The Portland daily press., 1885-06-20
THE ENcAMPM ENT.
Circular Giving General Information
About the Event.
How the "Boys" viii Arrive, and
what They Will DO.
The Gathering to surpass Any Previ-
Gus One.
Where the Various Headquarters
Will Be Located.

| The G. A. r. committee on the National
| Encampineht have published 1000 copies of a
| neat circular of 16 pages, giving In a general
way information about the encampment next
| week. The following is an abstract:
Those who have been assigned to quarters in
| Portland, Peaks Island, or the Ottawa House on
CqShings Island will come into o the city
CuShings Island will take carriages to the steam
boat Wharf on arrival in the city.
| Those whose quarters are at Old Orchard and
| come via Boston should take the Boston & Maine
| Rnllroadland stop at the Beach.
Those coming from Boston BY the Eastern, Rail
| road must come to Portland and take the Boston
/ Maine Railroad to Old Orchard
/ Those coming via Portland s. Rochester rail
road must come to Portland and take same route
| to Old Orchard.
Those coming via Portland & 0gdensburg rail-
road must stop at the Boston 4 Maine Transfer
station just out of Portland and thence to Old Or
1 chard.
Those coming via Grand Trunk Railway must
] come into the city and remain i'll the cars upon
/ reaching the Grand Trunk Depot which Will be
/ run across the city to the Boston s. Maine Rail-
way Depot and thence by that road to Old Or
| chard.
These committees will wear distinctive
/ badges as follows:
Members Of the executive committee and all
| sub committees OF the executive, purple
Members OF the citizens committee Of public
| comfort, red.
A plenty Of hacks, carriages and omni-
buses will be In waiting at the degot to con-
| vey passengers. The prices arranged for these
! different conyeyanesSary from 10 to so cents,
| the latter being the extreme price for an
| adult person to any part of the city, and two
| dollars per hour for hacks. In addition to
the above large number of boys with APP
propriate badges will be in attendance at the
| several dep0ts and headquarters Of the exc
ecutiye committee to actas Guides" to quar-
ters, etc.
Comrades are cautioned to seek no infor-
with members of the committee or with these
headquarters.
The executive committee and the several re-
ccpti0n committees will arrange to have
members of these committees at different
depots on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday to
answer all interrogatories and direct com
rades to their quarters
l. ). Bangs, chairman OF the committee on
hotels and quarters, will make his head
quarters at the Office of the Falmouth hotel
Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
Goth to 23d current, to whom all inquiries In
regard to hotels should be addressed; and all
inquiries in regard to quarters In private
houses should be addressed to A. NJ. Sawyer,
secretary, 400 Congress street
Posts arriving before Monday afternoon
I'D, would do well to telegraph ahead to A.
NJ. Sawyer, secretary, the time and train
upon which they will arrive.
DtltRdbtS ITDlll UllItIt0b VIII
telegraph as above to |. S. Bangs, chairman,
Falmouth hotel. 1t is hoped that all COM
rades will be as considerate as possible
under any discomfort in the quarters assign
3D., remembering that this is the largest
gathering of the g. A. r. ever convened.
Bulletins giving the location of the differ
ent departments aad headquarters will be
placed in all the hotels and at Camp U. s.
Grant. All posts arriving in the city from
other States will report by messenger to the
Ef ffxrr
400 Congress street, the total number of
comrades and musicians. Allposts in Maine
will report direct to Headquarters, Depart
ment Of Maine, II Market square, to Asst.
Adjt Gen. L. b. Hill.
PROGRAMME:
MONDAY, JUNE %.
Reception of visiting comrades and assigning
them to quarters.
1Op. m.-Tatt0O.
1870 p. m-Taps.
TUESDAY, JUNE %.
600 a. m.-Reveille.
500 a. m-Surgeons call; general parade OF
national and department organizations of the
Grand Army of the Republic, ex-sodiers and
sailors escorted by the First Brigade, Maine mill
tia, Gen. j. Marshall Brown commanding.
ROUTE OF PROCESSION.
The parade will start from the corner of North
and Congress streets, thence to Washington, down
Washington to Cumberland, to New High, to
Pine to State street square through State to Dan
forth, to Park, to Spring, to High. to Congress
square, down Congress to the reviewing stand
ON Lincoln Park, where after passing in review
the parade will be dismissed.
$50 p. m.--Sunset gun.
7.30 p m.-Public reception to the National
Encampment Grand Army of the Republic, at
City Hall by the citizens Of Portland, and the De-
partment Of Maine to John s. Kountz, Com
$50 D. m.-Two grand camp fires at Camp U. S.
Grant-one on the right, the other on the left of
During the evening display of sea fire works
from the shore of Eastern Promenade.
II p m-Tattoo.
IL p. m.-Taps.
WEDNESDAY JUNE "a.
6 a. m..-ReyeiIle.
10 a. disbursements of barious kinds.
II a. Insurgents call; meeting. Of the 10Th
ing Of the Woman's National Relief Corps at Me
clanics Hall.
Between and p. m a balloon ascension from
Lincoln Park by Gus Rogers of Faulkner, Mass
6.30 p m.--Snnset gun.
7.3o p: n.-Public reception of the Woman's
National Relief Corps to Mrs Kate b. Sherwood,
National President, at City Hail..
During the evening display of fireworks at the
camp.
10p. m.-Tattoo.
IL p m.-Taps.
THURSDAY, JUNE %.
Ga m.-Reveille
10a. m.-Surgeon's call meeting of regimental
associations; miscellaneous amuSementS; excur-
sons to the principal islands in Casc0 Bay; ex-
cursions to Old Orchard Beach; excursion to the
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Railroad; excursions to every point of interest;
meeting of the roth Annual National Encamp-
ment City Hall; meeting Of the WOmans Ma
tlonal Relief Corps; complimentary grand sea ex
curson and salt water entertainment given by
the Womans State Relief Corps of Maine to the
officers and delegates of the WOman's National
Relief Corps convention:
$50 p. I.-Sunset gun. During the evening a
display OF fireworks at the camp
FRIDAY, JUNE &c.
6 a. m.-Reveille.
10 a. m.-Surgeons' call Meeting of the 10th
Annual National Encampment, G.. A. r. at City
Hail. Meeting of the WOman'S National Relief
Corps at Mechanics Hall. Grand Entertain
ment Of officers and members Of the National
Encampment and invited guests consisting in part
of grand sail down the bay and among the
beautiful islands in Casco bay. Mammoth clam
bake on one Of the islands in the bay.
$50 p. m.-Sunset gun.
Eyening-Genera amuSementS.
SATURDAY JUNE 81.
Break Camp, Goodbye, Home Sweet Home"
The livery men have contributed as fol-
lows:
Fernald & Sawyer. ...S25
Henry L. Taylor. 49,. -, -. 10
Eastman & Goodwin. .........,.... -. 10
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ........S45
The Merchants Exchange will be closed all
day Tuesday.
The Sheridan Guards of Lewiston will be
present in the grand parade with the reserve
companies of militia
The Falmouth Hotel, City Hotel, Messrs.
W. S. Dana and II. n. Jose's residences are
are finely decorated.