Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1892, Page 1

WASHINGTON, D. C. he Zoning Star. | & TUSSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1892. TWO CENTS. grey ry <—S— TRAMP | make their gnests comfortable, and {t would he boys are | have been especially distressing had Jupiter } Mexico. seethearts that th saved from all ban or rural life to over barning and mud and fir ——————————_ EARS \ Pluvins selected { is particular time and place n | at which to swinghis watering pot. Two or three | Phowers later in the day, disagreeable as they would be, could be borne, but an early morn- years ago; | ing rain would result disastrously for the pa- them are | rade. But there was noearly morning rain, 80 e was no unhappiness. By 8 o'clock an un- rupted flood of sunshine illumined the cheered every one who bad the slight- est interest in the review of 1892. For fully an hour before preliminary preparations for the parade began to matorialize business opened up on the reviewing stands, and when the head of people on the rongh seats who had been wait- ing with all apparent patience for more than two houra. The tti was not monotonously spent, for posts and departments were passing aud repassing—moving toward their quarters or marching to take up the positions from which they would start when their place in the | grand column was ready for them. Who will furget, who can forget, the scene 2 avenue was fully occupied by the ve! arallel columns, each twelve files | front, occupied the concrete on their respec- tive sides of the car tracks. Itwas a magnifi- | cent sight. many men —could be otherwise than impressive, and when the eager, applanding multitude re- membered what manuer of men these were and with re -d mental vision saw the heroic work ¢ ad done during four years of ines- gand slaughter they arose to the could hardly contain themselves. ed aie} the great column finally appeared there were | | guish themselves byany feats of pedestrianism? No organized body of men—so | SSS ese \ ‘ We. though they might have served under Scott in ‘our years of war ndd ascore of years tothe apparent age of manya soldier. One- armed veterans were common in the parade and there were more than afew who had but one leg. Most of the old soldiers whose lower limbs were too few or were out of order con- | teuted themselves with being enthusiastic spec- j tators. Sometimes the marching was irregular, and | thoughtless people wondered thereat. Why ia | it that soldiers who marched as much as these men did eannot keep step? was a frequently | asked question. Who supposes that all these | Men marched? What -about the cavalrymen, who never footed it fora mile if a horse could | be had? Did artilierymen and signal corps operators and surgeons and teamsters distin- How many officers wore there who never had an opportunity to become footsore? And what sbout the seamen and marines? But these are | all in the Grand Army, scattered through the various poste and sandwiched in with men who | reduced marching toan exact science, and today they tramped along the avenue shoulder to | shoulder, careless ns to step and paying little | heed to the accentuating drum taps; they were ! in the national capital once more; the remnants of that victorious avalanche which «wept re- | ar | we onlookers, probably because thby were pleased with the idea of # Union band the southern air on such an occasion. ma- ority of the bands, however, stuck quite closely), to war tunes. 7 The colored troops were there; just as pop- ular as any other sections of the columns and Just as proud. Worn old men with the whitest of wool and the broadest of grin hobbled along, displaying in thete Movements testimony which entitied them to all honor. Diack, bat heroic; men who fought for thetr own freedom and did much to win it, And so it wont all through the afternoon. Department after department, post after post, hearty men and men on crutches, bands, drum corps, bright, fresh colors, stained and ragged battléfiegs, cheers, the clap- ping of hands, the weving of -bandker-! chiefs, the swelling of bosoms, the overflowing of eyes that would become moist, the twitching of lips that refused to be still and the growth of that epirit which would impol the meanest mortal to defend the stars and stripes from the assaults of any or all nations on the face of the carth—the greatest occasion in the history of the Grand Army of the Republic. It fs one thing to march in procession on a cool day, but quite another to align thousands of men in divisions and perfect moving bodies. It is easy enough for