The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16
ON NTOPITTSBURC
Department Commander Bakers Cir
cuIar to Grand Army Boys.

Department Commander Charles II.
| Baker OF the Rhode Island G. A. X. has
issued circular No. a, giving the details OF
the arrangements for attending the 18th
National Encampment at Pittsburg Pa.
Leave Providence, via Providence Line
steamers, foot OF South Main street, Sat-
urday, September 8, at 7:45 o'clock p. M;
breakfast on the steamer Sunday morn
ing; annex boat from Providence Line
pier in New York will transfer the party
to Pennsylvania Railroad pier, Jersey
City, where it will join with George
I'll. Ward Post, No. 10, of Worces-
ter, and comrades from John A. Andrew
Post, No. 10, OF Boston, and proceed with
them by special train leaving Jersey City
7:3o a. M, Sept. 9, over the Pennsylvania
Railroad via Philadelphia, to Harrisburg,
where dinner will be served in the large
dining room OF the station; thence via AL
toona. in the heart Of the Alleg ghanies,
where stop will be made for supper,
thence around the famous Horse Shoe curve
through Cresson on the summit OF the
mountains, and on through Johnstown in
the now historic Conemaugh Valley to
Pittsburg, due to arrive about 10 o'clock
p. m. Persons going to New York via
Stonington line may join the party at the
Pennsylvania station in Jersey City.
At Pittsburg headquarters will proceed
to Hotel Schlosser, corner Sixth street
and Penn avenue, where quarters for
| limited number have been secured at $3.50
per day, for not less than days. Comrades
desiring to occupy these quarters should
inform the assistant adjutant general at
once. The committee is informed that
comrades accompanying headquarters to
Pittsburg, and not wishing to stop at the
hotel, can, by notifying j. III.
Jewett, 81 Dyer street, Providence, on or
before September 1, and paying s1.25 for
use OF cot, be accommodated in free
quarters with Slocum Post No. 10, of this
Department, in Turner Hall, South Thir-
teenth street.
Return trip will be made on regular
trains over the picturesque Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad via Cumberland, Martins
burg, Shenandoah Junction, thence
following the course of the
Potomac River to Harper's Ferry
| and Washington. Stop-over privi-
| leges may be had at each of these points,
also at Weyerton, and side trips taken to
Antietsm, Gettysburg, Hagarstown, Win
chester and other memorable localities, as
per schedule annexed hereto. From
Washington TO New York via the famous
Royal Blue Line, operating the finest,
| fastest and 50 fest railroad service in the
world. Stop over privileges allowed at
| Baltimore and Philadelphia. From
| New York to Providence by Providence
or Stonington Lines; il by Stonington
line exchange your ticket on the steamer
| for a Stonington line ticket without
charge. The party is not expected to re-
turn together. The fare for the round
trip, Providence to Pittsburgh and return,
is $3.50. State rooms on steamer 81 and
| 81 each. Seats in Pullman car,
| Jersey City 10 Pittsburgh, q,
| each. Tickets and state rooms will be on
sale at +. O.. Windsor's ticket Office corner
Weybossst and Custom House streets,
Providence, on and after Sept. /. Seats
| in Pullman car will be secured
| by the assistant adiutant gen.
eral, 81 Weybosset street, room
| 80, Providence, for those wishing
the same and leaving 81 with him on or
before Sept. 1. Department officers and
staff will report at headquarters. parlor B,
Hotel Schlosser, Pittsburg, Tuesday, Sept.
II, at o o'clock, wearing full uniform,
white trousers, without swords, to join
in the q. A. X. parade.
Special attention is directed to the ad-
vantages OF this route. Among them may
be mentioned night on the elegant
steamers OF the Providence line, thus
breaking the monotony and fatigue
of continuous, all-rail route. Annex
boat for transfer to Jersey city,
avoiding the annoyance OF reaching and
crossing the regular ferries; special train
service with the Massac chusetts comrades
over the Pennsylvania Railroad with its
dustless stone road bed, protection OF the
trains by the block signal system, its un-
surpassed equipment in handling large
bodies. Returning by the celebrated
Baltimore & Ohio railroad through the
grandest scenery this side OF the Rocky
mountains, through numerous local
tiles that will freshen the
mem ories OF many comrades, and
bring recollections OF scenes in their
soldier days, and the opportunities for
side trips at small expense to various
points always OF interest to veterans OF
the War Of the Rebellion.
The scheduls provides that the COM