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