the veteran posts, sepa- rately and under their various commanders, to follow the leading files of an army numbering 75,000 or more men, but to have s thorough system about the affair and send the column through its paces without hitch or break is a feat worthy of gen- eralship of the first order. Out in an open country, with several thousand acres of field or broken woodland afforded to deploy, @ general might bave a com- paratively easy time of it, providing no enemies lurked just cross country and had a dozen or 60 heavy batteries playing on the deploying columns with shell and case shot. But when you go about marching that same crowd of soldiers into a space traversed by streets whoso whole area is less than half n square mile then the task is something herf } | consseutivety without discord and resting | the cabinet and {that step in unison? Here on these side num- others of the official reviewing party removed their hate. The cheering continved until the committce’ had passed. Gen, Palmer, following with the escort of the Albany battalion, was giver very cordial reception both from the reviewing stand and by the surrounding crowd. Ashe passed he saluted the Vice President with his band and then turned and saluted the crowd sitting on the curbstones and lining the streets. The well-drilled posts which held « particu- larly good line as they passed in review were promptly rewarded by loud applause. The Indios as well as the experienced officers on the stand showed that they knew something abou marching, and the drilled veterans found them appreciative spectators. Most of the bunds as they passed the stand played patriotic masic, and the fings at the head f of each column were dipped and waved in ¥ salute to the Vice President. / Each department in the parade had some one nage) ‘ on the reviewing stand particularly interested . in it who grew enthusiastic at its appearance on the scene, and the rest of the party responded to their enthusiasm, and none passed without bored streets to the north dozens of big posts come marching in to swell the total, and the be- wildered spectator doesn't soe how it is all go- ing toend. The massed ranks are getting to be more crowded down there south of the Peace monument every moment, and even up to Gih street several divisions appear to be wait- ing for some definite order. Ini it does Took like hopeless chacs, but twfialpans ot * ‘tet plan, and eoon you will see. Mark those men on spirited horses, who frantically wave their swords at each strost crowing and shout to the marching ponte. Near thom stand others with banners bearing department name of some state and they o the work which Gen. Palmer's orders gave them. Bee those three posta wheeling to the qight and tarn through 2d etrest. ‘They are to wait the¥éfor for the moving signal. Over on the other side and at each street bolow the came formula is gone through und presto, somehow it begins look as if there would be something orderly out of this whole affair after all. In the big thoroughfares beyond the Capitol end in Camp Farragut's direction doz- ‘qua of other aids are likewise in service, chout- | ing orders and pointing out nearest routes to the rendezvous. And so when 9:80 o'clock comes everything appears ready for the grand finale, to which all this preparation tended. ‘Then comes the hush of expectancy, and as § the minutes roll by the crowd begins to grow atta impatient. Surely it is time for the starting Us @) - Apap ignal. Oh! there comes the big civte escort | eee of Washington citizens all attired in black suits and silk _ hats, Their £* chargers pra: and Marshal Lonis D. Wine has hia full keeping his command in shape. Gen. Palmer is coming now, and it must be nearly 10 o'clock. They'll start in a moment now, some one says, but not yet. Gen, Palmer had all department commanders in conference last evening in his anxiousness to have everything go smoothly. His maxim was “Better have a little delay than possible fail- ure.” So those department commanders keep ‘thusiastic. It was not w nton enth the sincere expression of emotion the sight. A tattered battle fag some half crippled old veteran drew cheer A. Sroup of maimed veterans, living memorials of the devastation wrought by shot and bell, | brought barrahe aud shouts frou throats growm hasky by repetition. Great was the parode, but greater the crowd, the gathering of the clans from every quarter, | Lincoln's grand army of the “common people.” } Leading the groat procession as it swept) Up the avenue rode the civic escort of some one hundred a s of Washingt splendidly, | mounted