The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-09

Tw wenty- Ninth Annual Encampment, Louis
VILE, KY, September 10th to 18th, 1898

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| Comrades and Friends-For the
| twenty-ninth time since the organiza-
ton OF your noble body will you meet
| in encampment. You will leave your
| homes now with a smile on your SriZ-
| Zled face. the face that wore an anxious
| look some thirty years ago. The rat
| tie of muSketry, the roar of the cannon
| a nd the screaming of the death-dealinS
| shells have been supplanted, through
your deeds of heroiSm on the field of
battle, by bonds of peace and eternal
friendship. The breezeS now watt to the
ears of your declining age those soul
inspiring airs that touch the hearts OF
| the American citizen and make them
| live for one cause.
The past is forgotten. You are to
meet on the banks Of the Ohio river,
in city that is famed throughout the
breadth of this fair land for the hos
pitality of it's people. Your line of
march will be strewn with flowers. Old
Glory will greet the eye everywhere,
and LouisvilleanS will meet You as
brothers. Let all the boys who wore
the blue go; let them mingle with the
good people of Kentucky, and there
in friendship, bliss, recall anecdotes and
sing the campfire songs that made the
welkin ring in the olden days. Your
old commanders, Grant and Sherman.
will be with you. not in flesh and blood
but in spirit; they will look down upon
you from home where no disSenSions
exist, and when taps are sounded for
that long sleep that knows no waking,
| friendly hands will stretch out to guide
| you to the throne Of your maker.
| Tickets will be on sale September Sth,
9th and 10th. and will bear a final linn
| it of October g. 1895. Round trip rate
| from Wichita $3.50. Less than one
fare.
THE DIRECT WAY TO LOUISVILLE
For many years. the MISSOURI PA
CIFTC and IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE
have catered to the wants of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Too much atten-
ton or elegant service cannot be offered
| men who in their prime i1nperiled their
lives and homes for their country s
cause. Now that peace reigneth DER
| the land, and the veterans are about
| to journey from their homes to meet
/ in annual reunion, the Missouri Pacific
| railway system desires to call their at
| tention to the excellent facilities offered
| by its lines TO reach the Kentucky me-
| tropolis, in quick time and elegant SER
vice.
From all points in Missouri, Kansas.
Nebraska, Colorado and Indian Terri
| tory, as well as from points in Arkan-
| sas and Louisiana, this system operates
| daily fast trains equipped with Pull
man buffet sleeping cars and reclining
| chair cars to st. Louis. where direct
| connections are made with all lines for
| the site Of the Twenty-Ninth Annual
Encampment. When the "smoke of bat
| tie has cleared away Ga term used
where railway competition exists, and
| the advantages of the various lines
| have received due conSiderat ton. If the
| wearers of the blue will place the Mis-
souri, Pacific on an equal footing with
competitors, il is all it asks on old
| friendships account
| For further information, call Of ad-
| dress. Z. Z. BLECKLEY.
2. and T. Agent, ia N Main St, Wich-
| ita, Kan.
| II. c. TOWNSEND.
G. T. A. st. Louis, Mo.