Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-29

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at the funeral OF President Grant, and
in charge Of the body from the time OF
his death until burial. Each year this
post has charge of the memorial exercises
at his tomb.
President Reviews Marchers.
d, President Wilson, with uncovered head
standing directly oyer the spot where
President johnson stood a half century
.aeo, regarded the passing ranks with the
5deepest respect and concern. akin almost
10 reverence AS he from. time to time
obowed his acknowledgment OF IS their
-;salutes. he seemed looking back across the
years at that army ten times the size
Sof this which came. home" to the capi-
tai when the thunderstorm Of war has
passed and the sunshine OF peace again
bathed the land. He seemed TO be COM
pairing those youths of that day with the
grandfathers of this day, and nodding his
head approvingfy at the structures of In
dustry and prosperity which his MIND
eye saw >builded upon the foundation OF
states they then cemented together
President Wilson, accompanied by
military and naval aids. left the White
House to take his place IN the review,
ing stand when guns fired on the Mall
announced the start of the. procession.
The President was greeted with cheers
as he entered his box. =
Secretaries Garrison and paniels-oc-
cupied seats to the left and right re-
spectively of the President and behind
him were grouped other members of the
cabinet. Others in the Presidents i'm
mediate party were Miss Helen w ood-
row Bones, Col. David ]. Palmer. COM
mander-in-chief of the G. A. r.: Will
liam F. GUIDE, chairman Of the general
citizens committee, and Lieut.. Gen.
Nelson A. Miles. grand marshal Of the
parade. who took a place there after
the head Of the parade had passed
President Has Guard Of Honor.
At the Presidents reviewing stand
was a guard of honor of soldiers, SAIL
ors and marines.
Directly over the Presidents box a
large American flag huttered and be-
side 1t were the flags of the Secretary
of War and the Secretary Of the Navy.
A part of the box was draped with
flags used in the war.
In tribute to the civil war nurses,
whose care even on the -bullet-show
cred felds saved many of the soldiers
lives. practically to man the veter-
ans saluted at the section of the OBJ
servation stand in the court OF honor
where these angels OF the battlenelds
were seated.
Nearly opposite the President, these
women, now older even than the soldier
boys theynursed, applauded pathetf-
cally in pride of their boys as they
marched past. There were about a
dozen of these nurses on the stand.
with younger nurses accompanying
them in case the excitement OF the oc-
casion might overtax any OF them
In other sections Of. the stand were
veterans, who could not participate in
the parade and hundreds of members
of their families.
Little short of the ambition which
10 Itch
march past the President was the ambi-
ton that their grandchildren in the stands
might see them in this historic parade,
probably the last that the Grand Army
soldiers waved their hands as they
passed the stands to these little ones
they have brought many miles to see
-fhe places about the National Capital,
Il where history was made ana IN .ne
|; making of which these grandfathers
n played a conspicuous and honored part
Il Court of Honor Hung With Laurel
<. The court of honor. the goal Of the
( parade which has brought more than
/ Il, 1000 veterans from the forty-eight
: states in the Union, was simply but
h effectively decorated. The two large
stands facing the paraders from either
| side of the avenue. the length of Lafa-
yette Park was faced with white, CIV
I ing a marble effect, and over this was
itwined and looped ropes OF laurel
/ Flaes Of the war days, bearing thirty
I four and thirty-five stars were hung
with the forty-eight-star flag of today.
/. marking the lapse of time and linked
s .91 ,nTirs oy msma a There were few
palms arranged in front Of the 'Presi-
dents stand
4, The simplicity Of the decorations in
the Court of Honor were in marked
En- he 10 ri0t0uH
kmasses Of bunting and flags with which
ipraetfcaily every building along Penn
gyfvania avenue from the Peace Monu-
ment to the White House had been
!. decorated. Hundreds Of thousands OF
( persons. several rows deep. stood at
/, the curbings or were seated in stands
and at windows all along the line Of
march. cheering Justify and applauding
: vigorously as their state favorttes
trooped by.
There was a great ovation to the old
soldiers all along the line of march. at
otesting the appreciation. not only In
sthe national home city Of WASHINGTON.
but by representatives from all the
states of the entire nation for the SOL
diers' part in preserving the Union and
making the advantages of the present
day possible.
And the veterans seemed to catch this
spirit, for with heads proudly erect and
shoulders squared they appeared i'm
bued again with the enthusiasm and
patriotic zeal of their youth. The spirit
Of IS marched down the avenue. shoul-
der to shoulder with each comrade.
Greeted With Storm Of Applause.
Probably the most vigorous storm Of
Applause that broke at the approach Of
-the veterans was at the stand on the
south side of the Treasury. as the pa
-rade swung into 18th street. On this
stand were many members of the four
teen patriotic orders now in convention
here and as the columns wheeled d.
--rectly in front OF them the hand clap
ping and cheering was spontaneous
and prolonged.
: Just the paraders passed this
Treasury stand they broke into cheers
and huzzas at sight of the big banner
stretched across 18th street from the
Treasury bearing Lincolns commenda-
--tion of the soldier. There is one debt
this nation can never repay-the one 1t
owes to the defenders of the Union
"A. Lincoln"
The soldiers wanted no debt repaid:
they considered there was no question
of debt. for their services had been
given voluntarily and eagerly for the
nations veal. But the thought that
their response had been thus appreci-
ated by that great. silent masterful
man who had called them into service
cheered their hearts even across the
span of nifty years. This banner was in
exact duplicate of the one hung out at
the Same location during the grand re-