Daily Kennebec journal., 1885-06-20

NATIONAL EnCAMrMEHr.
A Circai.r Absut Csnmittses, Progresses
and Hstels.
The G. A. R. committee of the National
Encampment have published . neat circular
Of i6 pages, printed by Mr.. E. C. Allen OF
this city. giving valuable information abou,
the encampment. large number copies will
be issued for gratuitous distribution. From
| 1t we make the following abstract:
Headquarters of COMMITTEE of Reception and
Entertainment, At the City of Portland, OF
|. the 18th Annual Encampment G. A. R.,
400 Congress ST., opposite City Hall.
| This circular is issued for the purpose of
answering in general way the many iuquir-
les OF strangers upon visiting strange city.
Those who have been assigned to quarters
IN Portland, Peaks Island, or the Ottawa
House on Cusbing's Island, will come into
the city Those to be quartered at Peaks
Island and Cushings' Island will take car
| riages to the steamboat wharf on arrival in
the city.
| Those whose quarters are at Old Orchard
and come via Boston, should take the Bos-
ton & Maine Railroad and stop at the Beach.
Those coming from Boston by the Eastern
Railroad, must come into Portland and take
the Boston & Maine Railroad to Old Orchard.
Those coming by the Portland & Rochester
Railroad must come into Portland and take
the same route to Old Orchard.
Those coming by the Portland & Ogdens-
burg Railroad will stop at the Boston & Maine
transfer station just out of Portland, and
thence to Old Orchard.
Those coming by the Grand Trunk Railway
will come into the city, remain in the cars
upon reaching the Grand Trunk depot, which
run across the city to the Boston & Maine
Railroad depot, and thence by that road to
Old Orchard.
The Executive Committee will, by means
of its several reception committees arrange
TO have members of these committees at the
different depots on Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, to answer all interrogatores and
! direct comrades to their quarters. These
| committees will wear distinctive badges as
| follows: Members of the executive COM
mlttee and all subcommittee of the execu-
tive committee, purple; members of the G. A.
Il. reception committee. peacock blue; men,
bers of the citizens committee of public COM
fort, red. Plenty of hacks, carriages and
omnibuses will be in waiting at the depots to
convey passengers.
The prices arranged for these different con-
veyances vary from ten to fifty cents, the
latter being the extreme price for an adult
person to any part of the CITY, and 50 per
hour for hacks. In addition to the above, a
large number of boys with appropriate
badges will be in attendance at the several
depots and at the headquarters of the execu-
tive committee, to act as guides to quarters,
| etc.
Comrades are cautioned to seek no inform
alton from strangers, but to communicate
with members Of the committee or with these
headquarters.
l. S. Bangs, chairman of the committee on
hotels and quarters. will make his headquar-
ters at the Office of the Falmouth Hotel, Sat-
urday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, the
goth to the 23d current, to whom all inquir-
les in regard to hotels should be addressed.
All inquiries in regard to quarters in pri-
vate houses, should be addressed to M
Sawyer, secretary, 1000 Congress street.
Posts arriving before Monday afternoon,
the 22d, would do well to telegraph ahead to
A. NJ. Sawyer, the time and train upon which
they will arrive.
Delegates from different departments will
telegraph as above to I. S. Bangs, chairman,
Falmouth Hotel.
1t is hoped that all comrades will be as
cOnsiderate as possible under any discom-
fort in quarters assigned, remembering that
this is the largest gathering of the G.. A. r.
ever convened.
Bulletins giving the location of the differ
ent Department 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 Head
quarters OF the Executive Committee. 400
Congress street. the total number of COM
rades and musicians.
All Posts in Maine will report direct to
Headquarters Department of Maine, l2 Mar
ket Square, to Assistant Adjutant General L.
b Hill.
The following is the programme of the
National Encampment:
MONDAY, JUNE %.
Reception of visiting comrades, and as
signing them to quarters.
10 P. NJ, Tattoo. 1880, Taps.
TUESDAY, JUNE 90.
6. A. M , Reveille. A. NJ, Surgeons Call.
General parade of National and Depart
ment Organizations, Grand Army of the Re-
public, ex-soldiers and sailors escorted by
the First Brigade Maine Militia, Gen. j.
Marshall Brown commanding.
Route of Procession-The parade will start
from the corner of North and Congress
streets, thence to Washington street, down
Washington to Cumberland, to New High.
to Deering, to State, to Congress, to Carl
ton, to Pine, to State street square, through
State to Danforth. to Park, to Spring, to
High, to Congress square, down Congress to
reviewing stand Lincoln Park, where, after
passing in review, the parade will be dis.
missed.
$50, Sunset gun.
7.30. Public reception to the National En-
campment Grand Army of the Republic at
the City Hall, by the citizens of Portland,
and the Department of Maine to John s.
Kountz, commander-in-chief
$50, Two grand camp fires at Camp U. s.
Giant, one on the right, the other on the left
of the camp.
During the evening display of sea fire.
works from the shore of the Eastern Prom
enade.
IL, Tattoo. II. Taps.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE "a.
6 A. NJ, Reveille.
10 A. NJ, Amusements of various kinds.
IL A. NJ, Surgeons Call.
Meeting of the 10th Annual National En-
campment at City Hall.