The Daily Tombstone., 1886-01-18
ds. 8. Es. SEovenents..

l
 tional Encampment, c. A. R., to be
 held in San Francisco in the year
 1886, take pleasure in announcing to
 Comrades throughout the United
 States tie very favorable terms that
 have been secured by such Commit
 tee in the way of transportation from
 the Eastern States 10 the State of Cal
 ifornia, in connection with and for the
 benefit of Comrades of the G. A. R.,
 members of the W. R. C., and of kin
 dred organizations, their families and
 female relatives, who may desire to
 attend such Encampment, or visit
 California during the summer of 1886. In SD far as transcontinental rates
 f;om railroad centers on the Missouri
 River to San Francisco are concerned,
 the whole subject matter of such rates,
 nnd who may secure the benefit of the
 very liberal offer made by transconti- nen:al lines, is fully set forth in a re
 port of the transportation Committee
 to the General Committee, made on the 26th day of October, 1885, which reads as follows:
 l. We. take pleasure in stating that the several Overland Railroad Lines from Omaha, Kansas City, and other Missouri River terminal or junction points, have made arrangements for transportation to San Francisco and return, account Twentieth National Encampment G, A. R., as follows:
 ?. Excursion tickets from the points named above CD will be fifty i (50) dollars for the round trip.
 3. Similar joint arrangements have been made by the roads leading west from St. Louis, Cairo, Memphis, New . Orleans, MineoIa and Houston, vi h proportionate rates,
 {. Assurances have been given to the effect that roads east of the above named cities and junction points will make reasohaI5le rates, probably as low as those made in the opposite di- rvction for this years Encampment (hslI in Portland, Maine, in June iasD, and We hope at an early date 10 give the rates from principal eastern cities.
 ,. Th rules and regulations gov crniHs thc sal O. G. \. I;. excursion tickets established by the Transconti- mental Association, comprising the Pacific lines west of the junction points named above, in sections 1 and 3, are as follows:
 (a) Excursion tickets will be sold for the use Of members of the Grand army of the Republic and Woman's Relief Corps, kindred organizations, military bodies, and all old including families and female | relatives. Persons belonging to fami- ies as herein mentioned, and female ,elatives, must be accompanied and identified by members of one of the :lasses named. Members of the G. 4. ! R. must present certificates of mem 'srship, signed by the Adjutant or Commander of the Post to which they belong, and similar certificates must ,e presented by members of the other ( .lasses named. f
 CD Tickets will be placed on sale | hirty days prior to the date of the a opening of tie Encampment, and t must be used through to San Fran ] isco before the date of such opening. a
 Co Tickets must be used for return f ,assage to the Associations eastern | within eighty-fve days from 2 he date of the opening of the En- a and will not be good for ! eturn passage previous to the date of t uch passage. is
 (G Return tickets will be extend k d for sixty days longer on payment il $2500 additional in San Francisco.
 Co Tickets will be issued by lines l this Association only. Eastern f. pads may, however, issue exchange 4 rders or coupons, to be exchanged by : -ssooiation lines for excursion tickets; le route west of the Association's ter linals to be designated by the pas Q,