Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-09-04

with the 40, 600 others who will come
with them, can count on being well
cared for while they are the guests Of
the people OF the national capital. The
arrangements for their reception and
their comfort while here could not well
be better or more complete than they
are to-day.
There is no longer any doubt as to
the great army that will attend. From
every State IN the Union applications
have been received largely in excess Of
the anticipations OF the Committee on
Arrangements. Even from the South,
where the G.. A. X. is not supposed TO
thrive, a big contingent will come.
Texas alone will furnish contingent
Of not less than 1000 men, all wearing
the button that every man, woman and
child In the country knows as the in
sigma of the &. A. Il.
1t is no easy matter 10 care for a
great army of a hundred thousand
strangers. A very large proportion OF
the visitors will find temporary home in
the hotels, and a much greater number
will be accommodated in the boarding
houses which are 10 be found in nearly
every street in this town. Some one
very wisely said that Washington was
all one big boarding house, and he was
not far wrong. The national capital
probably has larger floating pOpula-
tion than any other city Of its size in
the world. But the hotels and board
ing houses will not be equal to the re-
Quirements. The committee on arrange
nents have realized this in ample time.
In ali the public squares OF any size
the visitors here to-day will see busy
workmen putting up long, low but com
Portable buildings of pine to be used as
sleeping barracks, as eating houses and
IS washrOOmS. TO build homes, even
temporary ones, for 10000 men is no
slight task But in another week Chair
man Edison, who has all the details Of
this immense work under his thumb,
will have his embTyOtic towns complet-
cd aud ready 10 receive the veterans.
Gut on the lawns which surround
the tall shaft OF white marble to
the memory Of the Immortal Washing
ton there will be buildings 10 accOmmO-
date $4,000 men; on the greensward Of
Lincoln park there will be homes for
$4,000 more, and 10000 will be placed
IN buildings scattered about on the
small public reservations with which
the city abounds.
When the barracks 10 the monument
grounds are completed there will be
seen seven principal buildings along the
curving driveway which is on thu south
side OF the Washington monument. All
o. the buildings are long structures,
with slOping roofs covered with tar pa
per and Il line of openings for ventila-
tian at the ridge. There will be built OF
wood, with canvas sides, the latter so
arranged that they can be raised or
lowered, as the weather makes neces-
sary The buildings have uniform
width of "a feet and q varying depth Of
from 200 to $50 feet. A building Of the
latter size has a capacity Of about $500
men. In the vicinity other building
will be put up where the men can wash,
ard also buildings where they can get
their meals. Space has been reserved
in the monument grounds for the mem
bers of the posts who bring tents with
the intention OF camping out.
The buildings in which the veterans
will sleep are interesting for several rea-
sons. The great size is Of course an ele-