The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-24
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
TWenty-Ninth Annual Encampment, Louis
Vile. XIV, September 10Th to iltf. 1895

| TwentyN Ninth Annual Encampment, Louis
4 VILE, Ky, September 10th to 18th. 1885
| Comrades and Friends-F'or the
| twenty-ninth time since the organiZa-
| ton of your noble body will you meet
| in 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
F! sle of musketry, the roar OF the cannon
| and the screaming of the death-dealiDg
| shells have been supplanted. through
| your deeds of heroism on the field OF
| battle. by bonds OF peace and eternal
| friendship. The breezes now watt 10 the
| inspiring airs that touch the hearts OF
the American citizen and make them
live for one cause.
| The past is forgotten. You are "a
| 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 will greet the eye everywhere.
| and LOuisvilleane will meet you as
| brothers. Let all the boys who wore
| the blue go; let them mingle with the
good people OF Kentucky. and there
| in friendship. bliss, recall anecdotes and
| sing the campfire songs that made the
weikin ring in the olden days. Your
| old comma nders, Grant and sherman:
will be with you. not IN flesh and blood
! but in spirit; they will look down upon
you from a home whore no discussions
| exist, and when taps are sounded for
| that long sleep that knows no waking.
friendly hands viii stretch out 20 guide
! you 70 the throne Of your maker.
| Tickets will be on sale September 8th.
9th and 10th. and will bear final lin
| Il Of October S. 1895. Round trip rate
from Wichita 1880. Less than one
fare.
THE DIRECT WAY TO LOUISVILLE
For many years the MISSOURI PA
CIFIC and IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE
have catered 10 the wants Of the Grand
Army OF the Republic. Too much atten-
ton or elegant service cannot be offered
men who in their prime iInperiled their
lives and homes for their country's
cause. Now that peace reigneth Ger
the land. and the veterans are about
70 Journey from their homes 70 meet
IN annual reunion. the Missouri Pacific
railway system desires 70 call their At
tention 20 the excellent facilities offered
by rs lines 10 reach the Kentucky me-
fropolis. IN quick time and elegant ser
vice.
From all points IN Missouri. Kansas.
Nebraska. Colorado and Indian Terri
tory. as EelI az from points IN Arbar-
sas and Louisiana. this system operates
daily fast trains equipped with fuH-
man BUFFET sleeping cars and reclining
chair cars 70 ST. Louis. where direct
connections ara made with ali Ines Tor
the site OF the Twenty-<lnth Annual
Fncampnen. When the smoke .. bat
tie has cleared away "a term used
where railway petition exisss). and
the advantages OF the various lines
have received due confederation. y TIE
vsarers o. the blue viii place the Mis-
souri Pacific on an equal footing VIII
competitors. Il = al & asks o. Old
friendships account
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dress r =. BLEcKLET.
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