The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-03
NATIONAL EScAAfPMENT.
Connecticut win he Represented by De
 partment and Relief Corps Ofiiciais.


 Connecticut Win he Represented by ps-
 partment and Relief Corps Onicisis.
 The Connecticut Grand Army depart ment officers and Relief Corps leaders. including the national chaplain. Mrs. Harriet J. Bodge of Hartford, and the state president. Mrs. Wright Of New Haven. will attend the national en- eampment. which begins at pittsburg. Penn. September 10. The Connecticut people will go with Wilcox post Of Springfield. Mass. Outside of the officers and delegates there will not be many from this state to take part In the national encampment festivities. This is due in part to the fact that large numbers of Connecticut soldiers will visit Antietam in october to dedicate state monuments that are to be erected on the battlefield at that time in honor of Connecticut troops. It Is not possi- bie for the old soldiers to attend both events, and naturally they prefer to go to the battlefield.
 Members of the Woman's Relief corps will act on the same principle. Of the latter. Miss Adelaide Sackett Of Hart ford. a prominent representative of the Robert O. Tyler and the state corps or ganization. will elect to visit Antietam, attending the dedication of the Elev- enth regiments monuments Her broth CT. Captain William H. Sackett. who was killed at Petersburg. was one of the bravest line officers of the regiment at Antietam. Other ladies will initiate Miss Sacket's example and visit the battlefield this year instead of going to the national encampment.
 The city of Pittsburg will be filled with veterans and visitors during the second week In September. The local press committee is authority for the statement that more than 25,0OO veter- ans have already been assigned to free quarters. and from 5000 to 10000 have reserved paid quarters. There are full ly 5000 Grand Army men In the city of Pittsburg alone. who will, of course, take part in the celebration.
 There will be three grand parades. On Monday, the first day of the en- campment, the naval veterans will have full sway. This will be the an- niversary of Perry's victory on Lake Erie. eighty-one years ago, and it will undoubtedly be one of the most inter- esting features of the week The form ation will be made as follows: Grand marshal, Colonel H. M. Rebele, with Colonel John l. Nevins camp, No. B, Sons of Veterans. Allegheny, Penn, as personal escort; Sons of Veterans Guard, 1000 rifles, Commandment H. S. Bucland; Sons of Veterans camps in order of seniority, about 2.5OO strong; carriages for municipal officers, citi- zens' exceptive board and prominent guests; battalion Naval Reserves, Pennsylvania National Guard, Dr. Robeson, commander, as personal es- cort to the rear admiral commanding; battalion of Naval Veterans, Rear Ad- miral B. s. Osbon, commanding, 2,500 strong, composed of thirty-four local associations; survivors Of the ram fleet and marine brigade. 500 strong, and probably few independent naval vet eran associations.
 Three, if not four generations will be represented in this parade Mexi- can war veterans will be there, and nearly every vessel of any size in the navy 1S61-65 will be represented. The naval veterans will be quartered and messed upon steamers on the river, and will be officered and manned ust as war vessels were during the rebel lion. Regular watches will be stood, and the bells struck every half hour In the evening of Monday, September 10, they will have a "dog watch" cor responding to a campfire. Ex-Presi- dent Harrison, Assistant Secretary Mo Adoo. Congressman Amos J. Cummings and Past Commander-in-Chief Weissert have been invited, and probably will be the speakers.
 The parade of the Grand Army peo- pie will be held on Tuesday, September il. It will also be elaborate and inter- esting. The details of 1t have not all been arranged yet as yet. On Wednes- day the Union ex-prisoners of war will hold forth.
 The city will be lavishly decorated. There will be about one hundred and twenty-five reunions of army associa- tions, and about ten conventions of na- tional organizations of various kinds. Six grand campfiHes will be held on the evening of September Il, which will be presided over by soldiers of renown. There will be a number of triumphal arches, and preparations have been made for an elaborate dis play of electrical and natural-gas H.