Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30
The Winona Encalnp1nent.. II

55 Co. e of this village will attend the
military enca,npment at Winona dur-..
ing the wee commencing July7, and
anything relative to the prospects for
4 good time will he read with interest
by the boys. The following from q
lVinona paper Of recent date shows
that the citizens Of that place viii do
everything possible to make the occ,~
sion grand success, and enjoyable by
adj who attend: % H.. 81 II s'f f.
] 4 ne grand Military el,canspfncnt 10 take place
IN this city Ell July I and continue one week,
is attracting Wide-spre.li attention The citi.s
gems OF WInona with their accustomed s.eneros.
ify have FULLY determined that tlerisitfng SOIL
diers shall be Hospitality entertained and the
necessary appointments for the grand military
tete sill be fully up to any encampmcnt ever:
held in the state. For the purpose Of coueerted
action aud org nized werk in mak king the need
1ul preparations; for the encamplnent, d joint
meeting OF members OF tho city council board
OF trade, Winona Guards and citizens Mas held
at the board OF trade rooms on Tuesday evening
10 make necessary arrangements for the en-
camprncnt Secretary Phelps Of the board of
trade briefly stated the object of the meeting,
whercupon Goa. @, B. Gould was elected chair.
man. and c. Fl. Porter secretary. Captain NJ I.
Hackley then addressed the meeting, giving q
statement of the materials that Col. Bobleter
said would be required for the encarlp1nent:
After lengthy discussion concerning the best
plan of accomplishing the work tn be done, the
matter was satisfactorily determined by Prof
Phelps moving that the chair appoint at It's
pleasure general cosnn,ittse of arrangements
and reception, numbering fifteen, whose duty it
shall be to have general change ofall arrange
lnents Tor the encaHp1nent, and to the chairman
OF which all subcommittee shall report. The
dol ,sfS,, ~,
relation to grounds was appointed, consisting of
Q. B. Gould, John Kendall and w. F. Phelps.
An advertising committee, composed of W. f.
the!ps and W; A. Allenwas then appointed. On
motion, the advertising committee was author
lied to confer with the railroads for reduced
rates Of fare during the encampment. On mo-
tlon the chair was authorized to appoint at
pleasure committee of five to solicit subscrip-
tions for n1oney to defray' the expenses Of the
encampment. The sum req uired is estimated at
81, 200 Alderman Allen. chairman of the water.
works committee of tie city council, with Al
derman Murphy, NJ. Toye and Capt Hackley
were appointed a committee on water supply,
Some discussion ensued relative to supplying
the camp with water, it being deemed feasible
to lay a temporary pi pc from the terminus of the
c, CIT, ma1ns to the camp at a small expense. The
chairman was on motion authorized to appoint
a committee of three, of which he should be
chairman, to procure horses, Ten riding horses
will be required by the officers, and 40 these
seem difficult to obtain, any citizen having a
along. will confer s. favor by SO informing Mr..
Gould The question OF the sale of the suffers
privilege then came up for discussion, and it
was stated that an offer of $500 had been made
for it, but as it is known that othor parties ara
contemplating bidding for the privilege its sale
is still held open. During the proceedings Of
the meeting it was STATED that in addition to the
Second regiment and the Emmett Light Arti!-
lery 1t was understood that invitatons had been
extended to the La Crosse Light Guards and to-
the military companies at GAINESVILLE, Madison,
Dubuque and other cities with view of max
ing it what it. undoubtedly will be one Of the
finest military encanpments ever heldin the
Northwest The number of visitors who will
come to Winona during the encanplnent il es-
timated at from ten to fifteen thousand people,
aud it is contemplated that 5000 people will be
upon the ground each day during dress parade.
There is project being agitated to extend the
street car line from its eastern terminus to the
camp ground. The sentiment expressed is
unanimously in favor of making it the greatest
GALA week overhead in Southern Minnesota, and
Winona may be relied upon in doing all with
in its power to make everybody Welcome and
happy during the encampment. g..