The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-09-07
THE GRAND ARMY.

DpshthH OF the Twenty. Seventh rattonsH
Encamt',tieBt ~ IndIanspoIis-An Hoo
sierdom on Hand TO Give tho Veterans
weicome-Ex-Pr President Harrisor Warm
ly Received by the vetsrsus-The Con-
tsat for Commander.
INDIANArorIs, Ind, Sept 5.-Tbanks
10 queens weather and the successful
carrying out of the admirable arrange
ments perfected by the local commit
lees, the twenty-seventh national en-
,ampmcnt OF the grand army opened
most auspiciously yesterday. So fax
rs the number OF visitors from outside
points is concerned the success Of the
.ncampu ent is already assured. All
lay long the railroads poured stream
If people into the Hoosier capital. No
less than fifty trains with an average
If ten cars each are reported by
,he officials as having arrived
1T the Union depot for the
twelve hours ending at : o'clock last
night, and as each ear had its full
quota of passengers, TO say nothing OF
those in which even standing room
was at a premium, somewhere in the
neighborhood of 10000 people must
have turned loose into the highways
and bywavs of indianapolis during
tbe day. Not all of these, however,
We're veterans. In fact the boys in
blue were almost lost in the throngs.
The hardy hoop-pole yeomanry Of In
diana with their wives and children
and other relatives, near and remote,
formed large proportion of the arri-
vals 1t is only once in generation
that they have real live national
grand army encampment within easy
reaching distance. and to keep away
from it, would be worse than treason.
And so they are here in their tens OF
thousands, with the prospects that
their numbers will be doubled before
another sunset
HARD TIMES KEEP MANY AWAY.
As to the veterans, the arrivals, out
side of the state posts, are not by any
iheans up to expectations. A good
many states send less than half tho
total that had been scheduled n month
ago as certain to he here; while few
are likely to make even poorer show
ing. In the encampment proper fully
a hundred delegates if not more will
fail to answer 10 the roll call. Hard
times and the continued strngency Of
the money market, especially in the
far western states, is the ascribable
cause.
But the crowds are here, and even il
there are quartette of civilians to
every veteran, indianapolis Is just as
well contented and happy.
CAMP WILDER DEDICATED.
Almost on the very spot IN Military
park where thlrty-one years ago the cit
liens presented to Col. Harrison and his
newly-organized Seventieth regiment
Of volunteers the standards of Indiana
and the United States to carry before
them to the war, the cx-preSident, yes
terday afternoon, dedicated Camp
Wilder" the name bestowed upor; some
800 tents in which reunions of regi.
ments and old soldier societies will be
in full blast for the remainde. of the
week.
About 5000 participated in the en-
ercises which included addresses by w.
A. Ketcham, Gen. John II. Wilder, for
whom the camp is named, and Gen.
Harrison; patriotic music by the band
and the raising of the Stars and Stripes
TO the top of towering pole. When
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s,os t,,r;n, ra,,a,t,d IIa a,olo,,;,od
,, lie faIIo,,. p;t;.o,,s tou I,a,,;,,o -.
manned so long at the seashore while
oass % th, an,. =, ,,,no,,t. ,drnittod IN.
he felt in some degree "a shirk;" in
dulgcd in some interesting reminiscent
ces Regarding the park and surround
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vn,ion "a tbe country of tho Indiana
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dat.s ,for tha ofino of oorn,nder-;r.
chief rho l;st cn,,nr;ses Can s II
Hurst Ohio. Cant + q Il adams
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Tr,y;s In1;nno Hurst who onneared
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onno,ition trow his own stote. Adams
op5 opdo I;non1n ore wine f,vnrit,s Will.
,la ,,,nno,., of tb. otbars ;s conf;,ad m
their own states, Adams, friends are
sor,,,,,i,,, ~ b;s sroooss p;ttshrrr,,
ond pb;Iodslrbia have ort.red tho list
,ro;nst lincoln Neb for the honor ~
ha,,;n,, ,ho ,ayt enc,rnment and the
Srol,,, c;,,, ;s likely 10 canture II
J;rcoin h,s modo several unsnccessful
fghts in previops veors and now as
then the delegates are skentical Of its
ability to make provision for a multi.
trda
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