Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-30
G., A. r. NOTES.
Committee Meetings-Arrival of Dele
gAtes. Etc.


Committee Meetings-ArrivaI of Dele
gates, Etc.
The Committee on Domestic Hospitality
for Sacramento Day met last evening at the
Office of E. X Alsip. c. NJ. Mott presided.
Many of the subcommittee appointed to
canvass among the houses of the city for ac-
commodations for the city's visitors during
their stay among us reported gratifying
progress To such others of the canvassing
committees as have not yet reported, the
Hospitality Committee desire to say that it
is urgently necessary that they report at
once, in order that the committee may
know, not later than Sunday, just how
many visitors can be accommodated. The
committee adopted the following address
to the householders Of the CITY,:
Inrespo1se to the personal solicitation and
public appeal of the Committee on Domestic
Hospitality for Sacramento Day, August 18th,
many citizens have generously expressed their
readiness to provide lodgings in their homes for
SO many of our guests as they can find room to
accommodate But while this generous spirit
of cordial hospitality is very gratifying to the
committee and highly creditable to our city,
the fact remains that large number of those
who are expected to pay our city the courtesy
and consideration of a visit and an in
spection of the resources of our city
and county are yet unprovided
for. 1t will not be in keeping with Sacramento's
widely-known reputation for hospitality and
public spirit if she neglect to manifest both of
those admirable qualities, in neither of which
has she ever been wanting when called upon to
exercise them. After all it is not the capacity
of our soils or the glories of our climate that
alone contribute to advance the fair name of
orr city. The great, broad, generous, open
heart oil the people is powerful element in the
estimate which every stranger will form of Sac
rdmento and its claims over other portions of
the State as a place for residence and business
Sacramento is essentially city of homes, en-
vironing n cheerful, happy, domestic life that
more certainly than anything else denotes q
prosperous, contented, intelligent and progress
sive people. Let us give our guests from the far
East glimpse of this delightful evidence of
our prosperity. And let it be free, spontaneous
and unstinted. Let US make them feel that
bounteous nature which has given us rich soils
and fertiliZing suns has also broadened the
minds of our people and instilled into them
sense and sentiments us bOunteouS as her own
grand endowments.
The Committee on flowers met last even
ing at the Office of We'll & Johnson, and
organized by electing Frank L. Johnson
Chairman, and Geo. F. Parker Secretary.
The committee decided to divide the city
into districts, and make a thorough can
yass of it for floral contributions. The
young men who comprise the committee
are 6lltSIlliS OIl tutlI NOIh viii an edIucSt-
ness that is highly commendable, and
which will insure the greatest success.
The committee will meet again on next
Monday evening, August ID.
a large number of delegates arrived from
the East yesterday morning by the two sec
tons of the express train, and a party of
about 100, including the headquarters of
the Department of New York, G. A. r., and
the headquarters of the Woman's Relief
Corps, Department of New York, who had
stopped off at Reno, in order to cross the
Sierras by daylight, came down on the
Reno local. arriving here at $50 P. NJ, and
going on to San Francisco by the $50 train,
which was held short time to give them
time for dinner. Many of the excursionists
stopped over in Sacramento for a day or
two.
The members of the Woman's Relief
Corps of the Department of Ohio, and
many g. A. X. delegates, who came to the
city Wednesday, went down to San Fran
cisco yesterday morning.
Nearly all the Grand Army Posts of
northern California will pass through to
San Francisco on Sunday.
Thomas K. Gilland, of Pennsylvania, Aid
de-Camp to the COMMANDMENTS Chief, was
visiting Sacramento yesterday.
The battle-hag presented by California
ladies, former residents of Maine, TO the
Second Maine Regiment, will be brought
out by the Maine delegation. The colors
of the California Hundred and the Califor-
MIA Cavalry Battalion, which organization
mustered in 500 men and mustered out
182, will also be in the big parade at San
Francisco.
Generals SayIes and Reynolds and C. A.
Orr, Of Buffalo, County Clerk of Erie
county, N. Y, came through with the New
York delegation yesterday.
Grand Marshal W. T. Holmes has re-
ceived a letter from Lieutenant General
Sheridan, dated on the DIST, stating that
owing to Congress still being in session, it
will be impossible for him to attend the
Encampmcnt.
Up to noon Wednesday over 3, 200 Grand
Army visitors had passed Omaha via the
Union Pacific Railroad, on their way 10 the
Encampment. Hundreds are coming by
the southern route.
Among those who are to arrive to-mor-
row will be the Lincoln Post Flambeaux
Club and Drum Corps of Topeka, Kansas,
numbering 66 people.