New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-27
GRAND ARMY BUGLE NOTES.
READY FOR THE NATIONAL ENCAMP'
MENT
SOME OF THE FEATURES or THE,coMING PITTS

SOME OF THE FEATURES or THE,coMING PITTS
BURG MEETING
Everything IS being done which it is possible 10
do for the comfortable and cheap transportation OF
the veterans who will attend the twcnty-eishtn Ma
tionai Encampment Of the Grand Army al f1-
burg on the week beginning september l" "peO"
committees have been appointed at every inpo' 'a"'
railroad centre throughout the country ana ia'o'-
able rates have been secured 10 and from the smoky
CITY Notices have been sen, out from the mead
quarters OF divisions telling comrades where 70
snp,y for their tickets and for other information IN
cdent TO the encampmeni
II Is yet too cary say definitely how many
delegates will be present. but from the returns al
ready received those in a position 10 know think
there will be fully 5000. besides good many more
visitors The Press Committee is authority for the
statement that more than 1900 veterans have al
ready been assigned 10 free quarters. and from 300
10 900 have reserved paid quarters. There are fully
5000 Grand Army men In the city OF Pittsbus
alone who will. OF course. take part In the celePra-
ton.
There will be three grand parades. On Monday.
the first day Of the encampment. the naval veterans
will have full sway This will be the anniversary OF
Perrys victory on Lake Erie. eighty-one years ago
and 1t will undoubtedly be one OF the most interest
ing features of the week. The formation Will W
made as follows: Grand marshal. Colonel H. ~
Rebele. with Colonel John l. Nevins camp NO o.
Sons OF Veterans. Allegheny Penn as personal es
cort: Sons OF Veterans Guard. l,uo flHes' Soi'"idh
dant H. s. auckland: Sons OF Veterans camps In
order OF seniority about $500 strong carriages Tor
State and municipal officers. Citizens Executive
Board and prominent guests; battalion Naval Re-
serves Pennsylvania Nat!ona! Guard, Dr. Robson
commander, as personal escort TO the rear-admrai
commanding; battalion of Naval Veterans. Rear
Admira! b. s. Osbon commanding; 200 strong. COM
posed OF hrty-four local associations; survivors OF
the ram feet and Marine Brigade. 900 strong. and
probably a few Independent naval veteran associa-
lions.
Three II not four, generations will be repre-
scented in this parade. Half dozen Mexican War
veterans will be there, and nearly every vessel OF
any size In the Navy Of 1916 will be represented
The naval veterans will be quartered and messed
upon steamers the river and will be officered and
manned lust as war vessels were during the Re-
belIion. Regular watches will be stood the bells
struck every half hour. the boatswans mate will
pipe the officers and visitors over the gangways
few DAYS. at least In the evening of Monday, Sep
TENDER 10. they will have DOG wa'ch rrsne
Assistant Secretary McAdoo. Congressman Amos j.
Cummings Past COmmander-in-Chief Weissert, , ana
The Of se I'd Amy Will sso
and The es for II have ,e not Onion a
STsonsrs Of a. w ys will IN hod foTth
The city will be avishy decorated; There Will be
ten conventions of National organizations OF va,
rious kinds Six grand camphres Will be held on
over owe py Soldiers Of renown There viii pc mum.
Der of umpha arches and a. ssc nase
and natural gas Nominations and fireworks: and
ob The Raroaa Company has issued for free
button souvenir book Of the encampImsnt, cPn
tanning %nch aaaDe be- Of great
in paIg the pbe Baok ia hsnS
somey illustrated and will be sent to those apply
fhe twenty second annual reunion Of the ilith
New-York Volunteers will be held at winchester
va the anniversary Of greaI reaS @
siso be- Visited The Trunk Line Association has
on Its lines ,o1 70 tbe roSnd
trip from september II to the 22d. from New, YORK
and all points South thus am eaeeent Opportunity
OF visiting the Of their great sampaignI, OF
New-York Regimental Association "T IIs, bSlld
s n9; ihts Credentials will be supplied to all app
IDENTITY D tss Naval Cadets through
street drill last Friday evening that nae o tSe
acting q; w o Captain Wells
on Labor Day the cadets will make a cruise on a
yacht which Ssv the hone a to Sailing
about 800 tons as a practice-shp' o" "'''"
The Vosburgh Veterans held a meeting on last
Wednesday evening and decided 10 hoid ,ne nu
SnHsI on s Sep amber %
The NewYork Department, Ladies OF the o. "A; n
held its summer-nighs festival at CosmapOs s,sr
PARK One hundred and -sixty-ninth-st ana Ams,er
dam-ave. last Tuesday evening large nuih hor
of guests were present, and everybody mad thor-
Oughly good time ~, ,,.cu,o . hrove
soldier of the 6sth Regiment and later of the SS:n
Network Volunteers. was held at his home. NO 10
East One-hundred and twenty -eghth-st.. on last
sunday. A large number of posts were represented
by committees. ,., -.
The Anderson Zouaves Veteran Association cele-
brated the thirty third anniversary OF the departure
of the regiment 62d NewYork Volunteers Tor the
war at Burbank's Cedar Grove Hotel. New-Dorp. s.
L. on last Tuesday evening. good dinner was
entoyed and then the following officers were elected
president Major w. II. Baker; vice-president, u r.
Morse; treasurer. l.. Hewer; recording secretary, r.
Stackpoie; trustees-J. Hustled +. NJ Hopper and
j. Walker; sergeant-at-arms, George Kelly.