The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-21
TEN THcUoAND HEROES AZ THE
CIVIL WAR ON REVIEW IN
SAN FRANCISCO.
SORROW AND GLORY OF WAR
TATrEREp FLAGS AND FEEBLE
FORMS ELOQUENT REMIND
Frs OF THE PAST.

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the martial tunes that inspired them
to endeavor forty years ago.. Above
the national colors, borne by every
marcher, proudly floated torn and tat
tered flags. These, with empty sleeves
and limping gait, were eloquent re-
minders of the sorrow and glory Of
war. Unlike the parade Of Tuesday,
with the quick marching line of youth,
this procession was the measured and
steady tread Of age. AS the different
divisions marched along, waves of
sentiment passed over marchers and
spectators. There were many still
vigorous in line, but they waited for
their weaker comrades and the column
halted often on it's two-mile course.
tits my last march, said many a
griZZled veteran as he started out. ut
is now or never, and I am going to
try" One bent old man, seventy
years OF age, with the Wisconsin dele
cation, could not be dissuaded.
He Insisted on Marching,
but his gait grew slower from block to
block and he would have fallen had he
not been held up by two of his com
panions. Two civilians stepped from
the spectators and led him out Of line.
In the long line were men from
every corner of the nation. Veterans
who perhaps had enlisted from Maine
or some other far away state wore the
badges of Western commonwealth,
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 a close Sec
ond.
Almost every delegation had it's
emblem. Ohio it's buckeye, C%onnecti-
cut a wooden nutmeg, Minnesota a
loaf of bread and so on.
At the head of the procession rode
marchers halted. he circled around
moved on again.
the yellow banner of Illinois. At the
head marched Colonel Thomas G. Law
Ter, past commanderin-chief of the
Grand Army. AS usual, the Badger
state posts fell in after Illinois and
closed up the first division. There
were 800 in line, led by General Mac
Arthur in civilian clothes, in company
with General Amos Cobb of Nebras-
ka and General Lyon of Wisconsin.
Led by General RundeiI.
At the head was General j. P. Run.
dell, 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, Illinois and Ohio delegations
were supplied with horses as we'll as
bands to accompany their divisions.
Pennsylvania headed the second di-
vision, and in the line appeared five
of the First Pennsylvania rifles, "The
B%ucktails."
In the New York section, which fol
lowed Pennsylvania, two girls trotted
along, keeping company with fathers.
One wife also accompanied her hus-
band, and other state veterans marched
and drew attention for some charac-
~teristic display.
The afternoon was devoted largely
to receptions and reunions. At the
headquarters of the Women's Relief
Corps and the Ladies of the Grand
Army, the number of visitors vas so
great that passage through the rooms
was almost impossible.
All of the state and company head
quarters were open and hospitality
was lavishly dispensed. The rooms of
the various posts were centers of In
terest, and at each place boxes Of
fruit were given to all visitors.
In the evening thousands attended
a concert at Mechanics Pavilion. Gen
eral Miles was the guest of the Span
ish-American War Veterans. The
Women's Relief Corps gave a recep.
tfon to COMMANDMENTS Chief Stewart.
Reunions were also held h. the
Ladies Of the Grand Army ard the
Wisconsin Society of Civil War Vet
Grams. A campfire at the armory of
Spanish-American veterans closed the
events of the night.
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