Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-02

trousers
form coats They led the other depart
ments eight abreast, with the department
colors under an armed guard. and with
yellow guidons bearing the word Illinois
marking the platoons at the Ieit. me
squirrel tails in their caps. paraded In
white at the heels of band uniformed in
red.
With the small delegations from Arkan-
sas marched Michael Mitchell who. true
to his promise sustained himself with the
honor of carrying the department flag.
leaving his cane at his hotel. Mitchell S
RICH: foot was frozen campaigning against
the Ute Indians and his other one cut by
rife ball in the civil war. Ordinarily
he walks with the assistance of heavy
cane.
The Texans. some forty of whom were in
line. attracted marked attention by a
seven-foot spread of steers horns carried
by Col Dexter Wagner. West Virginia.
with 30 In the column. made her presence
particularly felt by the activities of Joe
TraX.
Unique Custer Cannon.
Trax, with the assistance of his COM
rsdes. dragged his unique Custer can
non through the parade. firing it re-
peatedly. TraX was Gen. Clusters orderly
IN West Virginia, and collected a vast
amount of articles on battlefields. which
ne afterward nodded inio his cannon. The
gun contains, among other things, four
pounds of brass buttons. four regimental
and three division buEles, eighty buckles,
two brass door keys to the Ford Theater,
Washington; five eagles from flags, thirty
three spurs. sixteen army spoons. one
bell and twenty-four copper pennies
captured at Lexington. The men of Gus
ter's command in the parade were easily
distinguishable by the streaming red ties
which they wore. 1t is related by MIR.
TraX that when marching up Pennsyl-
vania avenue after the war. Mrs. Eliza
beth Custer. wife OF the general, threw a
Ions piece Of red flannel at her husband s
command, the same being caught by Mr..
Trax. 1t was torn up on the spot and
made into neckties by the men. and has
since been their distinguishing mark at
cncampments and reunions. Some fifteen
of these ties were visible in today s
parade.
The flag of the Department of Washing
ton was carried by Joseph Dickerson.
Dickerson. after four men had been shot
from under the flag at Antietam,
seized it himself and was promoted on
the field to a captaincy for bravery. His
shoulder straps were sewed on by Presi-
dent Lincoln. G.. II. Boardman, COM
mander of the Department of Washington
and Alaska. explained the pride of his
hearing at the head of his command by
stating that the Maine reunion, orig
inally set for September 1. had been post
poned until the 10th that he might be
present among his old comrades, as he
enlisted from that state.
Van SAINT Prominent.
Michigan. one of the most numerously
represented commands, moved with in
spired feet, for 1t had the Association of
Veteran Filters and Drummers, number
ing forty musicians, with it. Interest in
the Minnesota section centered in the
sturdy figure of ex-Gov. Van SAINT, who
is one Of the leading candidates for COM
mander-in-chief.
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Gen. Sherman In honor of the youngest
major general in the northern forces, who
died of fever on the march to the sea.
made an impressive appearance. They
the encampment of 1900 at Chicago for
making the best appearance IN the
parade.
New York's Veterans.
New York had we'll over a thousand
veterans in line. Headed by brass
band, they moved in three divisions, COM
manded. respectively, by Harry W.
Knight. d. c. Hurd and Alfred Lyth.
Department Commander w. HI. Daniels
rode at their head, as did all other de-
partment commanders with their stats
at the heads of their respective COM
mands. The kanSans, In addition TO their
regular badges. wore sunflower rosettes
Utah, which will in all probability enter
tain the next encampment. dlsplayed on
their breasts keys inscribed Come TO
Salt Lake in 1909, where the sego lily
grows"
Probably no detachment of the march
ing body attracted more attention than
the 200 members of the National Associa-
ton Of Ex-Prisoners of War. Their thrill
ing stories of prison life and daring es-
capes had been we'll circulated about the
city. adding special interest to their APP
pearance. They came in for an espe-
cialIy heavy bombardment of flowers.
The streets traversed by the parade
were: On Madison avenue from 18th
street west to Woodruff avenue; Wood
ruff avenue to Collingwood avenue, to
jefferson avenue to ST. Clair avenue and
back on Madison avenue to 18th street.
The Civic Parade.
Under the command of Col. W. L.
Howard OF the 9Th Regiment, grand mar
shall, Toledo's civic parade In honor OF
the assembled hosts of the Grand Army
yesterday proved brilliant pageant. an
ticipatory OF the paraae of Wednesday.
Starting at Jefferson and 10th streets.
the pavements along the line of march
were blocked with people, their eyes
glued upon the passing ranks, their lips
ready to cheer at the sight of brill
plaud vigorously those who stepped with
military precision or who executed some
difficult maneuver without a mistake.
Spectators estimated that nearly 1900
Headed by a platoon of police, mounted
on gaily caparisoned horses the caval-
cade marched down Jefferson street. along
Summit street in all its encampment
glory to Cherry. west on Cherry to Erie
south on Erie to Madison west on Mad
ison to 10th street, where each division
went its way, and the marching COM
panies composing it disbanded. There
were nine divisions in the parade
Grand Marshal Howard and his staff
astride, Immediately preceded the dvi-
visions. the first of which was command
ed by Capt. William H. Cook, and in
cluded Toledos most famous prize-win-
ming marching club, the Cherry Pickers
composed of members of the Toledo
Lodge of Elks, and winners OF more prize
drills than any other Elk team in Amer
lea.
The other divisions were we'll filed, in
Guiding two cantonS of the Independent
Order of Foresters. three divisions of the
knights of the Maccabees, the Toledo
Newsboys Association headed by their
own band; the local fire department and
other civic organizations.
Last Nights Events.
Last night the Women's Relief Corps
held reception to Commander-in-chief
Burton OF the G. A. r., and the ex-
prisoners of war held campfire at Me-
mortal Hall. Senator Foraker addressed
an audience of negro veterans at the
African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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