Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-19
VAL0ROUS VETERANS
Once More March Proudly in
Grand Review.
UNCOMFORTABLE ARMY
TAKES PATRIOTIC CITY OF SAN
FRANCISCO BY STORM.
Many Receptions and Entertainments
in Honor Of the Boys Of
the g. A. r.
UNCOMFORTABLE ARMY

of the Republic are having most enjoy
able time.
Their California posts provide fruits and
! flowers in abundance, and there is open
| house. IN all the local headquarters
Train after train still add their compile
| ment to the army Of veterans already mar
| shaled here, and the encampment now be-
gins to assume the proportions Of the larg-
| est ever held in the history of the organiza-
ton.
The arrivals now are computed at 81, 900
persons from eastern points. with fully
35 600 persons in addition from California
points.
For the next few days excursions have
been arranged to carry the visiting veter-
ans to different points of interest in the
| interior. and all the leading cities have
made arrangements to give them an appro-
pirate reception.
Grand Parade Of Veterans.
The parade today of the veterans will be
| long remembered by the thousands of peo-
| pie who packed the streets along the line
| Of march to witness it.
Not few of them recognized that for
them this meant the passing of the heroes
Of many bloody struggle in defense of
the Union for all time in collective body.
SO far as this city is concerned.
| the warlike host which marched in all the
pride of strength and youth in yesterdays
parade. there Was something pathetic in
the thinned-out ranks of the veterans who
| marched today which touched the hearts
| of all who saw them.
| Proud Makers Of History.
They looked the part they had played as
| makers of history.
| Proudly they marched with the battle
Aau ohn he xyfr,D kC-
| flags which bore the marks Of shot and
shell in many fierce fray, comrades to-
| gether now, as they were then.
With military precision these old soldiers
| of Aptietam. Vicksburg. Wilderness, Get
| tyshurg and Appomattox swung into line
| at the appointed hour ready for the COM
mand to march.
Headed by the detachment from Illinois,
commanded by Benson Wood, the Grand
| Army detachments appeared in full muster
| at their appointed stations ready to move
| with the main column. which started pune
tually at 10 o'clock on the route Of march.
Formed Into Platoons.
The mounted stan Of department COM
manders and all the mounted escorts were
| formed into platoons of eight files front.
| the distance being regulated at four PAGES.
This formation was we'll maintained all
| through the parade and the same can be
| said Of the different posts which were pa
| raded some sixteen PAGES apart with dou
| BILE distance between the files.
platoon of police led the column. com
| manded by Chief Whitman and followed
| by the drum corps of the National Associa-
| ton of Civil War Musicians.
| Next in line was Chief Marshal Edward
T. Solomon and his staff. The personal es-
cort of Commanderln-chief Stewart was
composed Of George H. Thomas Most No. 2,
Department of California, A d. Cutler,
| commanding.
Accompanying the Commander.
| Accompanying the commander-in-chief
| was Quartermaster General Burrows, Judge
| Advocate General Beers Adjutant General
| John w. Schall, Chaplain-in-chief Shuey
and Inspector General Walsh with men,
bers of the executive committee.
The several departments of the Grand
| Army followed, with as mentioned before.
the Department of Illinois in the van.
Following came Pennsylvania, command
| ed by Edward Q. Walton and Commander
Yenglin: New York, Commander Noster;
| Connecticut. Commander Bulkeley; Massa-
| chusetts, Commander Judd; New Jersey,
| Commander Long; Maine, Commander
| Chamberlain; Rhode Island Commander
| Hudson; New Hampshire, Commander
| Parker; Vermont, Commander Penfield
| Potomac. Commander Kimball.
Virginia and North Carolina.
| Virginia and North Carolina. Commander
| Haas: Maryland, Commander Stahl; Ne
| braska. Commander Estill: Michigan, Com
mander Van Raalte; Iowa, Commander
| Raymond; Indiana, Commander Grune:
| Colorado and Wyoming, Commander
Vaughn; Kansas, Commander Smith; Della
| ware. Commander Baugh; Minnesota, Com
| mander Maben; Missouri, Commander Ster-
ret; Oregon, Commander Turner
Kentucky, Commander Forlee; West Vir-
ginia. Commander Moore; South Dakota,
Commander Reed; Washington and Alaska,
| Commander Kavanaugh; Arkansas, Com
mander Avery; New Mexico, Commander
Edwards; Utah. Commander Clark; Ten
nessee. Commander Patton; Louisiana and
Mississippi, Commander Heating; Florida,
Commander Chase; Montana, Commander
Wisner.
Texas, Commander Bolton; Idaho. Com
mander Whittier; Georgia, Commander
Fitzgerald; Alabama, Commander Allison:
North Dakota, Commander Rowe: Okla
homa, Commander Green: Indian territory,
Commander Rose; California and Nevada
| under command Of Majox General w. r.
shafter. brought up the rear.
A Distinguished Trio.
distinguished trio rode at the head of
the Wisconsin division. They were General
Macarthur, commander Of the department
| Of the Pacific; General Cobb and Colonel
Lyon, all three being attired in civilian
clothing.
All three of these general officers are
from Wisconsin. and all have won national
| renown. General Macarthur was recop-
nized all along the line of march and was
loudly cheered as he passed with the col
umn.
Six survivors of the heroic Knapp's Penn
sylvania battery of light artillery marched
in the line and were warmly greeted
This is the remnant of the one hundred
and thirty men OF this hard fighting re1i-
ment who were mustered out at the close
of the war. and this is the first occasion the
battery has paraded since they appeared in
| the historic grand review of the federal
troops at Washington. In May. 1866.
Did Efficient Work.
This battery did efficient work at Chan
| cellorsville, Fredericksburg and all through
the Shenandoah valley, concluding a bril-
liant record by marching with Sherman to
the sea, entering Richmond later with