The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-23
The Old Camp Grounds.

Army of West Virginia assemblies in
annual reunion at Cumberland--a'
veritable tenting again on the old
camp ground. my Maryland's"
second city in commercial rank, bat
otherwise by many claimed the first,
is getting into gala attire for the mo-
mentous event with a heartiness and
an enthusiasm which cannot but
make this years meeting one of the
happiest and most thoroughly enjoy
able known since the organization of
the Society. Each and every inhab-
liant appears to look upon it as a
bounden and, at the same time, joy
Gus duty to make the gallant soldier
boys believe there can be no place
like 1.-THE Queen City" Ifmore than
one ofthe whilom lads in blue leaves
not his heart with the girl he left be-
hind him in the lovely town, it will
not be the fault of the famed bellies of
Cumberland. Big, openhearted and
hoSpitable people, there will be such
an opening of doors and so great the
multiplicity of latch-strings on the
outside, that the boys will wonder if
they have not fallen upon town
where the entire population is as a
single family. r
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
is one of Cumberland's greatest instj-
buttons, the leader, in fact, for about
the solid old corporation cluster many
of the foremost enterprises of the
city. No wonder then that the B. &
o. should enter heartily into thespir-
it pervading the place. and throw
open its entire great system tOa rate
Of but half the regular fare.
The reunion commences on Sep
TENDER I'd and continues to and con-
Guiding the 4th. The round trip
railroad tickets go on sale August 80,
and will be sold good for the trip to
and including September 4th. For
the return trip they will be accepted
for passage up to and including Sep.
TENDER the 9Th. This. affords a limit
of ten days, certainly liberal oppor-
tunity to enjoy the benefits of the ex-
ceedingly low rates and the striking
Iy entertaining series of events on the
card for the week. This will be an
old.time tented camp, located conve-
niently to the central point of inter-
est, and will be most comfortably ar
ranged and thoroughly we'll manag-
ed, Sheridan will be of the distin-
guiShed generals present, and Han
cock, Mcclellan. ROsecrans, Segel,
Kelley, Hunter, Schenck, Emory,
Crook, Carroll, Mcmillan, Carlin, and
a host of others, with all the several
commanders of the army of West
Virginia Hayes (ex-President), Du-
vail, Ayerill, Golf, Powell, and great
names until they would fill column
of space. Every detail will be look.
ed after to insure the comfort and
convenience of all. No extra charge
of any character will be made at the
hotels or elsewhere, and at Camp
Thoburn" meals will be furnished at
the nominal price of % cents and no
charge for lodging.
Following the close of the Society
exercises on the 4th there will be a
grand parade of military, Grand
Army posts, veterans, etc., which
will eclipse anything of the kind ever
known in the State. Then will come
visits to the most memorable of bat.
fairgrounds, the B. & o. having ar
ranged for throwing open its Valley
division to exceptionally low rates in
order that all may again behold the
scenes of the struggles that years ago
tried mems souls" No such oppor-
tunity has hitherto been vouchsafed
for iaunt to the historic ground,
and an especially interesting feature
will be the return via the wonderful
Cave Obituary. Nothing to approach
these amazing cayerns exists in the
country to-day. and the trip itself is
ample recompense for weeks jour-
ney.
If there is anything being left un-
done by the good people of Cumber-
land to render the first week in next
month series of almost unending
pleasure, it certainly is not apparent
upon the face of things.