The Indianapolis journal., 1893-07-22
Work of the Badge Committee.

WORK Of the BanEs Comfntttee
The committee on badges Is progressing
rapidly In it's work. and will make them
one Of the features of the encampment.
Colonel Perry, chairman of the committee
on badges, received yesterday from jeweler
Dark. of Philadelphia. metal impressions
of the designs for the badge to be gwen as
o souvenir To each delegate at the encamp-
ment. These designs of bronze are To be
three. placed on yellow ribbon. The first
will be Oblong with.scrol work surmount-
ing the Indiana coat of arms; the next Will
bear side view of the great war Govern
or, Morton. and the third Is to be medal
lion showing the monument. the reverse
bearing the inscription. Presented I'D the
q. A. X. Encsmpment by the citizens ex-
ecntive board" The badge for the
delegates of the w. X. @. will also
be of yellow ribbon. the upper
bar of bronze being inscribed with Sep
tember 1898" Suspended from this Is to
be q Maltese cross. the center having q
picture of the late Mrs. Adelia New, who,
for four years. served as q nurse In the
soldiers hostitsls without pay, that fact
being noted above the picture. while on
she arms of the cross are to be the years of
her service. 1862, 1865. 1864 and 1865.
In addition to these badges 1900 of corn
color are to be provided for the local CON-
mittees, the name of the committee being
printed the length of the ribbon from tn Q
upper bar, on which VIII be inscribed,
"Twenty-seventh National Encampment.
2 A. r." az the other end the place and
late being given.
Committee Meetings To-Day.
This afternoon important committees
will meet. one of them beiD the committee
on camp fires. 1t has hard work ahead of
it, for the camp fires will be as numerous as
there are departments, corps. divisions,
brigade and Tegimental associations
There Will be onsside of the camp fires
many reunions. and with song, speech and
story sl; will afford great enjoyment to the
veteran. But the big event of encamp-
nents Is to be the parade. and old soldiers
compare that of each succeeding year with
bhe grand review at Washington in 1865.
With the assurance of the largest attend :
Bnce yet secured. the parade in SeDtem Der
promises TO outnum Der any other. There
will be IN line thousands and thousands of
veterans from every State in unbroken
columns for miles and miles and they will
impress the beholders with sentiment and
fact that will never be forgotten. The
committee having charge of the parade and
grand review Is also to meet this afterD Don
and push forward rything that will en-
hance this important feature Of the work.
Additional subscriptions
The citizens executive board has re-
ceived the following subscriptions to the
encsmpment fund:
subscriptions taken by +. Eberhardt-
Simon Benson. 81; Herman Harm, 81; Luke
Aug. 81: 4. j. Meyer " Co., g; l.. g. Reick,
81; H. o. Winter. 81; Thomas L. Smith. $40;
William +. Pollock. 81; w. II. Walter. 81.
Additional subscriptions taken by III. L.
Bennett-Charles q. Lohrman. SIS: X. w.
Geiger, g; John Brady. S10.
Subscriptions taken by II. T.. Budden.
bsum-John Stevens. 81; w. III. Kramer. sc
cents
subscriptions taken by Jos r. Perry-R.
j. George. S25; A. +. Woody. 81.
Subscriptions taken by Adolph Erdmsn-
Nicoll. the tailor. S10; Charles p. Webb,
elO.
subscriptions taken by A. ID. Pendleton-
e30
Subscriptions by II. Techentin-J. Frei.
berg & Co. S5; III. Techentin. $40.
General Subscriptions-R. w. Bry an. SO:
Frank ii. blackiedge. So; ". A. ADpiegate.
IS; j. i. Power. $40; The No Girls Club.
So; William Grund. S5: cash, s25; Willard
N. Short. go: American Press Association.
S25: NJ. OConnor * Co.. S25.
Will Stay All Week.