Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-20
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WASHINGTON, D. c., September 10
Washington has been taken possession OF
by the visitors. The streets are iammed,
the hotels are packed, boarding houses,
the public schools and free barracks are
running over. Accommodations are scarce
and high priced, when found. Never was
there such G.. A. Il. encampment IN point
of interest or point OF attendance. All day
special trains have been running INTO
Washington's two depots at half hourly in
tervals. An sorts of cars have been press
ed into service. If railroad accommoda-
tions were lacking on the way to Washing
ton their absence has served to soften the
inconvenieuces that are met with here at
every hand
At the CITY Hall, where the West Vir-
ginia Headquarters are located, 1t was re-
ported tonight that all the West Virginia
posts had turned up. Kimball post, 90,
of Littleton, consisting of 81 men. is quar-
tered at the Hillsdale school building,
Nichols avenue. b. 3. Shaw post, 63, OF
Piedmont, has been assigned to the WEBS
ter school building, corner Tenth and h
streets. N. w. All the other posts have
been assigned to Camp Alger, near the
Washington monument. These posts are
]. w. Holiday post, -, of Wheeling, with
100 men; Lyon post, %, of Independence,
with 20 men; Lincoln post, 10, OF Martins
burg. with 40 men; Meade post, q, OF Fair
mont, with 12O men; George ID. Summers
post. 13, Of Berkely Springs, and Lander
post, 3S, of Pawpaw, numbering together 10
men; George II. Thomas Post q, OF Tun-
MELTON, with so men; Carl Spate's Post IS,
of Jackson Court House, with 20 men; An
drew Mather Post IA, of Parkersburg, %
men: Phihppi Post l06, 40 men; j. +.
Baird Post 100, Of Sherrard, 10 men; Jacob
Franc lGS, of Maysville, 90 men; s. B.
Stidger 35, of Cameron, 80 men; w. p.
Green Post 33, of West Union, % men;
Kendall Post sc, of Ritchie Court House,
l5 men: New Creek Post SO, of Keyser; 10
men: w. n. Harris Post 80, Of Belleville,
l5 men: Preston Post "a, of Terra Alta, "a
men, and Frost Post 10, Of Smithsville, 10
men.
WASHINGTON, September 19.-For the
past week the comrades have been gath
ering from every part Of the Union.
Great cities, small towns, little hamlets
and solitary farm houses have sent their
quotas, greater or smaller, and the re-
suit is an attendance that no man can
closely estimate, and one cert ainly sur
passing that ever seen in Washington.
Ali through last night trains arrived in.
many sections laden with comrades and
their wives and sons and daughters, In
some way everybody was cared for.
The vast barracks erected in Garfield
Park, southeast OF the Capitol, and
those Just south Of the reunion grounds
known as Camp Alger, were filled by
thousands of veterans; and. in addition,
the many handsome public school build
f,N fOp ~ 4 n r.
ters for as many Of the veterans as
csuld find room TO lie side by side. The
multitude of white tents which covered
the available space in the monument
grounds and the White Lot were also
filled with sleeping comrades.
Early rising was the rule and the
camps were like hives and bees, hum
ming with activity. The kitchens
smoked, the walters scurried here and
there and the long tables in the dining
halls were filled with men eating break
fast. This dispatched, they strolled
about the grounds or went of In little
squads to view the gaily decorated
city.
Rarely in its history has the National
Capital appeared more resplendent than
in the gorgeous costume she has donned
in honor of the G.. A. Z. Nearly all Of
the streets and avenues are elaborately
and handsomely decorated. The public
buildings have received special care in
their decorations and those of the White
House and Treasury Department are
conspicuously elaborate and beautiful.
The other department buildings are
tastefully decorated.
The feature of the day was the inau-
guration and dedication of Grand Army
Place, as it is called, which is known as
the White Lot, just south OF the grounds
of the Executive Mansion. 1t is one
MAGNIFICENT lawn, comprising many
acres of ground covered with well kept
green sod and unbroken by single
tree or bush. On this vast field has
been laid out a reproduction Of the
closing scene OF the war of the rebellion
by the arrangements OF tents and
stands. In the centre OF the field
representing Richmond, the capitol OF
the confederacV, is commodious grand
stand. Surrounding it are myriads OF
tents set apart and representative Of
the position of the various army corps
that wound up the war. Five great
tents, known as Grant, Sherman, Sheri-
dan, Meade and Thomas tents, separate
the four great divisions in the surround
ings. In these tents, Of which Grant is
largest, will be held the reunion of the
various corps.
The novelty OF the ground is the
place set apart for the reunion of the
naval and marine veterans which has
been erected reproduction Of the fam
ous frigate Kearsarge, which sunk the
Confederate cruiser Alabama, after she