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Show , - . , r " T " 1 . r- r- fS r nr.. r. enrarrmer.t placed the numberat 100,-with 100,-with tbe l.kWlhood ct another hundred hun-dred thousand for the G. A. R. parade tomorrow. Today's rarade moved at U o'clock, ft oC v f lnarna was Capt. Don Reid. At the Etatehouse, where the decorations decora-tions are of particular appropriateness and beaty, tho column was reviewed VJo.hn Batea' wlth members of his starr. At city hail Mayor Pat-lC Pat-lC CoUta nd the City Council re- vWedvthe aJlor ' nd the veterans while the procession passed in review bet?r CUlet- Marshal Reid at Beacon and Charles streets. v r0ST0: J -s.Aug. 15.-For the thlrty-e' time since the Civil war the surviving veterans who fought In the Union army "assembled today , !n annual encampment. ;, The encampment of the veterans as ' well as of the subsidiary organizations, including tbe National Women's Relief Corps, the National Daughters of Vet-A Vet-A erans, the National Sons of Veterans and other organizations was formally opened today. The American flag was ' seen everywhere, and red white and .... blue bunting was - shown from the fronts of business houses, hotels, theaters, thea-ters, newspaper oHlces and residences from one end of the city to the other. There were fifteen events scheduled, for today, principal of which was the parade pa-rade of the Union ex-prisoners f war, Massachusetts naval brigade, Jacklee aad marines from tbe warships tn Boston Bos-ton harbor and. others. Of this parade the men of the G. A. R. were spectators. specta-tors. Their own big pars.de will come on Tuesday with business sessions later la-ter n the week. -. . Ctetnmander-in-Chief John C. Black v" , of the Grand Army, today assumed active ac-tive command of the great encamp- meat. A conservative estimate' of the people In this city on account of i the |