The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-09-16
NATIONAL ENoAMpMENT.


The Grand Army Display at Washington
Next week.
Washington is not as large as New York
or Philadelphia but 1t will accommodate
the m mbers Of the Grand Army of the
Republic and their friends next week
Ponnsylvania will send 10 600 of her
veterans
The authorities have provided free quar-
ters or 55, eco of them, and the hotels and
private houses will furnish accommodations
for tue vast crowd not members of the
Grand Army.
The entertainment given the veterans is
a local matter in which the citizens of
Washington do every hing and the General
Government nothing, Every dollar that is
being expended in preparation, or will be
expended, was raised by the people of
Washington and not a cent came from the
general treasury. The Senate was willing
to vote money to help entertain the men
who had saved the Treasury, but the House
would not yield to giving dollar, and was
only with difficulty brought to consent that
the people of Washington might use some
1t was shameful that the House of Re-
presentatives should prevent the United
States Government from acting decently
toward the meo who saved its existence in
its days of mortal peril. This will be the
first, last, ard only time that these soldiers
will be in the National Capital as a body.
1t will be the only opportunity the Govern
ment will have to show any hospitality to
the veterans, and it is disgrsoeful to the
National reputation that not dollar was
allowed TO be expended by the Nation in
the entertainment cf its veterans when
they gathered for the first and last time in
the Capital for which they fought
The whole blame for this discreditable
thing rests upon the House of Representa-
tives. The Senate stood ready to appro-
pirate literally for this entertainment b 1t
the House, led by such men as Dockery, of
Missouri, doggedly refused, and fought the
Senate's liberality until it was defeated
The officials generally in Washington,
from the President down, have been kindly
helpful, and have done all that it was
possible to do, in the absence of Congress
sional appropriation. to aid in making the
National Eucsmpment a thoroughly
enjoyable gathering.
The citizens of Washington have done
wonderfully, Not wealthy at all US cities
now go in this country, with one third OF
the population made up of negroes, who
but few years ago were merely slaves;
with another large portion of the popula'
ton clerks living on meagre salaries, the
people of Washington have yet raised
$50 C00 with which to entertain the vet
erans Everything considered, this is far
better than any other city has done, and
the people Of Washington deserve an i'm
mense amount of credit for it. The Ma
tionsl Encam moment-thanks to them, and
to them alone-wil be glorious success.
The illuminations at the National En-
campment will be an astonishment to al
present for they will be on scale nevel
before sttemptad. The Citizens Com
mit.ee appropriated Sl5 OC0 and the elec
trio light companies, which are to do the
work, will add possibly $40 coo more tC
this. Everything will be on the grandea
scale, and the machinery and appliances
which the companies have brought to thai
city for the display, are valued at over $50,
600 A pa,t OF the programme is the dis
play Of the corps badges in heir appro'
pirate oolors in incandescent lights.
The First Defenders, of which Schuylkil
county furnished two companies, will leaC
the line of march. Among these we hops
to see our own townsmen, Comrade
| Mangam, Hughes and Howard.