The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-09
TRAMP, TRAMP | OF THE C. A. R. Great Parade Climax Of the Encampment.
 30,000 VETS IN LINE
 President Roosevelt Rode Up and Down the Column.
 Departments from Nearly Every
 State Were in the Big Parade. Chief Executive in Carriage Received Ovation.

Washington, Oct. s..-For more than eight hours the people in Washington hummed the chorus of the civil war song Tramp. Tramp. the Boys are March. ing" and for an equal time the vetcr- ans constituting the Grand Army of the Republic made good their claim. The pa rade was the climax of the thiIty-sixtf encampment of their order. The occa- sion was in every way worthy of the Grand Army, the parade did not fai appropriately to delineate the spirit oi the war and the memory of achievements the army seeks to keep green in the minds of the American people. Beginning at a few minutes past Il o'clock, when the head of the column moved from it's station at the Capitol ,it was almost 5 o'clock when the last squad in the line had passed the place of disbandment west of the White House None of the soldiers was marching any great part of the time, for the entire line of march did not exceed two and a half miles in length, but those who com posed the rear attachments were on their feet practically all day, much oi the time being consumed in waiting to take their places in the line.
 The route of the parade was down his toric Pennsylvania Avenue, along which
 
 in going to the war in 1861 and 1862 and many others on the occasion of the grand review after the close of the war in 1865. Each countenance bore evidence oi the joy the experience brought to the in dividual, but 1t was plainly evident that there was in the occasion much of the restoration of youth for most of them 'The old boys" for the time being, evi- dently were re-living the days of their youth. Not many of them exhibited traces of age in their marching. It they had needed any spur to their enjoyment they would have found it easi. ly in the crowds who thronged their pathway and in the smile which Provi- dence bestowed upon thom, for the weath. | CT was perfect.
 The spectators were limited in num- bers only by the capacity of the broad | sidewalks, the stands, the parks, the windows and the housetops along tho line of march to hold them. The govern ment departments and the schools were closed for the day and practically tn, entire population of Washington turned | out to do honor to the veterans.
 The crowd was enthusiastic and out spoken in admiration. greeting every di | vision of the procession with cheers. | The President of the United States als'
 
 | the capitals guests. Unable to endur, the strain of reviewing the column iron stand. he rose from his reclining chail and had himself driven up and down tho | line. The unusual interest thus mani fested was appreciated by the old sol diers, and the President was everywhere received by them with loud applause. There were at least 25,000 men in line and the estimate of Commander -in-chie l Terrence was as high as 30, 900 men. The Texans carried high in the air 6 | lone silver star set between pair o1 immense Texas horns. The Oklahoma | contingent, as usual pressed the claims of that Territory to admission into the Union of States.
 A number of colored men marched fir the columns from the Southern States including Kentucky. Maryland. Georgia and the District of Columbia. In many cases they were accompanied by their own bands and they were generally re- ceived with cheers as they passd along In some instances the Departments were represented by only a dozen or a score of veterans.
 Arizona had the smallest representation of any State or Territory in line. There were only three men in her column but they marched bravely along abreast, having their banner borne in advance by a colored man, the "color bearer" as one of the three announced.