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12 KALAMAZOO TELEGRAPH-PRESS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. A<br />

E<br />

PRAOTICAIJLY ALL VETERAN'S<br />

WHO WERE EXHAUSTED<br />

LEAVE HOSPITAL.<br />

WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 30.—<br />

^ost of the 200 Civil war veterans<br />

taken to hospitals yesterday when<br />

they became exhausted in the G. A.<br />

R. parade had fully recovered today<br />

and were ready for participation<br />

in the remainder of the annual reunion<br />

program. A majority of the<br />

aged men stood the march from the<br />

Capitol to tho White House well,<br />

but others were forced to drop out<br />

of line because of exhaustion. Hospitals<br />

and emergency relief stations<br />

established along the route of the<br />

parade on Pennsylvania avenue w ere<br />

were kept busy but there were no<br />

fatalities. Most of the cases were<br />

treated and immediately dismissed.<br />

The veterans had a busy day before<br />

them, the program being featured<br />

with a reception at the White<br />

House by President Wilson to the<br />

surviving officers of the Civil war;<br />

a business session at Camp Emery,<br />

headquarters of the G. A. R., and<br />

the dedication of a jubilee tablet at<br />

Mamassas, Va.<br />

Among those expected to attend<br />

the White House reception were Colonel<br />

David J. Palmer,, commanderin-chief<br />

of the G. A. R. and three<br />

surviving commander-in-chiefs, Mapor<br />

Rosseur, Captain Beers and<br />

Lieutenant Eli Torrance.<br />

ll<br />

IS SESSION IT FRISCO<br />

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