Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-22
THE GRAND PARADE.
TIE 1t Of the Orders Issued by Commander-
in-Chiof Palmer.

THE LINE TO MOVE IN DOUBLE coLuMN-rHE
REASONS FOR DECIDING on THIS FORMATION
OFFICIALLY srArED-rHE BODIES TO ASSEMBLE
| FOR PARADE AT "a. N.
Commander-in-Chief Palmer has issued the
| following orders regarding the encampment
and parade:
L. The parade of the twenty sixth national
encampment promises to surpass in magnitude
and magnifcence all its predecessors. In view
of this and Of the time that will necessarily be
consumed in passing in review the commander
in chief has decided that no other than Grand
Army organizations will be permitted In the
line. Department commanders will take note
of this in forming their commands.
II. gun will be fired at o'clock a m sharp
which will be tine signal for the several COM
mands to assemble. The second gun will be
fired at $50 O'Clock. which will be the signal for
| the head Of the column to move and depart
ment commanders will be required to have
| their commands ready to wheel into hne at that
| time.
| ANY department not ready to move into the
column at the proper time will lose it's position
in line. Aids-de-camp will be instructed to
| allow no break and to bring into line the de-
| partments that are ready.
III. Orders containing the formation. &C.,
will be published and furnished to department
| commanders later.
| The line of march will be on Pennsylvania
avenue from the Capitol grounds to Washing
| ton Circle. Length Of march, two miles, Each
| organization will pass over the above route in
| about one hour.
! The commander has decided for
several reasons that the parade shall be in
| double column: the principal reason being that
hundreds OF comrades have heretofore refrained
I from iOinlnp N the march ~ its
| great length, the fatigue Of waiting in side
! streets before moving and the lateness of the
hour when the last Of the column would pass
the reviewing stand. The march on this &C.
casion will be over perfectly level streets, paved
with asphalt and the double column formation
will reduce the length of the parade and time
! OF waiting, SO rs to make it q pleasure rather
than a tax to every comrade who participates
in it,
". Department commanders will meet the
commander-in-chief in tho parlors of the
Ebbitt at pm. on Monday, September -.
for consultation and orders. The commander
in-chief cannot urge too strongly upon COM
rades the absolute necessity Of promptness in
attending this meeting SO that each depart
ment commander may thoroughly understand
the details for the parade and review.
| V. The council of administration will meet in
the parlors Of the Ebbitt House promptly at Z
| pm. Monday. September 49,
| vi. The aids will require some time in &C.
| leCuug Horses ana must meet AT EDDltt In
time to mount and be ready to start at o'clock
am. September 20.
! VII. The twenty-sixth national encampment
will convene Wednesday, September p, at 10
am, at Albaugh's Opera House, city of Wash
| ington, DC, for the transaction of business
VIII Comrade p. J. O'Connor, aid-de-camp
to the commander-in-chief,is detailed to spe-
cial duty as acting assistant quartermaster
| general, in charge of headquarters trans
portation.
AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.
There will be a meeting of the citizens ex-
ecutive committee of the Grand Army encamp-
ment tomorrow afternoon. With present pros
poets there will only be small attendance, as
great many of the able chairmen are wooing
cool breezes at the seashore and in the noun
tains. In the meantime, however the pressure
for attending to the various details of the
arrangements is increasing. Chairman Edison
is Of the opinion that the wanderers will have to
return, and he is SO positive this subject that
he has sent out kilograms summoning them back
! to their posts of duty. In less than month
! the encampment will be in session here, and
when it is considered that the citizens COM
mittee were unable to take any positive steps
until the 14th of July, when Congress passed
the appropriation bill. it will be seen that there
has not been too much time to do all that must
! be done.
GREAT DEAL HAS BEEN DONE.
The great buildings for the free quarters
have been erected and arrangements have been
made for their lighting, the feeding of the old
| soldiers. the policing of the grounds, so that
| Ii the twenty odd thousand veterans should
come here this week instead of on the 18th or
18th of September it would be provided to ac-
commodate them. Then all the details of the
parade have been worked out with an exactness
never before attempted and the instructions
accompanied by maps of the city. will be
! ont n.tf 70 I,,a 90
unique features of the coming encampment is
the plan for holding the corps reunions. 1t is
safe to say that at no previous encampments
have such elaborate arrangements been made for
! the convenience of the members of those corps.
! The White lot will be devoted to reunion pur-
poses, and there will be located the headausr-
tiers of the various corps. An old soldier can
meet within a short distance of each other the
Comrades of the corps. In a few days the
White lot can be made ready if necessary for
The reunions.
| THE RECEPTION.
Another feature will be the reception to the
members Of the encampment in the great hall
of the pension building. 1t will be deliberately
! decorated for the occasion There will be fine
music and buffet lunch.
Ladies can attend the reception, which is an
| unusual thing. There is to be vocal music and
various patriotic exercises. The other details
| of the preparations are well advanced. and
! thcfo no Out WIFI every tulnS Will De
ready when the time comes
| REMOVAL.
The committee on accommodations will move
its headquarters to the building erected for its
use at the corner Of Pennsylvania avenue and
| 18th street. At present this committee is To-
Gated in the headquarters of the executive
committee i'll the Atlantic building. There is
not room enough for both in one suite Of
rooms and go Mr.. Peck and his assistants are
going to move out. large number call on the
committee on accommodations each day. either
| to secure rooms or to leave word that they have
rooms TO lease. Thus far between 5000 and
1900 individuals have secured rooms through
! this committee In addition the posts have
secured quarters.
| THE GENIUS OF LIBERTY.
The committee have received a proposition
| from II. s. Elicott to erect plaster cast heroic
female figure, representing the genius of lib
| erty holding aloft in her outstretched hands
medallion inscribed with the names of WASH
ington. Lincoln and Grant. The figure rests
on a pedestal. which will make the entire height
abcu. thirty feet. 1t is proposed to locate it
at some conspicuous point on the line Of the
parade. The committee have not acted upon
this proposition.
THE PENNSYLVANIA REPRESENTATIVES.
The Grand Army Veterans in the a1io;pipo