The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-15

| ~AAS oANOPS oSuoys LIZ lS dG CuS w oSL.
One proud veteran In the, Iowa divi-
sion carried live Plymouth Rock roes- ..
| teT surmountlng a pole, and labeled
jeff Davis" which brought laugh
all along the line.
| Rockford Post No. of Rockford, ILL.,,
mad unique relic in its veteran fife
and drum corps. One Of the .fifers car
old campaign flag. bearing the words
'LlncOln and Hamlin ,Asl> 81 - zs''|4s5,
The "bucktai1 band ,, OF Grand Rap
Ids, Mimi, was a feature of the Penn
sy!lvania department.. - The old buck
tan regiment was enlisted IN aPennsyl-
band march with any other state, ol.o-:.
| }G-I9J0A IL &1rGGoth 4.
Shortly after Commander Tanner
arrived in the reviewing stand the
police patrolling Upper Hennepin failed
to keep the lines along the street and
for time it looked as tho the line
Of march would be blocked directly in
front Of the official stand. Among the
veterans there was a tendency to
mander :in.chief, and people people who ie we're VV%,
watching the parade above the review
ing stand on Hennepin did not see the
procession at it's best. :
A woman fainting in front of the
Bridge square grandstand was picked
up by one Of the Sons Of Veterans
corps and carried into the city hall
emergency hospital. Wisconsin vet
Grams who were passing the stand
One of the pathetic incidents of the
parade was. the number of veterans
who sat or stood along the line Of
march and watched their comrades as
they went by In many cases the vet
erans who did not march were not dis
abled, but simply felt unequal to, the
task. AS one old soldier expressed it.,
still young, and I don t believe there
is man in the parade who will not
feel the effects of the march The
time is coming when we will 90 by in
carriages, if there is parade at ALL ~
Conspicuous figures among the vete-
rams were quickly recognized by the
crowd and individual yovations were
singled out by the crowd for special
ovations were General Black Of Illi-
nois, General Wilder of Tennessee, and
General Grant of Minneapolis.
Patriotic airs were most popular with
the spectators and the bands and fife
and drum corps were heartily, applauded
"Dixie' played on the line Of march
was cheered both by civilians and vete.
rams. .. ,.,..T.1s ....s., z"%5..
The Minneapolis parade. was notice
able for the absence of features not
connected with the Grand Army anC
the veterans. Here and there a sol
dier s wife, son or daughter marched
in the parade, but. the different de-
partments had been requested to make
the parade a parade for veterans alone
and interest was centered in the vete
rams. -s.. .-... X
Wherever post carried aAbattlef1ae
or flag which looked as tho it might
have seen service the crowds went wild
The colors were .app1auded at all times
but the soiled, battle-riddled emblem
4 were far more popular with the Grove
than the bright clean flags.
4 frightened at the uniforms Of tn
Red Cross @ men n 6y hey p partly oyeTson Ts: s1 !,
u struggled to escape and refused to di
Q vulge his name, thinking that he ha,
been arrested. He was finally force,
K i into an ambulance automobile and takel
;; to the emergency hospital
s "John Browns BodyO was. starte,
= by the veterans from Kansas, a
t. flower state men came down the street
It the - Glory, Glory, Halleluia of til
& II sonp was taken IN hy tho #eroyufla nm,