New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-09-06
Tho Indianapolis Eucampment Will
SHrpass Even the One attWasl,-
- I. l inytOn. tss :, I.
The City Has Put On Its gayest Attire
t. Welcome the Army Of
~ Veterans.
Several Candidates For Commander.
- in.Chief Comlng to the
Front. ~.


white and blue is everywhere. and flags
and banners by the thousand from win
dows, housetops and every conceivable
place where the patriotic colors can be
fastened: The fronts of the business
blocks are studded with shields and
portraits of all the national heroes
from Washington to the present day,
but this being the Columbian year, por.
traits of the great discoverer are even
more numerous than those of the great
men in American history. Along
the line of march for the grand parade
the carpenters early began to ply their
hammers and saws in the erection of
the numerous grand stands from which
the pageant will be witnessed by the
residents and thousands of visitors who
have gathered to participate in the
twenty-seventh annual national en-
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic. The bluecoats, who have
been becoming more numerous on the
streets every day for the past week.
Seemed to Be Everywhere,
and every incoming train addedto their
numbers. At every turn one meets a
band of music at the head of squad of
new arrivals marching to headquarters,
where they are assigned lodgings. The
clerks to whom this latter task has
been assigned have worked early and
late for the past few days, and from
the number of applications for quarters
already received, and the fact that large
numbers OF the visitors engaged their
quarters without assistance. it is esti-
mated that the number Of veterans who
will be in line will be considerably over
$4,000. some thousands more than the
number at Washington last year. The
increased number is accounted for by
the proximity of this city to the worlds
fair. Arrangements have already been
made setting apart Saturday as Grand
Army day, and it is thought that nine
tenths of the veterans will avail them
selves Of the 1-cent-a-m mile rate between
this city and Chicago for the purpose OF
paying visit to the White City.
Called on Harrison
A large number of veterans from the
East and West availed themselves Of
the opportunity OF paying their respects
to ex-President Harrison at his home
on North Delaware street.
Now that a majority OF the delegates
are on the grounds the preliminaries of
the contest for the next commander-in-
chief are beginning to wax warm and
several new candidates have appeared
in the field. Among these are Colonel
Charles H. Lincoln OF Washington,
General E. Burd GIubb of New Jersey,
ex-lninister to Spain, Edgley Allen Of
New York. The only place mentioned
ICr the next enca1uLmen5 is Lin coin,
Neb.
Jack Adams, as the Massachusetts
canli'late is called, has been one of the
most active members Of the &. A. r.
since its inception. He went into the
war at the age of 20. was promoted con-
secutively for his bravery until he be-
came captain. was severely wounded
, at Gettysburg. and was prisoner for
many months at Petersburg. General
S. II. Hurst has the enthusiastic in
dorsement and support of the Ohio de-
partment. He was veteranized through
the rebellion in the Seventy-third Ohio.
Colonel Lincoln was also valiant sol
der in the Nineteenth Michigan. Dur.
ing the last administration he. was
second deputy commissioner of pen
sions, and some years ago he was in the
consular service of China. entertaining
General Grant when he was visiting
that country. He has brought suit to
test the authority of the commissioner
OF pensions to suspend pensions without
a hearing. The race is understood to
be practically between Adams and Lin
/ coin.
Camp Wilder was formally dedicated
with patriotic exercises in the presence
OF great crowd. General Harrison
and Commander Weissert made the
! principal addresses. General Harrison's
house will be headquarters for several
distinguished visitors. Colonel a. NJ.
Jones of Chicago, Generals Noble and
Rusk, and ex-senator w. J. Sewell of
| New Jersey, are already announced.