The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-25
is HE RIGHT?
General Niles, In Charge of the
Reunion Camp
Expects $4,000 People to Be
Here Next Week.
If He Is Right 1T Will Keep All
Topeka Busy
TO CARE FOR THEM.
No One Must Go Away Saying
He Was Neglected.
Scenes at Camp Miles-MOre
Tents Coming.
TO CARE FOR THEM.

The man who has charge of Camp Mel
son A. Niles for that will be the name Of
the fair grounds until after next week,
is Adjutant General J. Y. Niles Of the G.
A r.
He may be found any day at the camp
experimenting the placing of decorations
and the erection of tents. Not a detail
escapes him and not foot of the big
grounds viii be slighted. He proposes to
use it all for he is sure that there will be
applications for all the sleeping accOmmo-
dations that can be found
The camp is plated like city and a
blue print will be kept at the headquar-
ters so that Adjutant Niles can put his
finger on it at any time. The streets are
named for the commanders of the Grand
Army. The principal avenue runs north
and south and is very wide. It is named
Grant avenue The streets, however, run
east and west. Their names are. as fol-
lows, commencing at the northeast cor
ner of the camp and going south: Seward,
McDaV1tt. Pond, Anderson, W Malkinshan,
Guthrie Jenkins Martin, GiIpatrick, Car
penter, Feighan. Booth, Collins McCar-
thy, reen, Kelly, Campbell, Harris and
Whitney. The streets are lined on either
Adjutant Niles talked about the ar
rangements at the camp ground last
night I intend to divide the camp into
divisions" said he, according to con-
gressiOnal districts and each division will
have commander as follows;
'Comrade t B. Gerow, Post 93,, 1st di-
vision
@Comrade A H. Limerick. Post IS, 3rd
''Comrade F. P. Cochran. Post Is, 4th di-
''Comrade C. NJ. stratton, Post 50, 5th
.:Comrade c. w. Culp. Post 178. 9Th di-
''Comrade Jerry Shaw. Post s94. 9TH di-
Each division commander will select
a commander for-each county. VIII deal
with the division commanders direct and
they viii draw the wood and straw for
their respective divisions Then they Will
distribute the supplies to the county com
manders and in that way there will be a
ness and avoid confusion.
The division commanders will have
headquarters tents and When man
comes to headquarters in search of a
camrade and can tell what county or city
he is from, can send him to the divis-
ion commander at once and he will have
no trouble in finding the man he is after.
There will be no TatiOns issued from
HEADQUARTERS. The only things provided
are wood and straw and the comrades
who camp will be expected to furnish
their own hard tack and coffee. I will be
at headquarters constantly to take care
of all who come and direct them to their
place in camp"
The HEADQUARTERS of the adjutant are
in the little hexagOnal building just south
of Exposition hall. A part of one of the
large buildings will be reserved for hos
pital purposes. It viii be equipped with
25 cots and there will be a physician and
two or three attendants on duty during
the entire week
half completed stands near the center of
Camp Miles and just east of Grant ave
nue.. Tt Will be completed by Monday
morning with fair weather
Lieutenant Phillips and Battery 3
have been assigned to quarters just east
of Exposition hall. One of their guns
viii he stationed near headquarters. how
ever. and the flag which floats from the
staff near headquarters will be raised in
the morning by a detail from the battery
and q sunrise gun and lowered at sunset
by the same force and by a sunset gun
The High School ZOuaVes have been as
signed quarters by Adjutant Niles near
the Topeka avenue entrance of the camp.
Ten tents have been set aside for their
Adiutant Niles says that the high wind
of Yesterday delayed the work of putting
1lD tents considerably. but there is an
other draw back and that is not having
tents to put up I'VE made a mistake. -
said he 3.fn sending tents to reunions so
ing a great deal of trouble in getting them
back. I think they will all be here in
time however. but we will have to rush
the work of putting them up much more
A night guard of three men now keep
watch over the camp and Major Niles
says the guard viii be increased from
day TO day
Adiutant Niles says he expects that the
advance guard will begin to arrive to-
morrow. He says he has received many
letters from people living in the Sixth and
Seventh congressional districts who
started to drive to Topeka the first of this
week. He is expecting them to arrive al
most any time He says he believes that
there will be IS. 600 people in Topeka next
week