Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-09-10
March OF AGE
WORN VETERANS.
Cheefed By a Continuous
Mass of People That
Lined the Streets
For Blocks.
Every State and Territory Was
Represented in the Column,
Besides the Potomac Di-
vision, Made Up Of the
Old Guard Of Wash
ington, D. c.
TAFT AND FORAKER PRESENT.
Especial to the AReUs.)

Especial to the ARGUs.)
Toledo, O., Sept. 2.-Cheered by a
continuous mass Of people that lined
the streets for blocks, %, 900 age-worn
yeterans of the Grand Army bravely
covered the route of the big parade to-
day. The parade was the big speotae-
uIar event of the national encampment
and in honor of the occasion the day
was observed as al general holiday IN
Toledo. The city departments, the
hanks. and many commercial inst1tu-
tions were closed. During the early
hours of the forenoon the railroads and
interurban lines brought thousands OF
new visitors into the city from points
in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. Be
fore o'cleskGl the downtown streets
were threnged. Along the line OF
march at every available pe1nt view
ing stands had been built and seon
they began to fill with spectators.
The parade formed son Sixteenth
street. The line OF march led through n
Maids Oh avenue, thence to Celllnwoca
street, Jefferson and iSt. Clair streets
and Michigan avenue, thense to FIT
teenth street, here the veterans were
dismissed. The. = official reviewing
stands were located in Madison avenue
bstween Thir eenth and Fourteenth
streets. Occupying seats on tho OIL
eial stand were the governors of sew
eraI States, the city officials OF Toledo
and a number Of invited guests OF
prominence. One stand was filed for
the most part with delegates TO the
G. A r., and affiliated organizations
and their friends. Another was oecu-
pied by disa bled veterans who were
physically unable to stand the straiLi
of the march. Tears fell from the eyes
of many whitehaired soldier as he
gazed at his old companions marching
past the stand. A hush. almost OF
silence, marked the passage of the
army at this point.
In the formal tion of the parade, To
edo Post, Ct. ga. r., was given the
place of honor, that of escort to Com
mander-in. Chief Charles tG. Burton.
The line was headed Shy a squadron OF
mounted police, followsdi by the COM
mandsr-in-ehie ands his Estaff. Then
came mum berEot carriages containing
several OF the past commandsrs-1 in
chief and others sdis tin guished guests.
Every Statesand territory was rep
resented in the scolumn, besides the
Potomac division, made up of the Old
Guard of Washington, D. c. Massa-
chusetts, New York, Ohio and Illinois
were the best represented in point e1
mum mbers. Illinois was the first in lins
and was followed by the departm ents
order: Wisconsin, ,aPennsylvania,N New
York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, Maine, California and Nevada,
Rhode islands New Hampshire, Yer
mont, the Potomac, Virginia, Nebraska,
Maryland, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana,
Colorado and Wyoming, Kansas. Della
ware, Minnesota, Oregon, Kentucky,
West Virginia, South Dakota, Wash
ington, Arkansas, New Mckee, Utah
Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi
Florida, Montana. Idaho, Arizona,
Georgia, Alabama, North Dakota and
Oklahoma.
Ohio, as the host Of the sneampmsnt,
brought up the rear. Preceding the
Ohio veterans kwere the Battls-F Flag
division Of the National Association s1
ex-Prisoners Of War. At a eonspieu-
Gus point in Madison avenue the vste-
rams were grsetedIby the sight of a
s'living fag," composed of 500 school
children.
The decorations along the line OF
march were thsl slmostimagnificsnt ever
seen in Teledo. Duringiths night the
final decor ative touchesI were made,
and this morning the centre Of the city
blessomed cut in enc great display o1