The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-17
|G. A. R. VETS | FILL BOSTON Many ProStrated by Great Heat. SCORES IN HOSPITALS
 Colonel Pryon of New York Died of Exhaustion.
 Exe..slve Heat and Great Crowd Tes Much fer Soldiers of the Unioa-- ChiIdrea Sans Patriotic Hynns.

Boston, Mass, Aug. t6.--Today dawned clear and fairly cool for the great parade of the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic. and in honor of the occasion, the day was generally observed as holiday by all classes of bushes. Many persons tainted and tonight scores are in the hospitals from ex- haustion or prostration. Early in the forenoon arrived tho last division of the invading Grand Army of the Republic. From Califor- mia to Maine and Massachusetts. and from the States between. a host had come, and at 10 o'clock, the hour set
 for the parade to move. 25,000 men were in line.
 Along the line of march. at every available point, viewing stands had been built, and crowds began to fill them early, particularly those on the Boston common. Arrangements had been made for veterans who were physically unable to engage in the pa- rade or who did not care to do so to view the procession from stand in Winthrop Square.
 During the night the final decorative touches were placed. and today the center of the city was a mammoth dis play of flags, bunting and streamers of red, white and blue. The decorations never have been more general, nor more elaborate. for any event in this city.
 In the formation of the parade Ed- ward II. Kinsley Post of Boston. was given the place of honor. that of es- cort to Colonel John c. Black. com mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. Charles H. McConnell was chief of stan.
 states Represented. Forty-two States and two territories were represented in the column, be- sides the Potomac division, made up of the Old Guards of Washington. D. lC. :. Each State comprised q division with tho exception ef Massachusetts. which, had two divisions, there being Ii35 posts in line from this state. New England posts numbered about 1000 men, New York had two battal- ions, West Virginia eighteen posts, Kentucky twelve posts. North Dakota ten and Minnesota thirteen posts. The
 Maryland delegation, numbered about 1000 men. and that from Ohio about 720. California was represented by two posts and Oregon by one. It was estimated that the column would require three hours to pass given point.
 The parade moved from Arlington Street to Beacon Street. up Beacon Hill,
 
 reviewed by Governor Bates. Here, from a great stand, 2.000 people. in- cluding State officials, members of the Legislature and their friends, saw the procession.
 At tha state house the parade was reviewed by Governor Bates, Senator Lodge and Booker T. Washington. and also Governor Van Sant. of Minn.. At the city hall Mayor Collins, former tha nj rann rfay ayF cities saw the pageant anu on Boylston street Commonder-in-Chief Black re- viewed comrades who had come from forty-two states and two territories. At the city hall the parade was re- viewed by Mayor Patrick A. Collins and the City Council. At the junction of Temple Place and Fremont Street the veterans met the most spectacular and picturesque feeling of the entire route in the form of q living flag composed of 2,000 school children. As the line passed the children sang patriotic hymns. Viewed by 15,000. Along Fremont Street to Boylston Street, where one continuous stand had been erected on the common. 15.000 people viewed the parade. for the most part delegates to the Grand Army of the Republic and affiliated organiza-
 tions and their friends.
 On Boylston Street. near Park Square.
 Commander n-Chief Black left his
 place at the head of the procession,
 and from a stand near by reviewed the
 line.
 Never before have the Boston hospit-
 a1s been so severely taxed as they
 were today during the passage of the
 Grand Army parade through the streets
 of the city. Reports tonight indicate
 that more than 800 persons were either
 prostrated by the heat or tainted in the
 crowds during the day. and one known
 fatality resulted. Col. John P. Pyron
 of New York. dying from exhaustion.