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Show that in an hour or so it would grow monotonous and tiresome, remained to the end, and not a few of them were ex-Confederates from the adjoining States of Maryland and Virginia. No man or woman could think what these 80,000 men represented without feeling interested. By-standers were constantly pointing out some man in the parade whose name was widely .known; ex- ti , U.e mon-hsJ nn f -.nl with while the children sang with spirit the old favorite war songs, and a song of welcome composed for the occasion. Gen. Schofield, the present Commander of the United States Army, was so well pleased with the singing of the little ones that after he reached the end of the parade he came back and occupied a seat in their midst until the end of the parade, and he joined right heartily in ih hnriic the Ohio post to which he belongs; Col. Jones, of," he pays the freight" fame, rode at the head of the famous 6th Mass Regiment of which he was Col., and Gen. S.F. Butler rode in a carriage in the center of the Massachusetts post named in his honor, &nd so it was all through; the interest never flagged. It is creditable to all concerned that politics have been kept out of the G-. A. R. encampment. It is not mearit by this statemant that no politics have beeu talked; that would be too much to expect in the midst of a Presidential campaign, but that politics have been kept out of all the reunions and other meetings held in connection with the encampment and that just as much honor has been accorded to Gen. Rosecrans "'Old Rosey'', the veterans Call him, a staunch democrat, as to any ot the republican members of tbe organization, organ-ization, while Gen. Butler who says he has not been for years in accord with iny political party also received his full share of attention. By no means the least pleasing feature of the monster parade, which will be talked about lor years to come by all who participated in or saw it, was the singing of 1000 school children, who were seated on a large- stand at the South end of the Treasury building, dressed in red. white and blue and so arranged as to present at a distance the appearance of a mammoth American flag. It was a pleasure to see the laces of tbe veterans as they marched past Those who snticipated higher prices for provisions during the encampment were most agreeably surprised, for by the middle of the week prices of everything, every-thing, except poultry and eggs, were a little lower than they had been a week before. Washington not only entertained its well visitors, but it took the best of care ot those who were so unfortunate as to get sick while here, the citizens committee com-mittee having had placed at its disposal before the visitors came a complete hospital fitted with all the modern appliances lor the treatment ot emergency 'cases, a half dozen ambulances, ambu-lances, and a full complement of volunteer volun-teer physicians and nurses. President and Mrs. Harrison are again in the ffhite House, having returned to Washington from Loon Lake 011 Wed nesday. And a most sorrowful homecoming home-coming it was. too. Mrs. Harrison was taken from the special car in which she had made the trip on her bed, which was carried to the White House in an Armv Ambulance, she being too weak to sit up at all. When she left Washington Wash-ington she was ablo to walk to and from her carriage supported by Mr. Harrison and her physician. That tells the whole story of her present condition. Stnce returning Mr. Harrison has spent most of his time by her bedside, and the look ot anguish upon his face and upon those of the other members of bis family tells all too plainly the fear tney feel that the invalid has come home to die, Washington Letter. Washington by its hospitable reception recep-tion and entertainment of the members of tiie G. A. R. and the friends and relatives rela-tives who accompanied them to the successful suc-cessful . National encampment just closed, sent out 350,000 advertisements, in the persons of the delighted visitors, whose talk will forever put an end to the supposition' which has been put forward 111 some quarters that the citizens citi-zens of the National Capitol were selfish, in-hospitable and lacking in public spirit, and that the city cannot take caie of a big crowd. The encampment was in every respect the greatest ever held by the G. A. R. As to the . treatment accorded 10 the old soldiers and those who came to see the llargest parade since the disbandment ot the Army at the close of the war, let them speak when they return to their homes. It is only by standing or s;tting more than seven hours, as nearly half a million of people did, to see this memorable memor-able parade pass, that a real conception can be obtained of what a parade' of So.ooo men means. Those who went to see the parade under the impression |