| since the former review or the Granu
Army here in 1892 have sadly declmat-
| ed the ranks of the old heroes. Inc
| most prominent figures In parade on
| that memorable occasion have gone to
their last bivouac, but those who still
| remained trudged Valiantly today 10
the sound of drum and fife. Proudly
| aloft they held their tattered battle
flags, and the vast multitude through
| which they passed greeted them with
| cheers that fairly drowned the plare
of the bands.
# was an ideal autumn day, and al
| though the procession did not move
until 10 o'clock, swarming crowds were
| abroad early, lining sidewalks and
| ~overAoWIng the great stands along tbs
| line of march. Windows, roofs and ev-
cry coign Of vantage from which the
parade could be seen was black with
people.
Brakeman Was Chief Marshal.
The procession moved in the order
prescribed by Chief Marshal General A.
Noel Brakeman. 1t was preceded by a
platoon of splendidly mounted police
| men. and this was followed in turn by
n drum corps composed of survivors of
civil war musicians.
Then came q mOunte escort or the
! citizens Of Washington with whom rode
| General Brakeman, Respondent in dress
and soldierly in bearing. He was ac-
companied by his aids riding in files
| of eight front. These were followed by
the marine band, whose familiar music
| ELECTED frequent cheers from the crowd.
General Ell Torrance, ~COmmander'in'
| chief. occupied 4 carriage. He was
preceded by a pc rsonal escort consist
| ing Of John A. Rawlin's post, depart
ment of Minnesota, and accompanied by
his personal staff and a committee OF
the grand army, Immediately followed
by an escort Of the grand army, con-
sisting of the First regiment, Sons OF
Veterans and the reserve Of the Penn
sylvania division.
Order of the Parade.
Then came various organizations OF
the Grand Army itself, led by the de-
partment Of Illinois, with Commander
II. NJ. Trimble in command. The de-
partments marched in the following or
der:
WincorE;n, Commander jane A. Agen,
Pennsylvania, Commander X. T. Scott
OhiO, Commander Walton Weber; New
York, Commander Allen G. Black; Con
n~ectlcut, Commander y. Burton Rogers
Massachusetts, Commander Wilmon w
Blackcmar; New Jersey, Commander
Enos +. Ham; Maine, Commander James
/. MerriCk; California and Nevada, Com
mander w. G. Hawley; Rhode Island
Commander George N. Chenery; New
Hampshire, Commander William :, Car
ter; Vermont, Commander r. +. Hathorn
Virginia and North Carolina,
Z. u. Graw; Maryland, Commander Johl
w. Worth; Nebraska, Commander CalVir
f. Steele; Michigan, Commander Edward
c.. Anthony; Iowa, Commander JohI
Starr; colorado and wyoming, Com
mander John G. Garner; Minnesota, Com
mander Perry Starkweather; Missouri
Commander Ira 7; Bronson oregon com
mander NJ. l.. Pratt; Kentucky. Com
mander r. f. Beyland; West Virginia
Commander e. c. Matthews; South Da
kota. Commander T. f.. Blanchard; Wash
ington and Alaska, Commander 3. {. BE
dell; Arkansas, Commander John II
Avery; New Mexico, Commander T.. j
w. Edward; Utah, Commander W. Nj
Bostaph; Tennessee, Commander GCorg,
w. Patten; Louisiana and Mississippi
Commander Charles w. Keeling; Florida
Commander s.. Herbert Lancey: Montana
Commander Alanson n. Bull; Texas, Com
mander G. G. Haskell; Idaho, Commando
George NJ. Parsons; Arizona, Commando
{. T.. Schumacher; Georgia, Commando
W. NJ. Scott; Alabama, Commander e. ID
Bacon; North Dakota, Commander j. c
Gipson: Oklahoma, Commander Wesle.
Taylor; Potomac, Commander B. f. Bling
ham.
General Longstreet Present.
When the president reached tn,
White House after completing his jour
ney he was joined by Mrs. Roosevelt
and they drove to the northwestern
sectiOn Of the city. The procession wa
reviewed from a stand Immediately IL
front Of the White Hous by Com
mander Torrance, members Of the pres
ident's cabinet and Adjutant Genera
fowler Of the CT. A. r.. occupied seat
we'll to the front, where many veteran
of the civil war, including General
Howard, McCook, Sickles, Keifer an,
Allen, were also seated. Sitting in tn
midst of these distinguished soldier
was the eX-Confederate, Lleutenan
! General LOrgstTeet. 1t Is said this
the first time an eX-confederate gen
eral ever reviewed a G. \. r. parade.