Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-09


PANY THEM.
The veterans Of the Grand Army OF the Dis
trict have packed their knspsacks and some OF
them will take up the line of march for Boston
this evening and others will so tomorrow morn
ing. In all the twenty-three years that tn
Grand Army has been holding national en-
csmpments there has probably never been .
larger contingent present from this District
than will attend the twenty-fourth national
encampment, which will begin its session in
Boston on Wednesday next The number that
will go, including the members OF the
various posts and their friends, is
variously estimated from six to eight hundred.
For weeks preparations have been in progress
for this great excursion and at Grand Army
headquarters there has been all the hustle that
characterizes the scene when a regiment has
received marching orders In this case, how
ever, the veterans are not mainly engaged in
Furnishing up their military equipments
They have been inquiring about railroad routes
and whether they could procure state rooms or
not for the trip from New York to Boston will
be by water.
THE TWO EXCURSION PARTIES.
The veterans have divided themselves into
two parties for the purpose Of making the trip.
One party will so by the Pennsylvania road and
the other by the Baltimore and Ohio road.
At the Grand Army headquarters each evening
for the past week the sale OF tickets has been IN
progress. MIR. 4. Hart of the committee in
charge Of the transportation arrangements by
the Pennsylvania road and MIR. A.
H. Van Deusen of the commit
tee for the b. Il o. party
have had the tickets for SALE and they have
been kept busy. For the time being they have
% he iova Of
which fall to the lot of a railroad ticket agent
They have become so accustomed 10 answering
questions that they can reel off answers with
out any mental effort and in the meantime at
tend to their duties. But everybody is good
natured and there seems to be a conviction
that the Boston encampment is going to be an
especially jolly affair. A large number of
ladies are going, and the veterans whenever
necessary, have cheerfuhy given up their state
rooms to the representatives of the opposite
sex. To old campaigners the prospect OF TAX
ing their chances in a crowd has no terrors, and
as everybody is going with the avowed inten-
ton of having good time few dIscomforts
Will not make much difference.
OFF TONIGHT.
Some of the veterans left on Friday for Bos-
ton, but large number will leave on the IL 20
train this evening, and at 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning by the Pennsylvania road In this
party will be Department Commander NJ. f.
Urell, accompanied by the members of his staff
department officers, Posts No. and No. 2, with
drum corps, Potomac Corps, Woman's Relief
Corps, Past Commander-in-chief s. s. Burdett,
Past Department Commander Chas L. Lin
coin, Past Department Commander c. b.
Smith of West Virginia, Gen. Raum, the
commissioner of pensions, and a large num-
Der of ladies and members of the g. r.
posts generally. The excursionists will leave
New York by steamer for Fall River at 6 p m
Sunday night, stopping at Newport for one
hour on Monday morning, and then by special
train from Fall River the party will arrive in
Boston at $50 am. on Monday.
The committee on transportation, consisting
OF Col. Chas p. Lincoln, A Hart and n
Ferret. have, by their management, facilitated
the details of the arrangements, and the COM
rades have been able to fall in line with very
little trouble. The Hotel vendome will be the
headquarters of the department commander
and of the department. Posts No. and No.
will be located at $50 Chandler street. and
Potomac Corps, Woman's Relief Corps, at the
Hotel Bellevue
Department commander and staff depart
ment officers and delegates to the encampme mt
also Jno. A. Rawlins Post, No. /, under the
command OF Ii. q. Iaber, post commander.
and Kit Carson Post, No. 2, under the command
of Senior Vice Commander A. Hart, headed by
Kit Carson drum corps, will leave GA II. Hall.
Pennsylvania avenue, for the Baltimore and
Potomac depot about 1870 this evening. The
following among others will go: J. IL.
Twitchell, George Butterfeld, Miss sue Brown,
Aug. Heimer, f. l.. Grant and wife. John Finn.