and were dressed in civilian dress of @ uniform character. Each man wore « high «ill | hat, « Pri Albert cont, dark trousers, white | Bloves and carried a white whip, They marched of eight in double columns, and by their j fine appearance, as well as from the fact that | they wero representative eltizens, they were j Teceived everywhere along the line with many, demonstrations, representing aa they did the ti igh «hose money and labor the ception and entertainment to the cs made possible, Their presence at the head of tho parade was particularly ap- propriate. In command of the eivie escort was Lonis }. Wino, the marshal, under whose dix rection the cecort was organized and throngs nieinern, bad aroused by carried by | stepped back to Tae Stam reporter and said: ) “Tait not grand? It is such a parade as only | the Grand Army of the Republic could form. | Even if they do make a few mistakes in tactics they are to be admired all the more for their | patriotism.” i Gen, Palmer stood for a ong time, but the | | tatigne finally beeame too great and during the | culean in its nature, and every resource at thy chief's command needs to be called into play. P Well, that is just what Gen. Palmer and hig hundreds of aids and department eommander* succeeded in doing, and they did it royally: Orders were explicit enough or two occasionally interposed as some post or other was hurrying to its appointed rendezvous, it was soon brushed aside and the formation was continued. Old sol- diers don’t mind a little thing like that, and every man was ready to help get wider way on schedule time the biggest parade the Grand has ever had and most likely ever will, have again. For many of tho veterans it was to be no doubt the Inst time thoy could hope to tread the long avenue which they trod bellion from out the republic and established forever the form of government under which | 65,000,000 of peoplo live and prosper on this | continont. It wasa glorious time when they were here in 1865, but it was less glorious than today. Time has effaced or rendered less sharp | the memories of the war, Today's re- that a great prin pest and broadest | could plan or bi are the bors. in livi their valor. It was a glorious scone. From the Capitol to , union touched the triumphant and tender the treasury the great avenue was inclosed | chords; there was no minor strain. The | within two walls of color—color that moved in | ead wero not forgotien, but this the pleasant breeze, waved by the unscen hand | Was no time for mourning. Men vexed with of a sympathetic acrial spirit. Everythiag was )Wounds that never have healed and that never red, whito and blue, but there was not even the | Will heal forgot the years of agony that have suggestion of sameness; there was nothing but | made days a:id nights miscrable since they lef: pen record the story of Men have | tried to-do them fustlee, have exhausted the| lifeand variety in the display. Flags by the vocabulary of praise, have reiterated every eu- fuge in tne apon- 10s up from the deep logiows term aud then took tancous utterance that hundred thousand, from the garrison bunting down to the tiniost representation of the stars and stripes, waved welcome, encouragement the hospitals, and today smiled at the plaudits of admirers, ‘There wasa great deal of flag worship, and not without reason, for in the parallel columns bless the boys! and gratitude to the host that moved steadily | were faded fragments—sacred bpadpre had { Time's fn- | onward hour after hour. Tricolor streamers | inspired the boys of thirty years ago to v . cir brows and | floated from housetops and gyrated in all their | ow# endeavor and victory. Beneath tho shot- rans the of many winters whitened | beauty out over tho twin columns of those who | torn remnants thousands of the bravest had m® vivacity is un-| gave the flag of the Union m permanent place | cheerfully rushed to certain death and never- animated them thirty | amongtheemblems of nations. Complimentary cree — - eae bee ideas a Years ago has lost none of its volume or spark’e. | mottoes and patriotic sentences clustered over | spared ru si nas aemies howe aid mek cautions ne had doorways acs asig rue aa projections. | the tide of battle ebbed and flowed—now carry- springiness, neither of these watural} Of more interest than the decorations was the aillictions has, as yet, risen emperior to the | multitude that crowded the sidewalks, filled the mental 1 was always the domi-| windows,oceupied esery inch of the balconicsand tim. Supp 1 thus | reviewing standa and stood wherever thore was