The National tribune., 1885-09-10
TIE ENCANPMENT,
More Discussions of the Date at
Which 1t Should Be Held.
MINNESOTA WANTS MAY.


To THE EDITOR: l see there is considerable
chin music about the time of holding the next
National Encampment at San Francisco. In
behalf of Minnesota, | should say that Com
rade kountz is right. May is the best time
for every one-merchants, doctors, lawyers and
mechanics can get away as well then as any
time. What will our farmers be doing? Sim
ply working corn and potatoes in the North;
in the South, working cotton and corn. TAX
ing Gen Grosvenors time-last of July or first
of August-we Northwestern farmers would
all be right in our harvest, and certainly could
not go; and good many of US intend to CO.
A. ii. TAYLOR, Alexandria, Mimi.
DAKoTIANs WANT NAY.
To THE EDITOR: l see quite little said in
THE TRIBUNE about the National Encampment
next year and the time for it to be held Now
1 think that if it is held at any other time
than in May, it will positively stop hundreds
from going that would go in May, especially
here in Dakota, which is about the only month
we old boys that have come out here on to the
frontier to get us homes can leave. If we ex-
pect to make living on our homes we will
have to stay. July aud August are our harvest
time, and September our thrashing time. /
hope that the choice will be for the best time,
but any other time but May will kill Dakota's
chance for observation-disclosures ELsoM, Post
"a, Worthwhile, Oak.
AN IOWAN DOES NOT WANT IT IN MAY.
To THE EDITOR: l am one of the many
readers of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE and ex-
pect to be as long as | live providing the paper
is published and L keep my eyesght). Now,
in regard to San Francisco. | noticed in The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE, July 80 that Past Com
mander-in-Chief Kountz thought the month
of May would be the best time to hold the
National Encampment i'll San Francisco. That
time OF the year may suit him and a great
many Others but it will not suit the comrades
and soldier farmers, for that would come right
in corn planting, when every farmer ought to
be ut home in his field at work, and 90 out of
100 will be, unless the Encampment is held at
some other date The middle of June would
suit them better than May, and September or
October would suit them still better. !, for
one, would like to go, and would like to see
the old Fifteenth John A. Logan's) Corps-the
cartridge box and 40 rounds-wall represented
there, and l think they will bs if the Encamp-
ment is held in June or in the Fall, and the
railroads are tolerably liberal with US. / would
like to hear from some of the farmer comrades
through The NATIONAL TRIBUNE on the sub
ject. Come to the front comrades and let US
have your opinion on the matter. If it does no
good it certainly will do no harm.-SYLvANUs
BoNNELL Salem, Henry Co., Iowa.
WANTS 1T IN MAY.
To THE EDITOR: As was to be expected, a
great diversity of opinion as to the best time
to hold the National Encampment at San Fran
cisco next year is being developed. No time
can be named that will suit all comrades
Now, why not accept the opinion Of Past Com
mander-in Chief Kountz and go in the best
season for comfort and sightseeing. A trip
across the hot and dusty plains in August means
much discomfort and hardship. Of course, we
can stand it if necessary. We have endured much
worse than that will be, but that, in my opinion,
should be avoided unless it can be clearly
shown that August will insure the greatest
attendance. Other things being equal, the
writer would prefer August as the most con-
venient time to leave home. Our Western
comrades should consider that we of the East
have thousand miles, more or less, at each
end of the trip to make than they have, in
voving greater outlay in time and money,
added TO the inevitable discomforts of being
closely packed in cars during the sultry Sum-
mer season. / believe that, all things consid-
cred, more will go earlier in the season, and
we all wish the greatest crowd in numbers and
enthusiasm in the history of our Order
NINTH ARMY CoRPs.