The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-03
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
i wenty- Ninth Annual EncaInpment. Louis
willie, Ky, September 10th TO 18th, 1895

Comrades and FrienGS-FOr the
tEenty-ninth time since the organiza-
ton OF your noble body will you meet
ia encampment. You will leave your
homes now with a smile on your griz-
:.led face, the face that wore an anxious
look some thirty years ago. The rat
sle of musketry, the roar of the cannon
and the screaming Of the death-dealing
shells have been supplanted. through
your deeds of heroism on the field of
battle, by bonds Of peace and eternal
friendship. The breezss now watt 10 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 a city that is famed throughout the
breadth OF this fair land for the hos
pitality Of its people. Your line Of
march Will be strewn with flowers Old
Glory viii greet the eye everywhere,
and Louisvilleans will meet you as
brothers. Let all the boys who wore
the blue go; let them rningle 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,
viii 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 Eill stretch out 70 guide
you to the throne Of your maker
Tickets will be on sale September sth,
9th and 10Th, and Will bear a final lin
it of October 6. 1895. Round trip rate
from Wichita $3.50. Less than one
fare.
THE DIRECT WAY TO LOUISVILLE
L h. ~ ID II
CIFIC and IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE
have catered TO the wants Of Tie Grand
Army of the Republic. Too much atuen-
ton or elegant service cannot ia offered
men who in their prime imperiled their
lives and homes for their countrys
cause. Now that peace reigneth Ger
the land. and the veterans are about
to journey from their homes 10 meet
IN annual reunion, the Missouri Pacific
railway system desires 10 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 ard Indian Terri
tory, as well as frcm 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
connexions are made with ali lines lot
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 consideration. if the
wearers of the blue will place the Mis-
souri, Pacific on an equal footing with
competitors, it is all it asks on old
friendships account.
For further information. call ~ ad-
dress. L. l.. BLECKLEY,
7. and T. Agent, Ia ". Main St, Wich-
ita, Kan.
II. c. TOWNSEND.
G. p. A, st. Louis, Mo.
COLORADO SUMMER RESORTS
STNTA FEE ROUTE.