Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-04-17
G.. A.. R.
SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF IDAHO.
The Session to Last Three Days-SOme
Of the Preparations Made-The Re-
lief Corps Assisting Nobly-Etc.


Of the Preparations Made-The Re-
lief Corps Assisting Nobly-Etc.
The Second Annual Encamrment
of the Department Of Idaho, Grand
Army of the Republic, will begin in
this city tomorrow, and continue two
days. A few delegates to the Encamp-
ment have already arrived, besides
about half-a dozen old soldiers. Ad-
vices from the outside seem to indi-
cate that there will be about Is dele.
gates and soldiers in attendance
from points outside of HALEY; while
from this city there will be somewhere
between 30 and 40 ex.soldiers in at.
tendance. E. d. Baker Post has
a membership of about 65, but the
comrades are scattered all over the
Pacific Slope and Coast, and hardly
40 live in HALEY at present.
THE EXERCISES.
Following is the program of exer.
cises: At half-past 8 o'clock to-mor-
row morning members aud all ex-
Union soldiers who wish will meet at
the headquarters of E. D. Baker Post,
No. 6, and. headed by the HALEY
Band, march to the depot, to receive
the Department colors, archives, del.
egates, and visiting comrades and ex-
soldiers and sailors who wore the
Blue, and escort them to headquarters
where Post Commander Gillette will
deliver an informal address of wei.
come, which will be briefly responded
to BY one of the Department Com
maAders.
About l o'clock p. M, the Council
of Administration will meet in the
parlors of the Alturas Hotel. About
3 O'Clock the Department will meet
in business session, which will prob.
ably be continued that evening.
| FRIDAY, the 10th, there will be
morning and afternoon sessions of the
Department Encampment. In tie
evening, at 1880 o'clock p. n, Cap
tain Gum will deliver the formal
welcoming address, which will be re-
sponded to by Senior Vice Com.
mander Senter, of U. 5. Grant Post,
No. 8, of Shoshone. This will be
followed by the recitation of brief
poem by an ex-soldier's daughter.
The exercises will conclude with the
Installation of the officers of the De-
partment for the ensuing year.
| There will then be recess of one
hour, to give the Women's Relief
Corps chance to make final in
speotion of the STATIONS" of "pork and
beans and hard-tack," etc, provided
by their "foraging parties" and "com-
missary departments"
SATURDAY, 20th.-Business session
and final adjournment OF the En-
campment.
!, The "camp-tire" at the Alturas
Hotel Friday evening, will be free &c
all ex-sailors and soldiers of the Union
their female relatives and children
and delegates to the Encampment
The Women's Relief Corps will en-.
deavor to seat all If possible at the
same table. If that is impossible
then the Encampment and Band will
take seats at the first table, and the
ex-soldiers and relatives from The
outside also. Santries will be sta
toned at the door of the banque,ine
hall, but the details will be in charge
of the ladies of the Relief Corps
The guests will be waited on by ex
soldiers daughters.
Mcpherson Post, of Salmon City
will have three representatives--it.
, Senior and Junior Vice Commanders
and Colonel Shoup, an ex-Post Com
, mander. The latter, in dispatch t,
r Thad. Bellinger, in answer to one
sent few days ego, requests US t.
''avoid demonstrations" This i.
, doubtless because of his recent ele
9 walton to the Governorship of Idaho
The old soldiers will respect hi
q wishes in this respect; but If a pc,
, ton of the community insist upol
q recognizing his official station an,
{ himself in some way, why--he vii