Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1897 — Men in Gray Predominate. [ARTICLE]

Men in Gray Predominate.

“It lias often been said of the veteran soldiers, when they have appeared on parude. as upon Decoration Day,” said an observer, “why, how many young men there are among them! but that cannot be said many years longer. There are still to be seen in the ranks numbers of men comparatively young in appearance, but I was struck on Inst Decoration Day by the number who have now grown gray.”