J. NJ. Emery and wife, Benjamin Engel, A. s.
Dunn. A. Hart, J. W. Wisner, Gen. 5. 5. Bur
dett and five ladies, George ID. Burch, William
Browninger, DIR. A. Baldwin and wife, Joseph
c. Taylor and two ladies. Frank Wolfe, Allen
Wall, r. w. Tyler, 7. c. Upton, J. J. Purman,
+. ID. Neale. John Kinsella, ". II. Hutchinson,
E. II. Holbrook, George w. Fisher.
J.: II. Kingsbury J.. z. Reed, Il. T..
w. b. Pratt and wife, DIR. Howard, T..
ID. Lothrop and wife, William Gibson, Gen. j.
A. Patterson, II. p Alley, I. S. Kelly. Mrs. II.
p. ID. Dame, o. II. Ross, j. A Commerford,
F. c. Jones, c. w. Hastings, the Misses Stick
ney, George II. Cooper, Charles p Lincoln,
Hunt, George Mackay, John NJ. Churchill,
Alexander Scott, J. b. Dutton, William B..
Brown, John c. Ballew, A S. Tober, n.
Ferree, q. A. Darling, /. S. Mortimer.
5. S. Whitney, J. L. Dejester, Moses
j. NJ. Keogh, Dennis O'Connor, Patrick 0'Far-
rell, n. +. White, Charles McEwan, William
Smith, W. H. Walker, S. ID. Lewis, Thomas L.
Miller, ii. Lyons, j. Ii. Royce, W. III. Mattlngly,
Asaph Dodge. L. J. Bookings, J. ii. Jochum,
DIR. A. c. Adams, Patrick Moore, Charles r.
Douglass, NJ A. Watson, r. J. Walker, j. p.
Townsend, L. NJ. Porter. DIR. G. A. Burghardt,
c. A. Ferris, Alice c. Hill. Dora T. voorhees,,
NJ. V. Brunerner, Mary Eldridge, Mrs Whit
comb. Mrs. White, Mrs. NJ. ID. Lincoln, Mrs A.
n. Swayne, Miss Newell, Mrs. Emily Sherwood,
Miss Carrie Harrison. Mrs. Langtree and son,
Mrs. Susan Brown. Mrs. Josie Parsons Mrs. E.
X. Temple and son, Mrs. Kate Norwood and
son. Mrs. Ellen Donohue Mics Clara Quint,
Miss Cora C. Curry, Miss Hills, Mrs. Z. l.. Rich
ards and brother, L. NJ. Burch, p. ID. Mere
dith, J. F. Perry, Miss Clark, Miss Dalton and
sister, Miss Annie NJ. House, w. ii. Wetzel
Mrs. French, Geo. II. Sleybough. Miss Sparks,
Miss A. Higgins, Mrs. NJ l.. Buckley, Annie
Hill, Jas. Loan, Geo. Noneiff and wife, r. c.
Sudden, A. Bradford. ID. c. Lovejoy, Mrs. T. b.
Wilson, Peter McGirr, DIR. VIM. Merrill and
wife, Mrs. J. w. Butcher, c. II. Evans and
wife. II. b. Knight Mrs. and Miss Annie Story,
NJ. s. Hopkins, Geo. Spraney, Hon. A C. Mat
thews, DIR. Huntoon, A. +. Brooks, Mrs. c. ].
Tealing and daughters, DR.. A. l.. Jackson and
III. Brewer and ladies, Miss Blanche Dunning-
ton, C. W. Mitchell, NJ. ]. McNamee, II. II.
Clark, Mrs. French, Mrs. Duckett, ID. A.
Green. G. n. Holland.
THE OLD GUARD
have made all the necessary arrangements
through their committee on transportation,
viz: Capt. Jas. NJ. Edgar, Quartermaster John
C. S. Burger, Lieut. A. II. Van Deusen and ser
geant George c. Harris.
The guard will leave tomorrow morning by
special train via Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
in charge of Passenger Agent Samuel b. Hege,
to Jersey City, thence by special steamer Rhode
Island to Providence and thence by special
train to Boston, where they will arrive about
a. N. on Monday.
At Baltimore the members of the department
OF Maryland will join the Old Guard delegation.
The members of the guard will assemble at