New-York tribune., 1907-09-11

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land in 1916 and enlisted from Warren. Ohio
He participated in the Battle of Shiloh three
days after his sixteenth birthday. Since 1871
he has been a resident of Nevada. Mo. He has
been circuit attorney Judge of the Circuit
Court, Representative in Congress-. and last Win
ter he was appointed Collector Of Internal Rev
enue for Kansas City. He has been commander
of his post and judge advocate and commander
of the Department of Missouri For two years
he has been chairman Of the national pension
committee. and as such drafted the bill passed
bv. Congress last winter and bearing the name
Of Senator McCumber. Of North Dakota who
introduced it.
Louis f. Griffith. of Troy. y. Y probably will
be chosen for senior vice-cOmmander. Another
candidate is John y. Stewart. Of Illinois w NJ
Scott, past commander of the Department of
Georgia is a prominent Iandidate for junior
vice-commander Bishop Samuel Faliows. of
the Dutch Reformed Church. who lives in Chi
cago, is the most talked Of candidate for chap
lain IN chief
Tomorrow morning reception Will be given
10 Governor Hughes at Congress Hall. 1t will
be followed by a dinner to the Governor and
Commander in Chief Brown. given by the De
nartment of New York to which hundred
guests have been invited In the afternoon the
Governor will review the Grand Army parade
and in the evening he viii leave for Albany on
his way to visit the county farm at Syracuse.
On Thursday every state and territory in the
Union will be represented In the army Of war
veterans in encampment. The Department OF
Louisiana and Mississippi, for instance. expects
10 have forty men in line for the parade
Mayor P. II. Boyle of New Orleans. the COM
rnander of their department, is an interesting old
Southerner. one Of those no stood by the
Union. He enlisted in the federal army at the
age of seventeen. from Louisiana where he
born, and he had never been north of the Mason
and Dixon line before he came To attend the
present encampment-
MANY PATHETIC SCENES
One could not go through the corridors Of the
hotels nor pass along the streets without having
the heartstrings touched by the scenes on every
hand Men rushing UP and throwing their
around some comrade Of the old days, others
walking along arm in arm others cripples and
feeble old fellows. long past the threescore
and ten mark. holding inpromptu receptions in
some sheltered nook. We're OF frequent occur
renee. Here and there drum and fife corps made
up OF the old boys. some Of whom hadn't touched
instrument in years filled the air with mar
tial strains. The men the porches were living
over their old days Many a gray haired old
veterans head would sink in deep meditation
and tears would spring TO his eyes as the scenes
of long ago were brought back to him.
One veteran explaining the remarkable liveli-
ness shown by most Of the old men. said: You
see. save upsour energy for months for this
encampment. Many Of Will live for months
to come on the enthusiasm we imbibe here"
one man, and a cripple, too came all the way
from Missouri. knowing that he did not have a
cent to pay for lodging, But his fare was paid
and he simply could not stay away. He said he
wanted 10 see some of his old comrades who
were with him in Andersonville prison. on
Monday night when he arrived he was prepar-
iSg to sleep in the railroad station. when he
found by a member Of the citizens committee.
who took him to of the schoolhouses which
have been thrown open for the hundreds unable
to obtain other accommodations
Hello Ben" God bless you! How glad
am to see you again. cried a grizzled old vet
eran from the West as he hobbed across the
piazza at the United States Hotel and fell into
the of a prosperous and dignifed man
from an Eastern post. why. if this isn't BIZ
Drain,' said the latter ne patted his old COM
rade affectionatey the back. They had not
seen each other since they became separated at
the battle of Bull Run. Similar scenes were
common
Ed" Ketchum, Of Galveston. Tex, a bronze
faced. rugged looking man. with a broad
brero. was one of the "liveliest youngsters" at
the encampment. He all over. and seemed
10 know everybody When the band played he
danced. why, remember you riding down be-
hind Sheridan and crying, Come on boys" " he
said 10 one old veteran, who gasped al the fer
vor of the Texans greeting
Corporal Jim Tanner has been holding an
informal reception in his most of the day.
Among other prominent persons here Mrs.
John A Logan. Archbishop John Ireland, of st.
Paul. chaplain in chief; Bishop McCioldrick. of
Duluth; z. J. MacComber, United States Senator
from Dakota. and Bishop Fellows. of Chicago
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