The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-05
Arrivals Comfortably Domi-
ciIed in Pretty Camp
Fort Fisher.
LADIES SUPPLY DECORATIONS.
Over Score OF Headquarters
Tents Have Already Been
Thrown Open.

SANIA MONlCA, CAL, Aug. An
coming to Santa Monica for the second
time, the Veterans Association has made
no mistake, for already, the day before
the camp opens, there is such rush that
II is hard to locate them. The nearness of
the Pacific branch of the Soldiers Home,
the superb hotel accommodations, and the
railroad, the streetcar facilities, and the
beauty OF the camp-ground, make this
place especially adapted to an outing of
the grizzled warriors.
Camp Fort Fisher, the name given to the
camp, was an exceedingly busy place on
this Sabbath day. There was a rush of
veterans and their families, who wished to
get settled before the opening tomorrow /;
and when early in the morning Com
mander Dill beheld the rush of teams and
people, he quietly summoned q few of his
trusted lieutenants and held service, him
self leading in a prayer, in which he told
all about the beauties of San Diego, Santa
Monica and Camp Fort Fisher, and asked
for help in breaking the Sabbath by locat-
ing comfortably those arriving. Ex-Com-
mander Samuel Kutz led the choir, and
George F. Downing of Pasadena preached
an eloquent discourse on "Labors of Neces-
sity," saying that he knew the command
er's OK or something was in the pit, and
like good Christians they proposed to help
him out. G. F. Munson took up the col
lection, which created a scattering, and
after Doxology by Colonel John BROKER,
the congregation went to work with will
to care for the comrades and their families.
The beautiful park has been turned into
a tented city, $50 canvas domiciles now be-
ing ready for occupancy and ninety families
located. Lincoln Circle which is situated
in the center of the camp, from which four
avenues diverge like spokes in wheel, is
occupied by the headquarters tent, the
Ladies' Auxiliary of Veterans Association
tent, the San Francisco CALL headquarters,
Commander Dill's tent and those of G. F.
Munson, chairman of the tent committee
Colonel John BROKER, camp physician
D. Woodruff of San Diego and the adjutant
and quartermaster. There are over a
score of headquarter tents for the various
G. A. R. posts already located and open.
among them being those of the John f.
Godfrey Post of Pasadena, the John A.
Logan and Kennesaw of Los Angeles, the
Dan Bidwell of Norwalk, the Heinzlemen
of San Diego, the Gushing of Ventura, the
the Star-King of Santa Barbara, the Major
Eddy of Santa Paula, the Malvern Hill of
Fullerton, the Gordon Granger of Orange,
the Sedgwick of Santa Ana, the Burnsides
of Azusa, the Riverside of Riverside, the
CORN an of San Bernardino, the Vicksburg
of Pomona, the Shilo of Compton, the
John A. Martin of the Soldiers Home, the
Fort Fisher of Santa Monica and Sons
of Veterans headquarters. There is a
good-natured rivalry between them in
making the decorations the most artistic
and appropriate.
ALI the various ladies' associations have
been amalgamated into on association
called the Woman's Auxillery to the Vet
erans' Association of Southern California,
and the ladies are already here in great
numbers, giving life and animation to the
tented city. Their artistic touch is being
seen everywhere. The officers of the La
dies Association are: Mrs. Ella F. Van
Horn, president; Miss Emily Brady, first
vice. president; Mrs. Josephine Dexter,
second vice-president; Mrs. c. F. Munson,
treasurer, and Mrs. Elizabeth Gingery,
acting secretary.
The camp will be lighted with electric
ity, and thus the 1000 or more campers and
their many friends will have their nights
turned into day. The evening entertain
ments in the pavilion tent will be made
the feature of the encampment.