The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-10
TIL E PENSION ARMY.
A GREAT r.EETING CT TIE c. a. r.
IN BOSTON.

to be Present--N rs Harrison, Mrs.
Hancock, > RS. Logan, Mrs. Farragut,
Mrs. Grant and Other Fam Gus
Women viii be in Attendance
Great Parade a-d a Fine Banquet.
Triumphal Arches-Plenty of Music
and stories-The Emergency los
pital SCI vice.
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BosToN, Aug. 9-The city is wild with
excitement Not in many a day has there
been such stir in this town. Toe veterans
Of the G. \. R are coming by every train.
There are thousands Of them. They are
coming from all directions and the city is
filed with strangers The national encamp-
ment of the G. A. R. opens on Tuesday,
Aug. u, and an army Of men who wore the
blue, numbering At least 100000, are ex-
pected here. The procession of Old soldiers
will afford the most impressive spectacle
of the sort that has been witnessed
in this country since the grand
review of the armies of
Grant and Sherman in Washington at the
close of the war. Boston is in gala attire
Although the encampment does not open
until Tuesday, for days previ MS the old
fellows began TO enter cur hospitable gates
and are now safely encamped la this city
Flags are flying i'll all directions. Shops,
buildings and private houses are gay with
bunting. Mechanics building, where ma "
of the old soldiers are quartered, Faneuil
hall, the cradle of liberty, Music
Hall, fremont Temple, Horticultural hall,
the city hall and the state house are all APP
propriately decorated. There are triumphsl
a. ches here and there, and it promises t. he
one of the greatest meetings ever held by
the old veterans.
It is the grand army's week, and what a
week! Old fellows who have not met in
many a year will swap stories of the war
days, the band will play the patriotic airs
that stirred these men to heroic action, the
old flag will float in the breeze and the new
one with the forty-four stars will be there
too. The old generals will be there, and there
will be meetings and reunions of the old
posts A grand banquet, at which some of
the famous soldiers will speak, aud there will
be toass drank in silence for heroes who
have gone aloft.
In brief, the programme includes a grand
parade on Tuesday. In the evening the
grand army and woman's relief corps Is to
have a reception in Mechanics hall. On
Wednesday the meeting of the national
encampment in Music hall, also a meeting
of the womans relief corps, and in the
evening grand army campfire in
Mechanics hall. Thursday, continued
sessions of the national encampment
and In the evening a grand auquet. GA
Friday there will be an excursion to Ply
mouth and a clam bake that will be a
revelation to most Of the delegates. On
Saturday steamboat excursion along the
northern shore to Cape Ann, passing
Nahant, Salem and Marblehead to Thatcher's
Isle, with a fish dinner Oh the boat. A re-
union Of many veterans will also be held,
and reunions of many other organic atoms
at such times as may be agreed upon.
OF the distinguished mon and women who
will be present, President Harrison and his
cabinet, of course, will rank first. Il is not
quite certain that the President Will be here
during the entire week, but it is his inten-
ton to be here on the day of the great
parade. He will be the guest of the state,
and upon his arrival will be escorted from
the station to the Hotel Vendome by two
troops Of cavalry. He will review the pro-
ceSsion from one of the grand stands. There
will be other men here, however, who will
dwarf even the President in the es-
timation of the veterans. Griz-
zled old Gen. Sherman in the
sunset Of life says he would not miss it. He
will undoubtedly be the hero of the week
Gen. Sickles, Gen. Alger, Gen. Slocum,
Gen. Devens, Gen. Butterfield, Gen. Double
day, Gen. God, Gen. Cogswell, Gen. Corse
and others not so we'll known. Besides
these, ex-Gov. Foraker of Ohio, Gov. Hovey
of Indiana, Gov. Fifer Of Illinois, Gov
Bulleley, Senator ingalls,, Corporal Tanner
aud scores of other men, bright stars in the
galaxy of the q. A. R. armament
There will be some famous women pres
ent, too, many of them to attend the ma
t1Ora1 mr. Of tha WTrOoan1a nj of
Corps, who will attract attention. Mrs
Harrison has promised to be present, and so
have Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs. Lo-
gan. Mrs Hancock, Mrs. Alger, and last, but
not least, Miss Clara Barton, the president
of the Red Cross Society.
Mt i'll many years have so many dis
tinguished men and women, so identified
with the late unpleasantnesS, been brought
together, and the people Of Boston intend
to make the event one long to he remem-
bered. While the distinguished visitors
will be largely the guests of the state or
city, there will be many private entertain
ments given in their homo.
Interest centers, of course, in the great
parade aud the banquet. 1t Is hoped to get
100000 veterans in line, preparatory to the
command Forward, march," which Gen.
Alger will give about 10 O'Clock in the
morning. The line of march will be up
ments will fall in in the order of their
seniority with the exception that the
department of Massachusetts, which is
the receiving department, will take
the left of the procession, according to a
custom of the G. A. r. The Is, 900 veterans
Of the Bay state will be massed on Boston
common. Gen. Alger, with a staff Of 600
men, will review the procession. All the
notable men and women that | have men,
toned above will have seats of honor upon
the grand stand. The march will commence
through the Back Bay streets, Westchester
park and down w ashlngton street TO Adams
square. Forty-three departments will be
represented in this order:
Washington, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
New York, Connecticut, Maine, New Jer-
sey, Virginia, California, Rhode Island,
New Hampshire, Verm mt, Potomac, Colo
RADIO and Wyoming, Maryland, Nebraska,
Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Mime
sofa, Delaware, Missouri, Oregon, Ken
lucky. West Virginia, Washington and
Alaska, Arkansas, New Mexico, Utah, Ten.
nessee, Louisiana and Mississippi, Florida,
Montana, Texas. Idaho, Ariz ma, Georgia,
Alabama, North Dakota, South Dakota
and Massachusetts.
Following these will come the naval or,
ganizatio1s of the country, regimental and
other organizations, with the Sons of
Veterans on the left. The naval veterans
will probably be Que of the most interesting
features of the grea5 host. 1t is thought
The city has takea on martial asnect.
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