The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-07-16
TIE GRAND ARMY.
What is Being Done by the Veterans
for the Good of the Order
ENcAMPMENT DISPLAY.

Decorations That VIII Greet the Eyes oil
Visiting Veterans.
The plans for the general street decorations
for the Encampment have been completed, sno
ST. Paul comrades expect that they will excel
ANYTHING of the kind ever before attempted
At great soldiers Reunions in the past.
The plan largely originated with architect
Allen II. Stem. II is artistic, and pleasing
departure from the displays usually made on
public demonstrations. Arches and Roman
circles have no place IN Mr.. Stems designs
He has worked entirely on original lines. The
effect will be especially striking at night, when
the whole will be illuminated with thousands
of incandescent lights.
The decorations will commence at the Union
Depot, and will continue up Sibey street W
Sixth street and west on Sixth TO the new red
eral Building In this distance there are 10
blocks In each block there will be SIX pores
40 feet high on each side of the street. or IL
poles TO the block For a distance oil ~ leet
around each pole there will be a casing of white
staff. the material that made such pleasing
effect at the Worlds Fair.
The MINER portion of the poles will be painted
to correspond TO the white stat. Each pole
will be mounted with flag. The white stan
will be about two or three feet square, terinl-
mating at the base Of the pole in pedestal. IN
this staff work will be inches for plants ana
other decorations, while streamers and iollage
will decorate the exterior of the poles. AT
the four corners of each block for the whole
distance the colors of all the corps In the Unlted
States army will be artistically arranged around
the poles with gold lettering and other embei-
lishments.
The Examinations will consist of lines Of red,
white and blue incsndescent lights, running
along each side of the street for the entire dis
tance from the depot to the Federal Building.
More than 7.000 lamps will be used. The whole
line will be one vast avenue of light color, aud
shape, suggestive OF the spendor OF Aladdin
tales.
The Capitol Building viii be occupied By De
partment Commander McCardy and his staff.
The Womeu's Relief Corps OF the State VIII
have also its Headquarters in the building, as
well as the Minnesota Ladies of the GAR
This building will Also be decorated by the En-
csmpment managers on an elaborate scale. All
the public schools in the city will also be deco
rated in an appropriate manner at the expense
OF the Encsmpm eDt fund. These are the most
important decorations to be carried cut by the
Directors of the Encampment, beyond what
will be expended on the reviewing stands.
The private decorations in the business part
of the city are DOW being planned and many
will be let out on contract in sections so that
definite and appropriate design can he carried
out. w. A. French, Of Mannheimer Brothers,
the artist in charge of the drapery department,
lie preparing plan for the decoration OF Maun-
heiRer's store, the Ryan Hotel and other
buildings in the vicinity. Mr.. French's scheme
will be among the most elaborate and striking
of the many displays that will be made.