Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-09
TELseRAPHic NEWS.


War-palnt and feathers took place. and
they afterwards met at the Potomac
River barracks.
Al 1870 p. m. will occur the dedica.
ton OF Camp Roosevelt on the ground
south of the White House. There will
be adrdesses by Secretaries Hay and
Root and District Commander McFar-
Piand, and the response will be deliver
ed by Commander-inC Chief Torrance;
also a salute of twentyone-one guns.
AT p. IN. there will be a grand camp
fire in Convention hall.
:, The various depots are crowded
with arriving veterans friends and
relatives today. and the streets are
gay with flags and bunting The air
is filled with sunshine and the drill
notes of martial fife and drum.
The thirty-siXth annual encampmert
has begun, The crowd in sight has
been estimated 10 number half mil
lion people, and T. by considerably the
largest ever hous ID here. The crowds
about the railroad gates were ter
rife and hordered on the dangerous.
The decorations outrival those of any
Inauguration day pension building be-
ing the only government building Law
ishly heautihed.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Oct c.
The latch string is on the outside and
the national capital has put the big
pot in the little one. Old Glory was
unveiled to the breeze this morning
and thousands of visitors are express
ing their qualification at the warm.
sincere and thorough hospitable recep-
tion rendered them by the people of
Washington. During Sunday local
railroad men estimated that fully
10000 strangers arrived over the va
rious lines with terminals in the city
Today there was twice the confusion
and twice he crowds about the de-
pots, and up to noon the morning
trains had brought fully $4,000 addi-
tional people to the city. While the
Grand Army veterans were in the ma
jority it was a notable fact that hun
dreds of the arrivals We're merely
sightseers attracted by the low eXcur-
sion rates and a desire to view the
sights OF the national capital. All day
Sunday the streets presented crowd
ed appearance. Sightseers were on
every thoroughfare in the central part
of the city, viewing the other people,
the crowds. the government buildings.
aad the decorations and arrangements
made for the reception and entertain
ment of the veterans.
Today the crowd was several times
as large. Pennsylvania avenue and
other OF the principal streets were
crowded early in the morning, and
most OF the people who We're out
were strangers. Every train arriving
in the city brought large increases to
the, crowd. and at noon the crowds
in the vicinity of the capitol and other
centers OF attraction could be compar-
ed only to the Inauguration day
.throngs, Here and there in the
crowds could be seen the neat blue
uniforms and black god-corded hats
OF men who wore those colors during
the war, and everywhere they were
these gallant men were noticed with
great interest by the crowds of peo-
pie. Today's arrivals included large
DELEGATIONS from New New England.
New York and Pennsylvania, and
from Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, the
Dalgotas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska,
Michigan and other states of the west,
During the early part of the day
the national officers of the G. A. r.
and affiliated organizations reached
the city, together with other visitors of
note. and the escorts conducting them
from the depots to national encamp-
ment headquarters formed the first
4arades of the week. General Tor
rance, Commander-in-chief OF the
Grand Army; Commodore John O..
Shaw of the National Association of
Naval Veterans. Commander-in-Ch
Alexander of the Sons of Veterans,
and other persons who are to figure
prominently in the events OF the week
We're accorded enthusiastic receptions
and during the day were greeted with
cheers whenever they appeared on the
streets.
The first official number on the
weeks program took place this after
noon when Camp Roosevelt, the group
of huge cauvases erected on the White
I4Ol lOf Int various StSSlOlS vi lhe
reunion. was formally dedicated and
turned over to the veterans. The
dedlcatory program was an interesting
one and included patriotic music by
the Marine band and addresses by
Chairman Henry B. +. Mcfarland of
the district board of commissioners,
Secretary OF State Hay and Comman-
-er-in-Chief Torrance. The exercises
began with an invocation by Rev. w.
G. Davenport and concluded with the
unfurllnG of the flag and national
salute of twenty-one guns.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct l.
a naval parade was the feature of to-
days Grand Army reunion program
Threatening skies had no effect on the
great crowds on the down town
streets. The parade moved promptly
at 10 o'clock with General Haywood OF
the Marine corps as grand marshal
Ten thousand men were in line. The
first division consisted of midship
men. coast artillery, engineers, light
artillery, cavalry regiment, marines
and men from the ships Lancaster
Hartford and Franklin. and the Dis
trict OF Columbia National Guards
The second division consisted of Sons