The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-20
ONCE MORE THEY
MARCHED ALONG
Remnants of the Mighty Host Of
Forty Years Ago.
FIRES OF YOUTH UNQUENCHED
PARADE OF THE GRAND ARMY
AT SAN FRANCISCO.

war passed in review today.
marching to the martial tunes that in
/ spired them 10 endeavor forty years
ago. Above the national colors. borne
! by every marcher, proudly floated torn
and tatJered battle flags. These, with
| empty sleeves and limping gait, were
/ eloquent reminders of the sorrow and
glory of war. Unlike the parade of
/ yesterday, with the quick marching
time of youth. tOday's procession was
/ the measured and steady tread of age
/ As the different divisions passed along
waves Of sentiment passed over march
/ erS and spectators. There were many
still vigorous in line, but they waited
for their weaker comrades and the col
umns halted often on its tWO-mile
| course.
It's my last march," said many
/ grizzled veteran as he started out. 1T
Is new or never and I am going 10 try"
one bent old man, 20 years of age.
| with the Wisconsin delegation, could
not be dissuaded. His gait grew
Flower from block 20 block and he
would have fallen had he not been held
up by two of his companions Two
! civilians stepped from the spectators
and led him out of the line.
In the long line were men from ev-
cry corner of the nation. Veterans
who perhaps had enlisted from Maine
or some other far away state wore the
| badges of western commemorative,
| showing the growth of the nation they
! fought to keep intact OF all the
/ states, California excepted, the one
| that had the largest number in line
was Illinois, but Ohio was close sec
ond.
All Had Emblems.
Almost every delegation had an en-
| blem, Ohio had its buckeye. Connect
cut a wooden nutmeg. Minnesota a loaf
of nd On fudnRnffn1rr
something distinctive to each group.
/ The men from Vermont. THE Green
/ Mountain State" bore a line Of seven
green banners. each containing a let
ter, the whole spelling the name OF the
state.
Near the head of the procession rode
a veteran on a bicycle. Whenever the
marchers halted he circled around like
an expert and kept pedaling away
with the ease of a boy until the line
moved on again. A gray haired bugler
sounded the calls for the Ohio dele
| the crowd cheered.s
One thousand men marched under
the yellow banner of Illinois. At the
head marched Colonel Thomas G..
! Lawler. past der-in-chief of
| the Grand Army. AS usual. the Bad
ger state hosts fell in after Illinois and
lcIOsed mp the first division. There We're
three hundred in the line. led by Gen
eTal Arthur Macarthur, in civilian
clothes, keeping company with General
Amasa Cobb. eX-chief justice of the
supreme bench of Nebraska. and Cen
eral Lyon present chief justice of the
supreme court of Wisconsin. At the
very head was General J. p. Rundell,
commander of the department and his
chief of staff, Captain Henry of Eau
Claire. All Of the Wisconsin officers
were on foot. while the New York, III
nois and Ohio delegations were sup
piled with horses as we'll as bands to
accompany their divisions.
BuektaiIs Were There.
Pennsylvania headed the second di-
vision Here and there in the line ap-
peared a Bucktail, indicating the pres
/ ence of survivor of the famous First
Pennsylvania Rifles, The Bucktails"
There were five in all of these old
mOuntaineeTs. One man, with new
lease of life. shOuldered his crutch ana
went gamely without the wooden as
sistance he had been accustomed to for
thirty years. Another. fOreseeing long
/ waits in the procession, carried under
his arm a camp stool. When the pa
! rade halted he unfOlded his neat con-
| trivance and rested on the pavement.
In the New York section, which fol-
| lowed Pennsylvania. two girls trOtted
/ along. keeping company with fathers
| One vile also accompanied her hus-
| UdnQ. Jerry sunni VI 4 dcdQClld q
! former Empire State soldier, waited IN
! a wheel chair until his former COM
rades appeared, when he directed his
attendant to push him into line.
on the staff of John s. Roster, COM
I mander of the New York section. was
NJ. W Cartwright, chief of police OF
! New York City.
Receptions and Reunions.
The afternoon was devoted largely 70
receptions and reunions. At the head
quarters of the WOman's Relief CORPS
and the Ladies of the Grand Army the
number of visitors was SO great that
passage through the rooms was almost
/ impossible. The United States Maimri
Soldiers organization met I'm Temple
/ hall. but the attendance was uneX-
/ Dectedlv small After Comrade Storey
had explained the work done by the
order TO secure increased pensions for
/ disabled veterans, an adjournment was
! taken until tomorrow. Old members
of the First Missouri and Second Unit
ed States artillery met and exchanged
stories OF the war in an informal man
ner
A few survivors of the famous Iron
Brigade" of the army of the Potomac
assembled in Pioneer hall, their session
also being Of a social character.
All of the state and county headquar-
ters were open and hospitality was law
] lSniN disposed Inc IOOll OF the sac
ramentO Valley posts, as we'll as those
of the southern California and Fresno
people, were centers of interest. and
at each place boxes of California fruit
were freely given to all visitors.
In the evening thousands attended a
vocal and instrumental concert at Ne
, chanics' pavilion General Nelson A
! Miles was the guest Of the Spanish
, American war veterans. and the Wo-
mans Relief corps gave a reception
to Commander in Chief Stuart.
Reunions We're also held by the La
dies of the Grand Army and the Wis
consin Society Of Civil War Veterans.
, A camp fire at the armOry OF the
Spanish-American war veterans closed
the events of the night.
Ivor Davis sergeant company c. was
TODAY commissioned commissary ser
/ geant of the First infantry, To rank rs
4 | such from Aug 10. The order was IS
? sued by Lieutenant Colonel Greenewald-
a | commanding. by o. r. Grow, captain and
e acting adjutant.
Company G Of Provo today elected
Z Sergeant Frank Dust second lieutenant.
1 vice Lieutenant J. A. Twelves. resigned.
= ! After election Lieutenant Dust was
I | tossed in blanket. surrounded by a
= couple of hundred soldiers and camp
: visitors.
The Parade.
z San Francisco. Aug. I9.-The parade
= today OF the veterans of the Grand
2 Army of the Republic ia this city will