march in the early | enough flat roof tostand on; a multitude that was ZB of theim will be | too small for the centiment which was generated Ze on their many hours after | within it; » multitude that cheered at every op- darkness a few admit the | portunity and that accepted anything and every- possibility The great majority aa fair incitement to congratulatory noise; laugh idea of weariness when the ovea- | a multitude that overflowed with the patriotic son ts one so historic in ite character as this— | feeling which naturally grow out of the inspira- Grand Army of the take place on Penn wd thor n the highw o both. led through the gray g most heavily in the eds of veterans on the had fast reached the ut early so ag to en- orable 20th day tion that affected every spectator. Many of those who watched the parade were entitled to place in ths column, but physical disability compelled them to sit and watch their comrades as they participated in the memorable march. And how they marched! Somein as sprightly a mauner as was theirs when they passed be-y fore their commanders in 1865, with perfect alignment anda bearing that would not be dis, creditable to the most thor oughly trained troop the greatest réview of Republi ill eve F to glory or joy every b. of September, stul others had evi- ~ BY lbp westevycilton- LAN Ie to stay up all nigh: if he wants to. Occasion- 7 WAN ally aband of » a recently We arrived post unusual iS scene and MOU ans erow? with: tions were de pressing not rem pres not removed | ing away uncounted human live: in its horrible ut undertow, now sweeping in resistiess waves sie | over confuyed and helpless asm. ‘The flags pa were cheered and cheered. Veterans lifted io thelr hata reverently as the tattered ning silk and the few pendent scraps of what was me _opparent once bright hued fringe were borne proudly come Past, while parents told their children how Precious those blood-deferded relica were. This was a great opportunity for patriotic edu- cation. No boy or girl that witressed the parade could have failed to exporience a thrill of highor feeling as he or the saw the urmy—the Grand Army—make its last great march over historic ground. “Old Glory” was a deity thia day. It might reasonably have gen supposed that the parade would be somewhat monotonous, because of the family likeness between posts, There was not a dull moment in the day; not a plstoon that was uninteresting. Tho vet- srans know it, too, for they looked j their best and stepped’ out with : ‘ all the ability they possessed; proud of the _\\, male drill one of their specialties. Othors there , Tecognition they were receiving, responsive to Rapa, "ere *bo moved less easily and who brought to | the Warm greeting, every man’s heart bound- BeY\’ mind more vividly the sorrowful reahties of | t:g and thumping behind that bronzo and nb. “ war, for there were bowed heads and enfeebled | bon badge which will ever be hororable. frames and fect that dragged courageously, but | Thon the bands kept the enthusiasm right up, heavily, over the smooth street surface. Theso | There was groat wealth of musical organiza. were the men whose reeuperative powers were | tions, some of them of the highest rank, but not sufficient to enuble them torecover from the | it is questionable whether they were strips of | and bright flags and brilliant trappings came fatigues of the long marches and desperate en- Ragements. Then there were tho prison- wrecked, spirited, but weak; men who clected to die of starvation rather than be false to the cause they had sworn to defend and who bore more popular with the veterans than were the fifes and drums—the shrill and rattling music that was so common when men were doing the things which afterward entitled them to mem- bership in the beneficial and patriotic order Visible evidence of their sufferings in an unal- terably listless manner and ofttimes incurable emaciation. The maimed, the balt and the blind, the deaf and the voicelous were there; some that owns Washington just now. mete marches were played in ‘65, and, in the fullness of twenty- ven years of peace and prosperity, which their valor helped to purchase, they were more than ready to let that old enthusiasm Tule today. It wasn't ensy for many of those pétizzled und war-worn men to stand for hoars while waiting for the signal to fall in among the grand whole, yet tha cool breezes were bracing, and no veteran drorped out of line after his post was under way There was too much pride in the march for | him, ond | if Washington people hadn't forgot- j ten tho veteran the votoran wished