Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
Gen. Miles on the Stand.

Gen. Miles on the Stand.
Near the end of the route the battle
SCARED remnants of a once great army
were reviewed by COMMUNICATIVE chief
Samuel r. Van SAINT. On one side of him
on the reviewing stand stood the Vice
President of the United States and on
the other was that old war horse. Lieut..
Gen Nelson A. Miles, L. s. A, retired.
They were in the position of honor on
stand at Park place, near the famous
Boardwalk, so placed that they could get
a splendid view of the parade coming and
gong. About them on the big Platform
were several thousand invited guests.
Vice President Sherman arrived here as
the parade was forming. He was met by
a reception committee composed of local
citizens and representatives of the G. A.
r. The Morris Guard, an Independent
military company of Atlantic City, acted
as his guard Of honor while he remained
in the city. At the time of the Vice
Presidents arrival there was a big crowd
in the vicinity of the railroad station, and
ne was given hearty welcome.
Route Of Parade.
The parade formed at North Carolina
and Pacific avenues. 1t proceeded up the
latter thoroughfare to Rhode Island ave-
nue.. up Rhode Island avenue to Atlantic
avenue, down the latter broad and well
thence down toward the Boardwalk. The
procession then marched up Pacific ave-
nue., past the Park place reviewing stand
TO Indiana avenue and then along Indiana
avenue to Pacific avenue, and up Pacific
avenue to Tennessee avenue where the
parade was dismissed. The route was
comparatively short one, it having been
deemed unwise to subject the old soldiers
to any more fatigue than was necessary.
The orders were 100 steps to the minute.
Silas fowler. chief Of staff to tho COM
mander-in-chief. was marshal of the
parade with Walter E. Edge of Atlantic
City as his of staff. The first troops in
line were the City Cavalry of Atlantic
City as his chief of staff The first troops in
of a provisional regiment from the Sons
of Veterans under the command of Col
Henry Stewart Then came the COM
mander-in-chief and his staff under the
personal escort of the famous L. s. Grant
Post of Brooklyn.
States Represented.
Following these came the long line of
Boys in Blde,'' headed by the Depart
ment of Illinois. because of the seniority
of it's organization. The old soldiers
marched in their respective departments
in the following order: Wisconsin. Penn
sylvania, Ohio, New York, Connecticut.
Maine, California, Nevada,
Rhode Island. New Hampshire, Vermont.
Department of the Potomac, Virginia,
North Carolina. Maryland. Nebraska,
Michigan. Iowa, Indiana, Colorado. Wy
oming. Kansas. Delaware, Minnesota,
Missouri, Oregon, Kentucky, West Vir-
ginia. South Dakota, Washington, Alaska.
Arkansas, New Mexico, Utah. Tennessee,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Montana.
Texas. Idaho Arizona, Georgia, South
Carolina. Alabama. North Dakota and
Oklahoma. Then came the National AS
ISOLATION of Ex-Union Prisoners Of War.
The Department of New Jersey. .the
host of the occasion, brought up the rear
of the line of old soldiers. Following
these came the Sd Regiment. New Jersey
Blue and Gray Program.
Unless the matter is deemed to be I'M
wise legislation and is sidetracked. the
annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic may go on
record as being the Trainer of a plan by
which in 1913, at the time of the fiftieth
of the battle of Gettysburg.
the rival organizations of the armies of
the blue and the gray may hold their an
nual gatherings on the historic battle
ground.
Col. John Frazier. adjutant of the
famous fighting Philadelphia brigade, is
the father of the plan. He intends to
introduce a resolution to such an effect.
The matter of an amalgamation of the
two patriotic forces, preached last Sun
day. was again famed into a flame last
night by Gov. J. Franklin Fort of New
Jersey. Before 10000 persons in the
auditorium on the Million-Dol-
lar pier he declared that the sores left
by the war were healed.
All American Citizens.
THE south now realizes that what
you did to it in the civil war;" asserted
the governor, was best for it. We also
know that the soldiers on the two sides
were American citizens, and We also
know that it would be the valiant wear
ers of the blue who would drop at the
first opportunity all their animosity and
extend a helping hand to their brethren
in the SOUTH Applause, beginning with
the veteran Gen. Dan E. Sickles, seat
ed upon the platform, rapidly spread
through the hall.
Atlantic City, with the 10000 army of
blue-clad veteran comrades and the
boys" as they like to be known, is bub
bling over with patriotism. There is
nothing too good for boys in blue. They
can 60 the limit and orders have been is
sued that no one wearing a Grand Army
button is to be arrested.
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