The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-09
IN SERRIED RANKS.
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division, and then came the various organi-
cations of the Grand Army of the Republic
itself, led by the Department of Illinois.
with Commander II. M. Trimble in COM
mand. Among the departments in line
were: Ohio, Commander Walton Weber;
New York, Commander Allan c. Black;
Virginia and North Carolina. Commander
c. D. Graw: Maryland. Commander John
w. Worth; Michigan, Commander Edward
c.. Anthony; Indiana. Commander Benja-
min Starr; Kentucky, Commander T: F.
Beyland; West Virginia, Commander c. G..
Matthews: Arkansas, Commander John H.
Avery; Tennessee, Commander G.. w. Pat
ton; Louisiana and Mississippi. Command
er Charles W. Keeling; Florida, Command
err S. Herbert Lancey; Texas, Commander
c.. C. Haskell; Georgia, Commander Will
liam NJ. Scott; Alabama, Commander E..
E. Bacon; Oklahoma, Commander Wesley
Taylor; Potomac, Commander b. +. Bing-
ham.
The procession was reviewed from the
stand Immediately in front of the White
House by Commander-in-chief Torrance,
who was assisted by the members of the
Presidents Cabinet. and by Adjutant Gen.
eral fowler, of the G.. A. R. Secretary
Hay stood Immediately at the right of
the commander-in-chief, while Secretaries
Moody. Root. Wilson and Hitchcock, and
Postmaster General Payne occupied seats
in their rear. Occupying seats we'll to the
front were many veterans of the civil war,
including Gen. o. o. Howard, Gen. Edward
McCook, Gen. Daniel Sickles. General Car
%rington, Gen. j. Warren Keifer and Gen.
Sitting in the midst of these distinguished
ex-Union soldiers was the ex-Confederate
Lieutenant General Longstreet. He was
escorted to the front together with General
Sickles, and as the two were side by side
they were greeted with hearty cheers. 1t is
said to be the first time that an ex-Con-
federate officer appeared in a Grand Army
reviewing stand. Mrs. John A. Logan. who
was in the reviewing stand, received much
attention from the veterans as they
marched by.
lITHsIA ~ LII, a. - n -
in the line Of march this morning Gen. W..
w. Blackmer, of Boston, department COM
mander of Massachusetts,, was thrown
from his horse. He was at once conveyed
to his bed and has a physician attending
him it was announced that his injuries are
not serious.
RIGHT OF THE LINE.
The Illinois Department, leading the col
umn, consumed about half an hour in pass
ing the reviewing stand. When the head of
the column reached a point Immediately in
front Of the stand the commander of the
department turned and proposed three
cheers for the President of the United
States. The m was heartily re-
sponded to, as was a subsequent proposal
of cheers for General Torrance and another
for Mrs. Logan.
Wisconsin proudly bore at the head of it's
column all that remains of Old Abe. the
huge eagle which, while alive, accompanied
the troops from the Badger State through
out their campaign i'm the Southern States.
The eagle long since has passed to its
eternal eyrie, but its features and feathers
stil go marching on, thanks to the art of
the taxidermist. The Wisconsin troops also
displayed a badly worn and much torn
battle flag of the civil war, which was
cheered far more than was even Old Abe:
The Pennsylvania veterans occupied
probably more time than those of any other
State in passing the stand. They carried
a number of old flags, but they were
tightly furled, so that the effect of the war
and of the intervening time on them was
left largely to the imagination of specta-
tors. Nevertheless, the sight was an in
spring one and the banners were cheered
to the echo. Scattered here and there in
the procession were ladies. and once in a
while a girl appeared as the daughter OF
the regiment. There was one female band,
hailing from Waterloo. Ind. who wore long
patriotic air as they passed the reviewing
stand and were duly cheered. Indeed.
whenever women occupied a place in the
line they were applauded, Notwithstanding
their presence was forbidden by general or
ders. In many instances the departments
representing States carried banners or
badges or other devices intended to attract
attention to special State characteristics or
productions. The Maine column was led by
a tall man carrying a large pine Dough. and
practically all the Maine men in the line
wore small pine boughs in the lapels or
their coats. The GeorgianS wore open cot
ton bolls in their hats and the Alabamians
the same insignia in their coat lapels. The
Minnesota men held aloft a broad placard
announcing that to be the Bread and But,
ter State" South Dakota's sons carried
long sticks bearing on the Point long ears
Of corn, The Floridans were de1Grated
ans with cotton and sugar cane and the
Vermonters with ferns. Every Kansan In
the parade, and there We're several nun
dreG of them there, carried an umbrella
painted on the outside to represent a huge
sunfower. This probably was the most
unique display made by any State, though
1t was only little more so than that OF
Iowa, whose members each carried a big
ear of native corn on the side where for
merly canteeEs were borne, the ears peine
suspended from bright, broad, new yellow
ribbons. They passed the reviewing stand
shouting in unison:
'Hurrah! hurrahi for corn and hay,
We are the boys from Iowa"
PLEA FOR STATEHOOD.
The North Dakotans bore aloft sheaves
of wheat. Texas carried high In the air a
lone silver star set between a pair of i'm
mense Texas horns. The Oklahoma con-
tingent, as usual, pressed the claims OF
that Territory to admission into the Union
of States. One of the Michiganders held
up a big gray rooster, but he was too sub
dued to crow as he passed the grand stand
though he was urged TO do so
Bryan Post, Oh trenton, N. D., Carried q
] hornets nest (vacated) and a placard hele
aloft announced that there are still lef
some of the spring chickens of 1861" The
Maryland division was preceded by forty
tightly furled and badly worn battlefiags
They were wound about pine slaves ant
surmounted by wreaths of laurel.
In many cases men of national reputation
walked with their posts. kansas numbered
in her line Pension Commissioners Ware
and ex-United States Senator PETER. Gen
Keifer walked for a time with the Ohioan:
and Gen. Grenville NJ. Dodge put in thu
greater part of the day alongside the com
mander of the Iowa department., carrying
his corn canteen and going on foot, as die
his comrades. He took a place in the re
viewing stand after his department hat
passed and was cordially greeted by hi
fellow-officers there.
A number of colored men marched in tn,
columns from the Southern States, includ
ing Kentucky. Maryland, Georgia and tn,
District of Columbia. In many cases the.
were accompanied by their own bands, an,
the were generally received with cheer
as they passed along. In some instance
the departments were represented by onl,
a dozen or a score of veterans. Arizon;
had the smallest representation of an,
State or Territory in line. There wer
only three men in her column, but the,
marched bravely along abreast, havinl
their banner borne in advance by a col
ored man, the "color-bearer' as one OF tn
three announced.
Bands innumerable marched with tn
a civil war musical organization was founI
drums and blowing their horns with unex
nected yigOr- Among the mora nofahl