Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1894 — THE GREAT G. A. R. PARADE. [ARTICLE]

THE GREAT G. A. R. PARADE.

Forty Thousand Veteran* In UM at Pittsburg. Tuesday, Sept. 11, was the big day of the Encampment at Pittsburg. Forty thousand men who fought to saye the Union marched through the streets of Pittsburg and Allegheny to the old familiar tunes, and were greeted with the greatest enthusiasm by thousands of people from every possible point of view. On every street corner and vacant lot rose tier above tier of human faces, and as the veterans passed cheer after cheer greeted them. Every window along the route, the fire escapes and roof tops were crowded, while the sidewalks were packed solidly from the building line to the wire ropes stretched along the curb to prevent Interference with the free movement oi the parade. At 10:30 o’clock the parade started from the historic Monongahela House, on the banks of the river from which it takes iti name. First came Company A, Second Battalion Naval Reserves N. G. P., guard of honor to Commander-In-Chief Adams Then followed the department of the G. A. R. in the following order: Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maine, California, Rhode Island, Neu Hampshire, Vermont, Potomac, Virginla. North Carolina, Maryland, Nebraska Michigan, lowa, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas; Delaware, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon. Kentucky, West Virginia, South Dakota, Washington, Alaska, Arkansas, New Mexico, Utah, Tennessee, Louisiana. Mississippi, Florida, Montana, Texas, Idaho, Arizona, Georgia, Alabama, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Indiana and Pennsylvania. The cities were profusely decorated Gov. Pattison and staff reviewed the 11m from the grand stand.