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

Prominent candidate for commander of the GAR.
TOLEDO. Ohio, September with
flags flying. bands playing, crowds cheer
ing and a bright sky overhead, veterans
of the Grand Army of the Republic, for
the forty-second time, marched through
the streets of an encampment city today.
Through two miles of streets, guarded
by a younger generation of soldiers-the
9TH Regiment. Ohio National Guard, who
restrained the throngS of sghtseers at
the ropes-the old campaigners of Grant
and Sherman moved to the blare of bands
and the pipe and the roll of fife and drum.
At the official reviewing stand. where
stood William FL. Taft, republican cam
didate for President; Gov. Harris. Senator
Foraker Mayor Brand Whitlock and
many other notables. the colors were
dipped and each department commander
joined Conn ander-in-Chief Burton in the
stand
The parade being the leading feature OF
the encampment many posts timed their
arrival for that event. and the crowd OF
visitors was augmented by thousands dur
ing the night. At dawn this morning
squads of them were on the streets.
watching city employees making clean the
pavements the line of march. and
stringng ropes along the curbstones 10
been proclaimed holiday by the mayor.
and the majority of business places, as
we'll as all public offices, were closed.
Bombarded by Flowers.
The long and wearing delay at the va
rious points of mobilization while wait
ing for the proper place to fall in dis
couraged some of the more feeble vet
erans and they joined the spectators. IL
q. fh,
of the parade marched past the review
ing stand, where they were Saluted with
a bomhardment of flowers. for which sur
prise the women of Toledo had been pre-
pairing for some days. They emerged
from the floral shower to be greeted by
an immense human nag made up Of near
ly 1900 children. who in their dresses OF
red white and blue swayed their bodies
that the emblem seemed to sway as in
breeze. The old soldiers saluted the
picture with many a wave of hat or
hand and hummed they marched the
patriotic songs the children sang.
The Procession
First in line came a squad of mounted
police. followed by the marshal OF tho
parade. W. V. McMaken. and his staff.
Next was a brass band. followed by Com
mander-n- Chief Burton under escort OF
the Toledo Post. and the past commander
in-chief and invited guests in carriages In
the order given followed the posts of the
various states in the order Of seniority:
Illinois Wisconsin. Pennsylvania. New
York Connecticut. Massachusetts New
Jersey Maine. California and Nevada.
Rhode Island. New Hampshire and Yer
mont Department OF the Potomac. Eir-
yinia and North Carolina. Maryland. Ne
braska Michigan. Iowa. Indiana. Colo
r4do and Wyoming Kansas, Delaware.
Minnesota. Missouri. Oregon. Kentucky.
West Virginia. South Dakota. Washing
ton and Alaska Arkansas. New Mexico.
Utah. Tennessee Louisiana and MiSss-
sippi Florida. Texas. Montana. Idaho Ari-
zona. Georgia and South Carolina, Ala
bama North Dakota. Oklahoma and
Ohio Then came the Association of EN-
Prisoners of War and the battle flag di-
vision Ohio carried the old war flags.
carefully furled. brought from the relic
room at the capitol for the purpose.
At the rendezvous points of the various
departments coffee and sandwiches were
served TO the waiting veterans. and those
who d, sired to do were allowed to
carry away their cups as souvenirs.
Streets Packed.
Long before the parade started the
streets were packed with humanity TO
degree which made it alffoD impossible
TO move along the sidewalks. They came
early. many with chairs and boxes on
which to stand. and they brought their
lunches.
Every window along the profusely deco
rated streets was filed and the public
grandstands had no vacant space. Local
estimate that including the
and their women folk, there were
1.0.GD visitors i'm the city. Excursion
trains brought them by hundreds from
the nearby cities of Ohio Indiana and
Michigan and they poured in from the
rural districts on the various interurbaD
lines.
Good Showing of Illinois.
Illinois, with its large representation, a
boys brass band. from Western Springs
and three fife and drum corps. made