Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-04
ENCOURAGING SIGNS
Continued Growth of Interest in the
Pythian Encampment.
ARRANGING THE CAMP GROUNDS
Additional Money Coming in From
the Collections. =
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THE CAMP PRIVILEG ES

\ indications at headquarters this morning
! the busiest Of the subcommittee were
! those on public comfort ard on camp and
camp ground. The latter is especially busy
! just now in considering plans and PROPOSE
1 lions for tenting the $4,000 uniformed
knights who are expected to attend. The
public comfort committee is engaged in the
work Of insuring proper accommodations
| for the throngs of sisters, cousins and
aunts, and the ordinary pilgrims who are
| going to use the epcampment and conven-
| ton and cheap railroad fares as an excuse
to see the sights of Washington. The plan
| of the camp as submitted by Chairman
| Motley Anderson, has been approved by
! the committee. and has been sent to Col
John NJ. Wilson. commissioner of public
buildings and grounds, for his approval
The plan comprehends the occupancy of
! thirty acres, more or less. of the mall i'm
nediately surrounding the monument.
Around the shaft will be drawn a circle,
| within which no tent shall be placed. The
| line is to girdle the monument at dis
| lance of 300 feet from the base. The tented
| field will be bounded on the east by 18th
street, on the north by street and on the
south and west by the driveway which
| passes to the eastward of the fish ponds
and to the northward of the propagatns
| grounds and the bureau of printing and
| engraving. The camp Will be plated on
| iEto division avenues, which will bear the
| names of the several states. These avenues
| will converge toward the monument. The
headquarters tent will be at the southwest
! corner of the camp and nearly in front OF
I the bureau Of engraving and printing. The
| camp will accommodate $4,000 soldiers of
| the order. The committee having in charge
this end of the program has already en-
tered into contract with a Columbus
| Ohio, firm for 3.322 tents, with the privilege
of ordering 1000 more at the same rate
should the occasion arise for their use
| AS rule, four men will be quartered in
ton hut lie rllIa wi he Sllh
variations.
| The Prize Drill.
The dress parade of the Uniform Rank
| will also be held in the White Lot, on uboIt
the same ground used during the interstate
drill. There has been proposition to hold
| the competitive drills of the Uniform Rank
| on the same territory that used by the
| National Guardsmcn, but Gen. Carnahan
| las advised the executive committee that
| the best results in drill cannot be produced
| on the grass. 1t is stated that the men are
| apt to slip. especially II the sward be dry,
and that after having been well trodden 1t
| becomes too soft for drill purposes There
| fore, the competition between the drill
teams will take place at the base ball
grounds in Northeast Washington. Another
reason why the latter site is an advanta-
| geous one Is that 1t is already fenced in.
| thus enabling the committee to set an ad-
| mission fee. 1t Is proposed to assess spec
tators twenty-five cents for an admission
seats. 1t Is thought that this will produce
considerable revenue. At some encamp-
ments IL is said, members of the Inform
Rank have been allowed the freedom of the
drill grounds. but 1t is thought that this
rule will not be followed here.
1t has been decided soon as the
plan Of the camp Shall have been approved
by Col. Wilson, to have a wood cut made
from the plan, and TO circulate pictures
literally throughout the land. Outsiders do
not seem able to grasp the idea that they
Will be allowed to camp directly within tie
city. The magnificent distances of Wash
ington are too much for the uninItiated
American. Inquiries are constantly coming
in as to how far the camp is from the city,
whether there will be railroad connection
with Washington. and whether The camp
will be convenient to hotels at which the
families and the friends of the campers will
be accommodated. At the last m -eting Of
the camp committee large number of in
quiries were read on this line BY Secretary
McNabb
The Flag Pole.
The matter of a flag pole is one of the live
| topics at committee headquarters. Knight
A. s. Belote of Capitol Lodge has offered
| to furnish a seventy -five-foot pole with
halya1ds. guy lines AMI all necessary tackle
and rigging, for So, and to set it at cost.
which the Chesapeake and Ohio Telephone
Company has estimated will be $50. Little
| field Alvord have suggested that they
| could furnish and set a hrst-class stick for
| 500
At the last meeting of the committee hav-
| ing this matter in charge it was stated that
| the government has good ninety -five-foot
pole which the knights might borrow for
| the occasion. 1t would be necessary to
paint and rig il, but, this might be done for
q very small sum. 1t was decided to COM
municate with Col. John NJ. Wilson on this
matter. The colonel has manifested such a
marked disposition to help the good cause
along that the committeeman felt confident
that ne will spare them the expense of buy
| ing pole.
They Are Coming.
A communication has been received from
Mr. John NJ. Grouse expressing a desire to
secure the exclusive privilege Of running a
barber shop in che camp Mr.. A. G. Column
| bus has written to the committee Offering
to give % per cent of his gross receipts for
| the privilege of conducting a photograph
! gallery in the grounds. He stated that he
would also make a picture of the executive
| committee and present said committee with
! thirty copies of the group. This was
pleasing proposal Another applicant is
willing to pay 500 for the right of taking
| pictures in the camp. 1t Is thought today
that the better plan to dispose of these
| questions is to advertise the privileges and
| let them to the highest bidder
| Communications have been received as fol-
lows since the last issue of The Star from
| people representing Pythian bodies, indicat
| ing that their commands will be in Wash
ington in August:
|
! division, No. SIS. Alliance, Ohio.
| Philip Best, sir knight recorder Terre
| Haute division. No. 3.
| Sylvester Greusel. sir knight recorder.
Hastings division CMichigan), No. 10.
| H. D. c. Van Asmus. secretary Pythan
Temple Company, Grand Rapids Mich.
| Philip Schoen Preux, Chivalier division,
| No. 3, Ohio.
! Col. T.W. Minshull, second Ohio regiment.
| W. II. Sergeant, Columbus division, No.
%. Cincinnati.
| w. c. Thompson. Lebanon division, No.
IS, Ohio.
Kansas brigade.
| w. A. Gibbons, Fostoria division, Ohio.
| John W. Weigant, quarrermaster second
| Massachusetts regiment.
| John W. Warner, eighth Indiana brigade.
F.. b. Arndt sir knight recorder, Ortygia
| division. No. 10, New Jersey.
| II. c. Oman, Allegany division, Grafton,
! West Virginia.
John Fleet quartermaster Massachusetts,
| brigade.
Railroad Rates.
| The committees anxious to have
| bodies which contemplate making the trip
| to Washington send in their orders for
quarters at the earliest hour possible, so
that satisfactory provision can be made for
| them.
| Col. Hege, passenger agent of the Balti-
| m ut ~