Daily globe., 1883-08-17

the veterans gave themselves up entirely to
the pleasures of the beautiful locality in
which their tented field was surrounded
and made many good catches of fish,
which they cooked in primitive manner
over their camp fire Goals.
While many who had been in attendance
on Thursday had returned home, the arri-
val of Robertson Post, OF Delano, closed
up the gap, while the later trains from
Minneapolis and the boats brought
deputation to attend the evening camp fire
exercises.
The afternoon was spent by many in the
camp in social chat, while occasionally the
grand stand was occupied by vocalists and
instrumental music, with the occasional ap-
pearance of comic genius who set the
quickly assembled audiences into uproarous
fits of laughter.
The discussion of the vetrans in regard
to the uncalled for attack of the 'P. P.'' in
reference to the Grand Army was the sub
ject of frequent discussion, and all seemed
to be in full sympathy with Department
Commander Rea and Past Post-Com-
mander Hicks, of Minneapolis, in their
merited reproof of the conduct of a
journal which has profted so much from
the members of the association, it being
remarked that prominent Republicans who
had for years been its patrons were the
most outspoken against this very mal1g-
nant and non-merited outrage.
The exact language used by Col. Hicks
on Wednesday was that ''the man who
wrote the article in regard to the Grand
Army was not worthy of notice and was
coward, as was the man who published the
ir1f ho ,rub
of the support of the Grand Army vet
erans."
AS your reporter took down these words
from one Of the most distinguished officers
present, the comrades seemed to be in
fnitely pleased that the language was to
be published verbatim which so thoroughly
expressed their feelings on this subject.
The camp was officered by Deputy Com
mander Col. j. P. Rea; Ada tent General
Samuel Bloomer; Capt. Babb, commander
OF post No. 4; Capt. John West, officer of
the guard, and Al. Cook, drum major.
Sixteen different posts of the state were
represented and nearly 800 names were
registered at the camp headquarters.
At $50 p. m. yesterday the veterans and
their wives and children were assembled
for dress parade armed with pieces of Iath,
humorous occasion, as they went through
the drill and other warlike evolutions, with
more blunders than Talmage enumerated
IN his late lecture on that subject. An
official order of disgust from Capt. Babb
was read at the parade, which called the
forces to account for the offense of letting
COW remain near the camp the previous
night without being stripped, but the
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minable muddle of the order by trying to
surmise whether the captain was finding
fault at the cows not being MIXED or
skinned. Another order made great mer-
riment, which was in effect a reprimand
of the command for not observing that
several chicken coops in the vicinity were
inhabited until the chandeliers had thrice
announced the approaching dawn.
The sun was soothed to rest by the old
original drum corps of the Second Mime
sofa, without any admixture of the musical
skill of ante-bellum days in it, who gave
all the old battle and camp airs with a
vengeance and who made their final sa-
laan amid vociferous plaudits by kingly
rendering of 'The Girl 1 Left Behind
Me-"
AS the evening progressed the grand
terms, with big camp fire in front, when
the exercises were taken in hand by Adju-
tant General Hawley, who presided over
them in his usual felicitous manner. The
programme was opened with neatly rem
dered medley song by Mrs. Norton, which
brought down the campers in enthusiastic
applause. This was followed with a speech
from Comrade Holt, who spoke of the
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peace, then in war, and again in peace, and
who counseled them, as leach year reduced
their number by death, to keep up by their
example and conduct, the noble record of
their heroic service in the preservation of
the republic, and counseled them to tenn
perance and sobriety as an important
factor in so doing.
Capt. W. D. Hawkins, of st. Paul, was
called upon for song and mounted the
rostrum amid the greetings and sallies of
his old comrades at arms, who demanded
''Old Shady" "Doc" announced that he
would obey their requests and very char
acteristically struck up Marching Through
Georgia" with vim that forced every one
who could make motions with their mouths
to join him in the chorus.
just at this time steamer whistle caused
a hasty reportorial stampede to the land
ing, breaking in two one of Gen. Hawley's
stories which had long dashboard, but
whose blackboard We were forced to leave
in the shady recesses of the sylvan grove
in the rear of the Lake Park house.
Although the governor failed to put in
an appearance, from the speech and song
eloquence we left behind US, it is safe to
say they Just had bald headed army
night of it, without any sentry to blow out
their lights and put them in the guard
house.
FRAGMENTS.
A dance was held in the Lake Park
Amusement hall on Thursday evening, at
which at one time $50 couples were on the
floor and fully 500 spectators were present.
This elegant pavilion is in course of com
pletion and was kindly thrown open to
the veterans by the proprietors who were
furnished music by the Lake Park string
band in their grand free to all hop
The next state encampment will be held
at Minneapolis at the same time of the
grand national encampment, which occurs
in the latter part of June, 1884.
The proprietors OF the steamer Belle of