Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-04-23
MEETING OBJ VETERANS
The Ninth Annual Encamp-
ment of the G.. A. r. of
Washington
Puyallup Decorated and Great
Preparations Made to Re-
ceive the Delegates
Next Encampment to Be Held
at Olympia or Belling-
ham Bay

prvAr1rp, Wash, April 22-The ninth
animal encampment OF the G.. A. X OF the
departmcnt Of Washington and Alaska,
and the encampments Of the sons oil
Veterans aud the Women's RELIEF corps
of the Washington division, opened mere
this morning, and notwithstanding Ihe
constant rain this delightful little town
presented a scene of much activity. EA-
tepsiye preparations have been mace iof
+be occasion. The streets abound WIN
straamers and arches Of evergreen, deco
rated with red, white and blue bunting
shop windows display pictures OF the
heroes Of the late war and even the fu-
vallup canine is robed in symbolic colors'
The delegations began 80 arrive last
night and the early morning trains
brought in many more. There was also
tair sprlnkling Of visitors. Trains later
n, toward noon. brought large additional
numbers so that the G.. "A. k. deparlm eht
encampment is the largest attended ana
PROMISES to be the most successful ever
bnI6 in this state The delegations, how
ever. are not yet complete, but represeh-
tatives are expected to continue TO arrive
during the day and early tom9rr0D"'
Visitors especially from Seattle ana Ia
coma will by tomorrow swell the NUMBER
TO many hundred, .o,,,.s
have arrived and when at IL O'Clock De-
nartment Commander Holmes raped tht
pneninp meeting TO Order-whlcn, by tht
SyaV was closed One-in the PuyalluI
opera house, there were on the platform
die following department officers: Com
,nander Holmes. Seattle: senior vice
commanded. A. j. Smith, Walla Walla
fnnior yice-commander, David stamp
Vancouver; medical director, II. o.. BoSJ
wick. Tacoma; chaplain, j. T.. sinclair
Ballard; member OF the counell OF auulln
istration, II. +. Garretson, Tacoma, an
The commanders official stat, consisun
n =. Crawford and i. a. Treen, OF BE
attic. and Post Department Commander
n. W. Sparkling and A. M. Brooks, OF ,.
attic, and c. NJ. HoltOn, OF Yakima. n
this meeting the preliminary exercise
were held and also the appOlntment
committees on credentials and resolution
were made. D..,
This afternoon at o'clock Depar tmel
Commander Holmes made his annual T.
port and the reports OF the commute
There are probably 500 delegates al
visitors here already to the &. A. X. e
campment. and with the WomanS keu
corps and the Sons Of Veterans, no le
than 500 all told are present.
Preliminary exercises were held by 7
Woman's Relief corps and Sons OF W
erans this morning, but not until |
afternoon meetings were the encampme
exercises properly begun. The FRANK
hand came In on the 10 o'clock train a
headed large delegation to the Ora
ARMY headquarters with Hail I
lum6ia." The parade tomorrow at II
m promises 10 be a browning success.
The two absorbing topics discussed
GA. Il. men are the next departing
commander and the place OF the next
campment. Those prominently spoken
for department commander are Ma
G.. = Lavell, Of post No. 6, OF Iacon
General r. G.. 0'Brien, No. 5, olymp
Geo. Hoskins. No a, Tacoma; A.
smith, No. 30. Waiia Waiia, and +.
Gabaith, No. 5, Spokane. AT pres
Major Laycll seems 10 have the in.
track and his popularity is grow
Eastern delegates are not united. -
are for an Eastern man and other 10
Western candidate. state division doe
figure In their preference.
IL is pretty well settled that the
eRcampmeut will be held some WHERE
Western Washing on, and the place
probably be Olympia or Bellingham
The Fairhaven and WhatcOm posts
making a vigorous light. The Olyi
delegates are not quite so active
should General O. Brien be elected der
ment commander, Olympia's Oh
would be gone.