The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03
TEN DAYS OF PLEASURE.
Elaborate Preparations Made
for the Entertainment
of the Guests.
PARADEs AND CAMPFIREs.
A Pretty Park Chosen for the Site
of the City Of
Tents.

SANTA MONICA, CAL, Aug. 2.-The
Crescent City is soon to.entertain gather
ing of honored patriots-the Southern Cal
fornia Veterans Association, including
the soldiers and sailors of the rebellion.
The 'boys in blue" will convene on Mon
day, and elaborate preparations have been
made for hearty welcome and an enjoya-
BILE outing. The spot selected for the
camp is a brautiful five-acre park, superbly
wooded and so laid out as to make an
ideal camp ground, and there for the day
the hale and we'll preserved, the lame, the
halt and the blind, all with the halo of
patriotism surrounding them, will review
the days when they faced the foe in South
ern climes.
They will have mock court-martials,
comic dresss parades and genuine camp
fires, where the memories of other days
will be revived and the sacred ties of
friendship strengthened. They will drink
from the same canteen and spin yarns.
There will be some colonels, more captains
and many privates representing every
State and Territory in the Union, with old
glory waving over all. Besides the martial
music of the fife and drum corps and mill
tary bands, they will have the music of
the feathered choir of the trees. There
will be patriotic oratory galore in the big
tent after twilight, and religious services
on the Sabbath at the camp. The Sons of
Veterans, Ladies of the G. A. R. and
Women's Relief Corps will participate.
The programme that has been arranged
is an extensive one. On Monday the vet
erans will be welcomed by the people of
Santa Cruz. Tuesday will be Southern
California day, and the camp circulars an
nounce that it will wind up'' with "red-
hot" campfire in the evening. Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday will be Pasa-
dena day, Sons of Veterans day and
Women's Auxiliary day respectively, and
it is limited that during the latter period
the camp will be under martial law.
Santa Monica day falls on Saturday and
the veterans will, in the morning, turn out
in monster parade. The ladies have
taken the evenings entertainment in hand
and the guests will not suffer. On the
Sabbath memorial services will be held,
and on the following day a trip will be
made to the Soldiers Home and John A..
Martin Post. The National Guard of Cali
fornia will hold forth on Tuesday, and
Wednesday night the outing will end with
a rousing campfire.
Commander Dill has appointed the fol-
lowing comrades aids-de-camp: J. W. Van
Horn, Los Angeles; W. H. Sallada, Santa
Barbara; o. G. Carle, Santa Paula; Will
liam Dusenberry, San Jacinto; M. M. Da-
Wis, Riverside; j. A. Pomeroy, Escondido; !;
G. W. Sweezey, Redlands; A. L. Clyde,
Pasadena; II. D. Thatcher, Pomona; J. H.
Seaton, San Luis Obispo; s. Carpenter, Sol
diers' Home; W. B. Shawg, San Fernando; !;
E. D. Cook of Santa Ana, A. G. Keating of
San Bernardino, G. II. Wickman of East
Los Angeles, c. B. Sykes of Ontario, L. J..
Hallett of Norwalk, w. B. Swift of Soldiers
Home, J. L. Pearson of San Diego, Frank
Hobart of Ventura, J. B. Hartzell of
Poway, A. J. Wilsey of Elsinore, Captain
T. A. Lewis of Santa Monica.
It is thought Commander-in-Chi Law
Ter and staff will visit the camp, and De-
partment Commander Wilson and staff
will be present. Altogether the veterans
are assured of jolly time.