Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-10-17
VET ERANS In LINE
GRAND ARMY PARADE At WASH.
INGToN AN IMPOSING -
SPECTACLE.
President Roosevelt Reviews the Vet.
grams From His Carriage and Is
Loudly App!auded as He Rides Up
and Down the Line-Thirty Thou
sand Men Take Part in Parade and
Hundreds Of Thousands Witness 1t.

Hundreds Of Thousands Witness 1t.
Washington, Oct 9-For more than
six hours the people in Washington
hummed the chorus of the Civil war
song, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are
Marching" and during those hours
the veterans constituting the Grand
Army of the Republic made good to
claim. The parade was the climax Of
the thirty-sixth encampment of the
order. The occasion was in every
way worthy of the Grand Army and
the parade did not fail appropriately
to delineate the spirit of the war and
the memory of glorious achievements
the army seeks to keep green in the
minds of the American people.
Beginning at few minutes past 10
o'clock, when the head of the column
moved from it's station at the Capitol,
it was almost 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 one-half miles in
length but those who composed the
rear detachments were on their feet
practically all day, much of the time
being consumed in waiting to take
their places in the line The route
of the parade was down historic
Pennsylvania avenue, along which
many Of them marched as raw re-
cTuits in 1861 and 1862, and many
others on the occasion of the grand
review after the close Of the war in
1865. The participants in the impos-
ing pageant entered with life and
vigor into the spirit of the occasion.
Each counterance bore evidence of
the JOY the experience brought to the
individual, but it was evident that
there was in the occasion much of the
restoration of youth for most of them.
The 'old boys" for the time being
evidently were
RELIEVING the Days Of Their Youth.
Not many of them exhibited traces OF
age in their marching. Almost with.
out exception they walked along with
alacrity and kept step with precision.
If the veterans had needed any
have found it easily in the crowds
who thronged their pathway and il
the smile which providence bestowed
upon them, for the weather was per-
feet. The spectators were limited in
numbers only by the capacity of the
broad sidewalks, the stands, the
along the line Of march. The govern
l,,;I
closed for the day and practically the
whole population OF Washington
turned out to do honor to the veter-
ans, along with the 100000 visitors tc
the city.
The crowd was enthusiastic and
outspoken in admiration, greet!n
cheers and dism;ssing it with "Goc
speed that had in it both praise and
feeling.
The president of the United State:
also lent his energies to the enter
tainment of the capitals guests. Tn
! able to endure the strain of reviewing
the column from the stand he rose
from his reclining chair and rode VI
and down the line. The unusual in
terest thus manifested was appre
! ciated by the old soldiers and the
president was everywhere received by
them with loud applause.
More than five hours time was con
sumed by the procession in passing
the reviewing stand in front of the
| White House.
There were at least $4,000 men IL
| line and the estimate of Commander
| in.Chief Torrance ran as high as 80.
| 900 men. At night the veterans helc
campfires in the big tents in thu
! White lot.