The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-12

the iorty-third annual encampmcnt
and wrought still more suffering
among the hundreds of children VINO
participated in the formation Of the
living flag. arranged for the ediflca-
ton OF the old soldiers.
The numerous ambulances patroling
the line OF march on Main street were
In requisition constantly. Dashing
hastily from place in the ranks
where some exhausted veteran had
fallen into the arms of his comrades,
the vehicles would visit the flag stand
and remove a pallld child. gasping in
the motionless air. Side by side i'm the
improvised hospitals along the line
of march lay wrilkled warriors and
little school girls.
So oppressive was the heat that the
plan calling for the appearance of the
living flag In the parade was aban-
doned. and terrified parents sighed
with relief. or even wept with Joy as
their little ones were restored to
them,
Many Are Stricken.
Incomplete figures show that at
least a hundred children were taken
twenty old soldiers were carried In
the ambulances Many oil the Victims
old and young recovered as soon as
they were placed in the shade Those
treated In the emergency stations
numbered fortyfive fifteen of them
Grand Army men and thirty children
There were no fatalities
The casualties would have been still
more numerous but for the provisions
made by the committee on health
Through its foresight, drinking water
lemonade. coffee and sandwiches were
served freely to the paraderS at the
place of rendezvous and water was
TO be obtained all along the route
without leaving the ranks. Three re-
lief stations attended by trained
aid for all sufferers.
The hours of the parade were the
hottest hours of the hottest day since
the beginning of the encampment. At
IL o'clock. when the column got under
way. the weather buTeau thermometer
registered a temperature of So de-
grees. The mercury rose until noon
when It touched 81 II was at the
meridien that the children. performing
their eyolutions as a living nag, Sus-
tanned the greatest losses Radiation
from the asphalt pavement and the
entire absence OF a breeze gave the
sun its most serious effects.
Cool Brings Relief,
Al ten minutes past IL when the
procession was dlsbanding, after pass
ing In review before the commander
in-chief and his stan, the sky cloudcd
over. the roll Of thunder was heard in
the mountains and the thermometer
dropped TO rs degrees This low tenn
perature continued for full two hours
And yet, Notwithstanding the dis
comfort, the parade was a grand sue
Cess-magniGcent In its significance,
magnificent IN Its pathos, magnificent
In It's reception
The five thousand and more old sol
dIers. walking four abreast, had the
complete right OF way over mile OF
streets 10 feet In width Every sort
OF vehicle was excluded from their
path and ropes and guards confined
the mighty throng of spectators to the
sidewalks and tho reviewing stands.
Thousands Of Spectators.
Fully one hundred thousand per-
sons saw, or tried to see, the spec
taclc And whether they saw or not,
they cheered and waved and cheered
again. Every state division got its
mead of applause, as, with playing
bands and indicative pennant II swung
Into the arc Of view
for frop, fba
of the wilderness to the valley of the
Vicksburg to the shadow OF the Nor
mon temple, from the guns of Peters
burg TO the statute of Brigham Young,
from which the column started And
they came, not with the accoutrementS
of war. but with the insignia OF peace
and industry The Nebraska deleSa-
ti0n carried ears of yellow corn. The
sunflUweT was the badge Of the Kan
sans The Minnesotans were bearers
of Sheafs Of wheat and the Green
Mountain boys Of Vermont wore the
sprigs of pine in their hat bands
1t was In the eleven companies Of
the Fifteenth United States infantry
from Fort Douglas that the veterans
saw themselves as they were forty
five years ago, The smOoth-flccd
OF the regular army with
arms at carry, swung down the street
at perfect stride and with jaunty air
worn by the veterans OF today when.
as volunteer recruits. they Jared forth
to make short work of the rebels.
The column moved slowly There
were frequent pauses during which the
old soldiers admired the elaborate tri-
color drapery OF the tall buildings
and waved 10 the enthusiastic specta-
tors and the spectators gazed. as if
Tor the last time, upon the vanishing
army Yet there were many comments
upon the yigor of the Grand Army
veterans az they appeared on parade
Still StalWart Army,
Those who might justly be called
feeble, wero much In the minority
The years had frosted the heads of
all and many an empty sleeve and
timber leg bespoke the stern reality
number of alert. hearty mon who
seemed qualified to keep pace with
Uncle Sans regulars from the fort
IN the hill.
Arkansas had the distinction of
sending the smallest diyiSion-therc
were only four wearcrs of her badge
Illinois made the largest numerical
showing And. at the rear. came Il
little band whose banners evoked the
darkest pictures of the great Civil
war. On the white backgrounds The |