Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-19
THE G. A. Il. ENCAMPMENr.
Veterans Provided With Quarters and Those
Who Have Applied.

Veterans Provided With Quarters and Those
Who Have Applied.
There are some 10000 veterans of the late
war who propose to come to this city to attend
the q. A. r. encampment in September next
and who have already made arrangements for
place to sleep and place to eat during their
stay in this city. That number, however, lis be-
iered to be only contingent of the hosts that
will be here. On the books of the committee
on accommodations may be found applications
for quarters for about the same number. Mr..
Peck, the secretary OF the committee.
states that the applications thus far
have been mainly from posts in the New
England states. From. Massachusetts, alone
applications for quarters have been received
from some 5000 men, aud they have all
been supplied with places to stay. There are
in addition requests from some 9. 600 men from
the same state which have not vet been dis
posed OF. The representation from the old
bay state alone is estimated will be about 10 O00
Only one application has come in from Minne-
sofa. Kansas has not yet been heard from.
The south has still to indicate how many posts
from that section will be represented. Only a
few requests from Grand Army posts have come
in from the great states of New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Illinois. Adding to the number sup
piled with quarters the number that have asked
tor quarters the grand total is about 81 600.
The committee has only been at work about
three or four months, and there are still six
months before the date of the encampment In
that interval it is expected that the applica-
tions will come pouring in. Already the mail
each day shows an increase.
POSTS PROVIDED During THE WEEK.
The following posts have engaged quarters
for the encampment during the past week:
kellogg Post, 26, Birmingham, Conn. for rs
members; Thos. NJ. Redshaw Post. as. Ansonia.
Conn, for SO members. at the Hillman House.
North Capitol street; Uzal Dodd Post IL
Orange. n. j.. 100 members at 1913 Missouri
avenue northwest; Marcus L. Ward Post S.
Newark, n. j., for lbs members at the Ardmore
5l6 18th street northwest; Reno Post 8, Hudson,
Mass, for 70 members, at 429 18th street north
west.
The following posts have applied for quarters
to committee on accommodations during the
past week: J. b. Sloan Post, 49, Penn Yam,
n. Y, for so members; N. Edgar Richards Post
595.. Pottstown Pa; Scott Bradley Post. III,
Lee. Mass, for 40 members; James NJ. Brown
Post, 2S5, jamestown, NY, for 100 members;
Paul Revere Post, IS. Quincy Mass, for IS
members; b. F. Butler Post. AZ, Lowell, Mass,
for 100 members; De Forest Post, Dundee, Mich.
for 60 members. and a battalion from Meigs
county, Ohio. of 100 members, representing
the following posts: Middleport Post, LIS, Mid
dleport; Sergt. Holt Post. 43, Rutland; SerRt.
Mckenzie Post. 1877, Harrsonville; Russell Post,
25e, Chester: Capt keyes Post, 302. Upper
Plains; Miles Standish Post. 430 Dexter; q.
Bartlett Post, 5iS, Pomeroy; Lewis Logwood
Post, 6i3, MIDI ieport; Coleman Post, 81, Long
Bottom.
J. L. Brigham, the assistant adjutant general
of the departing of Minnesota. is in the city
looking for quarters for about 500 members Of
that department