Show ani fa xvi d as 6 L r va W A it 40 e ter 41 A aa ime CLI ava av 47 71 aw 0 L the and 4 by ELMO SCOTT WATSON years ago the national Nati oral 0 capital witnessed the greatest greate qt mill tara tarv I 1 arade in ta tie e history of the nation it was the grand review of the victo ilous union armies at the close of the civil war for two days a solid phalanx of marching men streamed past the reviewing stand where sit the ligh h gh off dais als of tl e nation and when tl e last eclo of the head bead of this mighty 9 host on pennsylvania avenue lad died away andrew johnson had seen what no other president before or since has seen the armed ml 1 I t of america to in the form of more than a quarter of a million of fighting men when the war ended in april 1865 more tl an a million men were in the service of the united states A still larger number had been enrolled and discharged over more lad 1 ad been enrolled and were no nov v encamped in the bivouac of the dead all in all tl ti those four years of 1861 td laso a total of 2 had been called to military service wash ington was encamped the flower of tl e union forces the army of the potomac 1 10 strong and the army of the west 65 strong ro celebrate the closing of the war and to give the people an opportunity to look upon the men 1 alo I 0 bad had saved the nation edwin M stanton secie tary of war suggested that these armies be for 11 mally reviewed in tie national capital before being discharged from service and returned to io their homes accordingly under orders issued by general grant preparations were made for the review to take place on may 23 11 and 24 1805 1865 public and private buildings in ashington w ere decorated for tie ta e occasion floating flags and draped bunting w mere ere everywhere and at prominent places along the line of march wei e erected I 1 ti til I 1 arches covered with floral embel embell lUhn islin ants in front of the witte house lour four reviewing stands were built decorated with regimental lit 1 it tie flags and flowers the acl ool children of the city the girls dressed in white and tie bo bivs i in black jackets and while white trousers ii were ere asser asset lied led on the terraces and bare onies of tie capitol to sing pati lotic otle songs as the soldiers passed along the front of the capitol was spread a hue huge ban her ner inscribed with the legend the national debt we can never I 1 ay Is tl it e del t we ne owe our vie vre dorious soldiers missel I 1 along pennsylvania ave due nue perched in trees and occupying oce spying every nai dow and root roof of the houses on blat tl at historic street were the crowds which lad come from all of the north to witness it ness the pageant it wis ais asti tl mated that more than were vere there the greatest crovi crom d tl it at ashington had ever seen sl artly before nine clock on the morning of xv 23 a thrill thrift of expectancy ran through the crowd as the ii agic agle word here tt ti ey cornel comel passed down doun the line the blare of a trumpet the rall r U tt drums and down the avenue came a lit ole ie group of horsemen hoi semen at their head rode a boarded bi added officer on his shoulder straps two silver liars it was maj ben george meade th the victor evictor fa G asburg who was leading the army of the i A telof tto potomac behind him clattered I 1 Is mounted escort and ta tien en in solid rank on rank the men wi wl 0 fad ad fought with ra t dt at bbott ivania it at cold har liar I 1 or in the IN oder ue s and af a peter peters I ui aig uig g and t nf I 1 lad iid thir th ir rations with the men in gray at appomattox tl TI air uniforms wire s iltz in i faded f r tl ti ere ore had been no brushing up for tl 0 s n they rhey marched in the garb in which tl if ey had fought an I 1 tt e tl un dei lei of tleta tt air footsteps foot ster s as tt efey ey pressed steadily on with the stride of ieter its could not be drowned out even by the roaring bleers cl bors that greeted them at 9 25 15 0 clod get gerrial ei at meade lifted I 1 its Is s haord ord in as he be role past the main re reviewing lewing stand in front of the N I 1 ite flou houe e in it sat Pre president an I 1 members of I 1 Is c abinet gr ur ared ed 9 or r und tl ti en in b it illiana I 1 lant u if oi in were i ere tie 0 e dialon ats aid at d enn is s forelli f for elii countries on the left sat at a 1 ear led little irin trio wa alo 0 ba haj I 1 led this I 1 ost to hotoi y gen ulysses S rant bad bal of tt cm sto I 1 distin gulshen off officers cers of the army an I 1 nav halleck alleck Tl lane k the superb ard burnside Burnsl de tie 1 d I but Un fortun te e at tl it e head f tl e chiv try corps rode sherid in s two b vs s NN vesey egley men itt an I 1 p rge armstrong luster custer and it 9 was its cu ter w N th I 1 is long golden curls an I 1 flan brij rt I 1 tie I 1 tie th atut at was N is tl tie e b bidge ide adopted by his adoring men of tl e tl TI ird caa airy alry divisi n 1 alo I 0 in modern parI parlance JULe e the show shon from all tf t e oti ott er of era tl 1 I ere As this P y gei eril 1 alo wl tat 1 1 teen I 1 een a second lieutenant at rent 1 I ta one a bri brie dier go eral at tw tu enty tl ree and a major general at twenty four passe 1 the build ng tig a loius of joung girls in etite barg hall to the clief and ei him with I 1 gallantly Call antly he trie trio I 1 tc to ci th oz 01 e of tl e n wreaths on ti lie e point of its 1 is saber ant an 1 for a moment lot loc ened tie tl e til allt t re n t f e