more than ever to show that he hadn't forgotten, either. And what a crowd of spectators it ‘was that massed, and jammed, and pushed for equares from the point of formation and the Peace monument. ‘oon after 8 o'clock the advance guard of MHinois poste, the first department by reason of seniority, came marching down the avenue to their allotted place at the head ‘of the lin From that time the lower avenne was a scene of pandemonium, Asif by magic and almost |in the twinkling of an eye far up toward the ‘Trensury building the whole broad boulevard seemed to spring into inatant life. Thou- sands upon thousands of Grand Army uni- forms, hundreds of old war-scarred guidons ) flashing into view, and the march of bodies for | their stamping ground was incessant, The air | seemed throbbing with the volumes of stirring | sound emitted by band and drum corps, while the clatter of hoofs and thedash of mounted men to show the various departments to parade rest almost made pandemonium reign supremo. Here came the gallant old Veteran Club of Illinois, with ite armed guard and soldiorly step. Thore on the other sids of thé thorough- | fare the bearskin shakoa of the famous National | Post of Philadelphia bobbed over mow white {uniforme, a departure from G@tand Army regulations, Here are the ‘Buck- tails and veterans from ~ Iowa, with corn ears as canteens. ‘There come the adificuity 4 whose well-known enterprise and energy the details were arranged with somuch success, Mr. Wine rode a fine black horse, Behind Mr. Wine rode his chief of staff, M. M. Parker, and then | breaks in the parade be occupied a chair brought | forward to the edge of the steps. As the parade progressed other members of | the commander's staif and nide-de-camp gath- | oot ins line the ei oo 4 | ered on the stand. Among these were Senior ) a8 follows: Fire 2, 8. M. Bodfish: seco: | Vice Commander Col. H. M. Daiield of 7 sia B x Fo S ponealk: mR nop Detroit; George It. Keating, past aid-de-camp; | 150, Cane the members of the easort, who were John Lombard of Vermont, C. B. Foster, New | 07.00" | Haven, Conn; Gen. Wagner of Philedelphis. | John B. Daich, Andeow Parker, J, 1. Aden, | Assome of the Pennsylvania posts marcbed | op noun FR, Cullen, James E. White, T. | by the stand Gen. Palmer end to Tus Bran, ] 5 suas A Dongherty, ©. i. Wah, in ust see that double — Itis magnificent, H. Manogue, F. J. Gramlich, Mathow Trimble, This parade is a grand access. UL. C, Browning, 8.8. Shedd, Capt. 8. H. Mer= The booth and adjoining stands of the com- |i TC. Slater, W. MH. Bayly, CA. Prescot, As prominent individuals in the parade wero | mandcr-in-chief were an artistic piece of deco- | 70. Doage, G. M. Smith, JA. Demoneh, recognized from the stand they were cheered, | ration. They represented a general's tent with | i Chomberlin, Col, William B. Thompson, P, and now and then ome hu" ble, perhapsshabby | stands of murketry and cannon in front, |<” poster L. C, Bailey, F. Gh Ravard veteran in the tail end of the line,would take off | and on either side were the sections of a] Gav "rR ps 1. & Browa, Capt his hat, recognizing a friend among the cabi-| stone fort painted green here and/ 4 ¢ Tonner, Capt. C. ©. M. Looffier, Meyer the generals and the statesmen on the| there to picture the mows grown | Poon wp. Magrader, F. G. and, and ke never failed to get a stones of which the fort was supposed tobe con-| WP. Merriweather, E. M. De dow and a smile and a wave of the hand or hat | structed. ‘The whole washandvomely decorsted | sem, Capt A. A. Th in response. ‘The many expressions of recogni-} with the stare and stripes. Next to the Presi-| xuuor” WG, Dickford, tion passing between the reviewing party aud | dent's stand that of the commander-in-chief the men in line furnished incidents to break | was the most picturesque in the city. the monotony of the march, Crowd? Oh, no! When Gen. Henderson, the one-legged hero] Mob? Jam? Rush? A squeozing, jostling, of Towa, passed he was given a cheer of recog-| pushing, hustling chons of humanity? That's nition. When the Wisconsin department came | about the size of it. along Secretary Rusk and Gen. Fairchild, who| Where did they come from? How dad they rode side by side, were given cheer after cheer. | get there? Heaven only knows, Gen. 0.0. Howgrd held his bridle| But they all knew what they wore there tor. reins in his teeth, while he raised his hat with | They came to sce the greatest sight that Wash- the only hand he had. This brought acheer | ington has witnessed in thirty yours. They from every ono in sight. The posts carrying | were out today to nce that mght, they were go- battle flags always excited enthusiasm, ing to see itand that from the best possible It was nearly 11 o'clock when the oxcited | point of vantage. murmur of thousands crowded about the stand | It wasa case of every man for himself and o sending their aids all around those stree* } | i ry aft if if Smith, H. “M. Schneider, LL. Johnson, J. Maury son, David Cranmer, Dr. H. McGowan, Maj. H. A. Frank T. Rawlings, W. Hocke, J. 3. Edson, jr., H. D. Burnside, J. E. Lattimer, H. M. Schooley, F.4d, Woodman, A. H. Wells, Wm. W. Kelley, Capt. €. 