Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-27
NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT, @. A. r..
"Camp Vandervoort" mt Denvcr-Prep-
arntions for the Reception Of the
Veterans

arutions for the Reception of the
Veterans.
A Denver, COL, despatch says The adj
vance guard of the veterans who will attend
the convention of the Grand Army ofthe Re
public has arrived at Denver, and at least
90 QUO old soldiers are assembled in the city.
The delegation from New England arrived
Sunday night and were assigned their quar-
tiers. The city is crowded with men wearing
not only the G. A. Il. badge but the various
badges of the old army corps to which they
were attached during the war. The Colora-
do department, the legislature and the people
individually have contributed ample funds
to assure II magnificent entertainment and a
gorgeous success even at this early hour, and
IN defiance of possibly destroying freaks OF
weather. The merchants Of the city have ex-
pended thousands of dollars in decorating
their houses and the streets. The main thor
oughiarcs are all arched and bcdccked with
evergreens, bunting aud motto designs.
Eighteen immense frame arches are being
constructed. These will BIZ surmounted with
lower figures and emblems of war
and battles, and clothed in rich CARDS of or
namcnts.
In the camp there are in all 1870 tents, In
size as follows: Six hundred 12x14, 600
l0X12, $50 0x9. The remainder are large
tents of various sizes, and altogether ac-
commodate 10, 900 persons. The important
item OF water supply is from well on the
grounds sixteen feet in diameter and sixty
feet deep, which is filled nearly to the sur.
face. A sytcm of cast-iron water-pipes con-
ducts water Though every street in the en-
q N MT l.xr f,,l ,tA
engine. AT convenient points water-pugs
are located, from which, by use of hose,
every portion of the extensive grounds will
be thoroughly wet down every night. The
amount OF water In the well is SO great that
when the reservoir of the Commissary depart
ment, holding $1,000 gallons, was filed it
only lowered the water in the well less than
an inch. The grounds are lighted by sixteen
electric towers. The most striking feature
OF the camp is the cooking apparatus, which
is built. in some departments on a principle
never before attempted. General w. Ii. Gard
nerof Massachusetts is the inventor. The cof-
lee will be made by the steam heating process
by the barrel. There are ten of these, of
forty gallons capacity each, the supply every
thirty minutes beng II pint each Tor 10000
men. There are Immense ovens for baking
bread and roasting beef, and huge steam
tanks for boiling meat the capacity in every
instance being sufficient Tor every thirty min
u,cs Tor 10000 people. Four brick furnace
boilers eau preparc 1900 pounds of beefsteak
an hour for the table. A system OF refrigera.
tors and vegetables warmers completes the
kitchen. When the design was adopted men
OF experience UNANIMOUSLY condemned il as
being impracticable, but tests ami trials made
to-day have demonstrated its success. Meals
will be served in II building 1000 feet
long and 30 feet wide, through which
run two rows Of tables with benches
for guests. From the cook house the
steaming victuals will be conveyed to the fur
Their extreme of the dining room over a tram
way. Everything will be served with the
neatness and despatch of first-class hotel.
The bill of fare will be as follows Roast
and boiled beef, pork and beans, bread and
butter, potatoes, coffee, milk corn, tomatoes,
lettuce, onions cheese and pickles Two
thousand persons can be received every
twenty minutes, making the to.al meal capac-
ity 5000 an hour. Corporal James Tanner
formerly of Brooklyn, candidate for the hon
or OF national COMMUNICATIVE chief, arrived
last Friday. He anticipates hard fight in
the convention, but is certain of election. 1t
is generally feared, however, that Gen. Hen
ny A. Barnums candidacy will so seriously
disrupt the New York delegation that
both himself and the former Will be shut
out. There are in all ten candidates for the
position.