held on don juan the magnificent black charger wl ich lb I 1 c rode in a act ord d the h b rae f tid ad b cited aid ai d despite tt 11 e eff en arts of f tl e great real rider on I 1 is b back bilk ilk tore at top speed do don N n the avenue As custer fought in n vain to re reo tin co arol of I 1 is mount I 1 s hat fell oft h 9 arll t curls td in ta tie e sun and it was i iq tl is unforgettable pet lie of the jart of the cava I 1 e 6 alich u b arst i n thoe in tie presidents I 1 resident s ie leing stand irp in a list efort of ur rb I 1 r ip lp cu ter biou bidoul bioul I 1 t tl 11 e black ct cl arger irger to a tilt 1 lit aste As 1 e rde r de by tie beon u I 1 time in re ila aar r order the ap up id la i e NN hief had greeted 11 tie e oti od er n r I 1 leis ei s ehmed I 1 lu ut a wa I 1 I 1 er c mi ired tred to the r r tl it amt rit i 3 meet this smiling youth n w nearly covered t i jarl d r ds of flo u shortly bea re rl afree tl ree oct cl L h that afternoon t f first day of tl it e big parade paride of had en I 1 w it I 1 tad ad taken the veterans veter ars s of ti tie e iv atar ar in the I 1 a more than six houis hours to jis r ass the levied ie ng bt 1 on tie their brott brotter er veterans from tl NN est would I t av ave e their chance for tie tl e plaud ts V the crowd before daa dalig ll 11 1 I tt t the fit die e co 0 o p inces the city yere ere out watering tie tl e streets for tl splendid tary display of general araj arm reads a contemporary rien account recount of the second day of the review at 9 0 do clo k gen sherman Sher raan heading the colbun colu un marched d wn pennsylvania lenn sylvania avenue amid the din of buzzas and congratulations and a hailstorm of bouquets and wreaths I 1 general elowea in his memoirs sherman gives a ibid tion of tl it e march of his men he ile says when I 1 reached the treasury sury building tin ani I 1 looked back the sight was vas simply magnificent the column was compact and the glittering muskets looked like a solid mass of steel moving with ith it tie e regu larity of a per bulum N W e passed the treasury build ng in front of which and the wl ite house was an imn inin ense th org of people As I 1 neared the brick house opposite tl e lower corner of lafayette sluane s aare some one asked me to notice mr beward seward who still feeble and bandaged from his wounds was stabbed the t of I 1 in coins n tad fad been removed the e flat tl at he n ight 1 the troops I 1 moved in that diorec tion and took off my hat to mr seward who sat at an upper window he ile recognized recognised the salute returned it and alen tl on we ue rode steidley dily dlly past the I 1 resident stinting with our swords all on his stand arose and returned the salute then turn ing into tl 11 e gate of ta t e pres dentral g grounds rounds we left our horses with the ordal es and went upon the tar d I 1 took my post li by the site st ie of tie tt e Pres luent ent and for six I 1 ours at I 1 a I 1 alf stood wl ie the western army i osbed in tl it e order of the and boits but it if this review depre ente I 1 all tf tie e pomp and carr circumstance of v war dr tl ere ans as a i et lection of its horror and cruelty too in it tie e n arch arch of sher nans it an s n en for along tl tj em maracl ed thou san Is au of freed alai slaves es sheep fe ts p fes s com cows s and horses nv I 1 ich sl SI erman s I 1 u I 1 id I 1 feka up along tl ti e w v y in their ar u I 1 1 at ces es and pack trains tri ins were nere game cocks p calves jeN jewelry elry and a miscellaneous collot tion f ther other articles brought with 11 tiem em tack t act from tl 0 cir campaign of devastation ti ties e q uti pert aps tl e cheer ing crowds looking upon tl ese men in bt b ie as as tl ti e bev lors of the n iti n gave gan e but little thourl t to tl ti e true mean i is g of tt ti it strange aj detale nor roal ua zed the agony of defeat of hui hu 1 ger and of 1 oveita for airs to c i e for the p pe e pie of their own oun aloi which this put plit of the triumphal martli march represented I 1 lut ut even th ugh tl Is tragic inspect of a civil cor orall ill t was as lost upon it 11 em tt en ta ore were no doubt among tl if e s spectators I 1 ui ut di deeds eds who looked I 1 evoi d the rinks of the ri arel arc ing men and saw the tho invisible luil sible ranks of th se e wh were present in spirit in it Is grand re reiel len it w wis is this phan tom aray the tl ti usar ds f beolder old er dead some of f ilose b nes ties still la lay on the bittle I 1 ef pf Is of tl ti e souta t I 1 it piet H 11 rte celebrated eleb rated in or me e of his finest poems when lien he NN wrote rote I 1 read last night of the rand re leviev ae v II 11 li it t ri s 1 I 1 left least st a av em ent e I 1 0 o hundred thousand nen n en in I 1 ue I 1 tl ink ti ey said th t was tie number ill I 1 seemed to hear bear their tr in ning feet ie te bule bla t and tie ie drums drum 9 quick beat I 1 e clatter of h ofa n the stony street tad II 11 I 1 e cheers of people vv who ho came to greet nd tl e tl ti details that to repeat bild neild only my verse encumber 1 I fell in a rev rv rie he sad and sweet and then to a fitful slumber and nd then I 1 saw a phantom army come NN ith never a eo md ind of fife or drum but keeping time to a throbbing hum of wall ng and lamentation the martyred heroes of malvern hill of gettysburg and cl chancellorsville the men whose wasted figures fill the patriot graves of the nation b A A 1 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