The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-22
AG Ed VETERANS
AGAIN PARADE
March of Survivors Who Fol
lowed Flag Through Fire
and Blood Inspiring.
GREAT THR0NG CHEERS
AT ATLANTIC CITY
Thinned Delegations From
Western States Receive
Warm Welcome.


Grams Of tho civil war today again
marched in review.
Eighteen thousand is the estimated
number of veterans who passed the
grand stand and received the salute OF
n mmander-in-chief the vice e-president
of New jersey
Fine weather favored the old soldiers,
which accounted for the unusually
small number who dropped out of line.
In all. there were not over twenty cases
of exhaustion and none of these amount
cd TO more than temporary fatigue.
Many of the states were represented
by mere handful of veterans. The
smallest delegation was Arizona, which
had Just one old veteran III line who
got nearly as much applause as he
marched along as did the big army of
Pennsylvania, which had the largest
number.
Vice President On Hand
The vice president was in the city
only long enough TO review the parade
and partake of basty luncheon. He
left the city at 2:30 p. N. When the
political troubles of New York state
were mentioned. the yicc-presIdeut
raised his hand dcprccatlugly and with
n smile said he would not talk poll
tics.
Those members Of the G.. A. II. whose
duties it is 10 look after the business
of the organization viii meet in ex
| ecutive session tomorrow There will
! be the usual grst Of resolutions, one
of which will tell what the veterans
| think about the railroads for their fail
urc to give the cncampment lower rates.
I he movement for larger pensions Will
be given fresh impetus and other mat
ters affecting the welfare of the vet
Grams viii come up.
John f., Gilman Of Boston, w ho rs
| candidate for commandcr-in-chlef
against Johu McElroy of Washington,
| ID c.. appears to be in the lead and
il is predicted he will receive the honor
The place of next meeting is still
free for all contest, but the chances
| favor the west
Forty-four states in the union they
| helped TO preserve were represented IN
! the procession and while the parade was
not as large as those OF other years,
| there was no end Of enthusiasm as the
| aging veterans marched past. Every
spectacle was n stirring one. Every
| building along the line OF march was
| literally hidden by the national colors,
Near the end Of the march tho battle
| SCARED ranks of once great army was
reviewed by Commander In chief Sam
uel r. Van SAINT
Sherman and Miles There
| On one side of HIM, on the reviewing
stand, stood the vice president of the
United States and on the other was
Lieut.. Gen Nelson A. Miles. u. S. Al
retired. They were in the position OF
honor on grand stand at Park place
near the famous boardwalk, SO placed
that they could get splendid Wow CT
the parade coming and gong.
The parade fomed Mt North Carolina
and Pacific avenues, The route was
comparatively short,it have been
deemed unwise to subject the old sol
were one hundred steps TO the minute.
Silas Towjer, chief of staff to tho
commander in chief, was marshal Of the
parade. with Walter f., Edge of Allan"
lie CITY. as his chief Of staff. The first
troops in line were the city cavalry Of
Atlantic City, and the advance guard
was made up of provisional regiment
from the Sons of Veterans under the
command Of Col. Henry Stewart. Then
came tho commander in chief and his
staff under the personal escort of the
famous L. s. Grant post of Brooklyn.
Following these came the long line of
"boys in blue' headed by the depart
ment Of Illinois because Of the senior
itv of its organization. The old sol
diers marched in their respective de-
partments in the following order:
Order OF March.
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania. Ohio, New
York. Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Maine, California. Nevada, Rhode
Island, New Hampshire. Vermont, de-
partment Of the Potomac, Virginia,
North Carolina, MARYLAND, Nebraska,
Michigan, Iowa. Indiana. Colorado,
Wyoming. Kansas. Delaware, Mime.
sofa. Missouri. Oregon, Kentucky, west
Virginia, South Dakota, Washington,
Alaska. Arkansas, New Mexico, Utah,
Tennessee. Louisiana. Mississippi, Flori-
da.. Montana, Texas, Idaho, Arizona,
Georgia, South Carolina. Alabama,
North Dakota and Oklahoma
: Then came the National Association
Of Naval Veterans and the National
War. The department of New Jersey,
the host of the occasion, brought up tho
thc rear OF the line of old soldiers
Following these came the Third regi'
mcnt. New Jersey national guard.
The procession started on the minute
. of 10 O'Clock, reached the reviewing
: stand an hour later and was two hours
and half passing that point. AS the
cnmmander.in-chief com approached the
stand a band played "Hnil to the
Chief
: Saluting the vice president, the com
4 mander took his place. Close to hlni
were several past commanders, includ'
; ING General Louis Wagner. Louis b.
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