The National tribune., 1893-08-10
A MOVABLE FESTIVAL.

its occurrence have been almost as various q
the places where it has been held. OF the &c
Is have beeen held in as many different cities
indianapolis. Philadelphia, Boston, and Wash
ington. each having had j twice. The first ant
18th Encampments were here; the second anC
10th in Philadelphia; the fourth and 26th il
Washington, and the fifth and oath in Boston
1t was the goth of November, 1866, when thu
first Encampment assembled, and the second
was not held until more than year later, Jan
49, 1868. The third sought more pleasant
weather, and began in Cincinnati May ~, 1869
The fourth was on the 1lth of that month th'
year following, and the fifth day earlier in
May, 1871.
The Encampment the next year was at Cleve
land on the Sth of May, and then it went Il
New Haven on the 14th of that month, 1873
Harrisburg and Chicago following in order with
Eucampments on the 18th and 18th respect
lively.
The 10th began in Philadelphia June so
| 1876, and, until 1888 the Encampments oc-
Cured in that month. the dates being Provi.
denee Goth, 1877; Springfield, Mass, 4th, 1873
Albany, 18th, 1872 Dayton. Sth, 1880; Balti-
more, 21st 1882. July was next chosen for
Denver, 25th. 1888; Minneapolis, 23d. 1884
! Portland, oath, 1885. The first August En-.
| campment was held on the 4th in 1886 at San
| Francisco. and then two in September inter
vening, St. Louis. 2Sth, 1887, and Columbus,
18th, 1855, the Encampment returned to Au-
| gust, the three succeeding occurring In InaU
month at Milwaukee. 2Sth 1889; Boston, 18th,
1890. and Detroit, 9Th, 1891. The last Eucsmp-
ment occurred S,pt. 20, 1892, at Washington.
/ One Encampment has occurred in November,
| seven in May, 10 in June, and four for each,
counting the one this year, in September.
A FEW COMPARISONS.
Four States-Illinois, Indiana Ohio, and
| Michigan-have more Grand Army Posts than
! New England. the South and Southwest the
! Pacific and Rocky Mountain States. with Kan
sas and Nebraska combined, the aggregate for
the four being 1921. and that for the districts
composed with them, 2,48S. Illinois has more
Posts than any other State, 756, going ahead
| of Ohio by four
| New York is third in this rank. with $50,
and Pennsylvania fourth with 619 Indiana
is fifth, with 500 Posts; Missouri sixth, with
542 Iowa seventh, 504. Nebraska has 232
and Kansas AS; Michigan 423, and Minnesota
169; South Dakota 100, ami Wisconsin 275.
Maine leads the New England States with
167. Massachusetts being next. her Posts num-
! bering 100. Vermont has 1l3 New Hamp-
shire is fourth, 81 Connecticut fifth. S5, and
Rhode Island sixth, 81. In the Atlantic States
New York is ahead, and Pennsylvania is next,
after which the order is New Jersey, us;
Maryland, Co. Delaware, %; and the Depart
ment of the Potomac 20. The Rocky Mount
ain region has 132 Posts, distributed as follows:
Colorado and Wyoming "a; Idaho %, and
Montana, 16. Utah has the least number, z,
and Arizona next with 9, Alabama and New
Mexico coming in with Is each. Kentucky
has 206 Posts; Florida, %; West Virginia 122;
Arkansas, "a; Tennessee, 100; Texas, &c; Vir-
ginia and North Carolina. As; and the Depart
ment of Louisiana and Mississippi, %. Along
the Pacific Coast is California. with 100; Ore
gon, SO; Washington and Alaska, 50.
THE ILLUMINATION.
The Citizens Executive Board having charge
of arrangements for the G. R. National En-
campmcut yesterday accepted a contract with
the Edison Decorative and Miniature Lamp De-
partment, of Harrison. n. j., for illuminating
Monument Place and the Boards Headquarters
in the Commercial Club Building. IN this
display is contemplated the finest electric light
ing ever made on the occasion Of Encampments.
1t will be elaborate with design and brilliant
with thousands of lights. To nothing con-
nected with the Encampment has more care
been given. The contract has been pending
for some time, negotiations causing no little
embarrassment to the Board in delay and dis
cussiOn over specifications But everything is
agreed to now, and in such manner as to in
sure the success desired.
In the contract the company agrees to install
at places in the city designated, so that they
shall be ready for illumination not later than
Sept. A, not fewer than 800 or more than
$500 incandescent electric lamps. The lamps
q
upon between the company and the Committee
on IlluminatioDs, and they are to remain in po-
sition during the Encampment from Monday
night Sept. A. to the following Saturday morn
ing. The company at its own cost, and with
its own workmen, is to do all the work neces-
sary in placing the lamps in position, besides
doing ali the wiring including the furnishing
and running of cables and connecting them
with the switch board at the power-house, near
Monument Place It will further remove the
lamps wires, and cables by the 9th of Septem-
her,
The Board is TO provide at its own expense
the necessary electric current to illuminate all
the lamps and expert workmen to operate the
illumination and to keep the lamps and wires
in good working condition are to be employed
by the company at its own expense. The Board
agrees to procure from the city all rights and
privileges and franchises may be necessary
10 enable the company to install, maintain, and
remove the lamps and devices without delay or
hindrance. The lamps and devices are to re-
main the property of the company.
The device for the monument illumination
will give a splendid effect, the lamps being
placed about the base beginning at the bottom
of the steps Festoons of lamps will hang
from the four corners of the pedestals to the in
ner angles OF the base, and, besides from the top
to the bottom OF the pedestal there will be at
each of the four angles a line Of lamps On the
south face of the pedestal will he a rectangular
figure of lamps, with an anchor of lights at the
center. On the north side similar figure will
be placed. and on the same sides will be shown
the American flag in red, white, and blue
lights On each OF the four corners of the
pedestal will be clusters of red and white lights
and at the bottom, on the east side, the Ameri-
can shield, OF red, white, and blue.
At the beginning Of the shaft on each side a
line Of white lights will be placed. with clus-
tiers of red and white at the corners. About
the top of the shaft white lights are to be in
st8lled. in the blue OF the shield as we'll az in
the vertical lines Of red and white. the lamps
will be SO arranged as to produce stellar effect
The device for the Commercial Club Building
is to be displayed at the entrance 1t will con-
sist of an arch of many hundreds of white
lights, with festoons of red depending from the
keystone, with the letters q. AR of large size
hanging from them, the g being red the in
white. and the X in blue Beneath this will be
a red -and-blue shield bearing the letters F., c.,
and L., and below will depend festoons of red
and blue
AS soon as the privileges are obtained from
the city for this work the company will begin
operations. The local electric company will
not be able to supply current for any electrical
illumination other than this and one or two
firms with whom it made contracts some time
ago.
THE NAVAL VETERANS.
Rear Admiral Osbon, of the National Naval
Veterans Association, has issued General Or
ders, No. 3, in which he announces the con-
firmstion of the appointment of John Wise.