The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-17
PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK


PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK.
Tuesday, Aug. 12th.-Grand Parade; the
column TO be formed lin accordance with
sote of National Elcampment of 1881 by
Departments in order Of seniority, except
hat the Department in which the Encamp-
nent Is held takes the left.
In the evening, Grand Army and Woman's
Relief Corps joint reception in Mechanics
Hall admission by badge of G. A. II. or w.
r, C.
Wednesday, Aug. 13th.-Meeting of the
National Encampment at 10 a. M, in Music
Hall, Winter street.
Meeting Of National Encampment. Won,
ans Relief Corps, in fremont Temple,
fremont street.
In the evening Grand Army Camp-Firein
Mechanics Building.
Thursday, Aug. 14th.-Continued sessions
Of the National Encampment, G. A. X. and
Woman's Relief Corps. 80
In the evening a banquet to the delegates
of the National Encampment and to invited
guests in the Mechanics Building.
Friday, Aug. 15th.-Excursion by rail I'd
Plymouth, and cam-bake there for the dele
gates of the National Encampment, G. A. h
and Woman's Relief Corps.
In the evening campfire by Woman's
Relief Corps at fremont Temple.
SHuuTudy, aug. lOtu.-ctShuiOOhb CANuA-
ZION for the members of the National En-.
campment down the harbor to Minots
Light, thence along the Northern Shore to
Cape Ann, passing Nahant, Salem, Marble.
head and Rockport, to Thatcher's Island
Light. Fish dinner on boat. :,
A reunion of Naval Veterans will be held
turing the Encampment Headquarters
will be established at the nall Of the near
sarge Association, corner Washington and
Union Park streets. Reunions OF other Or
CARNATIONS will also be held.
The Womans Relief Corps, Department
Of Massachusetts, will furnish lunch at
Bumstead Hall for the delegates to the
National Encampment, q. A. r., each day
Turing the session of the Encampment.
TRANSPORTATION.
All railroad lines, with the exception of
the Trans Continental line, have agreed to
fares one way for the round trip from all
points east of the Missouri River. The
Trans-C Continental have not yet been heard
from, but it is confidently believed that they
will conform to the arrangements of the
other lines The time limit for all tickets
has been fixed at Sept 30th. During En-
,ampment week the Committee on Trans
portation will have an Office in the Mechanics
Building, Huntington Avenue, where IN
formation concerning transportation will be
| given.
The various railroad companies will have
| Joint office on Washington street. corner
,f Milk, where all matters relating to extern
zion of tickets and transportation will be
attended to.
The Armstrong Transfer Express Com
pany have agreed to transport the baggage
| IF Posts, as whole, from railroad quarters
| 1t twenty cents per piece and for the
round trip twenty-five cents per piece. For
individual baggage, twenty-five cents pei
| piece one way aud forty cents for the round
Trip. Tickets will be issued good until Sept.
| LIST, and will be sold on the trains and at the
1epots where permanent offices arc estab'
| ished.
ACCOMMODATIONS.
| The Committee on Accommodations are
prepared to secure quarters for all Posts or
| Grand Army men who may attend. They
argently desire, however, to receive all APP
o.ications on or before the goth of July, in
| order that arrangements may be made sea-
,onably and satisfactorily.
INFORMATION.
There will be established at all depots end
principal hotels in the city, booths designated
| sc. A. r. Bureau of Information the
headquarters of which will be on Boston
| Common near the West street gate. In
connection with this there will be lar'e
corps OF Sons of Veterans detailed for duty
1T the depots, hotels. and the patrolling of
The streets. They will be designated by a
rbbon badge bearing the inscription,
Bureau of Information The department
| will be under the superintendent OF Com
ade z. H. Raymond, whose headquarters.
until Encampment week, are at No. "a
| Beacon ST., Boston.
The Grand Army Record, printed in Bos-
| ION, has Teen designated by the Executive
Committee as the Official medium for
National Encampment new. Any informa-
Jon that paper may publish may be regarded
| IS reliable and inquiries of general char
,cter made to the Committee on Information
will be answered through that medium.
All inquiries should be addressed to the
appropriate committees. Headquarters OF
I'll committees are at No. "a Beacon ST.,
Boston, where communications will receive
The promptest attention A partial list of
committees follows:
Exccutive-Geo l.. Goodale, Chairman.
Accommodations Harrison Hume, Chair
nan.
Transportation-J. r. Watson, Chairman.
Internationally. Thos +. Barker, Chair
| nan.
Parade-Col. T. r. Matthews, Chairman.
Reunions-J. Payson Bradley, Chairman.
Entertainments II. Innis, Chairman.
observation-disclosures F.Tobin, Chairman.
Finance-Col. L. II. Haskell, Chairman.
Reception-Gov. J. @. A. Bracket, Chair.
man.
I Printing--GeOrge S. Evans, Chairman.
HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT.
In charge of Maj. Otis H. Marion, Surgeon
First Regiment Infantry, M. V. NJ.
There will be an emergency hospital, fully
equipped with one hundred beds, open day
and night during the Encampment, for the
exclusive use of G.. A. II. Veterans. There
with ample service for any emergency, to.
gether with ten ambulances. large corps
Of physicians have volunteered their ser.
vices in caring for the sick and injured dur.
ing the Encampment. On the day of the
parade there will be established along the
line of march, numerous emergency stations,
designated by the Red Cross flags, in direct
communication by telephone with the vari-
Gus hospitals and ambulance stations. Al
each station there will be member Of the
Ambulance Corps and policeman, equipped
with stretcher, bandayes, splints, water
and restoratives, to meet the needs of any
one sick or injured, till an ambulance ar
rives. On every official excursion going out
Of Boston during the week, there will be in
attendance surgeons with a squad from ths
Ambulance Corps. All halls and hotels
where &. A. r. Veterans are quartered vii
be connected by telephone with the various
hospitals, SO that physician or ambulance
can be called at any time.
The Veteran Army Surgeons are invited
to visit the various hospitals during th,
week. There will also be reception fol
them by physicians and surgeons OF Boston
There will be published every morning OF
the various bulletins, and in the various
papers, list of the sick or injured, if there
be any.
SPECIAL REQUEST.
Commanders of Posts to whom this c'rcu
lar is addressed, will do this committee ant
the Order a service by giving publicity t,
the information contained herein through
the local pre- s; and they are earnestly re
quested to do so.
For the Committee on Information,
THoS. +. BARKER, Chairman.
=. II. RAYMOND. Chief of Bureau.