The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-09

FriVate Residences Literally Covered
with Festoons in Red, white and Blue
Of Every Conceivable Design.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 9-Visitors poured
into the Falls City yesterday and today
from the south as well as from the north
side of the river. Veterans who attended
former national encampments of the G. A.
Il. say they never saw such large attend
ance on the first days of the great reunion
week. Many Sons of Veterans are here
en- route to their national encampment at
Knoxville. There are. others here who
never attended these encampments before,
and who are now en- route to the reunion
of the Army of the Tennessee at Cincin-
natl the first of next week, and to the dele
CATION Of the National Park on the battle
field of Chickamauga the last of next week.
This is the third. national encampment
ever held south of Mason and Dixon's line,
and it so happens that three other great
conventions elsewhere next week bring
many through Louisville now There is
no doubt of the fulfillment of the general
prediction that there will be more union
veterans together this week than ever be
fore. The losses by death yearly increases,
but the desire to visit old battlefelds and
doing everything to entertain their north
ern visitors, has attracted thousands who
have not heretofore attended a national
encampment.
The Confederate veterans are here in
force. The comrades hunt up members of
their old regiments and brigades, and then
meet Confederates belonging to regiments
and brigades that opposed them, when
they confer about how things went on
both sides, and have such reunions as have
not been seen since the service of over
thirty years ago.
The decorations may have been richer in
triumphal arches and other designs at one
or two other encampments, but at none
was city so profusely or generally dec
GRATED with American flags as is Louis
vile today Its business blocks, public
and private buildings and homes are liter
ally covered with festoons of red white
and blue with the American flag as the cen
ter piece of every conceivable design. The
distinctive feature of the decorations is the
use of the red, white and blue to the ex-
clusiOn of every other color, even the
evergreen arches. The portraits of all
Union generals are displayed in unlimited
profusion The Confederate veterans par
ticipated in all this decorating as well as
in the entertaining.
Commander-in- Chief Lawler arrived this
morning, escorted by Columbia post, of
Chicago. On his arrival salute was fired
and he was escorted to the Gait House by
the Louisville and other Kentucky posts
and the citizens committee. Senior Vice
Commander Birchfield and the Pennsyl-
vania posts were received with another
salute, and escorted the parade which
started at noon.
The st. Paul and Denver delegations
have opened quarters for the contest for
the next encampment This afternoon
there will be receptions to Commander
Lawler and staff, and the flagship and
other ships of the fleet will be put in com
mission at p. M, followed tonight by
the dog watch of naval veterans and by
camp fires The parade of the naval vet
Grams occurs tomorrow morning and of the
q. A. h. posts ON Wednesday morning.