| Show i I I OlD VETERANS MARCH i Starspangled Banner Day at G A I R Encampment I THE BIG PARADE TODAY I MY OLD SOLDIERS A NO MORE ENCAMNT Are Getting Too Old and Infirm t AttedOd Army Leaders Absent War Contest For Gomader InChief and For the Next Encampment En-campment If Cincinnati Sept GThe second day I of the 32nd annual e campmelt of the G A R was a banner daa star spangled lianner day = in every way The weather was delightful I has rained every night preceding the encampment en-campment days and ater a shower tonight to-night still cooler weather is promised for the big parade tomorrow The labor parade on Monday and the naval parade today were both under clear skies and nature promises to smile on the old veterans in line tomorrow to-morrow As these veterans were marching march-ing in the naal parade today it was noticed that most of them are gray many of them lame and Infirm There the will not be many of these annual parades pa-rades and some of the teterans favor discontinuing the annual demonstrations demonstra-tions because they are getting too old for long trIps as well as for parading Some advocate discontinuance of en campmetits because they want all remembrances re-membrances even of sectional differences differ-ences wiped out but they say they will attend th annual encampments as long a they are heid There are none here who held high rank In the civil war and it is frequently remarked that the leading federal commanders seem to have gone while several of the confederate con-federate leading commander survive The leading surviving officers of the cvi war are prevented frOm attending the encampment this year on account of the Spanish war Among the ladies who are missed none is referred to more than Mrs John A Logan Many of the veterans hunt up old army nurses tenderness who are remember with great Much disappointment is expressed because President McKinley and ex I President Harrison are not here as they have been in former years In the absence of the president Governor Bushnel of Ohio will occupy his place on the reviewing stand tomorrow surrounded sur-rounded by Governor Pingee of Michigan Mich-igan Governor Mount of Indiana Governor Atkinson of West Virginia and other governors with their staffs Owing to the excellent arrangements there have been no accident no reports re-ports even of robberies or poket picking pick-ing although ever thoroughfare ih the city swarms with visitors The features or the day were theeg mental brigade and other reunrons at which the old comrades got closer together to-gether than on any other occasion There were demonstrations on the arrival ar-rival of several department commanders command-ers and of governor and their staffs The citizens also tendered receptions to CommanderinChief Gobin Rear Admiral Ad-miral Kelley Mrs S J Martin president pres-ident of the W R C Mrs Flora M Davey president of the Ladles of the G A R Mr Jennie Lair president of the national assocIation of the la die of the naval veterans and others The W It C auditing commitee the direcor of Andersonvle prison property prop-erty the director of the national corps and the national council wee in session ses-sion today on routine business NAVAL PARADE The are of today was under com and of Grand Iarsha M L Hawkins Hawk-ins with Lieutenant Colonel George M Finch as chief if staff The frs dl vision was composed of Union naval veterans the national association of I exprisoner of war the Union Veteran Legion Sons of Veterans regimental I organizations and survivors of the Lopez Lo-pez expedition to free Cuba It was commanded by General Fred W Moore Following this camethe second divl 8io commanded by Major L Gaul and consisting of the Eighth regiment U I S volunteer infantry and local com I panics of cadets and boys brigades mostly bearing arms The parade required an hour or more to pas a given point and was thery where watched by crowds of deeply interested in-terested spectator The dramatic effect I ef-fect of the arangem qts Of the divi I slons was the ocaslon for muchcom ment First in honor came the eter ans af the civil was the men who manned the vessels inour uaiquenavy and the thinner rakof the oxprison ers of that war The spectators could not fail to be impressed with a sa I feeling that they were looking upon a body of men whose days of marching I must soon end Tottering limbs were I bearing sturdy hearts fuller than ever of love for the fag whose Ilor had been magnified by their deeds but It was painfully apparent that their ra k were thinning and that their deeds were soon to be only memories i COLORED TROOP CHEERED Then came the sturdy soldiers of today II to-day and It happened that they were black soldier the Eighth regiment I United States volunteers now In camp at Fort Thomas commanded by Colonel Huggins I What a contrast Their full rimks the vigor and virility with which they kept step to the enlivening music of I their band of colored musicians their fine soldierly appearance aU spoke of I the strength and life of the strong nation na-tion whose defenders they are The I spectacle was inspiring and the effect was evidenced by roars of cheering aU along the line of their march This was repeated as the boys of the city schoolsthe younger hope ar the co n trypassed by bearing arms Corning first however in the second division I thecolored troops carried off the honors and must have been thoroughly pleased by bearing the recognition given their soldierly BIG CAMPFIE I The campfire at Music hail tonight f was attended by over 800 people A feature of the programe was singing i by the Catholic Festival chorus in which there were 800 yOipg ladles all dressed in red white and blue The address ad-dress of the evenlngwa delivered br Rev David H Moore editor of the Yestern Christian Advocate who was a colonel In the civil war He spoke for the work of the army while Chare F Sheriff national commander of the I union prisoners of war Spoke for those who were In prison I Rev C L York was the leading speaker at a campfr at Chester park and there were numerous Impromptu speeches at the campfire at Camp herman her-man A public rcepton was given to night to Rear Admiral Kelley of the National Military association and the Womans club of this city gave a brilliant lant reception to the visiting Indies NEXT COMMANDER IN CHIEF While receptions and serenades were the order everywhere the contest continued con-tinued btwen Sexton or Illinois Shaw of New York Anderson ff Kansas and Mack of Ohio for commander in chief and b twen the advocates of Denver Kansas City and Phiadelphia for the net encampmept While Sexton has been leading there is a prOspect of a combination to give one honor to the eat and the other to the west This combination is being worked In the interest in-terest af Shaw of New York for commander com-mander In chief and Denver as the place for the next encampment or possibly I pos-sibly Kansas City On the other han If Sexton wins r r tai the net encampment may gO to Jhia deiphia but the western cities are putting put-ting up the stronger fight for the next location Denver is making a very strong Bid and the friends of Sexton claim that 11w11 not op rate aainst selected him even if that city Is There has been considerable talk about Mack of Ohio withdrawing In favor of Shaw of New York as the friends of 1r C Johnson of Cincinnati insist upon him for senior vice com manderin chief and the two highest offices are not likely to go to one state Denver is especially demonstrative with a magnificent drum corps which I parades the streets with a banner saying say-ing G A R surrenders unconl tonaly to Denver in 1899 VETERANS DEFEND MKINLY lKINLJY The National Association of exPris Natonal Associaton oners of War elected the foHo1ng named officers Commander James Atwel Plts burg vice commander John Kissan Cincinnati national chaplain Rev John S Gerguson Keokul Ia historian his-torian Louis Fortesque Phiadelphia adjutant general quartermaster general gener-al Stephen Long East Orange N J I The association adopted resolutions expressing the utmost confidence in President McKinley and other execu tn officers of the admiistraUon In their acUon with regard to the army and further giving the opinion that the alarming reports of the condition of the sohiers were traceable not to complaints from the soldiers themselves them-selves but to the efforts to create sea satonal mater for publication |
