Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-08-23
C. A. R. ENCAMPMENT
Preparations for the National
Gathering at Milwaukee.
THE WEEKs PROaRANNE OUTLIEED

Aiger seems 10 BE the Favorlse Candi-
dnss FOR conmanaer-In-ChSof- = oues-
tions 10 BE DIscussed-HospEfalfty 70
10 Extended to Delegates
MILWAUKEE,. Aug. %. = There viii
probably tie 10, 900 strangers in MiIwau-
kce next week
Theceremonies VIII begin with grand
parade on Tuesday morning, and con-
tinue throughout Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday. Tho parade. il is expected,
will &c one 81 the finest Of its kind ever
given The line will he formed by the
men from each state taking position ac-
conling 10 their date of organization.
Wisconsin and Illinois both organized
Grand Army 81 the Republic posts dur
ing thesunmer Of 1866. IN view of which
fact the attendants at the last national
Nncampncnt passed resolutions that tho
WieoIran veterans should take their pO-
sition at the head Of the line 10 the right,
in company with the Illinois men.
order Of The Parade.
Following Is the manner in which the
procession will move;
Wisconsin and Illinois veterans in the lead.
Y0rk. Connecticut. Massachusetts. Mtine.
New Jersey. Virginia. California. Rhode Isl.
aud. New Hampshire. Vermont. Potomac,
Colorado. Maryland. Nebraska. Iowa. Indiana.
Michigan, Kansas Minnesota. Delaware,
Missouri Oregon. Kentucky. West Virginia,
Washington territory. Arkansas New Mex
iso Utah. Tennessee and Georgia. Dakota.
Mississippi and Louisiana. Florida. Montana.
Texas Idaho and Arizona. which organized
iis veterans into n Grand Army Of the Re-
public department sept. 10 1857. Com
mnntlef -in-C Chief Mai. William Warner, of
shatge u the parade.
Accommodation for Visitors.
The night Of the first day viii be
taken up with informal receptions and
getting thoroughly settled The general
council OF the cncampment has con-
tracted for sufficient tents to accommodate
those who desire such quarters. These
tents will be pitched upon the parks and
vacant lots throughout the city and fur
isished with straw free OF charge. The
school houses and churches, the court
house and all public buildings will be
set apart for the various department
headquarters. The court house alone is
considered large enough to accommodate
ut least half OF the department stats.
in fact, all the public halls in the
"Cream City" will be placed at the dis
posal Of the committee on arrangements.
The Contest for Commander-in-ChIeE
Wednesday morning the convention
will be called to order, and then the
real work will undoubtedly begin.
The fight this year viii be chiefly on
the election of the ommander-in-chlef
and the adoption of a system of PEN
soning all veterans. The former ques-
ton will come up Wednesday morning
and probably consume most Of the day.
The candidates at present known are Il.
Nesey, of Rutland, VT. E. Bird, of New
Jersey: g. A. Consigny, of Abaca, Ia,
and Ex-Governor Alger, Of Michigan.
General Alger seems to be the favorite
at present, but it is a subject likely to
reverse itself at any moment.
other onacers to he Elected.
A senior vice commander-in-chief
will be voted for, n Junior vice COM
mander-in-chief, surgeon general and
Il chaplain-in-chie quarter master
general. an inspector general and an adj
lntant general will be appointed by the
newly elected -in-chief. The
candidates for these offices are almost
too numerous 10 mention. Each state
has its own candidates. whose names
will be kept comparatively secret until
after the conlmander-inAchief is elected.
Should western man be the lucky one,
the next most important vacancies
would have to be filed by eastern men,
and vice versa.
The Pension Question.
The pension question which has occa-
stoned so much discussion for the year
past, not only in Grand Army circles,
but throughout the entire United States,
will probably be settled Thursday or
Friday 1t viii be hard fight. and the
situation at present seems TO give both
the short time men and the long time
men an equal chance for victory. The
short time men are IN favor of the bill
reading that every veteran shall receive
So q month, while the other faction
think that such a move would be unfair,
and intend to support the system re-
warding the veterans IN accordance with
the amount OF time ihey served. Their
proposition is TO adopt the per diem bill.
which gives a man / cent a day per
month for the actual time lie served in
the arn1y-that il. veteran who served
one month would receive so cents a
month. a man who served one year
would receive So 65 month and so on.
Entertainment for Delegates.
NH AQGNk&SA$ AFTERNOON there Will DC "a
sham naval battle. which has been
specially arranged. AMI is expected to
be the finest ever. wifnes ed On We'd
nesday there has been nothing sacciallv
speeisketi- 10 annuse the visitors. the ar
nuinents ct the convention being ex-
locted to absorb all attention. On
Thursday and Friday tefnoons and
eveninss there have been arranged q
series Of dances, concerts, receptions
and dinners, MS well as excursions up
and down Like Michigan. The return
trips viii be by moonlight. unless the
elements decree otherwise. Excursions
win he made On land to the soldiers
home and every Other place Of interest
iii aud about the city.
The Ladies' Relief Corps.
Aside from all this. at the same time
the Grand Army Of the Republic meme
bers are IN convention there will be
reunions of regiments from many of
the states and . convention Of the
Ladies Relief corps. an auxiliary to the