Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07
BOYS OF '6l AGAIN TOUCH ELBOWS
Fifteen Thousand Narchers Given q Great
Ovation by the PopulsCs
STlNGUlSHED GUESTS IN eRANDsrAND
Procession is Three Hours and Five Minutes
in Passing.
KANSAS HAS LARGEST REPRESENTATION
Department from sunnower state Has
1900 Men I'm Line-Colorado
and wyoming L.
second.

second.
DENVER, Sept. 6-The main event OF
| the Grand Army encampment. speaking
from the view point of the rank and hIe.
was the grand parade which occurred to-
day. To the veteran the privilege of again
keeping in step with comrades OF the
biVouac OF 81 is one for which no hardship
seems too great to undergo. no ordeal too
severe to undertake. Many who marched
the two miles today were exhausted when
! the end was reached ana many Others.
weakened by age, fell out of line long be-
fore the journey was completed These
tottering old veterans. regretting their ina
biity to remain in the parade and giving
every evidence Of their feelings, would he
cared for by the persons nearest at hand.
led to place where they could rest and
recover from their exhaustion.
II was a common site to see a grave
haired soldier sitting on the curbing gazing
wistfully at his more sturdy comrades as
they passed him by. The ovation given the
marchers was unstinted. The streets were
packed with people and the windows and
roofs along the line of march swarmed with ,
humanity. The cheering was continuous
and the grizzled old warriors were kept
busy bowling acknowledgements and rails
order of Formation.
The column formation for the great pa
rade was follows:
Platoon Of mounted police
George w. Cook band and drum corns
Grand marshal Colonel George Randolph.
Commander-in-Ch Chief John r. King. Chic,
OF stan J. J: McCurdy, Senior Vice Com
mander @. w: Patten Surgeon General w.
r. King Adjutant General J. e. Gilman.
junior wee commander p
Judge Advocate General o. l. Moore
Chaplain n-Chief ]. II. Bradford.
,, Assistant Quartermaster General ]. II.
Executive Committee Council of Admin
iistration-Colonel S. c. James Colonel /.
w. Collins, General ]. w Hershey, General
General George w. Cook, chairman Of
the Denver executive committee.
National Association OF Civil War.
Musicians drum and fife corps
Disabled national officers in carriages
The various state departments in the fol-
vania, Ohio; New York, Connecticut Mass
achusetts, New Jersey. Maine, California
shire, Vermont Potomac, Virginia. Marv-
| land, Nebraska, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana,
Kansas Delaware Minnesota, Missouri,
Dakota, Washington, Arkansas, New Mex
lco Utah Tennessee. louisiana and Missis-
zona, Georgia, Alabama, North Dakota, In
dian Territory, Oklahoma, Colorado and
" N'llilIEs
Light showers had fallen during tho
night, but the weather cleared this morning
and tho annual Grand Army parade has
never taken place under more favorable
auspices.
Three Hours in Passing.
Three hours and FIVE minutes were con-
sumed by the procession in passing tho
grandstand. in front of which was the re-
viewing stand. on the latter stood the
national officers of the Grand Army and
distinguished guests and in the grandstand
sat thousands Of spectators. Colonel Har-
per NJ. Orahood chairman of the parade
committee estimated that 5000 members
Of the Grand Army participated in the
parade. Kansas carried of the honors for
the largest representation, having nearly
$500 men in line The Colorado and wyo-
ming department came next, with 1SOO.
Illinois, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Ohio and Mis-
souri, had large delegations Fifty bands
and more than half that number of drum
corps supplied music for the marchers.
The most perfect arrangements possible
for communication and emergency service
were provided Telephone stations we're
placed along the route OF march, and as
sistants were in attendance every block
or so. A horseman was unseated by his
frightened mount and, in falling, broke a
IlBNIs - NAib''l ENhllbllfu nearby naQ
set the injured member and the man was
astride his animal and I'm line again before
the procession had progressed two blocks
from the place where the accident occurred
The only serious consequences OF the strain
Of marching reported to those I'm charge
was the case Of John Donaldson OF St.
Louis. He was stricken with heart failure
and was carried 10 a hospital In an am
bulance. His recovery is doubtful
One BOY in Grey.
There were interesting features connected
with the parade but perhaps the most inn
pressive was the appearance OF an ex-
confederate soldier in the gray uniform OF
his fighting days A great cheer rent the
air he stood alone in "A carriage waving
the stars and stripes and bowing to tho
multitude. This was repeated when later
he appeared marching arm in arm with an
aged veteran Of the union army.
The announcement in the oficial pro-
gram that the annual meeting OF the Wom-
ans Relief corps would begin tonight was
an error. Both the national encau.pment
of the Grand Army OF the Republic and
the annual meeting Of the Woman's Relief
corps will open tomorrow morning.
Entertainments in the Evening.
Numerous schemes for entertainment
OF the thousands o. visitors tonight we're
worked out by the committee on enter
tainment. run by the entire fire de-
partment. during which Roman candles
were discharged, attracted a sIs2t crowd.
Throughout the evening ghost dances
were rendered by bands Of Indians I'm fun
costume Of warriors as they rode about
the downtown districts on street cars
from which the seats had been removed
reception was rendered Commander-in-
Chief King at the Brown Palace hotel by
the Ladies OF the Grand Army OF the Re-
public This function was attended by all
the prominent Grand Army people In the