St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-03
TO MAKE THE G. A. r.. ENCAMP-
MENT A GREAT Sue
CESS.
PATRIOTIC ST. PAUL WOMEN,
ORGANIZE A STRONG AUX
ILIARY FORCE.
A HUGE RECEPTION PLANNED
For the Entertainment, Not of the
Great Ones, but the Great
Multitude.


The Ladies' Auxiliary, G. A. r. citi-
Zens' committee, held it's first general
meeting in the parlors of the Day.
ton Avenue Presby church yes
terday afternoon for the purpose of
organizing it's various subcommittee
and inaugurating the vast amount of
work which it must accomplish in
time for the national encampment to
be held in ST. Paul next September
The meeting was largely attended,
nearly all of the committee chairnen
being present. BY special request
Gen. Mason, Capt. Castle and Capt
McCardy, Of the citizens committee,
met with the ladies for the purpose of
offering advice and suggestions that
their work might be started with as
full an understanding as possible, re-
garding their particular province in
the general preparations. In calling
the meeting to order Mrs. r. M. New
port, president of the ladies' commit
tee, said:
The object Of my calling you together this
afternoon is to explain the purposes for which
this committee has been created.
AS you are doubtless all well aware, the
Grand Army of the Republic, at their meet
ing last year in Louisville, KY, accepted
the invitation of the city of st. Paul to en-
terrain it at its next annual encampment,
which will accordingly be held in this city
the first week in September of the present
year.
/ was very much surprised at my appoint
ment as chairman of the ladies' committee for
the city, and l must say overwhelmed when
l began to realize the magnitude of the un-
dertaking, and heard on every side the feel
ing expressed that the impression which
would go abroad in respect to the encamp-
ment would be very materially affected by
the the success or the failure of the part which
entertainment OF the Grand Army But the
exceedingly cordial and almost universal in
terest which the women of st. Paul have
SHOWN 81 IN the matter, and their willingness
TO undertake the work with me- has relieved
my mind and furnished an absolute guarantee
of success.
1t can be truly said without self-conceit
or hattery, that the ladies of st. Paul al
ways make every enterprise successful upon
which they choose to concentrate their abili-
ty, energy and taste.
There is no such word as fail I'm their vo
cabulary.
;. This encampment is occasion on which
II is most appropriate that we should display
our loyal devotion, not only to the old
soldiers who served our country in its hour
OF trial and of peril, but to the city of St
raul which has undertaken the very arduous
them. ---i'' 3
The boys in blue" who carried the flag
IN '6l-65, are now in the "sere and yellow
leai, and rapidly dropping from the ranks,
ana the opportunity will, in all probability,
never come again to us to assist in making
their annual reunion a delightful experience.
am sure we shall all be more than happy
TO contribute what we can to make their ST
Paul encampment notable for it's complete.
appropriate and unstinted hospitality
Inc Importance of the gathering NAV he
partially realized when it is estimated that
o. OO0 old soldiers will be in attendance and
I1O.ooo other visitors will be in our city at
me same time, including very large num-
per or ladies'. wives of distinguished officers
ana soldiers, members of the Woman's Relief
dorPf, maa af OF the G. A. R. wives and
the Union ex-Prisoners of War, army nurses.
and the Sisteeners and many others.
our chlef duty will be to entertain the Wis
ST. Paul.
1t will be necessary for us to obtain suita-
PIE headquarters where we keep open
house during the week, hold our receptions
and we hope, ii may be possible to give one
large general reception.
we want. ii possible, to secure. in some
convenient location, house, private house
commodous enough for our purposes which
we can utilize as the center Of our activities
have, considered it advisable to distribute
the work as much as possible by the an
pointment of several large committees-and
II the women assigned to them will each feel
an Individual responsibility our work will be
easily diiu COIHlOTlaDly accomplished.
so far as determined upon, the committees
are as follows:
The chairman of each committee has au-
thority to select the members of his own
committee and to carry on her work in her
own way, In conference with, and subject to-
the approval of the president.
The meetings of the committees will be
caiied by their respective chairmen and their
action duly reported to the president
A general meeting will be held from time to
time so that we can keep in touch with each
fnn hot
benefit of the active cooperation advice and
suggestions of our worthy vice-presidents
who, let it be understood are not expected to
be merely, or chiefly, ornamental
1t may seem to some that we are beginning
very early, but we must ''take time by the
iore-iock, and to work Systematically from
tnls time on IN order to make this encamp-
ment satisfy our ideal of what 1t ought to be
we shall need the hearty and united effort of
all our people to make the results such as to
renect credit upon our organization and our
city.
| Capt: Castle, Gen. Mason. president of the
cltlzeh commlftee and Can't. McCardv. vice
commander of the Grand ARMY for Minneso-
ia, have kindly consented to come this after
noon and give us the benefit of their knowI-
edge and experience as to what will be re-
quired Of us.
THEIR FIELD IMPORTANT.
At the conclusion of her remarks the
president called upon Capt McCardy.
VINO explained the work performed nv
the women Of other cities where q a
X. encampment have been held. He
said that the impression of ST. Paul
which the visitors would carry away
with them would, .in a large measure.
depend upon the social consideratio
accorded them, and conservative be-
Ing the foremost body in matters of
entertainment, the ladies' COMMITTEES
had no small task to perform. While
the ladies' in other cities have primar-
lily looked to the entertainment of Iady
visitors. The gentlemen present yes
terday assured the st. Paul committee
that they expected it's hearty co-opera-
ton in all branches Of work in con-
nection with the encampment. In
view of this fact the ladies will ar
range for general reception, to be
| held some evening during the visit of
the veterans, at which the 'boys in
blue" particularly the privates will
be received and entertained. This
feature has, with one exception, never
been part Of the entertainment pro-
gramme at any previous encampment.
There have always been grand balls
| and receptions, which in the words Of
one gentleman present, "have gem
orally been magnificent failures" be-
cause they are usually gatherings of
aristocratic functicnaries and promi-
nent citizens, and do not conduce to
the enjoyment Of the common privates.
who are a majority Of those who at