Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-05
THE GRAND ARMY eNCAMPMeNT.
It Will Eclipse Every One That Has Been
Held Heretofore.

NJ GNANO ARMY GNCAMPMGN
1t Will Eclipse Every One That Has Been
Held Heretofore.
WASHINGTON, Sept 1.-Two weeks from to-
day the twenty-sixth grand encamptment of
he Grand Army of the Republic will begin in
this city. Preparation for the occasion have
been made on a scale so extensive that ii will
eclipse in completeness and historic interest
every previous reunion of the organization.
One great feature of the whole affair and one
TO which considerable hi storical interest is
attached viii be the review in which the veter-
taking part will march the route
they covered in 81, when peace had been pro-
claimed after four years and 300OOD boys
in blue celebrated the occasion by marching in
their tattered uniforms up Pennsylvania
avenue from the Capitol to the White House.
The review of twenty-seven years ago con-
sumed the better part of three days, but of
Sent. ~. of this year has been arranged that
by marching in double columns the survivors
will be an hour only in passing over the entire
route.
Will Gather Round the Monument.
The formal opening will take place Monday.
Sept 49, on the grounds surround ing the WASH
ingfon monument which have been christened
Grand Army Place" President Harrison will
make the opening speech, and there will be an
address of welcome and on behalf of the
Grand Army. Patriotic songs will be sung by
trained vocalists. The feature of the pro
gramIne will be the Star Spangled Banner
The programme of entertainment includes a
reception by the president, reception at the
Capitol. and a promenade reception in the PEN
sion Office building. where the Cleveland and
Harrison inaugural balls were held. At the
Capitol reception the ladies of the receiving
party will include Mrs. Mckee the presid ent's
daughter, representing her invalid mother;
Mrs Levi r Morton; all the ladies of the Cabi-
net circle, and the widows of Generals Grant,
Custer. sheridan, Hancock. and Mcclellan
A Model of the kearsage.
Grand xrirT l1.t
of interest There huge fac-simile of the ship
kearsage, which sunk the Alabama, is in course
of construction, and it will be manned by sail.
ors who served the vessel Prominent
among the attractive features of national en-
campments in the past have been the reunions
of the survivors of the old army EXAMINATIONS.
While these have been largely attended. it is
now known that all previous records will be
echpsed at the Washington encampment. A
beautiful and convenient site has been selected,
ON which large tents will be pitched to accom-
MEDIATE all of the old organizations. These re-
unions viii not be for one day alone but will be
continued during the whole of encampment
week, and day and night, for the whole time,
Grand Army Place" will be made merry with
camp fires aud other attractive exercises
Nearly as possible all the survivors of those
who fought under the leadership of Porter on
the peninsula. Butterfield Fredericksbur9
the gallant Meade at charlottesville Sykes at
Gettysburg and Warren on the bloody fields of
the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Petersburg
and Five Forks. will come together in the re-
union of the fifth corps.
Free quarters for Veterans.
Chairman John J. May Edison, chairman of
the executive committee for the reception and
entertainment of the q. A r., issued a state
ment which is of interest 10 the Grand Army
men throughout the country. Mr.. Edison says
that the Wash ngton executive committee -
ranged early in TIE summer to provide free
quarters for 50,0O0 men, total ranging from
two to five times in excess of the number pro-
vided with similar accommodations in other
cities at previous encampments. Believing that
the extraordinary limits thus fixed would he
entirely aInpl :. but anxious to quarter all who
applied, the committee in the early part of last
month notified every Grand Army post in the
United States to communicate with the COM
mittee by Sept if it desired free accommoda
tons
Have Reached the Limit.
Up to date free quarters have been provided
for 5000 comrades of the G. A R., but even at
this late day, in disregard of the injunctions of
the circular, dilatory posts are making appI-
cations. The barracks which have been
ere ted, are of wood, commodious and COM
Portable but the committee finds that it will be
absolutely impossible to erect additional quar-
has been issued with regret that the posts did
not make their wants known before waiting
until too late for the committee to provide free
accommodations. There are ample accommo-
dations in hotels, boarding houses and private
residences in the city for many additional
posts or Individuals as may apply, which can
reasonable
MRS. w ooaworEn's -Fower.-
Upton, Ind, Sept. b.-Religious meet
fngs have been in progress at Hobbs sta
ton for two weeks under the auspices of
Marie Woodwork. Sunday the crowd
was estimated at 5000 persons, and many
converts were made. There were numer-
Gus alleged frances, and the victims of this
peculiar prostration lay for hours in an
unconscious condition. The meetings will
continue for an indefinite time.
Risked Their Homes on the Fight.
BALTIMORE, Sept. "a discussion O.
the probable outcome of thu Sullivan-Cor-
bett fight has finally resulted in q pretty
big bet between James j. Kelly, saloon
keeper, and George Hamilton. The bet,
which was originally for a small sum, was
run up until it reached 5000 to 81 600,
Kelly giving the odds ON Sullivan. The
men not having the money, put up their
respective houses.