The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-02-05
Annual Encampment of the
Grand Army at Sedalia.
Great Preparations Being Made
for the Reception OF the
Veterans.
The Camp Fires VIII Burn
Bright on the 18th and
14th of

At the meeting of the city council
of Sedalia in February, 1888, held
Just before the last state ehcampment,
an invitation was extenied to the
Grand Army Boys of Missouri to hold
the encampment of 1889 in this city.
That invitation was cordially &C
cepted. The grizzled comrades of the
Grand Army of the Republic in Se-
dalia, assisted by the Sons of Vete-
rams and the citizens generally are
going to give the visiting comrades
throughout the state a royal welcome
on the occasion of the
Eighth Annual State Encampnent
of The Grand Army. which will De
held in this city IN about six weeks
frum this date L. viii be an event in
the history ofSedalia long to be remem-
bered. since it will bring to this city
"a visitors over one thousand delegates
from the various Grand Army Posts
throughout the s.at", besides hun
dieds OF other visitors from the sur
rounding cities. These veterans will
fraternize with our people and Will
carry away with them impressions OF
Sedalia that will be good or bad as
people treat them, with indifference
or with that hospitality for which Sc
dalia is noted.
General Order No. IL announcing
that the Eigth Annual Encampmeut
of the Department of Missouri. Grand
Army of the Republic. will be held at
Sedalia on Wednesday and Thursday,
March Is and IA, HIS just been re-
ceived by Commander |. L. Bronson
of General George R. Smith Post No.
50.
The order also recites that Com
rades n. w. Smith, of st. Louis +.
IJ. Smith, of Sedslia /; Thomas E.
Rawliog, of St. Joseph. and P. FL.
Jackley, of Kansas City, have been
detailed to act as q committee to
secure rates of transportation.
The local committee on general ar
engagements selected by Gen. George
Smith Post are Past Commander L.
IT. Bronson, E. j. Smith, l.. l..
Bridges, w. A. Fast, Charles Koock,
lJ. W. Truxell. Joseph Kingsley.
John Brickel. T. P. Berry, John
Kaiser and William Cousley, all Of
whom are members Of the post.
| To this committee there will bt
added a committee of citizens, who arr
not Grand Army men, to aid in the
work of perfecting such arrangement
as will not only make the encamp
ment q grand success, but will refec
credit upon the Queen City Of tn
Prairie. That this committee will d.
its share is a foregone conclusion, TO
Sedalia never does anything b.
halves.
Woods opera house has been en-
gagged for the day meetings of the en-
campment, while the county court ha
, most graciously rendered the use o
the criminal court room for CAM
!, fires and evening meetings Of the
l Woman's Relief Corps.
1t is expected that reduced rate
will be secured on all railroads run
D ming into Sedalis, and that the occa
, SION will bring to our city not les
than thousand people
These people will be in the main, th
{ general officers and delegates of tbei
respective posts throughout the state
: which now numbers over four hun
1 dred. Beside the Grand Army dele
gates, there will also be present
large number of representatives, OF tn
WOmen's Relief Corp Of the state Q
Missouri, who will largely swell to
list of visitors and which in addition
to the large number of comrade
! drawn hither by the encampment
! will ill the city with guests. In be
, half of 90, 900 loyal and hospitable Sc
, dalians, the BAzoo bids them We
come.