Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-21
Not So Large as in Former Years
But the Enthusiasm Was
AS Great as Ever.
ROUTE PURPoSELY SHORT
silas fowler Was Marshal. Walter Il.
Edge chief OF stan-Forty-r four
States Represented.

Atlantic city. y j. Sent 2i.-oncs
'atn the boys IN blue" have passed
u. ie'ie" Of their commandcr-in-chief
WIN steps not go spnghtly as they
once were, but with the same old splrit.
tney marched the broad avenues Of this
elty by the sea today and were ac-
claimed by great crowds Of people who
clnc 10 see the big feature Of the for.
N-i"uIth annual encampmcnt of the
'''nd Army OF the Republic Ideal
september weather favored the old SOL
dlers
Forty Tour states in the Union they
n,'p'u Q" preserve were represented in
me procession, and while Inc parsde
W's hnt ds large as those OF other
years there Was no end Of enthusiasm
~ inc asc'ng veterans marched past.
~ spectacle was stirring one Every
Dulldlng along the line of march was
.lt'tally hidden by the national colors.
Near the end OF the march the battle.
SCARED ranks OF once great army Was
review en- by COMMANDMENT in Chief Sam
uel r. Van SAINT
on one side of him, On the reviewing
stand stood The vice president Of the
united states and on tho other was
Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles. L. S a..
retired They We're In the position OF
honor ON a grand stand al PARK place
near the famous board walk So placed
mat they could get "a splendid view Of
the parade coming and going
PARADE FORMED.
The parade formed NJ North Carolina
and Pacific avenues. The route Mas
comparatively short Il having been
deemed unwise to subject the old SOL
ui.rs t. undue fatigue The orders
were 100 steps To the minute
Silas fowler chief OF stan To the
mmander-u-c chief was marshal of
the parade, with Walter T.. Edge Of
Atlantic city as his chief ~ STAFF The
ntst troops IN line We're the city cav
airy OF Atlantic city. and the advance
guard was made up Of a provisional
regiment from the SONS of Veterans
under the command 81 COL. Henry
stewart. Then came the commander
in-chicf and his star under tho person-
al escort Of the famous u S. Grant post
or Brooklyn. Following these came the
long line of boys IN blue" headed
by tho department. Of Illinois because
Of the seniority OF It's INTERPRETATION
TIE old soldiers marched IN their re-
spective departments in the following
order
ORDER OF MARCH.
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio. New
YORK. Connecticut Massachuset+s.
Maine, California. Nevada Rhode Is
land, New Hampshire. Vermont. de-
ptrtment of the Potomac Virginia,
North Carolina. Maryland. Nebraska,
Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Colorado
wyoming, Kansas, Delaware, Minneso-
n, Missouri, oregon Kentucky. West
Virginia. South Dakota, Washington.
Alaska. Arkansas. New Mexico, Utah,
Tennessee. Louisiana, Misslssippi.
Florida Montana. Texas, Idaho. Arf-
zona, Georgia, South Carolina. Ala
huma, North Dakota and Oklahoma.
Then came the National Association
OF Naval Veterans and the National
Association Of eN-Cnion Prisoners OF
War. Tho department OF New Jersey,
the host of the occasion. brought up
the rear of the line Of ola soldiers Fol-
lowing these came the Third regiment,
New Jersey national guard.