Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-16
THE @. A. r. ENCAMPMENT.
What Chairman Edison Says Of the None
That win BE Needed.

A SQUARE CANVASS TO BE MADE on CERTAIN
DAY FOR suBscRIPrIoNs-rHK NUMBER OF
VETERANS WHO WILL HAVE TO BE SUPPLIED
WITH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DURING THE
WEEK.
In the course Of q couple ef months the vet
Grams of the Grand Army will be assembled in
this city. The citizens executive committee,
which has charge Of the arrangements for
the reception and entertainment Of
the old soldiers, find that the
pressure of matters requiring attention grows
greater as the day Of the encampment draws
nearer. During the past week the doubt and
uncertainty as to the action Of Congress rela-
tive to the appropriation of the money asked
for has been eliminated. by the pas
sage Of the District bill which places 5000
to the credit Of the committee.
Necessarily good many details Of the ar
engagements have been delayed until it was
known whether this money would be available
great deal Of work is crowded into h COM
paratively short period Of time, but such is the
organization and system adopted that Chairman
Edison has no doubt but that all the plans will
be perfected and they will be prepared to re-
ceive the grand army of old soldiers when they
reach the city.
CHAIRMAN EDISON REGULAR HOURS.
Hereafter Chairman Edison will keep regular
Office hours at the headquarters of the CON-
mIttee in the Atlantic building He will be
there from 9 to 10 and from 1:30 to 4 each day.
meeting Of the executive committee
will be held Monday evening and plans
will be adopted for the thorough canvass Of the
city for subscriptions to complete the 950.00O.
which is the amount that Congress stipulated
should be raised by the citizens be-
fore the appropriation becomes available.
The cash paid in toward this fund
now amounts to SS3, 900 and there are unpaid
subscriptions amounting to about $4,000. 1t
is proposed to form a canvassing committee,
tion Of the city, and on certain
day each canvasser to 60 to work
and see every one in the square
assigned. As the subscriptions now to be
called for are expected to be in cash. il is
thought that the entire canvass can be made in
one day and the money needed to make up the
balance secured.
Chairman Edison would like the popular sub
scriptions to be sufficiently large to make up
for the 10000 which Congress cut off Of the
amount estimated by the committee.
HOW THE MONEY WILL BE SPENT.
II this is done there will be available for the
use Of the committee the sum Of S150.OO0.
Chairman Edison has made careful estimate of
the probable number that will be here and
the cost of entertaining them and he
feels that this fund will not
be too large. The figures upon which he bases
his estimate show that ut least 100 600 veterans
of the late war will attend the encampment. II
will be necessary to provide quarters for the
great proportion of these visitors. as the books
of the committee plainly demonstrate. For
example, the total number Of men who have
already indicated their intention Of
coming to the encampment is about
,har h.-A A
rangements for accommodations in the various
hotels. boarding houses and halls Of the city
and will pay all their own expenses.
TO BE SUPPLIED WITH QUARTERS
The remainder will be charge on the COM
mittee as far as quarters are concerned. There
have been assigned to the various school build
ings throughout the city some $4,000 men.
These buildings will, as a rule. be supplied by
the committee with cots. Then the committee
has agreed to supply some Il 900 men with free
quarters and there arc in addition similar
which no response has as yet been made.
So that out of the 81 500 men that are known at
this time to have decided to attend the en-
campment there are about $4,000 who will
have to be supplied with free quarters.
HOW IT WILL BE DONE.
Chairman Edison estimates that between this
time and the Goth of September some %, 900 or
$4,000 men will either make their appearance
here unheralded or will send word
that they are coming. Altogether he
estimates that free quarters will have to be
provided for some sixty or seventy thousand men.
The details of how this is to be done have not
yet been worked out, but Chairman Edison has an
idea that 1t would be practicable plan to erect
two or three frame buildings on the Monument
grounds about 500 feet square. each capable Of
accommodating some 1000 men.
The S3th Pennsylvania Regimental Associa-
ton will attend the encampment and the 200
members will be located at the Braddock House,
Alexandria, Va.
APPLICATIONS FOR QUARTERS.
During the past week applications for quar-
tiers have been received by the citizens Grand
Army encampment committee for the
men representing posts from the fol-
lowing places in Trumbull county, Ohio:
Warren, Bristolville, Niles, Kinsman, Vienna,
Burg Hill. West Pennington Mecca. Hubbard,
Mineral Ridge, Bruceville, Newton Falls and
Cortland.
W. T. Dickson Post, No. SCI, coultersville,
Pa, IL men; Watkins Post, No. So. Towanda,
Pa. 100 men; G. J. Leighton Post, No. 32l.
sPringport, Mich, 40 men; Cooper Post, No.
III, Marion, Ohio, 80 men; A. B. Watson Post,
No. 1885, Grand Rapids. Mich> so men; John
Bartges Post, No. SCI. North Georgetown.
OnO, ~ men; refer Miller Post, No. 55l. York
Springs, Pa, 40 men; r. P. Babcock Post No.
25S, westfield, Pa., 20 men; Maj. jenkins Post,
No. SO, Hanover. Pa, ~ men; Ninety-ninth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry Association. Ohio. 100
men.
A delegation of $50 men representing posts
in the following places in New Jersey: Wash
ington, South Amboy. Elizabeth. Asbury Park
Point Pleasant. Remington, Camden, Belvi-
dere, Morristown, Freehold, Atlantic City and
Lakewood.
Also delegation Of 126 men representing
posts in the following places in Maine: Rock
land, Cary, Norridgewock, st. Abans, Fryeburg
and Waterville.
s. J. Hood Post, No. 81, Medina, n. Y. 20
men; David Mcintosh Post, No. 1927. Rossena,
Ohio, 100 men: Gen. Lyon Post, No. 2, st.
Louis, so men; Bryner Post, No. 67 Peoria, Ill.
80 men; John D. Musser Post, No. &C, Muncy.
Pa, 30 men; company G, second
New York veteran cavalry, 80 men
a delegation of 800 men from the following
places in Steuben county, N. Y. Bath, Cohoc-
ton, Corning, Wayland, Addison, Thurston,
Cation, Cameron, Avoca, Pulteney, Greenwood,
Woodruff, Jasper, Painted Port and Pratts-
burg.
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