Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-14
NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT, G. A. R.
Some Information Respecting the
Twentieth Anniversary to be
Held i'm San Francisco
Next August.


Circular No. regarding the Twentiet
National Encampment, G. A. R., ha
just been issued by the general commit
tee of management. Extracts from i
are as follows:
COMRADES: The General Committee @
Management of the Twentieth Nationa
Encampment, G. A. R., to be held il
San Francisco in the year 1886, TAX
pleasure in. announcing to Comrade
throughout the United States the yer,
favorable terms that have been secured
by such committee in the way of trans
portation from the Eastern States to thu
State of California, in connection with
and for the benefit of Comrades of the
G. A. R., members of the W. R. c., ano
OF kindred organizations, their families
and female relatives, who may desire tt
attend such Encampment, or visit Cali
fornia during the summer of 1886.
In so far as transcontinental rates from
railroad centres on the Missouri river tc
San Francisco are concerned, the whole
subject matter of such rates, and who
may secure the benefit of the very liberal
offer made by transcontinental lines, is
fully set forth in a report of the Transpor-
tation Committee to the General Com
mittee, made on the Goth day of October,
1885, which reads as follows:
To the General Committee of Manaqement
Twentieth National Encampment, G..
A. R.:
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 TWEEN
tieth National Encampment, G. A. R., as
follows:
Excursion tickets from the points
named above will be $50 for the round
trip.
Similar joint arrangements have been
made by the roads leading west from st.
Louis, Cairo, Memphis, New Orleans,
Mlneola and Houstan, with proportionate
rates.
Assurances have been given to the
effect that roads east of the above named
cities and junction points will make rea-
sonable rates, probably as low as those
made in the opposite direction for this
years Eneampment (held in Portland,
Maine, in June last), and we hope at an
early date to give the rates from principal
eastern cities.
The rules and regulations governing the
sale OF u. A. X. excursion tickets estab-
ished by the Transcontinental Associa-
ion, comprising the Pacific lines west of
he junction points named above, in Sec
ions l and 3, are as follows:
Excursion tickets will be sold for the
Use of the members of the Grand Army
II the Republic and Women's Relief |
corps, kindred organizations, uniformed |
military bodies, and all old soldiers, in
;luding families and female relatives.
'ersons belonging to families as herein
mentioned and female relatives must be
accompanied and identified by members
" one of the classes named. Members
II the u. A. r. must present certificates
II membership, signed by the Adiutant
# Commander of the Post to which they
'elong, and similar certificates must be
resented by members of the other classes
lamed.
Railroads and steamship lines of CAL
tornla and the Pacific Coast generally,
ave already expressed intention and
hilAShCoS W MAKE reasonable fo0uC-
ions from local rates, for individual,
arty or special train excursion tickets
uring the Encampment period. AS such
pecial rates will depend upon the nature
the tours that may be presented, COM
lnlng rail, water and stage routes, for the
ieasure and information of visitors, we
nd 1t lmpracticable, if not quite impos-
Ible, to give in detail such excursion
ates that may be made applicable on
his occasion. At the same time, we hope
another circular of subsequent date to
ublish some features Of prominent tour
It's routes to localities Of interest in CAL
ornia and other Pacific Coast States and
erritories.
"With the belief that all visiting this
ty during the Encampment period will
satisfied with the experiences and :
'sults thereof, remain,
every respectfully, :
II. ii. GOODMAN, Chairman.
GEo. w. Waits, Secretary.