Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-06-22
REGULAR ARMY AND MINNESOTA
GUARD ACT AS ESCORT TO
VETERANS.
EXERCISES ARE IMPRESSIVE
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND AND GOV.
JOHNSON THE ORATORS
OF THE DAY.

marched under them when following
the flag was flirting with death, gath
cred once more beneath their tat
tered folds for a gala day. The old
banners, which for nearly forty years
have reposed in a glass case in the
rotunda of the old state capitol, were
escorted by their old regiments to the
magnificent marble pile on the hill
where the egis of statehood now rests.
Once more they were lovingly depos-
tied in the dustproof cases under the
great dome, where they will rest for
unnumbered years to come.
The day has been made a great in
gathering of Minnesota soldiers.
Never, perhaps, since, as dashing
young fellows, they were first muster
ed in and sent to join Lincoln's armies
the Civil war regiments Of Minnesota
assembled in one place.
An Imposing Spectacle.
Tho Flag day parade, in which the
Minnesota regiments and their cOlors
were the central figure, was an i'm
pressive pageant. No less than 10000
people marched in line, thousands Of
school children joining with the ven
cradle men of former generation to
honor the torn and faded emblems of
liberty and patriotic devotion.
The veterans of the Spanish war
and the Philippines were not forgot
ten. Their battle flags, which hereto
fore have been kept by the regimental
organizations, were also carried in the
parade and deposited in case of their
own at the capitol. The government
troops from Fort Smelling and the ma
tional guard organizations formed the
division of escort. All along the line
of march the streets were thronged
and the greatest enthusiasm was man
ifested over the old flags waving SO
proudly over the gray heads, every
one being roundly applauded.
Exercises at Old Building.
The exercises at the two ends of the
route were impressive. At the old
capitol, where the Civil war regiments
formed in rendezvous, the program had
been arranged by Col. c. T. Trow'
bridge, custodian of the building, who
acted as per,Cnal representative OF
Gov. Johnson. At 80 the regiments
filed from the building and took their
positions on the lawn. The color
bearers selected for each regiment
gathered in the rotunda Of the build
ing about the flag cases, where Col
Trowbridge opened the doors and
drew forth the flags, presenting each
| to it's guard, which reverently saluted
The color guards then marched out
and rejoined their respective regi
| mcnts. Gen. J. w. Bishop, chairman
| of the committee of arrangements
spoke briefly from the steps of the
building to his comrades, dwelling on
the unsullied record of the flags once
| more committed to their hands.
Housed in the New CAPITOL
The parade was then formed ant
marched through the principal streets
to the Cedar front of the new capitol
In front of the steps temporary stand
had been erected. The Minnesota
| regiments massed around this.
| Archbishop Ireland, once chaplain
| OIL Tie lllu IiOuhlCu LIN
| stand and on bshaif of the veteran!
| addressed Gov. Johnson, committing
| the flags to his care. The archbishop
| spoke briefly but eloquently, inspired
by the occasion to pay tribute to Amer
lean patriotism.
| Gov. Johnson accepted the trust il
dignified address. At the conclusion
of his speech The color guards, follow
ed by the regimental organizations
marched up the steps and into the cap
itol rotunda, where the flags of boil
wars were deposited in the four case
arranged for their housing. The ex
ercises were concluded by the benedic