The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-08-24

clRl Club Building.
But the badge is not all that will be shown
from the balloon, for beautiful pearl showers,
whistling birds. magnificent streamers and
flower-pots will be among the things TO keep
the crowd gazing in wonder. Throughout the
evening there will be at intervals flights of
shells, which, on exploding high in the air,
will scatter thousands of beautiful devices.
Later in the display the balloonsts will
make another ascension TO show in pyrotech-
mics the American flag surrounded by fine
display of vari-colored illuminations Another
striking device, and one, no doubt, to arouse
tremendous enthusiasm, will be a soldier on
horseback, of heroic size, and made lite-like by
an automatic arrangement. The figure will
move in view before the spectators.
INFORMATION BOOTHS.
Veterans and visitors will have at their COM
mand the widest and best means of information
during the Eucampment. No one need 90 astray
have his movements disturbed by lack of
knowing what 10 DO. If he or she wants to
ascertain what lines to take to reach certain
points, where this or that building may be, or
anything, in fact that will dull the edge of
feeling in strange place, all they need do is
to go TO one of the information booths and ask
questions that will he civilly and fully an
swered. These booths will be distri buted as
follows, so as to be accessible where the NOV
ing throngs will be the greatest on the streets:
ton and Tennessee, one booth Washington and
Illinois, one booth; Washington and Meridian,
two booths; Washington and Pennsylvania,
enc booth Washington and Delaware, one
booth; Washington and New Jersey, one booth;
Pennsylvania and Market, one booth Della
ware and Market one booth; Market and Ten
nessee, one booth; Pennsylvania and Ohio one
booth; Illinois and South one booth; Merid-
ian aud South. one booth; Virginia avenue
and East one booth; Meridian aud Circle, one
booth; Military Park, one booth.
Chairman Cleland, of the committee having
charge of this branch of the service has re-
ported to the Citizens Executive Board that
all his arrangements have been completed. At
each BOOTH continually day and night, will be
men perfectly familiar with the city, its streets,
public buildings, stores, citizens, and every
thing else that will be of use in answering
questions. If the men of information do not
have what is asked at their tongues end,
they can easily refer TO maps, directory, and
description of the city, with which they will
be equipped.
ORDER OF MARCH.
Gen. Carnahan, Chief Marshal of the great
parade of Grand Army veterans that is to be
the feature of Tuesday Of Encampment week,
has asked each Department to send him at
once the probable number it will have in line.
He desires this information to enable him as
formation, which will be on all streets between
Meridian and Central avenue north and south
of Seventh street. These streets will be occu-
pied most of the day, the grand column being
formed by Departments in order of seniority as
follows except that of Indiana, which has the
left of the line. The State in which the En-
campment is held is always the last of the COL
umn, with Illinois at the head, her Department
being the oldest. After that the order will be
No
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maine
California, Rhode Island, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Potomac Virginia and North Caro-
lima, Maryland, Nebraska, Michigan, Iowa.
Colorado and Wyoming, Kansas, Delaware,
Missouri, Oregon, Kentucky, West
Virginia, South Dakota, Washington and
Alaska, Arkansas, New Mexico. Utah. Ten
nessee, Louisiana and Mississippi, Florida,
Montana, Texas, Idaho, Arizona, Georgia, Ala
hama, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Indian Terri
tory.
The column will move in plstoons of 16 men,
giving front of 30 feet with 10 feet between
each platoon, the parade extending over two
and quarter miles.
In addition there will be large number of
bands and the Department Commanders and
their stats. Throughout the day 10000 men
will be moving over the line every hour thus
giving for seven hours of the parade total of
10000 veterans. This number will exceed that
Of parades of the kind in other cities it being
10000 more than were in the columns at Bos-
ton, and thousands moro than the Washington
parade. There will never be another oppor-
tunity to see such column of old soldiers who
fought in the civil war. 1t will reach the high
water mark of Encampment parades.
Chief Marshal Carnahan will have his Head
quarters in tent at the corner OF Seventh and
Meridian streets, and when the column moves
he with the Committee on Review and Parade
as his staff, will lead After they have gone
over the line they will return to Headquarters,
and from there direct the march through Aids
and a telephone service.
During the parade no crossing of streets on
the route will be permitted. From end to end
the spectators will be kept from encroachng
on the column by strong wire and by police
who will be stationd on each square,
At intervals of three or four squares there
will be openings to afford rigbt-of way on cross
streets TO the ambulance service and fire de-
partment, but with this exception the order
prohibiting the crossing of streets in vehicles
or on foot will be rigidly enforced. During the
movement of the parade. and for sometime be-
fore, there will be no chance of getting from east
10 west except through Maryland street south of
and by the streets north of Sew
enth. To enable veterans to reach their places
Of formation, and others who wish TO go north,
the street-railway company will put in tenn
pOTdEy EHllcHcS al new L OrK ana pennsylvania
streets, and at the corner Of Washington and
Illinois, to permit the shifting of the cars from
one track TO the other as there will be no cars
run below those points.
The most arduous duty of the Marshal and
staff will be al the end Of the route in clearing
the column so as to prevent blockad of
streets and confusion. Departments whose
quarters are in the eastern part of the city will
ieploy on Tennessee and Mississippi streets
SOUTH moving through Maryland street. De-
in the western part of the city will
go north on the first two streets.
ASSIGNMENTS OF QUARTERS.
The assignments of Posts of the several De-
partments which have asked for free quarters
have been made as follows:
Camp NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Arizona. Arkan-
sas, California, Colorado. Wyoming, Connecti.
cut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia Idaho, Illinois,
Indian Territory, Maine Minnesota, Montana,
New Hampshire, North Dakota,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wash
ipgton, Alaska, aud Wisconsin.
Camp Wallace-Indiana, Iowa, Kansas Ken
lucky, Louisiana and Mississippi, Maryland,
Michigan. Missouri. New Jersey,
New Mexico, New York, Ohio. Oklahoma. Ore
gon, Pennsylvania. Potomac, Tennessee. Texas.
Utah, Virginia and North Carolina, and West
Virginia.
Cards bearing the assignment of quarters.
with location of barracks and school houses to
which the assignment has been made, is being
sent 10 each Post. The Posts assigned TO Camp
Wallace have yellow card, those TO Camp Nc
Ginnis red, and those to school-houses white.