The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-08-08
NATIONAL
ENCAMPMENT.
Program Of All the Principal Events
at the Coming Reunion.

barbecues, cske-walks meetings and all Other
kinds of lfveliness that will be in Louisville
during the GAR. Encsmpment week has beer
arranged into progan. This program. the
first rough draft, is given by the Louisville
Courier-J0urHdL as follows:
First day, Monday. Sept. 9.-This day, al
we'll as Saturday and Sunday preceding, will
be devoted to the reception Of visitors Early
Monday morning Gen. Thomas LAWYER, the
Commander-in-Chie OF the GAR, and his
staff will arrive and be escorted to Headquarters rs
at the Gait House. The Escort Corps will be
tho Louisville Legion the Second Regiment OF
X. S. g., from Lexington; the Third Regimen.
of K. S. G., from Bowling Green; the Sons oil
Veterans, the Naval Veterans, the New Albany
Regiment of /. s. g., and the Reception Com
mittee and officers of the Citizens Committee
of the 29th Encampment of the GAR. The
above organizations, with the bands of music,
will do reception duty all day Monday.
Monday evening will be devoted to dog
watches which will be held at Music Hail. at
National Park and at Phoenix Hill and in
New Albany and in Jeffersonville. These will
consist of lO-minute speeches by such person.
ages ex-President Harrison, Gen. John b.
Gordon, Hon. Henry Wstterson, Gen. John b.
Warner. Mrs. John A. Logan and others, with
Rotations and vocal and instrumental music.
The invited guests who do not speak at the
Second Day, Tuesday, Sept 1O.-At 10 o'clock
a. m. will be the parade of the Naval Veterans,
escorted by the Louisville Legion, the Uniform
Rank OF the Knights of Honor, the Uniform
Rank of the Louisville Division, No. /, of the
knights of Pythias, and the Alpha Division,
No. 40, Of the K of p. Uniform Rank, and will
be over the same route as the big parade of the
morrow. The Sons of Veterans and Naval
Veterans parade will last until or 3 o'clock,
and in the afternoon there will be athletic
games and sports at Fountain Ferry Park. In
the evening there will be Campfres at National
Park, Music Hall, and Phoenix Hill, and in
New Albany aud Jacksonville. This evening,
also, the ladies of the Woman's Relief Corps
will give reception at Library Hall, and the
Ladies of the GA. r. at some other point to the
visiting officers Of the GA r. and to the Citi.
zcns' Committee of Louisville.
Third Day. Wednesday. Sept. 1.-THE day
of the grand parade of tho members Of tho
Grand Army of the Republic. 1t is expected
that there will be $1,000 veterans in line, aud
the route will DO over the principal thorough
fares ofthc city. The march will commence at
10 a. m, and last until 5 p. m, and the entire
route will be wired, aud additionally protected
by soldiers and policemen. All Of the bands
OF music in the city will be in line, and this
feature alone will make it worthy every mo-
ment required to see it all. In the evening
there will be Campfres again at the points men
toned above, and reception by Mrs. Hirst at
Music Hall. On the riverfront the fireworks
OF the week will be given, directed by Pain,
OF London. 1t will be the finest display ever
known in this city, and a pyrotechnic Niagara
Falls will be arranged to fall from the Jeffer-
son bridge. Seats will he erected on the river
front to accommodate $4,000 people.
Fourth Day, Thursday Sept 1.-THE as
semblage of the officers of the GAR. at 10 a.
m. at Music Hall. The morning will be de-
voted 10 the transaction of the regular bust
ness of tue Order and the election of officers
for the ensuing year will be held. At the same
time the Citizens Committee and representa-
tives OF the city will formally welcome the
members Of the GAR. to the hospitality of
LOuisville. In the afternoon there will be q
band tournament, with all Of the home aud
visiting musical organizations participating.
The place has not yet been decided on, but the
affair will be a novel one of ita kind, and there
will be more than 200 bands playing the same
National airs at the same time. The trades
parade will be held in the afternoon, following
the same line of march rs the parade of the
day before, with floats and displays of all of
the industries of the State. In the afternoon
there viii also be- held the regatta of the
Louisville Boat Club at Arctic Springs. Some
of the crack osrsmen Of the country have been
in Vited, and for lovers of aquatic sports there
Springs all day. In the evening will occur the
bicycle parade, with 10000 wheels in line,
decorated, and with lanterns, torches, and
fambeaux. The bicyclers of Cincinnati, st.
Louis, indianapolis Nashville, Lexington, and
the smaller surrounding cities will he in the
procession. and there will be 10 or 20 Goats of
tho different manufactures. Campfres will be
held this evening for the last time at the
places above mentioned.
Fifth Day, Friday, Sept. I3.-The second
days session of the GAR. at Music Hall for
the purpose of winding up business and adj
ournment. From 10 Ia m and lasting all day.
here will be at Wilder Park, which will be
fenced in for the occasion, the Kentucky bar
becue which will be an original idea for tho
There have been provided
10 kettles OF 500 gallons each and arrange
ments have been made for those who de-
sire to see the burgoo made that they may
visit the grounds early in the morning. |
The butchers aud provision dealers OF |
the city are donating large quantities Of |
livestock and other food, and 1t is expected, |
that 30. 900 people will eat at the three tables
300 feet long, at one time. 1t will DO the biggest
meal ever attempted, and one of the most inter
ssting features of the Encampment. There |
will be Southern constructing sccno, and a |
platform 15s by SO feet in dimensions for the !
LAX g. walk. admission to which has been applied |
York to San Francisco. There will be three |
;olored country bands and wing and buck
iancing, for which SO prizes are offered. The
:olored chorus OF 500 voices under the leader
hip of Col. Will S. Hays will be All interesting
,vent of the barbecue. In the evening the |
reception of the ladies in Louisville in honor of |
.ho GAR. will occur at tho Auditorium.
Sixth Day, Saturday, Sept. 4.-In the morn
ng at 10 o'clock the parade of 5000 Cenfeder-
tie Veterans under the leadership of ex- Gov |
simon Is. Buckner, will occur, and the day will |
% spont in visits from Pest to Post by the vet
,rans. Many will leave for home this day. and
IN Sunday the remainder will bid farewell to
he city that hopes to render immortal the
rell-known hospitality of Kentucky. Satur-
lay night many thousands Of veterans will go
IN the excursions to Mammoth Cave and to
whore on Wednesday, Sept. 1s.
he dedication of the Chickamaugs National
Park will occur Others will 60 to Atlanta.
where the Exposition Opens on Tuesday, the |
9TH, and the Sons of Veterans will carry q
,reat many with them to,thsir annual Encamp-
nent at Knoxville on Monday, the 18th.