The Princeton union., 1896-08-27
GRAND ARMY CAMP
CITIZENS OF ST PAUL READY TO RE-
CEiVE THE VETERANS.
Arrangements Are Practically Com
pieted for the Encampment Next
Week - New Features of Enter
tai inment Are Provided-Carnival
OF Ceres and Knights of Pythias
IN MinneapOlis-The State Fair


/. st. Paul, Aug. 25. - Arrangements
have practically been completed for
the encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic, which will begin
next Monday, and only minor details
now, remain to be perfected. So thor
ouGhly has the work been accom-
plished by the general citizens COM
mlttee and the numerous subcommit-
tees that should the encampment be
held now the city would be ready to
entertain the many thousands of vet
erans and visitors who are expected
to attend the encampment.
Ihe work Of decorating the streets,
business houses and private resi-
dences has already begun, and it is
safe to say that there will be few
buildings in st. Paul which will not
display at least one flag. The piece de
resistance of the decorations will be
Summit avenue, the principal resi-
dence street Of the city. From Sum-
NIT Fark to Western avenue, a dis
tance of about half a mile, the avenue
will be resplende1t In light and deco
rations. The ladies' encampment COM
mittee has devised this feature of the
entertainment. Receptions will be
held every night in the open air, be-
ginning at $50 o'clock, all along this
part OF the avenue. Thirty additional
arc lights will be placed at equal dis
tances on both sides of the avenue.
At each end gas light arches will
mark the limit of the reception area.
In addition to the arc lights many of
ofcy o1o IL: -
nit avenue are arranging for lights
OF their own, so that night will be
practically turned into the brightest
day. Bunting, flags and all manner
Of decorations will add to the festive
ness Of the scene. Every facility will
be provided to entertain at least 1OO,-
OOO people. Platforms will be erected
at intervals, and short speeches will
be made by notable visitors. It will
form a distinctively new feature for
an encampment, as nothing like it has
ever been attempted heretofore
To Care for the Visitors.
Every detail is being perfected for
the care and entertainment of the
clty's guests. Escort duty will be per-
formed by various local drum corps,
and the special trains will be met and
the various departments and posts es-
corted to their quarters. Several
bands will also be engaged for this
service. A corps Of surgeons and ply
sicians will care for visitors who may
need their services. A guiding star
has been prepared for those who have
never before visited ST. Paul. The
guiding star will be the High School
Cadets. This organization will, in
many respects, be to the Grand Army
ann
Guards were to the worlds fair at
Chicago. The cadets will be a feature
altogether unknown to previous en-
campments. They will be organized
as corps Oh military lines, with a
view to affording prompt and varied
information to any inquiring stranger.
During Monday and Tuesday of en-
campment week, when the crowd is
pouring into the city, cadet is to be
posted at each corner In the business
QlStrlct OF the city. This will make
four cadets at each street intersec-
tlon, so that inquirers will. not be
obliged to search long to find the
young men with the white caps. Out
side Of the business center the cadets
Will be stationed only at the principal
points and where the crowd is likely
to assemble. A cadet will be known
at once by his trim military cap of
white duck, trimmed with white silk
cord, and bearing in gold letters the
words High Sc]c oil Cadet - Bureau
or lnfo:lLation.' Besides the cap. an
artistic badge Of red, white and blue
SILK will be worn by the information
corps.
One of the unique features of the
encampment will be the great flag
chorus, which is to be stationed beside
the line of march to symbolic liy-
ing, singing American banner. The
flag will be composed of several thou
sand school children. Some of the
girls Will be dressed in red and some
Of the boys in blue, while others will
wear pure white. AS the veterans
march past the chorus will sing pat
riotic songs.
The Indian display arranged for by
the committee will be one of the great
features for Eastern visitors. Fifty
ChtppewHs will be on exhibition day
and evening in war dances, etc., to
which no admission will be CHARGED.
Work OF the Ladies.
All the prominent ladies of the city
have been enlisted in the work of pre-
pairing for the encampment, especial
ly as regards the reception of ladies,
and nothing has been left undone
which would make the visit of the
wives and daughters of the veterans
pleasant one. The refreshment COM
mittee has completed it's arrangements
and no caller at the ladies' headquar-
ters at any hour of encampment week
will fail to obtain ample and palatable
refreshmcnt. Thursday, Sept. 3, from
2 to 6 o'clock, there will be at the
ladies' headquarters general recep-
tion for the entertainment OF all ladies
visiting st. Paul who are the mem
bers Of any patriotic society, the wives
and daughters of all veterans or of
members of mems patriotic societies,
and the wives and daughters of ali
citizens. During the evening of Tues.
day, Sept. /, Summit avenue, from
Summit Park to Western avenue, will
be closed to vehicles, It will be trans
formed into an immense promenade,
upon which four simultaneous recep-
tions will be held.
The music of the encampment week
will be a most important means of
entertainment. The ladies' music
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