Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-01-16
GRAND ARMY OF VERMONT.
This Months Annual Encampment to be
Held at Rutland.

The 23d annual encampment of the de-
partment Grand Army of the Republic
will be held at Rutland Tuesday and
Wednesday, January % and 20, 1890,
and Department Commander A. S.
Tracy has just issued general order No.
in relation to the arrangements. En-
campment will meet at 11.30 a. M, at
the town hall. Headquarters will be
established at the Bardwell House.
Gen. Russell G. Alger, commander-in-
chief of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, will be present during the encamp
ment as the guest of the department.
The council of administration will
meet at 8 O'Clock a. M, January %, to
prepare the rolls of delegates, and audit
the books of the quartermaster. The
following named comrades constitute
the council of administration r. r..
johnson, West Concord; George H.
Black, Barton; Thomas Il. Farrell,
Waterbury; C. FL. Forbes, Brandon; L.
w. Williams, Bennington.
The society of Prisoners of War will
meet on the same dates as the encamp-
ment of the G. A. r. The department
commander has the assurance of the
comrades of Roberts Post that they will
do allin their power to make the encamp-
ment one of the best that has ever been
held.
There will be a grand public camp fire
at the town hall on the evening of the
18th, where many prominent comrades
are expected to speak. 1t is hoped that
every post in the department will be
fully represented.
| Rates as follows have been secured
over the different railroads in Vermont
Tickets over the following roads are
good going Monday, January 81, until
Wednesday, January 20, inclusive, and
good to return until January 80, inclu-
sive: Central Vermont railroad will sell
round tickets to Rutland and
return at half fare one way
from its stations. Bennington and Rut-
land Railroad company will sell round
trip tickets to Rutland and return at fare
one way. Delaware and Hudson Cana
company will sell round trip tickets
from its principal stations in Vermont
to Rutland and return at fare one way.
Tickets over the following roads will
be good going Monday and Tuesday
January 81 and %, and good returning
until January 30, inclusive; PassumpsiC
division Boston and Maine railroad.
round Trip ulckeCS from Cne principal
stations on this road will be sold to
Rutland, and return at about fare
one way. st. Johnsbury and Lake
Champlain railroad, round trip tickets,
will be sold from the principal stations
on the road to Rutland at about fare
one way. Montpelier and Wells River
railroad will sell round trip tickets to
Rutland and return at fare one way.
Sullivan and Vermont Valley will sell
round trip tickets from its principal sta
tions to Rutland and return at fare one
way. Woodstock railroad will sell
round trip tickets to White River juno
ton and return at fare one way. South
eastern division Canadian Pacific rail
road will send round tickets from its
stations in Vermont to Richford OF New
port at fare one way, from which points
comrades will purchase round trip
to Rutland and return.
The following will be the hotel rates
during the encampment: Bardwell
House, $l.50; Bates House, $l.50; Ber-
wick, Sl.50; Globe, 81; Central, ST ;
! Farmers, ST..