Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-17
TRIPS DOWN THE RIVER.
How the Veterans Can Get To Mount verno
amt Ot.ier Points of Interest.

How the Veterans Can Get to Mount Vernon
amt Ot.ler Points of Interest.
III Mount Vernon rnanaeerla mt have been in
receipt Of numerous letters asking for special
tran-I 0- .a,Ion to Noun, Vernon. About 500
le.;er- from posts. other organizations and in
dividEaI- have been received containing queries
like tie following:
AT pLa. price will YOU charter a boat for
the eXclg-ive Use OF our post and guests?
AT What Trice ger head will Won take our
party o. ere o. the regular trIps?'
"A: what rriee viii YOU permit a landing 70
be made under yoEr privilege At the Mount Yer
non vharf Of "a boat under control OF our COM
mitiees
Superintendent Eamage has answered that
sEch proportions cannot BE- cen iiered for the
foIoai.., res.ou-. with a half-hDrr service be-
fw-,u the ciJy and tomb of Washington il will
be uece--ar- 20 h-Idl. the boat at Mount Yer
non whtll viLh celebrity. The ehaGnel which
couuec - IL Nj. Vernon wharf with the main
po.Ornac channel il half a mile long and only
100 feet wide. only one boat can be admitted
20 this lateral channel at a time. and 20 keep a
steamer at fbs dock waiting fo- a charter party
wolld cripple he service and inconvenience
the public. A large number of the encamp-
men, obci1ls Si.l be suest<of the NoGnt Yer
non managers. bat no negotiations for special
stesnsr- charter pnrties after Tuesday. the
10Th Instant. eau be entered into.
II l. expected ths. charter dates viii be filed
OCT be.ore that time.
Asst. 10 US POST on MONDAY.
The only charter party thus FAR arranged for
Mount vernon Is on Monday. the 18th instant.
On tia; dsy UGssendeub.e Post of ST. Louis.
NJ. viii ~ down aboard the River Queen.
Capt Geoghegau. This arrangement was
male some iIme back.
The oll-e~- of this post are: ]. G.. Zimmerer.
Commander, Gcoyrc Neubert. senior vice com
rla DIR. lrtes Job-. junior vice eornms nder
Martin NeAerer. aiJG:4nt. Francis 7. Becker,
9ltsrterrirrfeT. l"Ey Niedarwieser, surgeon;
Theodore Eayslmaa. chaplain; Caspar Boiling,
o.teer % TIE as John Vented. oeieer Of the
susrd A. " Alexander. sergeant major; W. f.
Seherbert. Guariermaster sergeant; Jacob
KAsmerer. g. Z. Boern-teir and Willis Hahn.
trustees. Tory N.eierwieser. John A. Goeb.
Louis Grs1. Ernest Kretschular. Eugene
AmoE-. George eb-r. Oscar Hoefer and j.
%. Hartman, past commanders.
TRIPS To MI. yTRxox.
II 10 thought that during the encampmen,
vsek tens Of thousands OF people will make the
pilgrimage TO Mt Vernon Preparations are
being made accordingly. IL Is desi ,ncd to pu,
on half-hour service. The steamer River
Queen. Capt. Geoghegan. will be withdrawn
frOm the Olymont route and her place will be
taken by the Pilo, Bow. Capt. I.aynie. The
River Queen. with q car Gcity OF / 900 will ply
between Wellington and Mt. Vernon exclu-
sively. While the Pilot Boy. with her capacity OF
SO. viii land at Mt. Vernon en- route to Oily
mont
DOWN TO ouANTico.
The Baltimore steamer Columbia, with ca
pseity Of 500. has been chartered and will run
her nrsi trip on Sunday. continuing down the
uvsr - fAr - Quantico. which port y within