8. Domer, W. P. Gude, L. Wheeler, P. H. Barbarin, J. Morrison, F. H. Thomas, L. 0, Wood. Hensey, John L. Weaver, H. Cissel, Col. Robt, Boyd, P. M. Sella, J. H. Small, John Hockemeyer, i j : where their posts are congregated, and finally : coe } > Chas. Childs, Calvin Witmer, Geo, H. Walker, pect tages seen ct Orde. | That is what | of the commander-is-chief announced the van- | the de'll take the hindermost. Yet withal they LN. Runyan, W. H. B. Reinecke, Louis Beyer, a peor ead kis iooees und, when | guard of the parade. At this time the stand | were good natured and took Daffetings without | 7. Robert Ball, Emmons 8. Smith, O Daye eh tn made his preciso se-| rroper was deserted, exoept for the pres- | grumbling, straightway administering the same T. Thompson, Capt. Geo. W. Evans, Jeu, Inte and says exch division of the department | once of Mra. MS Hotchkiss, depart- | treatment to the next nearest neighbor. E. Bel, B F. Gilbert, H. P. Gi- Ree erent tu SbieTS personal all |. reemecor’ ot) Wskeretlo mal Wycastagt]| Ske take shan Gaal! attempt to estimate the | sort, G. W. Cisscl, T.-H. Briston, PE eee cee pnnies 8 IMUeatiOgee | coat wally; 4 | Siormme. Tike, oan] MaMa Sa Rad i Gl eal ie Ga L. A. Littlefield, Albert Gleason, H. I. Christ The last reports do not need much time and numerically, but by area or by themile, In that count the people who throngg? the stands and bedecked every window with eager faces could not be included. They were simply incidents. there is the start. An immense amount of ex- ecutive ability and tact has been dis played, and the combination’s results are right there before your eyes. Of course the start is near:y an hour Iater than you expected, but the fine way it is made outweighs everything and every other consideration, and after all you have seen in the way of chaos the order which arose from the mass in two hours beats anything of the kind you have ever seen before, and it isn’t likely you will ever have another chance in the come direction. The parade itself must go down as something of a highly historical nature, and the spectators who wero so fortunate as to see the formation, the framework of it all, can have a good iden of what an amount of general- ship the veteran commanders of the Grand Army can bring to bear in cases of emergency. About the Vice President's stand on both sides and across the street people were crowded ina solid mass from the ropes back uniil a building or some other obstruction held them in check. Admission to the stand was by ticket only and it was therefore not crowded except in the central pavilion resorved for the reviewing party and particularly honored guests, There Was « vory distinguished group on this part of the stand, Besides the Vice President there were Secre- tary of the Treasury Foster, wife and daughter. Mrs. John W. Foster, Secretary Tracy and his daughter, Mrs. Wilmerding; Secretary Noble, Mrs, Noble and the Misses Halstead, Attorney General Miller, Postmaster General Wana- maker, Mrs. Rusk, Miss Husk, Mrs. Charity Buk Craig, Assistant Secretary of War Gen. Grant, Senator Manderson and Mrs, Mando: son, Senator and Mrs. Hawley, ator Gibson, Senator Palmer, man John Joy Edson, A. A. Wilson, Gov. Pattison of Pennsylvania and staff—Col, L. B. Reed, Gen. Greenland, Col. BR. Wilber, Col. A. D. Seeley, Col. W. 