The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-09-19
AS IN DAYS OF WAR.
Washington Appears Like A Great
Military Camp.
THIS TIME, HOWEVER, THE ARMY
is ONE OF PEACE.

How the Veterans viii be Cared for Dur
ing the Great Gathering of the Grand
Army-Thousands Had Arrived Last
Night and We're Daily Renewing Ac-
quaintances and Telling Stories of War
Days-At Gettysburg.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.-By tomorrow,
when the 26sth annual reunion of the G..
A. R. will be formally opened by Vice
President Morton, this city will be
thronged with populace perhaps never
exceeded. The multitude now here is
hourly augmented by arriving trains.
By tomorrow the city will have as guests
crowd estimated at nearly two hun
dred thousand. Tonight the city is
swathed in bunting. The weather is un-
usually clear with just enough breeze
blowing to keep the flags standing out
from the poles. All the visitors were on
the streets from early morning until past
night fall. Their walks and rides ex-
tended throughout the city and to the
Arlington Soldiers Home and points of
interest in the vicinity. Many people
went down the Potomac to look again at
places familiar to them during the war.
The streets were alive with brass bands,
escorting arriving posts to quarters, and
down in the white lot, which will be the
field Of attraction during the encamp-
ment, thousands gathered to welcome
the arriving guests. On the beautiful
plateau near the river front and within
the shadows of the Washington monu-
ment, there is settlement which has
sprung up as if by magic, which will be I
The Abode of $4,000 Veterans
during their temporary stay in the city.
Here they will be housed, fed and cared
for with all the attention that minute
care to detail with view to their COM
fort can give. The like of this camp in
size and general arrangement was never
attempted at any previous encampment.
just north of this settlement and direct
ly south of the Presidents mansion is
another space of ground where ten or
fifteen thousand more warriors will be
lodged and fed. This is the camp prop
Ell with rows upon rows of white army
tents loaned by the war department with
here and there tent of circus dimen-
sions from which a great flag floats tell
ing that it is the headquarters of some
post From the huge tri-colored flag
staff in the centre float the national col
ors over the grand stand below where
the dedicating exercises will be held,
and near by is the reproduction in every
detail of the old warship Kearsarge,
dressed from stem to stem, rainbow
fashion, with naval exactness. The camp
has been alive with sight-seers and SOL
ac4 ir1+ d000 cn1d;nrc
were taken care of in the camp and bar
racks and by this evening the latter were
we'll filled.
In another part of the city camp has
been established which will accommo-
date 5000 souls. Far into the night the
railroads continued to bring into the city
great crowds of humanity from all parts
of the United States. Pennsylvania ave-
nue. was alive the entire evening with
residents and visitors, who listened to
the sounds of martial music that filled
the air whenever a new post arrived.
Many meetings took place in the tents
and the men were soon gossiping over
the old days and fraternizing as of old.
The number of organizations expected by
the executive committee aggregates about
1900. A large number of these are al
ready here or are expected on the late
trains tonight. Dahlgren Post No. 2 of
Boston came this afternoon and was met
by Kit Carson Post No. 2 of this city,
hsaded by a drum corps. Dahlgren
Post entertained the Carsons at the Bos-
ton encampment and the latter will re-
ciprocate.
Gen. Lander Post No. 5,of Lynn, Mass,
which numbers over 1900 men on it's roll,
and is known far and wide as the banner
post of the whole Grand Army, is quar-
tered at a suburb of the city in train of
Pullman cars. This post is also famous
as the big Shoe" post, from the mann
moth specimen of footwear manufactured
in Lynn shop in which most of the
members are employed. At one of the
wharves was the steamer which brought
large number of Grand Army people
from Maine. They are quartered on
the ship. 1t is stated
One Hundred and Five Thousand Persons
had arrived up to II o'clock tonight.
Ex-President Rutherford B. Hayes is
here for the purpose of attending the
Grand Army reunion. He attended ser
vices at the Foundry M. E. church today
and hundreds of peple there shook hands
with him. The question of who will be
the next commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army is absorbing interest. Three
candidates are in the field,-Col. Chas. P.
Lincoln of Washington, Col. A. G. Weis-
ert of Wisconsin and Gen. S. H. Hearst
of Ohio. Each has war record of ex-
ceptional brilliancy and has strong per-
sonal following.
KENNEBEC ON THE POTOMAC.
Maine Veterans Reach Washington After
a Pleasant Passage.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.-Steamer Ken
nebec, Capt Collins, containing G.. A.
R. excursion arrived to-day from Gardin-
er, Me-, after passage of IA hours. All
are well.
Fighting 1t Over Again.
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