New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-17
BIG GRAND ARMY PARADE
BOSTON CROWDS CHEER.
Governors and Mayors Re0ie,C
10000 Veterans Who March.
IBy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

Boston, Aug. 16-Twenty-six thousand sur
vivOrs of the Union forces which fought in the
Civil War marched through the winding streets
of historic Boston to-day. and over FIVE hundred
thousand people who had assembled from all
sections of the United States saw pass in review
the Grand Army of the Republic. This was the
great feature OF national encampment week,
and there was holiday throughout greater Bos-
ton. whose residents fiocked to the State capital
10 view the veterans
Through streets brilliantly decorated between
ranks of spectators who cheered and waved ban
ners the veterans marched for hours. From
huge grandstands. from the windows and roofs
OF buildings and from wagons, were sent shouts
of acclaim. School children sang greeting To
all these the veterans responded with lifted hat
digniled salute
At the State House the parade was reviewed
by Governor Bates with Governor Van SAINT Of
Minnesota. w. Murray Crane and Gearge 5.
Boutwell,. former Governors of Massachusetts,:
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Booker T.
Washington. At City Hall Mayor Collins saw
the pageant with former Mayors of Boston and
the Mayors If nearby cities. and in Boylston-st.
Commander I'm Chief Black reviewed comrades
who had comc from forty-two States and two
Territories
Among those who witnessed the parade from
Tremont-st. General Nelson A. Miles Seat
eu among the guests under the canopy on the
Official reviewing stand were members of Gen
era Blacks family. past and present national
officers Of the Woman's Relief Corps. Daughters
of Veterans. and Ladies of the Grand Army os
the Republic; several Confederate guests in
cluding Judge Galloway. of Tennessee; Genera.
Benham. Of New Orleans: T. e. Timberlake and
Colonel Finlay. of Kentucky; General Eshleman
and others.
Remarkable the reception given to the
handful of veterans representing such States as
North Dakota, Montana, Arkansas. Texas and
Arizona Territory. Several oddities appeared In
this section Of the parade-the Florida veterans.
for instance all carried palm branches: the
Georgia delegation had large live lizard in a
network cage on top Of pole while the Texas
banner in the form OF a long pair of
steers horns. Michigan displayed a live
rooster.
The parade started at 11:3O a. m. and it-was
almost $50 p. before the last OF the line was
IN motion. AMI half an hour later when it passed
the reviewing stands Of the Governor and Mayor
1t took practically five hours and a half for the
column to pass given point.
A demonstration differing peculiarly from the
others occurred at Winthrop Square where the
disabled veterans viewed their marching com.
rades. Tears fell from the eyes OF many a
white haired soldier as he gazed at his old com
panions as they trod through the square. A
hush-amost Il silence-marked the passage Of
the army at this point
At Temple Place and Tremont-st the vet
Grams met the most spectacular and picturesque
feature Of the entire route. in the form of a
living flag" composed of two thousand school
children. Alternating ranks OF girls wearing
red and white dresses represented the stripes
while a square Of blue gowned ones formed
field In which forty-five. carrying white stars
were placed in a way to give the effect of resting
on the base OF azure. Months had been spent
in preparation for this feature. AS the line
passed the children sang the patriotic hymns Of
the army and OF the country.
Along TremOnt-st to BOylstOn-st, where
continuous stand had been erected on the Com
mon. $4,000 people viewed the parade, for the
most part delegates to the Grand Army of the
Republic and affiliated organizations and their
friends. The police arrangements proved made
quate, and Surging crowds broke repeatedly
through the lines and Interrupted the parade
Reports tonight indicate that more than three
hundred persons were either prostrated by the
heat or tainted in the crowds during the day.
AS Colonel John T. Pryor, OF No. IA East One
hundred and -hfth-st., New-York was parading
with John A. Dix Post he fell at Beacon and
Joy SITS. He was sent TO the Massachusetts Cen
eral Hospital, where he died.
At the Relief Hospital, in Haymarket Square,
130 cases of prOstration and exhaustion had
been treated up to o'clock tonight. OF this
number about one-half were veterans while the
others were mostly women. The temporary hos
TO its capacity, more than eighty cases being
treated there. About many were treated at
the temporary field hospital Boston Com
mon and in other hospitals and in drug stores
Tonight the big Grand Army campfire was
held in Mechanics Building. Tobacco coffee
doughnuts and cheese were served to ten thou
sand persons.
In an effort to secure entire harmony In the
choice of one of the two candidates for COM
mander in chief, the caucus last night was con-
tinued until an early hour this morning. The
New Workers now say that the matter is set
tied between Colonel ShottS and Colonel Bake
well, and that at the encampmeut meeting the
delegation will be solid for Shotts.
The campaign committee Of the BostOnian,
Baclmar, are working tooth and nail to land
him, and point with great JUNCTION to the fact
that they have Nebraska's support promised.
ShOtts's friends not making any eXtrava-
CANT claims, but they counting strongly on
the sentiment among the veterans against the
double honor Of encampment and commander in
chief going TO one State, and say ii is the
greatest obstacle General Blackmar will have
to overcome.
Mrs Minot, Of Hampshire. was indorsed
for national president OF the WOman's Relief
Corps by the delegates and alternates Of the
Massachusetts Womaa's Relief Corps at a
meeting in the Hotel VendOme tonight. The
Massachusetts delegation has the largest ~ot-
Ing power ia :he national convention.