'T. Wilson and Col. I. Bradley; Gen. Snowden of Pennsylvania state militis and Col. Charles 8. Green and Col. Bonnaface, jr., of his staff; Representa- tive Nowberry of Ilinois, Representative Mitchell of Wisconsin, Representative Rock- well of New York, Representative Dur borrow of Lilinois, ex-Speaker . Kelfer, of Obio, Representative Boutelle of Maine, Gen. Schofield and Gen. Vincent, adjutant of his staff; Mrs. Schofield, Gen. Gibbon, Mrs. John A. Logan ond Mrs. Logan, jr., Marshal on either side of the commauier’s booth were, however, filled with those prominent in the military and oMeial circles of the country. As the first band passed playing “My Country °Tis of Thee” Commander-in-Chief Palmer | ‘The People” were on the street. dashed up to the stand on horseback and quickly | That element which Lincoln lovingly called dismounting amid the handkerchief waving of | “the comimon people” was out in force. Who | Yermiiya, the ladies and the loud huzzas of the men, | would object to the definition as Lincoln used | ‘The escort of the commander-in-chief foe jumped up the steps, carefully took off his| it? They were the people after his own heart. | jowed next, presenting, as to the first division, clean white cavalry gloves and took his posi-| The crowd began at the Capitol and ended— tion. He stood with military bearing just on} where? It was like the horizon, noend. The the edge of the top step and there reviewed the | further you looked the crowd stood just the parade, saluting each post as it passed the | same. booth, They clustered around the Capitol and they | too ornamental. The roster of the Guard is es Behind him and a little to his left_stood J. 8. | hung from the balustrades of the terraces, Thorn, aid-de-camp, from Aspen, Col., holding | At the Peace monument they formed a sable | Officers—James M. Eager, captain; Samnel the headquarters flag. On his right was Adjt. | base for the statuary 300 feet around. M. Gordon, first lientenant; Albert H. Vem Gen. Fred Phisterer. Both were dressed in full| From this point to the treasury, a long mile, Deusen, second lieutenant; R. Emmet Smith, itary regalia. Commander W. H. Linn | they formed one solid, homegonous mass of | junior second lieutenant, of Admiral T. Bailey Post, No. 562, of Chateau- | humanity straining and stretching against the | Staff officors—Willis B. gay, was also present as representing the navy. | wire ropes and surging back und forth as ove | staff; A. ¥. Dinsmore, judge Gen. Palmer had pinned to his breast a small| body. There was no individual movement, | s. , quartermaster; Alva 8, Taber, in- red rose, his only adornment besides the regu- | One moved with the pack asa piece of drift- | spector; Lyman B. Cutler, ordnance officer; lar insignia of his office, ‘wood is borne on the crest of an eddying whirl-| Dr. Florence Donohue, surgeon; Thomas He watched each post pass with the appear- | pool. Steuart, commissary; William H. Hoover, pay+ ‘ance of most keen interest and as » post of | Tne will of one man, the strength of » giant, | master; Rev. Levi JI. York, chaplain. some particularly i character | was as nothing in that density of humanity. He i marched by he turned and addressed some | might as well try tomove a train of freight cars Pleasing words to his companion in the booth, | as himself or those around him. Gen. Phisterer. At places it ceased to be humorous and be- Part of the time Gen. Palmer stood with | came serious. Where several currents of hu- folded arms examining critically the various | manity converged, as at a junction, it was as brigades and inclining bis head as they dipped | between the upper and nether millstone. colors in salute. At other times he raised| A common sight to see s man borne from his his hand to the brim of his hat in| feet by the pressure and lifted high sbove the acknowledgment of the salutes of the | heads of his fellows. passing veterans. Corporal Tanner, who| Some women, foolish creatures, took little had s seat next to the commander's booth, re- | children into the maclstrom. ‘Then cool-headed man, J.P. O'Neil, Capt. A. P. Lacey, M. D, Peck, Robert Cook, F. G. Aukum, T. W. Andrew Boyd, W. R. Speare, R. 8. Knox, F. E. Maxie, C. E. Mallam, Thos, Norwood, 5. @, Slater, Capt. Luther Slater, T. J. Sullivan, A. W. Towson, A. M. Wells, EC, Elmore, Jes. H. I cuirassicr-like hélmets of the signal corps, their pic-uresque signal flags flying and their officers mounted on gray chargers, making them ap- pear like a German army guard. Up the ave- coming down and reach their forming spot on Virginia avenue. Back of thess poste march ‘men from Wisconsin and all over the far west, surrounded and stepping in double column with men from Massachusetts. solves well nigh hoarse until th last post, east and west, had arrived at ite Dan M. RonsdéM, Qusrtermaster | General Batchelder, Mrs. Rush and her two dangbters and the daughter of Secretary of the Treasury Foster and Mr. and Mrv. 0. B. Wyman, Mr. and Mrs. W. ©. Nichols ond Mra HB Nichols, were the first to reach the stand this morning. Vice-President Morton arrived at 9:30, accompanied by the members of the cabi- not, the representatives of the military, oom- ‘mitteos of the senate and house, Chairman Ed- ton, A. A. Wilson and Goy. Pattison and his