The Boys In Blue

A MIUHTY HOST. Bt. Louis, SepL 'Si .-The mobilization of "the Grand Army of the Republic has been Bucceeeful beyond expeotat.on, and last Dight ft was estimat ui that 50,000 veterans v-ere In the city. The morning trams to-day and the specials that wlU arrive before the parade wlll add 12,000 to 15,000 to this number. These figures do not lnclude the army of friends and rolatives who accompany the comrades, and who will reinaln during the enoampment From the itatietics compiled by the registry department of the Encam pineut Cummittee it appears that about 40,000 veterans will be In line to-day. The number from each departxnent has been figurad up with this result: Illinois 10,0 0 The Potoniae 2M Missouri S.OtX' Kentucky lüO Kansas 5,000 Texas 1Ü0 Indiana 8,00uConneotlcut 10J lowa S.lOjiVermoat 63 Ohio 1,600 LouUiana 60 Nebraska 1,000 Manie 50 Pennsylvanuv . . . . 1,000 Virginia 50 ïïew Vork 1.000 Mew H nip,hire.. 50 "Wlsconsin l,uu' Weet Virginia 50 California l.OtKiiRhode Island 50 Minnesota 300 Deiaware 83 Michigan 800 Montuna 25 Arkansas w Oregon 23 Massachubetts... 10 Utah 23 New Jersey 10 Jakota 50 Maryland 10 Saw Mexico 25 Colorado 10 i'tae Gulf SS Washington Ter.. 10 fenn. and Ga 100 The line of march is -ix miles long, andex"tends throu.h the ijnesi business and resldence fitreets. The veterans wlll maich twelve abreast and ten feet apart, and there is a coroTtiaTv'er foreach platoon. The War-Governors are represented by ■fhe followinff gentlemen: Governor Sprngue, of Khodelsland; Governor Oglesby, of Illinois; Governor Bialr, of Mchigan; Governors Crawf ord and Carney, of Kansas ;GoverncrSaunders, of Nebraska; Governor Parker, of New Jersey; Governor Smith, of Vermont; Governor Lewis, of WiBconsin; Governor Tierpont, of West Virginia; Governors Utantord and Low, of California, The venxable Hannibal Hamlin, the only living "Vioe-President, is a consplcuous figure at Jieadquarters. Tie lllumination and decoration of the city eurpass even the wonderful effect produced last year during the Tr.ennial Conclave of the'KntghtsTemnlar. The National encin;pinentB have been held in the following citie: 1866 IndianapoliS'187? Provtdence 1867 , . None 1878 .. Springfield, Mass 1868... . ..Philadelphia 1879 Albany 1869 Cincinnati 1880 Dayton, O Í870 Washington 1881 Indianapolis 1871 Boston 1882 Baltimore 187 Cleveland 1883 Denver 3873 New Haven 1884 Minneapolls '3874 Harrisburg 1885 Portland 3875 Chicago 1886 San Francisco J876. Philadelphiai The list of Commanders-in-Chief com■prises: Stephen A. Hurlbut.IUinoIs 1866 John A. Logan, Ilünuie 186-'69-'70 A. E. Burnslde, Rhode Island 1871-'7'i Charles Devens, Jr.. Massachusetts . ...1873-'74 John F. Hartranft, Pennsylvania 1875-'76 John C. Robinson, New York 1877-'78 "William Earnshaw, Ohio 1879 Louis Wagner. Pennsylvania 1880 George S. Merrill, Massachusetts 1881 Paul Vandervoort. Nebraska 1882 Robert B. Beath. Pennsylvania 1883 John S. Kountz, Ohio 1884 S. S. Burdett. Washington. D. C 1885 Lueius Fairchild, Wisconsin 1886 Seoond only in iinjiortance to the Grand Army itee'f is the Woiiau's Relief Corps, organized at Denve, July 23, 1883. Mrs. E. Florence Baker, of Massactrasetta, was :ed National President, and Mrs. Sarah E. Fuller, National Seoretary. The organization spread rapidly, and every State and Territorv i ■; represented. The merabership thia year is put at 43,000, and 10,000 are at the encanipinent. Mrs. Elizabeth d'Arcy Kinne, of San Francisco, is the National President.