The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-07
CHEERED AS HE
PASSED ALONG
Confederate Veteran in the Grand
Army Parade at Denver.
INCIDENT WAS INSPIRING
GREAT DAY FOR THE HEROES Of
THE CIVIL WAR.
INCIDENT WAS INSPIRING

Denver. Sept 6.-The main event of the
Grand Army encampment. speaking from
the viewpoint of the rank and file. was
The grand parade which occurred today
To the veteran the privilege Of again
Keeping in step with comrades of the BIZ
Vouac OF 81 is one for which no hardship
seems too great to undergo, no ordeal too
severe 10 undertake. Many who marched
the Two miles today were exhausted
NHeu the end was reached, and many
Others weakened by age fell out of line
long before the journey was completed
These tottering old veterans, regretung
their inability TO remain in the parade
ana giving every evidence or their leel-
ingS. would be cared for By thc persons
nearest at hand, led to "a place where
they could rest and recover from thelI
exhaustion. Ii was a common sight 70
see a gray-haired old soldier sitting on
the curblne gazing Wlsttully at his more
sturdy comrades as they passed MN Dy
The ovation given the marchers was
unstlnting. The streets were packed Win
buildings along the line OF march
sWarmed with humanity. The cheering
was continuous and the grizzIed old war
rlors We're kept busy bowling acknoWi-
edgements and raising their hats IN cour-
teous salute.
Formation of Parade.
The column formation for the great pa
rade was as follows: Platoon OF mounted
police, George W. Cook band and drum
corps. Grand Marshal Colonel George r.
Randolph and staff. COmmander-ln-C mel
John r. King. Chief of STAIR }. }. Nc
Curly, Senior Vice Commander u. w,
Patten, Surgeon General w. T. King
Ad1utant General J. T.. Gilman Junior
Vice Commander r. r. SulNngs, Judge
Advocate General o. l.. Moore. Chaplalh-
in-Chief J. H. Bradford. color bearers
Assistant Quartermaster General J. II
HOlcOmb. executive committee council oil
stratiOn-COlOnel ). L. James, Nul'
8nel l.. W Collins General j. " Her
sey. General ". III Armstrong. Colone
j. &. WinanS; General George W. COOK
chairman Of the Denver executive com
mittee; National Association OF civil Ndl
Musicians drum and fife corps. disabled
national Officers in carriages.
State Departments.
The various state departments in The
\ following order: lllionis;. Wisconsin, Felln
Massachusetts. New Jersey Maine. SaH
tOrnia, Nevada. Rhode Island, New
Hampshire Vermont, Potomac, Virginia
Maryland. Nebraska, Michigan, Iowa IN
diana Delaware Minnesota. Missouri
Oregon. kentucky. West Virginia, SOUR
Dakota Washington Arkansas, New
Mexico, Utah. Tennessee, LoulsldHd am
Mississippi Florida, Texas, Montana, lda
no, Arizona, Georgia, Alabama NofJI
Dakota, Indian Territory, Oklahoma Col
OradO and Wyoming. . +r-
llEnI showers Adu ldiltA NttAIIi7
night, but the weather cleared TINS nor u,
ing and the annual Grand Army parade
has never taken place under more favor
able auspices.
Three Hours in Passing the Stand
Three hours were consumed by the pro-
cessiOn in passing the grand stand, III
front of which was the reviewing slanu
On the latter stood the national oIllceIS
Of the Grand Army and distinguished
i'm ba
sands of spectators. colonel harper
Moorh0od, chairman of the parade com
mJtee. estimated that 15,OOO members ol
the Grand Army participated In me pa
rade. Kansas carried off the honOrs toi
the largest representation. having nearly
a500 men In line Colorado and wyoming
came next with 1850. Illinois. PennsEi-
vania, Ohio and Missouri had large dele
cations. Fifty bands and more imam han
that number of drum corps supplied the
music for the marchers.
The most perfect arrangements posi-
Die for communication aud eInersehcS
service were provided. Telephone sta
tiOns were placed along the route OF
march and physicians were i'm attend
8nCe every block OF so. a hOTSemdu was
unsedted by his frightened mount and
ln falling, broke "a finger. A surgeon
stationed near by had seen the accident
and the man was astrlde his animal ano
in line again before the procession haC
progressed two blocks from where IN,
Colonel Donaldson of ST Louis was
stricken with heart failure and was car
ried 10 a hospital in an ambulance Hi,
recovery Is doubtful
Cheers for Veteran in Gray.
There were many interesting feature.
connected with the parade. but DeThaa.
the most impressive was the appearance,
Of an eN-C0nfederate soldier i'm the gray
uniform of his fighting days A grea
"a o. "a
carriage waving the stars and stripes
and bowling 10 the multitude. This wa'
repeated later when he appeared march
ing arm in arm with an aged veteran o.
the Union army.
The announcement i'm the official pro
gramme that the annual meeting of tn
Womeu'S Relief COrus would begin 10
night was an error. Both the nationa
encampment of the q. A r. and IN
annual meeting of rhe WOmen's Relic
,orps will open tomorrow morning.