The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-10


ture of the Monitor and Merrimac fight,
and / must say that this arch surpasses In
architectural beauty, magnihceuce OF pro.
portion and artistic treatment any thing OF
a similar nature ever shown in this coun-
I try. There will be numerous grand stands
and plenty OF accommodations for Visitors
to see the parade.
The banquet win be great affair 1t Is
to be held in Mechanics building. II will
not be so great perhaps from q gastronomlc
point of view as other banQuetS that have
been held in this town, but it will neverthe-
less be a very substantial meal, and the
speakers such as Sherman, Alger, Tanner.
Sickles. Slocum, Foraker and others, may
be depended upon TO recall the days OF war
and peace with vividness of description
that will make the old soldiers forget Tor
| the tune at least their wounds and their
troubles. AT the meeting on Wednesday,
General Alger will deliver his annual ad-
dress. He may not be very great orator,
but he can be depended upon to hold the at
tention of the soldiers, and as he IS talked
of somewhat as Presidential candidate,
every utterance will be listened to with in
| terest.
One of the most interesting features of
the week will be the sessions in the Music
hall of the Womans National Relief Corps.
This splendid auxiliary to the Grand Army
win represent membership of 80, 900, dis
tributed i'll all the states and territories, ex-
cept Alabama, Louisiana and South Caro-
lima Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs.
Harrison, Miss Barton and perhaps Mis-.
Grant may speak The Grand Army camp
fire in Mechanic s building will be an event
to delight the hearts of the visitors, for
there will be speaking and smoking galore,
and IN an adjoining room bubbllng spring
of some cooling draught to slack the thirst
of the old warriors.
The Kansas delegates have arranged for
mammoth camp fire in Music hall vi
course, the principal speaker will be Sena-
tor ingalls,, ana Marshall's celebrated band
of fifty pieces will render patriotic selec-
tons. ingalls, has always been a favorite
OF the q. a. Il. men, and he may be de-
pended upon to make speech that viii be
worth listening to.
The eighteenth annual convention of the
Annual Association of Union ex-Prisoners
of War will be held in the hall of the House
of Representatives at the State house 1t
will probably be the largest meeting Of the
kind yet held
1t would be impossible to give pro
gramme of the various reunions of regi-
mental and other associations, SO many are
to be held 1t may be SAID that every hour
will be utilized to good purpose and before
the excursion the real work of the conyen-
ton will have been accomplished. Com
mittees have been formed to provide for all
|
One feature Of the meeting is the hospi-
tai department., in charge of Major Otis S.
Marion. The Emergency hospital, fully
equipped with one hundred beds will be
open day and night during the encampment
for the exclusive use of the veterans.
There will be reQuisition two other hos
pitfalls for use in case of any emergency, to-
gether with ten ambulances. A large corps
of physicians have volunteered their ser
vices in caring for the sick and injured. it
such there should be during the week On
the day of the great parad9 there will be
established along the line of march numer
Gus emergency stations, designated by the
Red Cross flags, in direct communication
by telephone with the various hospitals
and ambulance stations.
At each station there will be a member of
the ambulance corps and policeman
equipped with stretcher, bandages, splints
water and restoratives, to meet the needs
of any one sick or injured till an ambulance
arrives. On every official excursion going
out of Boston during the week, there vii
be in attendance surgeons with a squad
from the ambulance corps. All halls ant
hotels where veterans are quartered will be
connected by telephone with the various
hospitals, so that physician or ambulance
can be called at the any time. The veteran
army surgeons are invited to visit the vari
Gus hospitals during the week. There vii
also be reception for them by the physi
clans and surgeons of Boston.
All trains running into Boston have
made favorable arrangements so that there
will be very large number of visitor!
from nearly all of the states in addition tt
the veterans. Besides this large sum o
money has been raised to properly enter
tain the old heroes, and they are to hav,
a never be forgotten week of it. TIL
city will be given over entirely to them.
Once again the military will be in con
troll, but it will be an army of peace witt
its arms beaten into plough shares AM
pruning hooks, verifcation of Milton
splendid truth that ''Peace hath It's victor
les no less renowned than war;