Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-09-19

down Seventeenth street 10 the white lot,
where the dedication i'll take place.
Dahlgren pos; of Boston. with post >
! of Philadelphia, will be the guests of Kit
Carson post of Washington. which has
made elaborate preparations to extend the
| hospitalities of the city 10 them during the
coming week.
| To provide free quarters for over 5000
men coming as organized bodies, and To Sc
cure suitable accommodations for those
that were willing 10 pay for them. 10 say
nothing of placing IN communication thou
sands of individual visitors with people who
had rooms and board, represents an amount
OF work that appears overwhelming. 30 II
would be without executive ability of high
order
The chairman of the committee on ac-
cummodations, Col. J.. Z. Wright the regis
ter of wills has had good deal of expert
encc in this line and he was selected for
this position Ms soon as the citizens com
mittee was organized. lie has held a simi
lar position for several inamgurations, and,
As on the present occasion. he has always
proved extremely efficient.
The schoolhouses have been placed at the
disposal of the vctcralS, and quarters for
-, ,0nO prepared there. The boys bunk on
mattresses placed on the floor and procure
their meals where they see tit
\ large number of posts have secured the
services of caterers. and are served in the
building where they lodge.
Barracks for - .S9I soldiers have been
erected at Camp tlgcr on the Washington
monument grounds They are unique in
construction bu, look as if they might be
safe and comfortable
There are nine barracks in all here, and
the hunks are arranged in rows of three
each. The hunks resemble hammocks in n
way The sleeper lies down ON a broad
strip of canvas fastened at his head and his
feet and adjusting itself to every portion Of
his tired body His head il supported by -
pillow made by simply suspendiug that end
of the canvas from block set little high
er than the feet.
The hunks together present II sort of war
like appearance, like sea of canvas. and
if You can imagine men sleeping i'll trough
of the sea and resting their heads on oppu-
site sides of gentle undua,ing wave. yom
can, by sacrificing the poetry. get an idea
of the Washington barracks.
At Camp Garfield, east of the White
House, there are six barracks with | sos
hunks arranged just like the others.
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