Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-27

THE GREAT CROWDS EXPECTED AT DETROIT
PHILADELPHIA STILL uNDKcIpEp-THE wo-
MANS RELIEF CORPS.
saturday night there was an informal meet
ing at Wizards Of the general committee of
ciuzens and tonight the executive committee
IN charge OF the campaign to secure the @. A.
Il encampment for this city in 1892 will meet,
together with the members of the committee
on invitation. All the reports received are Of
the most encouraging character. Today Mr..
FISH, secretary Of the citizens committee, re-
celved the following letter from Col. veazsy,
the commander-in-chief Of the g. A. R.:
RUTLAND. W., July Is, 1891.
Dear Comrade-Your letter Of July q Is re-
ceived. shall be pleased to meet you and the
com commune a. detroit as you suggest. My i'm
preston Is you will have an easy Job il you
clearly show that Washington desires the next
encampment and will be in a situation to carry
IL out as other cities have done. great aid to
TINS end would be to make a complete list of all
the hotels and boarding houses Of the city. with
prices per day. The number will be so large il
all are included that it would remove all doubt
OF the ability OF Washington to house every
00dy. Fraternaily yours,
Commsnder-in-chief.
=, o'-co idr as nave nearu EXPRESSION over
the country it is decidedly in favor of Wash
ington. W.G.V
wAsHrNaroNs CAPACITY.
Following Col. veazey's suggestion 1t is prob
able that the committee will take to Detroit az
an evidence of Washington's capacity for hous-
ing large crowds the data prepared under Col.
H. Z. Wrlghts direction as chairman of the
puohc comfort committee at the last inaugura-
uon and at the time of the Knights Tsmplar
conclave. 1t is estimated that the hotels here
WIN accommodate $4,000 people. and then the
vast army OF boarding houses and private
homes that will be thrown open will accommo-
date four or five times as many more, without
taxing into consideration public halls and other
places that can be transformed quickly into
dormitories. The Hotel Keepers Association
have already taken action guaranteeing that
prices will not be increased.
PHILADELPHIA STILL UNDECIDED.
Philadelphia has not yet decided to extend
an invitation to the encampment In Phila-
delphia evidently it is thought Washington
will be the only competitor for this honor that
Philadelphia need fear. The Philadelphia
Press of yesterday said washington. ID. c.,
and Lincoln, Neb., are the only cities that are
in the field for the honor of entertaining the
Grand Army men next year. But Lincoln is
too small place for such big gathering and
there Is no interest attached to it. 1t would be
boom for the place, but it would mean failure
for the encampment Detroit. it is evident al
ready, is too small for 30 big an affair, and
Lincoln Is entirely out Of mention.
whether or not Philadelphia wants the en-
campment next year is the question to be de-
cided. IL it does the delegation from the de-
partment Of Pennsylvania will work for it.
Several prominent posts have decided en-
phatlcally in favor of it, while a few have de-
cided against it. The idea of some comrades
is that by having it elsewhere they can have
more enjoyment than they can here. But it is
held that the great mass OF veterans have not
the means to enable them to travel hundreds Of
miles and pay big hotel bills and railroad fares
and the like expenses, but that they, too, would
for once in their lives wish to attend national
encampment and enjoy the good times incl
dent to such gathering. Others look upon it
in the light Of bringing 100000 people here
who will spend millions of dollars in the city,
and that it would be beneficial in other re-
spects. This is a practical view Of the subject"
THE CROWDS EXPECTED IN DETROIT.
The problem of feeding the great crowd eI-
pected in Detroit on the day of the parade, and
which crowd, it is thought, would be much
larger if the encampment were held in this city,
Is already attracting serious attention in De-
troit. The Detroit Free Press says: 1.-The COM
ing encampment may be justly ranked as the
greatest event for many years in Detroit's an
mails. Crowds will throng the streets such as
never thronged them before. Immense num-
bers OF visitors were assured weeks ago. but
now that rate war has broken out thousands
more will take advantage of the railroads eff
forts to cut each other Q throats, and there is
no prophesying where the thing will end. The
hberality o. our men of affairs and our house
holders-thc former with their generous dona-
tions Of money and the latter for coming for
ward with accommodations at reasonable
prices--has of course, assured the success of
the encampment. Yes it is safe to say its sue
Is n thsta no hot
Thousands will have to content themselves with
empty stomachs, especially on the day Of the
great parade. Secretary Sterling Of the &C.
csmmodations committee admits that this
problem of feeding the multitude is a grave
one, and that 1t Is becoming more so as the
date OF the great event draws near. He saws
his committee is fully alive to the seriousness
OF the situation and is doing everything in its
power to prepare for it. There is nothing to
do but to make the best Of the situation, and
that Is just what the committee is doing. All
who live within a radius of seventy miles of
the city should come prepared with such sub
stantials as are not affected by the summer
suns rays. They will find plenty of room tor
it all word to the wise, &C."
THE DETROIT PROGRAM
Following is the program for the week of the
encampment:
Monday, August 3.-Reception of visitors
and assignment to quarters.
Tuesday, August 4.-Grand parade of vete-
rams and sons Of veterans. Eight O'Clock
pm, at the rink, a grand reception to the
G, A. R., W. r. c., s. of V. and naval veterans.
Camp fires at exposition ground and other
points.
Wednesday, August 5-1O:3O am, meeting
OF national encampment q. A. r. in twenty
fifth annual session. 1890 am, meeting of
national convention W. r. C. in ninth annual
session. Sp.m., camp fires at rink. exposition
and other points.
Thursday, August 6.-10:3O m, twenty-fiftb
annual encampment G. A. r. continued. 1890
a. NJ, ninth annual convention W. Il. C. con-
tlnued. Pm, banquet at rink to national
delegates. SPIN, camp fires.
Friday, August BOAT excursion and visits
to various points.
Low FARES TO THE BArTLE-FrELDs
One Of the great attractions of Washington
in the eye OF the veteran is its nearness to the
great battlefelds of Virginia, Maryland and
pennsylvania. 1t is expected that if the en-
campment comes here low rates will be made
by the railroad companies, SO that a veteran
can go to any Of these points of interest and
return at trifiing expense. In this connection
Mr.. =. b. Hege, the Washington passenger
agent of the B. and O., has received telegram
from Chas. o. Scull, the general passenger
agent, as follows: "You can say to the G. A. X.
committee that We will sell excursion tickets
from Washington to any battlefield reached by
the b. and o. r. r. at rate of not more than one
fare for the round trip. These tickets will be on
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