Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-06

Thsy WIN Bear Thsfr Part In The Great
q. A. n. Parade.

THE SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Thsy WIN Bear Their Part In The Great
q. A. n. Parade.
WHITE AND coLonED Pupils WILL RI MAssED AT
DIFFERENT FONTS AND sISa PATRIOTIC SONGS
THE MAIN WORK OF PRKPARArIoS NOW PRAc-
TIcALLr COMPLETED.
One OF the unique features Of the great pa
rade on Pennsylvania avenue on the 2oth in
slant viii be the stands filed with school chill
dren. An attempt will be made by the ar
rangement Of the children appropriately
dressed to give the entire mass the form and
coiors OF the national flag. One of these stands
will be erected at the south front of the Tres
ury Department, commanding the entire avenue.
As the line Of veterans passes along the fresh
young voices Of a chorus Of 900 children will
ring out the familiar strains Of patriotic songs.
The other stand viii be erected at Market
space and sth street ana will have
capacity Of 800. This latter stand will be occu-
pied by pupils from the colored schools The
children have already begun to rehearse the
songs thatwill be rendered on that occasion, and
today Chairman Edison awarded to H. b. Bright
the contract for erecting the stands There will be
mittee have not as yet awarded the contracts.
WILL BE UP ON TIME
However. they will be up in plenty Of time.
Chairman Edison is taking no risks and is push
ing all the details of the preparations toward
completion. Mr.. Geo. s. Evans. past depart
ment commander and amember of the citizens
executive committee Of Boston, called on Chair
man Edison today. He has been looking around
the city, visiting the free quarters, &c. and
generally seeing what is being done. As he was
intimately associated with tho work done in
Boston he may be regarded a pretty good
critic. He told Chairman Edison that be
thought everything was in splendid shape. II
Is fact that all the preparations IN point of
time FAR ahead Of those made in other cities.
The result will be that when the crowd gets
here there will be no confusion. as the entire
effort can be directed toward handling the
visitors. Ii will also insure more attention be-
ing paid to the details.
BULK OF THE WORK DONE.
The great bulk of the work is done and its
extent few people can appreciate. Only those
who are members of the committee can under
stand the vast amount of system. time and at
tentlOn. az well as executive ability, that has
been required in mapping out the plan and
then seeing that all the details are perfected.
that there will be no hitch and the comfort as
well as the pleasure of the visitors will be in
piished and that the arrangements are such that
the vast crowds will be handled in an orderly
manner.
ASSIGNING POSTS TO QUARTERS.
Chairman Wright of the accommodations
committee is now engaged in assigning the posts
to the free quarters The general rule has been
adopted Of assigning the veterans living east of
Ohio to Camp Farrsgut az Garfield and those
living west to Camp Alger on the monument
grounds. The idea Of this arrangement is to
place the veterans coming from remote points
dom been in this city near the center of affairs,
where they can have better chance to see the
sights of the nations capital
TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
There are always two questions of great in
terest to be decided at the annual encampment
of the Grand Army. One is the choice of a
commander-in-chief and the other is the place
for holding the next encanpment. There are n
number of candidates mentioned for Gen. Pal
mer's place. Col. Lincoln of this city il men
toned prominently for this position. SO is also
Gen. Weissart of Milwaukee and several other
well-known Grand Army men. The Depart
ment Of California has Endorsed Past Com
mander Warfeld for the position of commander
in CHIEF.
There was some talk of holding the next en-
campment in Chicago next year, but that city
= Ia.
So Chicago will nc. figure to any extent in tine
contest over the selection of place for 1898.
In the meantime indianapolis has been making
up a little boom and now MIR. Irwin Robbins,
the assis ant adjutant general of Indiana. writes
to a friend here that oil the big Chicago
posts favor indianapolis and more than
one-third of the members of the
encsmpment have pledged themselves to vote
foT that city. This looks bright for Indianapo-
lis, only Denver and one or two other places
want the veterans, and so, after all. it will not
be walkoyer.
THE EXCURSIONS TO THE BATTLEFIELDs.
The excursions to battlefields is going to be
quite feature of the Writ of the old soldiers
to this city. A schedule of dates is being ar
ranged. and in addition The citizens committee
will have their representatives located at the |
principal battlefields for the purpose of acting |
as guides to the visitors in going over the bat
Chairman Edison was asked today by the rep |
resentatiye of the Emerson Shoe Company for |
the privilege of erecting stands at the two \
camps where shoes can be backed. The COM
pany agrees to black the boots of all Grand |
Army men free Of charge. As there will be 4
over $4,000 men in these camps the company 1
undertakes to do a great deal. Chairman |
Edison granted them the privilege.
THE POTOMAC RELIEF CORPS.
At special meeting last night of Potomac |
Relief Corps the presentation to Miss Belle r. |
Houghton was made of a certificate of the Co /
lumbar Society of the United States. This |
certificate entities the holder to rstclass trans
portation TO Chicago, seven DAYS hotel |
six days admission tickets to |
worlds fair, &c. 1t was given to Potomac
Corps and drawn for by subscribers to its re- |
lief fund. Miss Houghton drew the lucky num- |
Der and has been warmly congratulated on her
good fortune.
WHAT THE LADIES ARE DOING.
The committee on detail, under the SUPER
vision of Miss Annie Tolman Smith. chairman
printing committee, is about to issue a circular
final instructions to all the coming
women organizations, which will embody all