The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-08-17
G. A. r. POINTS,.
Some Items About the -Twenty-Second En-.
campment at Columbus. O..

The encampment begins Wednesday, Sep
TENDER 18th. The grand parade takes place
Tuesday, September 18th. Comrades should
reach there by Monday, September 10th.
Fare via the Northern Pacific from Butte.
Helena, and all common boints in Montana
for the round trip is $62.65. These tickets
are good to 60 on September 9Th and 9th, and
good to return, when stamped by the agent
at Columbus, Ohio, until October 10Th.
Montana comrades desiring to
the Commander-in-C Chiefs train should mr..
chase tickets via the Chicago, Milwaukee s.
st. Paul railroad, as the train will 90 over
that road without change of cars, running
from St. Paul to Columbus, us miles, in
about "a hours. Double berth, large enough
for two persons, on sleeping car from st.
Paul to Columbus on that line is about 81. On.
Application for sleeping berths on that line
should be made beforehand to W. H. Dixon,
A. G. P. A. at St. Paul.
The Northern Pacific Grand Army train
will leave Missoula, Helena, and interme-
diate points on Wednesday evening, Sept,
9th, and reach Minneapolis so all can visit
the Exposition on Soldiers Day" Sept. 9Th.
At 6 o'clock the same evening the train will
leave for Columbus.
Headquarters for the Montana and Dakota
delegations will be in the Board of Health
Room in the State Capitol building, where
all comrades are requested to call and regis.
ter on arrival.
Although $50, 1000 visitors are expected in
Columbus it is believed all can be comfort
ably provided for. All hotels, boarding
and lodging houses have agreed not to adj
vance their rates during the encampment.
Meals in private families and boarding
houses are %, IS and so cents, and lodging 50
cents. The hotels charge from ST 80 to 81
per day. Dining tables in the camps will
accommodate 1850 at a sitting, and lunch
counters, at regulated prices, afford room for
1000 more. Arrangements had already been
made, Aug. 9th, to accommodate 40, 600 Grand
Army men. Applications for accommoda.
tions can be made from now on to Alfred E.,
Lee, Secretary of General Council, Colum.
bus, Ohio.
1t is In contemplation, if a sufficient nun.
Der of comrades apply, TO charter a Pullman
car at Helena to Columbus and return, re-
tanning it there for lodging while in the city.
Information as to this can be obtained of
0Ouu4uNcI JULIUS ". SANDERS, Helena.
Montana.
The excursion rates are not limited to
members Of the G.. A.. r. The rate is open
to all on the dates mentioned.
This will probably be the greatest of all
the reviews Of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public. The Old Guard is passing away.
The falling of the leaders is noticed as when
great oaks fall in the forest, but as leaves
hutter down in the autumn forests the SUBJ
%alterns, and the rank and file in proportion,
are dropping down unnoticed everywhere.
There will never again be so many assembled
as there will be at Columbus next month,
The season is propituous, the people hospit-
able, the city central and accessible.
The delegates from Montana to the en-.
campment are James H. Mills, Deer Lodge;
M. P Wyman, Glendive; Alternates, r. E.
Fisk, Helena; James E. Galloway, Virginia
City. The first named of these has not seen
one hundred old comrades together since the
Union armies disbanded. He hopes to be
present when the Assembly is sounded for
the ed Encampment, and trusts many others
of the Montana comrades will also avail
themselves of perhaps the last opportunity.
1t is within the reach of many. Try to 20.