Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-19
THE @. A. r. ENCAMPMENr.
What Chairman Edison Says Of the Boston
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Chairman John Joy Edison Of the Grand
Army encampment executive committee has
returned to the city from q business
trip to Boston. He was accompanied thither
by Secretary Dingman, Col. I. P.
Wright. chairman of the committee
on accommodations, Col r. A. Psrke, chair
man of the committee on transportation, and
Chairman Ellis Spear Of the committee on
parade.
To STAR reporter, who met him this after
moon. Chairman Edison expressed great graf
ification at the results of the journey.
My idea" said he, was that we could
PICK up great deal of detail information
which would be of much value to us
and the possession Of which would save Us con-
siderable labor. We succeeded admirably and
nav We know a great deal as to the methods
employed by the citizens when the encamp-
ment was held in Boston. A great deal Of
time would have been wasted and a
large quantity Of labor thrown away
had we not consulted with our
Massachusetts friends. At headquarters We
met some OF those who were most active in the
conduct of the Boston encampment-Chair-
man George l.. GocGale of the executive COM
mlttee. Chairman George H.Ennis of three sub
committees, Chairman T. Il. Matthews of the
committee on the parade, Chairman ]. Payson
bratiey OF the committee on reunions, Char
man Hume of the committee on reunions, Col
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Adjutant General H. o. Moore of the depart
ment Of Massachusetts,. Adjutant General Dali
ton. Gen. Geo. s. Merrill, ex-commauder-in-
chief, and others.
ALL ANXIOUS FOR SUCCESS.
I'VE had lengthy conference and found
that every man was willing to give US all the in
formation they had They seem to be just as
anxious as we are to make the encampment
tie biggest kind of a success. There was one
thing that they could not tell us much about.
They provided free accommodations for 10. 400
men; We shall have to do that same thing for
from rs. coo to 100, 600 veterans.
Then we found out what the committee had
left undone, which they afterward wished they
had done, and We also heard of the things
which were done, but which would not be re-
peated if Boston had to go through the same
experience a second time.
''One of the most pleasing things was con-
tinually meeting was the widely spread idea
that this coming encampment would be the
greatest ever known. The people gener-
ally seem to realize that the celebra-
There will be such novelties-oniy pos
sible here-as excursions to the great
battleields, the great parade on historic
pennsylvania avenue, the broad smooth
streets and a score of other inducements which
must tend to increase the popular interest and
add to the visitors enjoyment.
-FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND VETERANS EXPECTED.
"All the Grand Army men we met are fully
convinced that there will not be fewer than
100000 veterans here in September. There
seems to be an universal desire on the part of
the cid soldiers to see the capital they saved.
Tho attendance estimate may seem to
some persons to be large, but there is
authority for the figures. Posts with a
membership Of a hundred, that were rep
resented at Detroit and Boston by
twelve or fifteen men, have written to US that
they will be here with from seventy-five to
ninety members. The encampment OF 1891 will
be the greatest the Grand Army ever knew or
ever will know