Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-08-19
VETERANS IN LINE.
Great Parade Is Feature Of the
Day at the G. A. R.
Encampment.
BADGERS COMFORTABLE.
The Wisconsin Delegation Has Head
quarters at the Copley Square
Hotel in Boston.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND MARCH

Boston, Mass, Aug. 16. - Today
Gawned clear and fairly cool for the
great parade of the veterans of the CT.
A. r., and in honor of the occasion the
day was generally observed as a holiday
by all classes Of business. During the
night many trains came in with posts
and delegations and early in the day,
when the crowded specials from points
within 100 miles of Boston began to az
rive, traffic at both the big terminals be-
came choked. The people damned the
train sheds and terminals and then
spreading out. began to fill the sidewalk
space along the line Of march. There
was Il prospect Of warmer conditions as
the day should grow, but the clear skies
and bright sun cheered alike the hearts
OF veteran and spectator.
Twenty-Five Thousand March.
Early in the forenoon arrived the last
division of the invading Grand Army
From California to Maine and Massachu.
sets and from the states between, host
had come and at 10 O'Clock, the hour set
for the parade to move, $4,000 men were
in line
Along the line of march, at every avail.
able point, viewing stalls had been built
and these began to fill early, particularly
those on the Boston Common. Arrange
ments had been made for veterans who
Were physically unable to engage in the
parade, or who did not care to do so. to
view the procession from a stand in Win
throp square.
In the formation of the parade Edward
II. Kinsley post of Boston was given the
place of honor, that of escort to Col
John c. Black, communicative chief of
the 6. A. X. Charles III. Mcconnell was
chief of staff.
Fortytwo States Represented.
Forty-two states and two territories
were represented in the column, besides
the Potomac division, made up of the
Old Guards of Washington, ID. G. Each
state comprised Il division, with the eX
ception of Massachusetts, which hat
two divisions, there being 13J posts il
line from this state.
New England posts numbered about
1000 men; New York had two battalions
West Virginia eighteen posts, Kentucky
twelve posts, North Dakota ten posts
and Minnesota thirteen posts. The Mary
land delegation numbered about 1000
men and that from Ohio about 15O. Cali
forum was represented by two posts ant
Oregon by one. 1t was estimated thai
the column would require about three
hours to pass given point.
Wisconsin Headquarters.
The headquarters Of the Wisconsin
Nelegallon Is NJ the COpleN square hotel
Two hundred and fifty veterans. with
fifty women, are here from the Badge.
state.
Lucius Fairchild post of Madison
thirty-siA strong, is also at the Copley
Square. Wisconsin department, w 4
c, has spacious headquarters at the
Hotel Nendome, where Department
President Mrs. Ella Z. Wetherbee and
Department Secretary Mrs. l.. A. Simp.
son of Salisbury, Junior Vice President
Mrs. Eliza Spencer of Waukesha, and
Department Treasurer Mrs. Anna E.
Noyes of Madison are receiving mark ed
attention. The Wisconsin rooms are the
next suite to the w. r. c. national head.
quarters.