The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-09-06

| Women's Entertainment Committee on Water
street. 1t was decided to present silken ban
ner to the County Association on the day OF
the Ex-Prsoner's parade. 1t will be of hand
some design On the front will be emblszoned
the badge, and on the back the name of the
| association. Judge F. II. Collier will present
the banner, and it will be received by Charles
G. Davis, National President of the Associa"
| ton.
The 18th N. G. P. will parade as escort to the
Union Ex-Prisoners of War on Sept. IL.
WILL ATTEND.
Asst Q. NJ Abraham lowering, of the Depart
ment of Pennsylvania, was in Pittsburg to COM
| plete arrang ements for the Headquarters people.
Several additional applications for free quar-
| tiers have been received. Bethel Presbyterian
| Church, Allegheny, has rented large building
and will run a hotel during the Encampment
The Committee Accommodations has re-
| ceived applications from j. ID. Payne, of Mari
eta, O., for Headquarters for l3 Posts from
Washington County, O.; from Robert Z. Black,
| quarters for 81 comrades from Magic, Butler
County; J. G. Campbell Post, l07, of Petrolia,
| for FIVE; l.. Edgar Fitch Post, 165, of Elmira,
! n. Y, for 10; Josiah w. Hobert, of Post 151,
Syracuse n. Y, asked for quarters for 20 COM
rades. Capt. George Stone Post, 274, of Ito
nesta, will be quartered in rooms and 16 of the
! Seventeenth Ward School, in case they do not
make their contemplated trip by water.
Given Post, 1873, of Wooster, O.. through w.
II. Robson, Adjutant, has applied for quarters
for % comrades.
Thomas H. Meusing, Past Commander of
Post a. of Philadelphia, is in the city arranging
for hotel quarters for 80 comrades.
From Trumbull County, O., 500 comrades
will attend.
The Assistant Quartermaster-General of
MICHIGAN has written for accommodations for
90 more comrades from his State
THE ESCORT
One of the most important duties to be per-
formed when the hosts of the GAL come to
Pittsburg week after next will be by the Escort
Committee. Its duty will be to escort all or
ganized bodies to the headquarters assigned to
them by the Committee on Accommodations.
or to the hotels at which they have engaged
accommodations.
The escort will wear fatigue uniform, caps
waist belt. and white gloves and badges, which
will be provided by the Citizens Executive
Board. The Sons of Veterans escort will con-
form to this possible.
Col. Norman NJ. Smith, of the 18th regiment
is Chairman of the SUBJ Committee on Escort,
and VIM. J. Glenn, Lieutenant-Colonel. 14th
Inf; Alfred E. Hunt, Captain, Battery Is, and
W. Z. Robson, Lieutenant Commander, Naval
Reserves, are his assistants.
The 18th n. G. z. has accepted an invitation
from the subcommittee on escort of the Citi-
zens Executive Board of the National Encamp-
ment to act as escort to place the visiting
veterans in quarters. But tour, not to
exceed Is hours, will be required of any one
company.
THE PRESS
The newspaper men of Pittsburg have
demonstrated their ability to hustle and their
earnest intention to prevent any charge of in
hospitality being made against the great gas
and iron metropolis by the newspaper men and
women from other cities. On the 9th the
m of hp liz
was notified that the Citizens Executive Coun-
Gil had for the third time refused to allow an
appropriation for the entertainment of visiting
newspaper workers. The committee went out
of existence by adjourning sine die, and the
members started to work to devise means to
entertain the men and women who will uatu-
rally be their guests and upon whom depends
the good or bad after-effect of the Encampment
to this community. BY the 29th a new
organization had been effected by the appoint
ment of committee composed of members of
the Pittsburg Press Club, many of whom are
among the most prominent citizens of Pitts
burg, and several newspaper men not affiliated
with the club In addition to this, voluntary
and generous offers of aid had been received
and accepted, and a royal entertainment there
by assured for the guests of the Press Club.
WORKING FOR ST. PAUL.
The committee recently appointed by tho
Commercial Club Of st. Paul, Mimi to attend
the Grand Army Encampment at Pittsburg for
the purpose of setting on foot measures to secure
the National Encampment for 1895 for St Paul,
met the other evening at the rooms of the Com
mercial Club. President Footner, of the club,
presided. As Louisville, KY, is making a
strong effort to secure the Encampment it was
suggested that 81 900 be raised by subscription
1t was also suggested that circulars should be
mailed to certain gentlemen, while another idea
advanced was that of personal solicitation. Mr.
II,
lished at Metuchen, n. j., which strongly urged
the claims of st. Paul for the Eucampment
The committee feel much encouraged over the
outlook. 1t hopes, even should the present
effort miscarry, that st. Paul may get the En-
campment in 1896
TRANSPORTATION
The General Passenger Agents of the rail-
roads entering Pttsburg met last week in COM
pany with Chairman d. c. Ripley and Executive
Director A. j. Logan, who presented Il request
fox cent-a- mile rate and showed number of
notices for Withdrawals OF applications for free
quarters, made because hundreds of veterans
will not be able to pay higher rate. The
Passenger Agents passed resolution referring
the matter for settlement 10 the General Mama
gers Association. Chairman Ripley believe =
the General Managers will grant the reductions
asked.
If the GAR. men are not successful in Sc
curing uniform railroad rate of one cent
mile, many Posts and individual members who
have announced their intention Of attending
the Encampment will not be present num-
Der have already withdrawn applications for
free quarters.
ENCAMPMENT NoTRs
The 18th regiment is making preparations
to receive its guests of the GAR The armory
has been cleaned and reprinted and newly
papered, and the veterans assigned to the 18th |
will be well cared for. 1t is proposed to have
the regiment serve a hot breakfast to those
quartered IN the armory every morning during
their stay. The officers and men of the regi-
ment consider it privilege 10 entertain the
old soldiers, and will leave nothing undone 10
make them comfortable.
The Committee on Entertainment of Ladies'
Of the GAR. met last week at so Water street |
All representatives Of the sub-com m ttees re-
ported progress. The offer of 35 carriages
from private families gives promise of success
full carriage parade on Monday, Sept 10. 1t is
expected that 100 carriages will be in line.
The GAR. Encampment Headquarters in
the Times building nowadays are given over
entirely to purely routine work Committee
work proper has about been completed-to such
an extent, in fact, that few meetings are neces-
sary. The forces of the Committee on Accommo-
datious and the Committee on Invitation and
Reception just now have most of the work To
do, and that is all of clerical character
About all the large contracts of the various
committees have been awarded and are under
way.
A letter has been received frora ex-President
Harrison, stating that he would be unable to