Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-09
|G A. R. BNCAMPMDNT
Despite His Injured Leg the Presi"
dent Reviews Parading Veterans.
PROCESSION WAS IMPOSING.
President Carried From White ilo"s'
to Carriage, In Which Ds
Drove Past the Ranks of
Grixzied Veterans.


of the armies Of Grant Sherman
Thomas, Slocum and Sheridan, which,
participated IN the grand review al
the close of the civil war. have ayni.
passed up the historic Pennsylvania
avenue.
The procession MoSed in the order
prescribed by Chief Marshal General
A. Noel Brakeman. 1t was preceded
by platoon of splendidly mounted
police. and this was followed in turn,
by drum corps composed OF sur
vivors of the civil war musicians.
Then came Il mounted escort of citl.
! zens of Washington. with whom rode
General Brakeman resplendent in dress'
and soldierly in bearing. He was ac'
| companied by his aids riding in files Of
eight front. and these were followed b..
| the Marine band. whose familiar music
| ELECTED freuueW cheers from TIN
crowd.
General Eli Torrance. commander il,
chief. occupied Il carriage. He was
! preceded by his personal escort. con
sistng of John \. RaWlins post of tlt
department Of Minnesota. and accom-.
panied by his personal staff, conSistin;
of Quartermaster Burrows. Assistan
Adjutant General 4. H. Warner. Judg"
| Advocate General Duttield. Inspector
| General Wetherbee, Junior Vice Com,
mander O'Donnell. Chaplain Boyle,
Surgeon General Thrall, Senior Vice
Commander McEroy and the eXecu
tive committee of the Grand Army
Immediately following the general
| officers came the escort of the Grand
| Army. consisting of the First regiment
of the Sons of Veterans and a reserve
of the Pennsylvania division, and then
| came the various organizations of the
Grand Army itself. led by the depart
ment of Illinois. with Commander II.
NJ Trimble in command.
How Veterans Paradei.
The departments marched in the fol-
| lowing order:
Wisconsin, Commander James a. Agen
Pennsylvania, Commander X. =. Scott;
Ohio. Commander Walton Weber; New
York, Commander Allen c. Black: Con-
| necticut, Commander n. Burton Rogers
| Massachusetts. Commander Wilmont w.
Backmar; New Jersey. Commander Enos
F.. Ham; Maine, Commander James l..
Merrick: California and Nevada, Com
mander w. G. Hawley; Rhode Island
Commander George H. Chenery; New
Hampshire Commander William S. Car
ter; Vermont. Commander r. Hathorn:
Virginia and North Carolina, Commander
c. d. GraW: Maryland Commander John
w WORTH. Nebraska Commander CAL
win F. Steele; Michigan. Commander Ed
ward c. Anthony; Iowa, Commander John
Lindt; Indiana, Commander Benjamin
Starr; Colorado and Wyoming, Command
er j. W. Huff; Kansas, Commander H. c.
Looms; Delaware Commander John c.
Garner; Minnesota. Commander Perry
Starkweather; Missouri. Commander Ira
T. Bronson; Oregon, Commander NJ. l.,
Pratt; Kentucky. Commander T. F. Bey-
land; West Virginia, Commander {. G..
Matthews; South Dakota. Commander Z.
E. Blanchard; Washington and Alaska,
Commander r. c. Bedell: Arkansas, Com
mander John H. Avery; New Mexico,
Commander E. ]. w. Edwards; Utah,
Commander w. NJ. Bostaph; Tennessee,
Commander George w. Patton: Louisiana
and Mississippi Commander Charles w.
keeting; Florida. Comma nder S. Herbert
Lancey: Montana, Commander Alanson
N. Bull; Texas. Commander c. c. Has
sons: Arizona, Commander c. F. Shu-
macher; Georgia Commander w. NJ.
Scott; Alabama, Commander E. ID. Ba-
con- North Dakota, Commander j. G.
GipsOn; Oklahoma, Commander Wesley
Taylor; Potomac, Commander B. F. Bing-
ham.
President Roosevelt reviewed the
parade from carriage. He was car
ried downstairs from his room on the
second floor of the temporary White
House in an invalid'S chair and amid
the cheers of a large crowd was placed
i'm the carriage. in which there was
board to support his injured leg. He
was accompanied by Secretary Cortel
you and Colonel Bingham. his military
aid. His carriage was guarded by
platoon of mounted police under COM
mand of Major sylvester. superintend
ent of police.
AS the carriage appeared on the ave
nue. the president was greeted with
loud cheers. The president stopped at
the reviewing stand for moment un-
til the marShals of the parade and
Rawlins post of Minneapolis. the right
of the line. had passed and then drove
down the avenue to the Peace. monu-
ment at the foot of the capitol. The
veterans faced the carriage as the pres
ident drove 10y and saluted him. There
was continuous cheering from the
crowds as the president drove along.