| Show HOSTS OF GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC IN GREAT PARA PARADE spectacular review Is climax of oar the forty third national encampment in in sa salt it lake cit city y veterans are warmly received and well cared for in capital salt lake city aus aug 11 today to day was the climax of the forty tu aulm 4 na encamp encampment men ot at the grand army of c the the day on which the men who nearly bait halt a cen can fury tury ago fought to preserve the tho union once again tell fell inn line answered the roll call and marched arched in bravely though often ofte u with faltering steps to the music 01 01 the fife and drum never in all the years of ita its exist ence baa has the grand army bad had a oa na bonal encampment review that our sur broke roke out in mighty cheering for there they turned in front of the most beautiful feature of the day the lly ing flag on an immense stand were pre 3 children dressed in the national colors and eo so arranged that made a perfect representation of a having american flag the little ones had been drilled for many seeks and while tho the old soldiers passed they sang patriotic airs at the reviewing stand countermarching Counter marching the parade now moved north on main matt street back to greats the parading bodies all passed in review saluting those la in the eland stand and at once disbanded all the banda bands as they arrived here were massed close to the stand and as the we culmination ot at the parade school children marched by the united bande bands 1 and the children singing on ward christian soldiers the gnat grat review waa was excellently managed in every ty y all along the line of at march were scattered ambulance ambulances trained nurses and numerous 3 4 OW V LAW I 1 the groat great mormon temple passed the one of today to day in earr bacu lar ter and pathetic features the pa rade formed at the beautiful eagle gate oo 00 south temple street first in line were the regulars of at the fit united states infantry and the entire national guard of utah acting as escorts next came the forty tour four departments of the grand army of the republic the aval veteran the ex union prisoners of war and in carriage carriages the surviving members of dt that devoted band of women the army nirena scattered through the line were nu erous military bands and fife and drum corps greeted with cheers and tears at the word of command the parade marched west to main street and turned couth south down that thoroughfare proceeding seven blocks between solid walla walls of at cheering men women and c children childr en As the grizzled veterans passed the enthusiasm was bremen dous and many a spectator wept un all att attorney a med orned as ho he realized that this was undoubtedly the last grand review for scores u ut the feeble heroes who trudged along vill eyes on the flag for which they had given some of the best beat years of at their lives when seventh south street was reached the pa paradera par adera themselves other attendants to care tor for any ot at the veterans vet erana who might be overcome by fatigue and for or spectators spectator who he aut ut in the crush on the elde olde walka fortunately their services were sel el doia dam needed firework fireworks on an a mountain after a bood rest the city a guests all turned out again thia this evening and witnessed the magnificent display of fireworks on the top of ensign peak I 1 thia this peak lies immediately north of I 1 the city and Is the highest point of the wasatch mountains rising 1200 feet higher than temple square the py ro display Is a a feature of the encampment week salt lake city baa has thrown open her arms to the old soldiers old lera and never baa has the grand army been more en received ived or more gener bously entertained than at this en w fv I 1 I 1 I 1 S A amt or 1 0 a 40 I 1 4 A ALI 3 ft I 1 city and county building south temple street here just to t the h a IC left ft at 0 tho the brigham young pioneer mon monument ment and close to temple equate the stand bad had been erect erected ed it was occupied by commander in chief henry at nevius gov goir illiam spry of tie chief executives of other states and a large number of other official officials and distinguished camp ment many thousands of the veterans and their families and mern ben bers of all oil the organizations allied to the grand army have participated 0 in o the exercises and and are unanimous in praise of the veteran veterans well cared for the old soldiers old jers bare have been very carefully careful lr tooted looked after bf br the local 11 committees on public comfort and art tato vote hicom od allo and at the 24 bureau at the various railway actions stations and convenient place places about the city during the entire time of the ih encampment these committees have ha had 1 4 the services of high school cadets cabets whose duties nave have been to render every possible wi distante to the visitors the decoration of at the city has ha been on a lavish scale acal e every prominent commands r in chief nevius building has been elaborately draped 1 with bunting handsome hand edine arches pan span the streets and there la Is scarcely a residence in the city that does not display at least a flag I 1 henry M hovius the commander in chief arrived here saturday with his stan staff and inspected the arrangements on sunday the guests began arriving by the thousand and on monday they came la so fast that the committee bad had to work like sailors to get them all housed in such a manner as to avoid congestion in any part of the city big greeting greetings meeting monday evening came the first pub event on the pro grama great camp campfire fire in the assembly hall in the temple grounds all that and throughout tuesday the air barem atil ot of arrivals continued but by tuesday evening pra practically all 11 II the visitor visitors h bd id been received and distributed that night the greatest rea teat unction function of the encampment camp ment took place thie this was the greetings mating moet trig in the mormon tabernacle the immense building easily seats persons pe reone and it was filled to ite its capacity col frank 31 starrett St arrott the executive director ot of the encampment ailed called the vast assemblage to order and introduced william II 11 king of salt lake city who acted as temporary chairman he made a brie address and was followed by GOT gov william spry of 0 utah mayor joau 8 bradford ot of salt lake city and aa I 1 11 IL I 1 7 a 4 pvc 7 ile t A A L r k 1 the eagle gate salt lake city smythe commander of the department of utah all of whom told in eloquent word words how proud they were war to welcome to aba state and city th ahr grand army and od their friends air king then introduced command er in chief who waa was received with wild cheering and the ot of bats hats and handkerchiefs As soon as the tumult had bad subsided command er nevius delivered a graceful re afonso to the welcoming ebel ho and took the chair the allied organizations then came the turn of the allied or g and greetings to the ret yet erans were uttered by president gene lens vieve hagar longfield lane of or tha ladies of the 0 OAR A IL mary E oilman gilman of the womans relief corpa corps president Preel dent clara E hoover of the daughters ot of veterans commander ln chief edgar alien allen of the sons of veterans and president rebecca smith of the army nurses he ing was varied by tho the playing 0 patriotic airs by a band the exercises were brought to a cloae close by the presentation of a band hand some testimonial to charles 0 our bur ton past commander ot of the grand army |
