The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-10

| friends have been flocking into Pitts
burg all day and night, taking COM
plete possession of the city. 1t is esti-
mated that on this night before the
opening of the twenty-eighth national
encampment G. A. r. at least 100000
visitors are here, and tomorrow's ar
rivals will greatly swell the number.
A copius shower fell this afternoon,
clearing the atmosphere and tempering
| the heat so sightseeing has been made
pleasant. The saloons were closed, OF
| course, but other business was trans
acted in way which made the average
citizen imagine he was away from
home visiting some other place not SO
stiff in the observance of the blue laws.
The universal comment of the visitors
regarding the decora tons and display
of patriotism is that at no time in the
| past at an encampment has Pittsburg
been outdone.
AS the different visiting posts arrive,
they are met by escorts detailed from
the local regiments of the national
guard, and with flying colors and bands
playing, are taken to the places as
signed them and cheered to the echo
by the throngs on the sidewalks.
Up to a late hour tonight no acci-
dents have been reported
| The naval veterans who arrived to-
day are established in quarters on the
river on steamers fitted up especially
| for their use. Old times certainly are
being revived to them, for they observe
the strictest discipline on their Ships
and seem to be enjoying 1t to the full.
Among the noted arrivals today were
| two men from Honolulu. They repre-
| sent the full membership of the G.. A.
r. in Hawaii, and were determined to
| be present at the last encampment
which they will likely ever enjoy.
! The Women's Relief corps headquar-
| tiers in the Monongahela house was a
place of activity all day. No business
was transacted, but as each member of
THE corps would arrive she was taken
| to headquarters and made to feel at
home. Among the arrivals Of this
corps today are Mrs. A. A. Cheney, of
| Detroit, national treasurer, and Mrs.
Elizabeth D. Kinney, of San Francisco,
past national president.
| About the only matter that would be
called disagreeable in connection with
the encampment so far, is the feeling
of bitterness felt by the G. A. r. people
at the action of the railroads in refus-
ling one-cent per mile rate for nearby
| towns, thereby keeping down the num-
Der of visitors at least 10000. 1t has
cropped out that the subject will be
| introduced in the convention and res
olution offered, backed by the dele
gates from Pennsylvania and Ohio, to
| the effect that hereafter no encamp-
ments will be held, but that the dele
gates, 1,200 In number, meet and trans
act necessary business at the expense
| of their respective posts without ask
! ing any favors from the railroads. The
veterans cannot understand why, in
/ the past, Columbus and Milwaukee
were granted the one-cent rate and
Pittsburg denied it.
From what can be learned, the Cleve-
land people are leading the revolt 1t
| is not known how the resolution will
| be received.
| The first fatality among the veter-
ans to be reported is the sudden death
iof Comrade Louis Treasler, of Mcclure,
Pa. He was a member of Post $50. On
arrival at the post quarters. TreasIer
was completely exhausted and died of
weak heart within fifteen minutes after
reaching the building.
Arrivals.
Commander-in-Chief Adams and staff.
Ex-Commander-in-C Alger, of
Michigan.
State Commander William Emsley
and twenty-five posts from Pennsyl-
wanna, numbering 1000 men.
Bender Post, of Philadelphia, fifty
men.
Quartermaster-Gener Louis Wag-
ner, Philadelphia.
Inspector-General Underhill and Ma
ljor B. F. Lowell, of Boston.
Major Frank Supplies and Major
Frank Brockett, of Baltimore, who are
booming Baltimore for the encamp-
Iment in 1897.
| Senator Gordon, commander-in-chief
| of United Confederate Veterans.
the Department of the Potomac, con-
| tanning 1,500 men, with Commander
Bickford
Department of California, including
Department Commander j. w. Wall
| ing, Assistant Adjutant w. G. Mostelli,
| of San Francisco; Past Department
Commander Charles D. Long, Lansing,
Mich.
Ex-Governor Pierrepont, of West Vir-
GINA, the only war governor who will
be present at the encampment.
Interest in the coming commander-in-
chief fight grows, and wires are being
theoretically pulled for the several
candidates. The three names prom
| inently mentioned for the succession
are Judge Long. of Michigan; Colonel
| /. N. Walker, of Indianapolis, and Col
onel Thomas G. Lawler, of Rockford,
Illinois. A big combination is at work
for Lawler, while Colonel Walkers
| friends are hard at work and express
great confidence in ultimate victory.