Show many veterans were unable to keep in line denver sept 6 ane main event of tho grand army encampment speaking from the view point of the rank and file was the grand parade which occurred today to the veteran ahn privilege ot again treading in step willi comrades of the bronac of cl is ono for which no hardship seems too great to undergo no ordeal too severe i undertake many who arched tha two miles today were exhausted when the end was reached and many others weakened by age fall out of hinr long before the journey was completed these tottering old veterans ting their inability to remain in thi parade and giving every evidencia evid enca of their feelings mould bo cared for bv the persons nearest at hand led to x wacie they coned resl and recover from their exhaustion it was a common sight to see a grey haired old soldier sitting on ahe curbing gating wistfully at his more sturdy comrades as they passed him bi the ovation given barchers marchers mar chers was unstinting the streets were packed with people and bic windows ad roofs of the buildings along alio una of march swarmed with dumani hu mani cheering was continuous and tho grizzled old warriors kept busa bowing acknowledging and raising their hats in courteous tho total formation tor the graat parade was as follows platoon of mounted police george W cook land and drum corps i grand marshal colonel george E randolph and staff I 1 commander in chica john R king chief of staff JJ mccurdy senior vice commander G W patten surgeon gemeril Ge W R king adjutant general j E oilman jt R vice commander U B stillings judge advocate general 0 L moore champlain in chief J P bradford color bearers assistant quartermaster general J H holcomb executive committee council of administration general T D sample colonel S C james colonel L W collins general J W horsey general W II 11 armstrong colonel J C wl nans general george W cook chairman of the denver executive committee national association ot civil war musicians drum and fife corps disabled national officers in carriages the in the following gordej or dej va i ff illinois ohio new york connecticut massachusetts chu new jersey avalne california and nevada rhode asand new hamp steiro vermont potomac Poi omac virginia maryland nebraska michigan iowa indiana kansas delaware to missouri oregon kentucky west virginia south casoia Da soia washington arkansas new mex co utah tennessee louisiana and mississippi florida texas montana idaho arizona georgia alabanza north dakota indian territory oklahoma colorado and light had fallen during tha night but the weather cleared this morning and the annual grand arav parade has never taken place under mors favorable auspices |