The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-09
Bearing Frost of Years Union Army Veterans March
 Down Historic Avenue.
ON EVERY FACE WAS JOY
G. A. R. Parade a Great Success and Was Fitting Climax to the En- eampment In Washington-Ne-
 oroes Were In Line.

Washington, October s.-For more than eight hours the people in Washington rummed the chorus of the civil war song,
 Tramp, tramp, the boys are marching, . and for an equal time the veterans con stltut!ng the grand army of the republic made good their claim The parade was the climax of the thirty-sixth encamp- ment of their order. The occasion was In every way worthy of the grand army, the parade did not fall appropriately to deltneate 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 a 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 dis bandmen west of the white house. None or 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 composed the rear attachments were on their feet practically all day, much of the time be- ing consumed in waiting to take their places in the line.
 Down Historic Avenue.
 The route of the parade was down his- toric Pennsylvania avenue along which many of them marched as raw recruits to the war in 1861 and 1862 ana many oth- CTS on the occasion of the grand review after the close of the war in 1865. Each countenance bore evidence of the joy the experience brought to the individual, but it 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 evidently were reliving the days of their, youth. Not many of them exhibited traces of age in their marching.
 If the veterans had needed any spur to their enjoyment they would have found it easily in the crowds who thronged their pathway and in the smile which Providence bestowed upon them, for the weather was perfect.
 The spectators were limited in numbers only by the capacity of the broad side walks, the stands the parks, the win dows and the house tops along the line of march to hold them. The government departments and the schools were closed for the day and practically the entire population of Washington turned out to do honor to the veterans.
 The crowd was enthusiastic and out spoken in admiration, greeting every divi- sion of the procession with cheers.
 President AppIauded.
 The President of the United States also lent his energies to the entertainment of the guests. Unable to endure the strain of reviewing the column from a stand. he rose from his reclining chair and was driven up and down the line. The usual interest thus manifested was appreciated by the old soldiers and the President was everywhere received by them with loud applause.
 There were at least 25,0OO men in line, and the estimate of Commander-in-C Chief Terrence was as high as 3O00O men.
 The Texans carried high in the air a lone silver star set between a pair of inn mense Texas horns. The Oklahoma con- tingent, as usual. impressed the claims of that territory to admission into the union of states.
 A number of coiored men marched in the columns from the southern states. in- cluding Kentucky, Maryland. Georgia and the District of Columbia. In many cases they were accompanied by their own bands and they were received with cheers as they passed along. In some instances the departments were represented by only a dozen or score of veterans. Arizona had the smallest representation of any state or territory She had three men In her column, but they marched bravely along abreast having their banner borne in ad- vance by a colored man, the "color-bear- er,'' as one of the three announced.