The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-09-11
GATHERING VETERANS.
Largest outpOuring Of G. A. R.
Men Ever Witnessed.
ONE QUARTER OF A MILLION
Strangers Already in Columbus, and
'stm They Come-The National
Encampmcnt Opens To-day.
sonsofVeterans' Campfire.

q COLUMBUS, o., Sept. 10-The week {
8 the Twenty-second Annual Encampmer
= : of the Grand Army of the Republic ha
: arrived and Columbus is ready for i
For many weeks preparations hav
been actively under way and the i'm
mense crowds that are pouring into th
city on'every train and from every part @
r the country find flags, streamers, arches
Grand Army and otherveteran organiza
ton emblems on every hand. Th
J union depotis gay with streamers. Higl
street is alive with patriotism, ever!
store and factory being gay with bunt
ing. A dozen handsome arches span thu
streets, and under these during the whole
day have been marching newly arriving
posts OF the wrinkled and gray boys O
'Gl. All day long there has been the
sound OF fife and drum, with the solid
tramp OF marching feet as the veterans
in solid columns marched from theil
trains to the quarters assigned them
Quarters have been provided for some.
thing like ten thousand more than have
yet announced their purpose of attend
ing, and there is
NO DANGER OF ovERcRowDING.
The veterans are in four camps, the
main one being known Us Camp Neil
and being located east OF the Union
depot, Commander Neil and staff are
in command and have headquarters in
South Camp Neil. Camp Dennison, in
charge OF Commander Jelreys, iSlocated
in Northwest Columbus. Camp Hayden,
where quarters are also provided for
ladies, is on East Broad street, and the
big tent camp, where the Army OF West
Virginia holds forth, is also on East
Broad street. In all OF these camps
ample sleeping aud dining arrangements
have been made and the veterans an F.
nOunce themselves well pleased with
the outlook for the week.
The weather to-day is fair and moder-
ately warm and the rain has laid the
dust and made travelling and camping
enjoyable.
Reports from Chicago and many other
points are to the effect that the trains
were packed almost to suflocation, and
that the crowds increased 80 greatly and
crowded so much that the sale OF tickets
had to be temporarily discontinued.
Ohio posts are arriving at all hours in
great numbers, many OF them being
present almost in body. Davenport,
Iowa, posts have arrived, and were fol-
lowed by the post from Newport, Ky.
This morning early departments from
Colorado. Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Wis
consln, Minnesota and Maryland ar
rived, many of the trains being gaily
decorated and bearing inscriptions in
praise OF home towns, or concerning all
army matters. AT 10 o'clock delegations
from New Hampshire, Massachusetts
and Rhode Island arrived in eleven
sleepers and two passenger coaches. At
the camps
THERE ARE LIVELY SCENES,
as the newly arriving delegations seek
their quarters, and those who have been
already located make themselves at
home in the same way that they did
durlngthe war. Practical jokes will be
the order OF tonight, and at all times
the meeting of old comrades and the
signal for long talks in review OF the
times so hard 10 endure but 80 pleasant
to recall with the friendship then
formed,
A great many delegates to the National
Woman's Relief Corps are arriving and
being cared for at the headquarters OF
that organization. New York sent the
largest delegation, and representatives
are also present from Missouri, Kansas
and Pennsylvania. Three delegates are
present from Texarkana, Arkansas. The
ladies will hold their convention on
Wednesday in the Second Presbyterian
church, which is being appropriately
decorated for the occasion. Aside from
the reception of incoming delegations
there is nothing going on during the
day, but tonight
THE SONS OF VETERANS
had reception and grand camp fire in
the big tent on East Broad street.
Speeches were made by General W. II.
Pierrepont, OF Connecticut; Commander
in-Chief Rea ex-P President Hayes, Judge
A. q. Freer and others.
General W. 7. Sherman arrived from
Lancaster ut noon and is the guest Of his
sister, who lives in this city.
During the afternoon Miss Nellie
Sheridan, OF Somerset, Ohio, who Is the
niece OF the late General Phil Sheridan,
presented to the Sheridan battalion, OF
Perry county, Ohio, In neat speech
from the grand reviewing stand, beau.
tiful little silk flag, which had been
made especially for them by the aged
mother OF gallant Little Phil"
a QUARTER OF a MILLION.
Delegations continue to arrive during
the evening from all directions and with
the old veterans were hundreds and
thousands of friends. At late estimate
there are close TO quarter OF a million
strangers in the city to night. The
streets are brilliantly lighted and in
every direction is heard the sound Of the
fife and drum. Ample accommodations
have been provided for all.
Commander.in-Chief Rea and staff ar
rived soon after noon, and are being en-
tertained by Mrs. Ex-Governor Dennison.
The fight has already begun for the
holding OF tho next encampment, and
indianapolis and Milwaukee are pre-
senting their respective claims. Among
those who have been mentioned as can
didates for Commander.in.C Chief are:
Judge Veasey, Of Vermont; General
William Warner, of Missouri; Hon.
John c. Lineban, OF New Hampshire; /;
General William CuTtiss, OF New York
Governor Alger, OF Michigan; Colonel
Sexton, OF Illinois, and General Gibbin,
OF Pennsylvania.
The West Virginia Delegation.
Special Di,paieh to he Intell0aer.
CoLuMBus, o., Sept. l0-The official
delegation from West Virginia to the
National Encampment will be headed
by Department Commander Fleming
and are twenty-five in number. They
will be quartered at the United States
hotel. The Army OF West Virginia will
have It's headquarters at the big tent four
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