The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-17
NATIONAL ENcAMPMENT.
Eastern Promenade Assuming a Mil
itary Appearance.
Four Hundred and Fifty Tents
Already In Position.
Meeting of the Committee of Com
fort.

The Encampment begins to take form on
the Eastern Promenade, last night 45O tents
were in place. The camp committee have
now got a good crew at work and everything
goes smoothly. The Maine tents are oecu-
pying depth of two rows of twelve tents
each on street twelve feet wide, but some
of the rows to be erected will contain two
rows of but six tents each. Booths are rap
idly going up, and the warm weather tempt
ed lots of people yesterday to visit the spot
and take in the sea-breeze.
Tonight the Electric Light Company will
test the working of the lights that have been
placed for the encampment ON the Eastern
Promenade. Twenty-Five lights have been
placed along the street on 25 feet poles 100
feet apart and it will present beautiful
sight 1t will give the citizens grand OPP
portunity to view the grounds before the en-
campment commences.
The Advertiser says "a lady living at the
East end says she fed tramps for several days
finding it hard to refuse their request for
food, especially when she was in the midst
of her forenoon cooking Taking walk on
the promenade one evening, she saw six or
eight fellows playing cards under a tree.
Drawing nearer she recognized them as the
men she had furnished with food on several
occasions. They had been taking their
meals with her and rooming on the prome-
made. She has now hardened her heart and
proposes to keep a private boarding house no
longer
j. J. Gerrish, Esq, will entertain Gov.
Pingree of Vermont, his adjutant and quar-
termaster generals
Gen. S. s. Burdette of Washington will be
at the Falmouth Hotel.
The telephone placed in camp headquar-
ters-where Gen. Beal cordially receives Wis
itOrS-iS No. 562.
The complete 1st and Ind regiments of
militia and three companies of the reserve
militia will take part in the parade.
The arches to be erected in Congress square
and near the encampment headquarters will
cost $500 each
Lancaster block is being decorated for the
great event and presents a fine appearance
James NJ. Parker post of Mt. Desert want
camp quarters.
Hon Hannibal Hamlin and Mrs. Hamlin
will stay at Mr.. Lewis Browns ON State
street
The trustees have offered the free use Of
Union hall at Ferry Village.
Gen. Morrison Of New York will quarter
at the Ottawa House.
Ii 10 tADcCltu blidt uDMdIuS VI
mans will arrive in Boston next Monday via
the Boston and Albany and Fitchburg, des-
tined for Portland. The Boston and Maine
will run quite number of specials to ac-
comnodate the rush of ex-soldiers to Port
land next week.
The town authorities of Deering will add
thirty-two qualified officers in addition to the
number reported two weeks ago, which will
provide fifty day and night watchmen, sta
toned at various points Of the town during
the Encampment
Friday, June 26, the executive committee
will give the delegates and invited
guests sail down the harbOr on
steamer Lewiston, and a clam bake pT0ba-
bly, on Chebeague island. Chambers band
will go.
Burnside Post will leave Auburn by spec
ial train on the Grand Trunk Railway, with
about three hundred men, Monday, June y,
at u O'Clock a. m, and will arrive in Port
land about 8 o'clock a. IN.
Gen. Capehart is the poSSeSS0r OF the chair
which Gen. Grant occupied during the sign
ing of the articles of surrender between him
and Gen. Lee Gen. Capehart was at the
time in command of the Third Brigade of
Clusters cavalry. The General is resident
of Fargo, OAK, and will be at the Encamp-
ment, and will bring the chair with him, and
it will be on free exhibition during the En-
campment.
John A. Andrew Post, of Boston, has ac-
cepted an invitation rendered by Thatcher
arrival here by steamer next Monday after
noon about four O'Clock. ThBtcher Post will
escort the Boston Post to Thatcher Hall
where refreshments will be furnished and
speeches of welcome made. The John A.
Andrew Post have secured Congress Hall for
their headquarters during the encampment
week.
At the meeting of the citizens held last eve
ming at the Common Council room, Genera
Anderson was called to the chair and G. W.
Roberts was chosen secretary. By the re-
quest of General Anderson Col. Moore stated
the object of the meeting was to form citi-
zens' committee of public comfort or safety.
from a large number of citizens whose duty
it will be to aid the executive committee in
taking care of the comfort of the many old
veterans that will be here at that time They
will wear badge, distinetively their own so
that they Will be known, and none of the old
soldiers will hesitate to ask from them any
information they may be seeking for, also to
assist the police and in fact in any way make
themselves useful. After few remarks
from Col. |. S. Bangs on the same subject
Mr. David B. Kicker made motion that
committee of five be appointed by the chair
to select a committee of 150citizens to be dis
tributed among the different wards.
The chairman appointed. Geo. d; Moore,
David b. Kicker, Clark Barker, William G.
Soule and George w. Parker.
The object of the meeting having been ac-
complished the meeting adjourned, the COM
mittee being requested to report as soon as
possible.
Col. Moore reports that the selectmen Of
Deering have revoked the license granted the
combination which was to give series of
athletic and sporting entertainments in Pre-
sumpscOt park during the encampment.