The Portland daily press., 1890-07-16
HOW BOSTON WILL HONOR THE G. A. R.
Half a Million People Will Be There
to See the Parade.
The President and other DIstIn-
guished People To Re Present.
Programme of the Week and Other
News of the Reunion.

BOSTON, July 15.-On Tuesday, August
II, the day of the Grand Army parade, Bos-
ton is likely to see crowd of proportions not
reached since her centennial some ten years
ago. The Grand Army will come In num-
bers nearly 100000 strong, and with the at
tendant crowd of sight-seers, will swell the
437, ,245 given by Boston census-takers to fig
ures in the neighborhood of 100000.
Although the encampment does not official
ly begin until Tuesday, Sunday will witness
the beginning Of the influx, while the rush
will come Monday, and Monday night the
events Of the week will begin with recep-
tion by Post 10 to General Hovey of Indiana
On Monday will also occur the meeting on
the Common Of the two bands of the Old
Vermont Brigade and the Third, Vermont.
will be held the joint reception by the Grand
Army and the Woman's Relief Corps at Me-
chanics' Hall, and mammoth campfire by
the Kansas delegation at Music Hall In the
evening.
on Wednesday the meeting Of the National
Encampment will be held in Music Ball,
where, indeed, all the meetings will occur
except the first, which it is hoped to hold in
Faneuil hall.
Relief Corps will be assembled in fremont
Temple for its annual convention. About
GOO delegates and 5000 members are expected.
On Wednesday evening come the Grand
Army campfire in Mechanics hall, and on
Wednesday, too, the 18th annual convention
of the Union ex-prisoners OF the war. The
sessions of the Grand Army and the Relief
CORPS will continue till Thursday, when the
elections for both orders will occur. The
candidates for commander-in-chief are Yea
zie Of Vermont, Smedberg Of California,
Hovey of Indiana. and Welssett of Wiscon-
In the evening of Thursday the ban quet
to the delegates and invited guests Will oc-
cur. The Plymouth trip is set down for FRI
day, and on that evening is the campfire of
the relief corps. Saturday will end the en-
campment with trip down the harbor as
far as thatcher Island. Moreover, besides
all these are entertainments and reunions
innumerable throughout the week.
Tuesday is the gala day of the encamp-
ment and the day of the biggest crowds; 75,-
900 to 100000 veterans will be in line. Com
monwealth avenue is the starting point OF
the parade, and there Commander-in-Ch Chief
Alger will give the command for the start as
soon after 10 O'Clock as possible. Tine Mas
sachusetts delegations having the left Of the
procession as the receiving department will
form on Boston Commonto to the number of
1900. Before the start the line will be re-
viewed by General Alger on Commonwealth
avenue. the eight resting on West Chester
Park. The line of march will be through
the Back Bay streets, West Chester Park
down Washington street to Adams square.
where 1t will be again reviewed and dis
missed. Decorations will be general along
the route, both public and private.
Three triumphal arches will be erected,
one on Washington street near Newton,
another on Washington street near Hanover,
while the third will be at the Commonwealth
avenue entrance to the Public Garden. The
grand stands will be in Copley, Blackstone,
Franklin and Adams squares.
Many distinguished guests will be present.
President Harrison will probably be the
guest of the state at the Vendome. and Mrs.
Harrison the guest of the Woman's Relief
Corps. General Sherman, General Sickles,
General Slocum, General Butterield, General
Dudley, Governor Bulkeley of Connecticut,
Past Commanders Warner and Vandervoort,
Corporal Tanner, and other noted men, will
be here either on the day of the parade or
throughout the week. Besides these, Mrs.
Harrison. Mrs. Grant. Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs.
Logan, Mrs. Hancock, Mrs. Farragut, Miss
Clara Barton, Mrs. Alger and Mrs. Wander
WORT are among the prominent women who
will be here. All in all it will be the biggest
encampment held since the war;