The Portland daily press., 1895-08-14
THE NATIONAL ENcAMPMENT.
A Grand Programme to be Enjoyed by all
Who Go to Louisville.

: There will be vast tangle OF music,
fireworks, parades, barbecues, cake
walks, meetings and all other kinds of en-
tertainments that will be held IN Louis
vile during the g. A. r. Eecampment
week September 9th to 14th
Monday evening September 9th, Will be
devoted to dog watches, held at MUSIC
Hall, National Park, Phoenix Hill and
in New Albany and in Jeffersonville
they will consist of ten minsutes speeches,
recltations and vocal and instrumental
music.
Tuesday there will be parade OF
Naval Veterans. In the evening there
will be campfres at National Park,
Music Hall, Phoenix Hill and in New
Albany and Jeffersonvflle. The ladies
of the Woman's Relief Corps will give
reception at Library Hall, and the ladies
of the G. A. R. to the visiting officers OF
the G. A. R. and the Citizens Commit
tee of Louisville.
Wednesday will occur the parade OF the
G. A. r. In the evening there will be
campfres again at the points mentioned
above, and a reception by Mrs. Hirst,
Past National President of the ladies OF
the G.. A. R. at Music Hall. On the
river front the fireworks of the week will
be given, directed by Pain OF London. 1t
will be the.fnest display ever witnessed.
1t will consist of pyrotechnic Niagara
Falls SO arranged as to fall from Jefferson
bridge. This bridge has total length OF
.95 miles and towers 100 feet above low
water mark. Seats were to be erected on
the river front to accommodate 90, 900
people.
Thursday September 10, there will be a
parade of ex- Confederates In the after
noon there will be band tournament
with all the home and visiting musical
organizations participating. There will
be 200 bands playing at the same time
national airs. The trades parade will be
held in the afternoon following the same
line of march as the parade Of the day be-
fore, with floats and displays of all of the
industries of the State. In the afternoon
there will be regatta of the Louisville
boat club at Archie Springs. In the
evening will occur the bicycle parade
with 10, 600 wheels in line, decorated with
lanterns, torches and flambeaux. There
will be 20 floats of the different manufac-
tories. Campfres will be held for the
last time at the places above mentioned.
Friday September IS, from 10 a. m.
and lasting all day. there will take place
at Wilder Park a Kentucky barbecue In
the evening the reception of the ladies in
Louisville in honor of the G. A. R. will
occur at the Auditorium.
Saturday, September IA, the boys will
bid farewell to the city that hopes to
render immortal the well known hospi-
tality of Old Kentucky.
Many thousands will go to Mammoth
ton of the Chickamauga National Park.
Others will go to Atlanta, where the Elk
position opens on Tuesday the 18th and
the Sons of Veterans will carry great
many with them to their annual encamp-
ment at Knoxville on Monday the 10th.
The annual reunion of the society of
the Army of the Cumberland will occur
at Chickamauga at the time of the dedi-
cation of the Park, and the Army of the
Tennessee will meet at Chattanooga on
the 18th of September. In the evening OF
the Goth will occur the reunion of the
survivors of the commands of Generals
Hooker and Longstreet.
This Encampment will doubtless be
one of the most interesting in the history
of the G. A. R. Everything is being
done to make the visit pleasant. The
rank and file will be looked after and en-
tertained. All comrades and friends
who intend to take this trip should i'm
mediately make their arrangements with
A. M. Sawyer, Assistant Adjutant Gen
eral of the Departments of Maine, of this
city, who is willing to give all the infor
nation for the trip from Maine to Louis
vile, KY.