Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-14
SONS OF VETERANS.
THE SEVENTH ANNUAL ENCANPNENT OF
THE ORDER.
Delegates Rapidly Ariyiag-Ihs Arrangements
About Complete Major Davis, Father Of the
Order, Hsre-The Decorations.

Arrangements for the seventh annual
Eucampment of the Commandery 'in-Cniei
Sons of Veterans are well in hand, and the
Executive Committee and its s~ub-commit-
tees were occupied last evening in receiv-
ing delegates from various parts OF the
CoTntTy.
L S. Grant Post turned cut last night
and marched to the B.. u q. depot,
where they met n delegation from
the EIst and escorted them to 4. L AL,
after which they We're assigned TO quartz
1T the hotels. Tue programme mapp1G
ont tor to-day is ~ follow: The Camp
will meet at G.. A. K. hail at $50 o'clock
this morning, aud accompanied by = num-
Der of G.. \ K. men, they will march 10 the
J. so depot TO receive the Cincinnati and
Kentucky delegations, which arrive at
4:55 o'clock. The escort, headed by
the Opera House band, then
marches to the 6:25 train from
the West to receive COMMANDMENT Chief
Abbott and staff. The entire Camp has
been made a Committee of Reception and
will attend To the reception OF guests Mt all
the depots.
At one O'Clock this afternoon the meeting
of The CouucIl-in- Chief will he held and the
Standing CcmmuttreA viii be IL session. In
IN. evening at : o'clock an eXemplifcation
OF the ritnal will take place at G.. A. L.
Hall by Inspector General Hall. The for
nal opening Of thu Encampment will
occnr ut 9 o'clock wednesday
morning at the Grand Opera Home.
Among those who have already arrived
are Mairr \. = Davis ard wiie, of Pitts
burg The N,iar j. the fanUder of the
order OF Sons nl Veterans, and of c0ursr Is
greatly interested in its growth and sue
rc=7. lie ~ q genial gentleman, and dur
ing a call on the REGISTER last evening he
stated that the first camp WAS organized in
P,ttsburg, Nov. IL, l~-l, and Il mad eight
members From this small beginning IT
soon took root, and in October, lHN2, the
National Encampmeut WAS Organized add
the first meeting held. Major Davis IL
knowu ~ the father Of the Sons Of NeteT-
ans, ana If course ii l. highly grGtiiylrgtO
him 10 see IT grow iDg Ia such grand pro-
pprti0ls II" aud Mrs Davis attend all
The EucGmpnerts regularly. They are
quarlcred at the McLure.
The Ohio delegation got in early last
evening ltI- composed o! the following
gentlemen, whu aJe quartcred ut the Me
L1re: ". f. Bundy, Cincinnati; + G.
Il tihbone. Hamilton; j. G Nry.n-, Cieys-
lanu: 4 w. Gates. Audoyer; c. G.. Deck
man, Malvern; W f.. Salkeld, Perry, o.. -.
r. Neyins, Cleveland; Earl iIcmenway,
Hartford, Mich; Ben l. Johnson, Belle
iontaine, o; Geo. w. Leonard, Ur-
bans, o
Among those who arrived on the late
rain last evening from the East are NJ. \.
Br.cher, of New Haven, Ct; Past Col. NJ
Cawley, Of Portsmouth, \. II Eugene
Davis, of Concord, y H., member OF The
D.pArlment Council, who are at the
Stamm; Jas. B. Maccsbs, Boston; Col. y.
c Upham and Chas II. Darling, Fitch.
burg, Mass ". II. Stevens, Maiden,
'inss.; Chas. W. Wallis, Beverley, Mass.
Past Colonel j. II. Hinkley, Beverley;
Mass ; VIM. J. Trip, New Bedford q.
Brainard Smith, T. j.. san LOucI, and
Edward R-iscl, OF Hartford, Conn Henry
4. Stewart, Of G%ettysbnfg Pa, all
Of whom are at the McLure.
Mrs. d. w. d. O'B:'en, Of Sidney, o.,
President Of the Ladies' Aid Society, ar
last evening, accompanied by Miss
Kate Mays, OF Urbaua, aud they are quar-
tered at the S;amm. Among the other
who have arrived are Miss s Ada
Hall, President oil the l. \. S, OF Chaun-
ccy, VI, and Miss Ida =. Bpecher, Presi.
dent Of the l. A 5 ol New Haven, CT.
The decorations at the Grand Opera
lEOUse G.. 4. K. Hall, and Veteran Hall,
Mcclure House, are very handsome
and were about completed yesterday
The Office oi the hlcl.ure House
i, also very beautifully decorated with
liags and bunting, aud last evening Chief
Clerk, CDl. Samuel Il 7Iirri-on, made use
of hj- art site abilities IN beading the rig
IsJer OF the hotel in a pretty manner, tN-
tending welcome to the Visitors.
Ata meeting o. I. : Grsnt Camp, last
evening, Mr. Leland J. Webb, Of Topeka,
Kansas, mad Il splendid address 20 tie
which was enthusiastically received