Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1902 — PARADE OF VETERANS [ARTICLE]

PARADE OF VETERANS

Remnants of the Armies of Grant and Sherman March jji Washington Again. PRESIDENT SEES PROCESSION Drives Down the Line of Grizzled Soldiers Amid the Cheers of a Great Multitude. Washigton, Oct B.—The veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic uqd their friends were entertained yesterday by a parade given in honor of the naval veterans and by a number of unions held in the big assembly tents at Camp Roosevelt Washington, Oet 9.—The remnants of the magnificent armies of Grunt, Sherman, Thomas, Slocum and Sheridan, which participated in the grand review at the close of the civil war, again today passed up the historic Pennsylvania avenue. The survivors of the bronzed, black-haired legions who marched twenty-four abreast for two days before President Johnson, with Dowers In- the muzzles of their guns, and with victory and the hope of the future* shining in their faces had become old white-haired men with their active service behind them. Tt was an ideal autumn day. Tho air was filled with golden sunshine and the light breeze out of the west was just strong enough to give life to the gorgeous decorations and keep the flags tugging at their hallards. Crowds Filled the Streets. Although the procession was not to move until 10 o’clock, the swarming crowds were abroad early lining the sidewalks and overflowing the great stands along the line of march. Windows, roofs and every coign of vantage from which the parade could be seen ivere black with people. Shrill bugles were everywhere sounding the assembly, gayly accoutred marshals with their staffs were galloping hither and thither and from all quarters of the city tin* blueooated veterans were marching deep Into the tangle of streets to take their places in the line. The procession moved in the order prescribed" by Chief Marshal General A. Noel Blakeman. It was preceded by a platoon of splendidly mounted police and this was followed in turn by a drum corps composed of survivors of the civil war musicians. Then came a mounted escort of citizens of Washington, with whom rode General Blakeman, resplendent in dress and soldierly lri bearing. The Commander-in-Chlef. He was accompanied by his aids, riding in files of eight front, and these were followed by the Marine band, whose familiar music elicited frequent cheers from tin* crowd.

General Ell Torrance, commander-in-chief, occupied a carriage. He was preceded by his personal escort, consisting of John A. Rawlins post of the department of Minnesota, and accompanied by his personal staff, consisting of Quartermaster Burrows, Assistant Adjutant General B. 11. Warner, Judge Advocate General Duffield, Inspector General Wetherbee, Junior Vice Commander O’Donnell, Chaplain Boyle. Surgeon General Thrall. Senior Vice Commander Mcllroy and the executive committee of the Grand Army, Immediately loilowed by the escort of the Grand Army, consisting of the First regiment of the Sons of Veterans and a reserve* of the Pennsylvania division, and then came tin* various organizations of the Grand Army itself, led by the department of Illinois, with Commander 11. M. Trimble In command. Prcildent View* the I’aratle. President Roosevelt reviewed the Grand Army parade in his carriage. He was carried downstairs from his room on the second floor of the temporary White House in an invalid’s chair at 11:10 o’clock and amid the cheers of a large crowd, placed in the carriage, in which there was a hoard to supiKirt his injured leg. He was accompanied by Secretary Cortelyou and Colonel Bingham, his military aide. His carriage was guarded by a platoon of mounted police under command of Major Sylvester, superintendent of police. As the carriage appeared on the avenue the president was greeted with loud cheers. The president stopped at the reviewing stand for a moment until the marshals of the parade and Rawlins post of Minneapolis, the right of the line, had passed, and then drove down tho avenue to the Pence monument nt the foot of the Capitol. The veterans faced the carriage as the president drove by and saluted him. There was continuous cheering from the crowds ns the president drove along.