Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-25
Iowa soldiers Reunion.

Iowa soldiers Reunion.
Tents will be pitched in regular
army style, along East Walnut Street,
beginning on the south side Of the
street, on the hillside, just west OF
the capitol building, and extending
half mile cast. The tents will all
be along Walnut Street. Governors
Square and the beautiful grove lying
between East Walnut Street and
Court Avenue, will comprise the
main portion Of the camp. The
whole Of the eastern suburbs Of the
city lying between the two streets
above named, have been thoroughly
cleared Of brush, and is now perfectly
clean. The entire camp will be
under trees. The place jsa beautiful
one, and certainly the best one that
could have been selected. There
will be room plenty forall the camps,
and plenty to spare for people who
have teams, that they wish to hitch
in the vicinity.
HOW THE CAMP WILLIE ARRANGED.
In the Reunion camp, regimental
tents will be arranged in about the
order and relative positions that
company tents were in the army, the
tents Of a regimcntfacing each other.
Tents for iifty-two regiments will be
arranged In one body on the south
side OF the street. part OF their camp
being Governors Square. The four
batteries will be encampcd on the
south side Of the street, west Of the
Capitol building. The 37th Regi-
ment Gray Boards will have their
place OF abode on the north side OF
the street, opposite Governors
Square, under nice, large oak trees.
The First Iowa colored Regiment
will be on the north side Of the street,
farther east than the camp Of the
Gray Boards. The Iowa Brigade"
four regiments) will probably be
efseamped all in one place.
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CAMP.
Nearly all the tables on which the
ra.ions are to be issued to the regi-
mental comJnissaries, are already
made and in the camp: The sinks
have all been prepared. Ten tanks
capable Of holding twenty barrels
each, are now being made and will
be put in convenient places in the
camp, and will be kept supplied with
Ice water, for Reunionists to drink.
THE MEAT AND COFFEE.
The soldiers will be served with
roast beef three times and coffee
twice day. The beef will be roast
ed by steam ut the pork house Of
Messrs. Murphy d Co, situated about
half mile south Of the camp. The
building Is a new one, having been
used but one season, and Is rs nice
and clean as tho dining room Of a
first class hotel. Every thing about
the establishment is perfectly clean.
Sixty barrels 40 gallons EACH Of
good coffee can be made at one boil
ing, and six thousand pounds Of beef
cooked Mt one roasting. These
amounts il is estimated will supply
twenty-four thousand men with
coffee and meat for one meal. The
cattle will be slaughtered In house
near the packing house.
WHERE THE WATER COMES FROM.
A cistern Is now being dug in
Capitol Square that viii hold 1900
barrels. 1t will be completed In ten
days, and will be filled with water
from the Des Moines river by the
fire engine and hose, and kept sup.
piled in the same manner.
CAPITOL SQUARE.
|. No tents will he pitched in Capitol
Square; il will be used for speech
making and Longing place, and
delightful one 1t will be.
REMARKS.
The oillcersand employees engaged
In making the preparations for this
great gathering, are doing their
duties we'll and faithfully. The
camp is n good one, the cooking ar
ranCemcnts arc good all will 60 well,
and the great Iowa Soldiers Reunion
will be an unbounded success. State
Register, 10Th inst.