The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-30

For the thirtieth time in it's history
the old soldiers of the Grand Army of
!, the Republic viii meet in national en-
:, mpment, this time at St Paul, Mimi,
beginning Tuesday, September l, and
| ending on Saturday. This is the first
time that st. Paul has been given the
homo OF entertaining the old soldiers.
Twelve years ago, in 1884, it's sister city,
minneapolis. had the honor, and since
then the warriors have journeyed an
pually TO adj ends OF the country.
one OF the features of this years re-
Union, and Z. sad one, will be the de-
creased number Of men on the rolls. Up
70 1894 the c. A. r. steadily grew in
numerical strength, and for some time
~ neiu Its own at almost the high
wafer mark. But in the past year a
rapid decline set in and hundreds who
were IN The ranks al Louisville last year
VIII be missing at St Paul
DsaNn IS beginning to run its way
Win a Tree bride through the ranks.
ana from now on the decrease viii be
more marked each year, no matter now
ss-lLVeiy the veterans work TO brins. in
rHelr comrades who have heretofore
1alled 70 join the order.
III january j, 1884, 1here were 3ST 04O
.Heiil Deis on the books Of the organia-
S - ana IN the next year there was A
1lop OIL over 1900, The roll ON .T5r7r1a,I,
4 1893 standing at 1858. ESQ. In the 1,a,tf
~ enulng January /, 1896. thar,a wa :
= lecrease % 1900, the total member
s.lip on mat date being. 357. e3g There
~ e no oInclal figures at hand sbou-i,7 q.
81 Increase since then, but from care.
- = .tll1les prepared it seems that the
49,. ~ iii,elloership by death has been
FL eseeSr t1an in any similar raciod in
me h1story of the association Tbe a GO
- total membership is now nlscaa
- S7o.VVe, and by the end of ina -.
:. % MI MI probably have sunk down to
$4,000 or lower 10"N 70
DIFFERENT STATES AT ST PATTI
a. A. Is believed that 80 1000 men will he
~ me at 81. Paul in the bisr nara.1a
- - estshlaled number from each sra -
osiils as follows: Illinois, 5 900. WieconN
80 S,vVO' pennsylvania. l 900. ohio >
NJ NJ. NeW orh, 500; Connecticut 20.
-lak'@chusetts, SOC: New JerseS- 90,
-Ha4ne, $50; California. %. p b1.7a' i., -oy
20 os Wv hampshire 100: Vermonf Tao:
15oeo'dac 80; Virginia and No,,fb Co.
5 slsa; ~ Maryland, so; Nebraska con.
F ,o1o1eSilssan' LOCO; Iowa, 2.50C. Indiane
~ S0loTado and Wyoming. rs. Kan,
STsa, oVu, Deiaware, 30; Minnesota ; O0o
300. 80 ~, l,SoVi Oregon, so; KenitucJov
80 800 NSsC virginia, $50; South Dasro+o >
1'VvVs Washington and AlasEa ga en- % d
,r r'a.,.s1s, LUZ New Mexico, IS; TJtnh. ~
- iIiS'ssee, 100; Louisiana and ATiecsS
slppa, 4gi FLORIDA IS; Montana. %. r.
- 80 o.; luaho, %; Arizona, 10. Ceorgia
~o' Alabama, 20: North Dai,oTe 7o 1o,
oh s,Isa. 20; Indian Territory 4OO'
-, ne states contiguous to Minneso4a
~ naturally have the largest $780,
s - as the Old soldiers In the IA >.
81 states are unable to make The iora.
S.eI ny, Doth IRON physical and imam
s 80 l7asons, Many OF the eastern
, ,ss1rs - nave comparatively small
Spi sseIaqatioas, notably New 1-o,i-
Jersey ana New
lee Citizens committee of ST p.,,
winch has had charge OF the a,rranera'
menus Tor the encampmenr. has 6e,Sa
Vudlane work. and the veterans win ha
Wen cared for. 10 say nothing of "a
visitors who viii outnumber 3be vatS
SIX 10 one The old soldiers who dAeira
A. VIII be furnished with free sleeniner
Guar1ers IN the city school buiidaues4 . "a
az camp Mason. The latter Will .b- ono
OF ene most interesting features of the
encalnpnent The camp is named in
honor OF General e. c. Mason, president
of the St. Pauls Citizens countries,
and General Mason VIII be chief mar
shal of the parade
MANY UNIQUE DECORATIONS.
The parade, always the great feature
of the G. a. r. encampments. will be
noteworthy this year because of the
elaborate decorations arranged for. to
say nothing of a numhec of unique
features The decorations viii begin
at the sheds of the Union depot. where
the arriving soldiers will first set foot