The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
VETERANS OF 81, BOWED UNDER
WEIGHT OF YEARS, IN LINE
AT SAN FRANCISCO.
EAHY DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED
SURVIVORS OF FAMOUS BATTLE.
FIELDS HEARTILY cHEERED
BY GREAT CROWD.


the Republic in this city will be long
remembered by the. thousands Of pee-
| pie who fiocked the streets along the
| line OF march to witness it. Not a
| lew OF them recognize that for them
| this meant the passing of the heroes
| of many bloody struggle in defense
OF the Union for all time in a collective
body so far as this city is concerned.
Devoid of all the pomp and panoply of
the warlike. host which marched in
all the pride of strength and youth in
| Tuesdays parade, there was some
| thing pathetic in the tfsiHnei-out
ranks of the veterans whs marched
| during the day which touched the
hearts of all who saw them, bowed
with the weight of years, worn out
and weary, but animated by the fires
OF an unquenching spirit, this rem
nant of a mighty host which had
carved out victory for the republic on
the hardest fought battlefelds the
world has known, marched proudly
along, the last of an uncOnquered band
OF heroes.
Proudly they marched with the bat
tlenags waving above the sWaying
ranks, flags which bore the marks OF
shot and shell in many fierce fray,
comrades together now as they were
then. With military precision these
Old soldiers Of Antietam, Vicksburg,
the Wilderness, Gettysburg and Ap-
pomattoX swung into line at the ap-
pointed hour, ready for the command
70 march.
Illinois Detachment Leads.
Headed by the detachment from Hi
nOis commanded by Benson Wood the
Grand Army detachments appeared IA
full muster at their appointed stations,
ready to move with the main column
which started punctually at -1e O'Clock
On the route OF march. The mounted
staff Of department commanders and
all the mounted escorts we've formed
into platoons of eight files freat, the
distance being regulated at four
PAGES. This formation was we'll main
tanned all through the parade and the
same can be said of the different
posts which were paraded some six
teen PAGES apart, with double dis
lance between the files.
A platoon of police led the column,
commanded by Chief Whitman, and
was followed by the drum corps of
the National Association of Civil War
Musicians. Next in line was Chief
Marshal Edward T. Solomon and his
staff.
The personal escort of Commander
in-Chief Stewart was composed Of
George H. Thomas Post No. 2, depart
ment of California, A. D. Cutler COM
manding. Accompanying the COM
I@S, ~. oh @f Hx1n tor aSfk or
General Burrows, Judge Advocate Gen
eral Beers, Adjutant General John
w. Schall, Chaplain-in-Chief Shuey
and Inspector General Walsh, with
members of the executive committee.
Many Departments in Line.
The several departments of the
Grand Army followed with, as men
toned before, the department of Illi-
| nois in the van. Following came
Pennsylvania, commanded by Edward
@. Walton, and Commander Yenglin;
New York, Commander Noster; Con-
necticut, Commander Buckley; Massa-
chusetts, Commander Judd; New
Jersey, Commander Long; Maine,
Commander Chamberlain; Rhode ISL
and, Commander Hudson; New Hamp-
shire, Commander Parker; Vermont,
Commander Penfleld; Potomac, Com
mander Kimball; Virginia and North
Carolina, Commander Haas; Mary
land, Commander Stahl; Nebraska,
Commander Estill; Michigan, Com
mander Van Raalte; Iowa, Command
err Raymond; Minnesota, Commander
Mahan; Oregon, Commander Turner;
South Dakota, Commander Reed;
Montana, Commander Wisner; North
Dakota, Commander Rowe, and G. A.
r. of other states. California and Ne
vada, under command Of Major Gen
eral w. R. Shafter, brought UP the
rear.
A distinguished trio rode at the
head of the Wisconsin division. They
were General Macarthur, commander
of the department of the Pacific; Gen
eral Cobb and Colonel Lyon, all three
being attired in civilian clothing. All
three of these general officers are
from Wisconsin and all have won ma
tional renOWn.
Survivors of Historic Battery.
Six survivors of the heroic Knapp's
Pennsylvania battery of light artillery
marched in the line and were warm
ly greeted. This is the remnant OF
the 100 men of this hard fighting regl-
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, 1865.
Throughout the parade was strictly
military, no women, children nor gro
tesque costumes being permitted in
the column. Carriages also were pro-
hibited and the few which appeared,
not exceeding two to each depart
ment, were occupied by disabled vet
Grams driven in all cases to the left
column Of their respective depart
nents.
The scene was one wild with en-
thusiasm all along the streets, old
and young turning out en- masse to
greet the fast-fading ranks of the vet
sran American soldiers, who in coma
pact organization will never march
here again. ..
The reviewing stand was on Van
Ness avenue and there the depart.
ments marched past In perfect align
ment after long and tiresonse march
for many Of the older veterans 1shoyf
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