Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-08-27
GRAND ARMY CAMP
CITIZENS OF ST PAUL READY TO RE-
CEiVE THE VETERANS.
arrangements Are Practically Com
pleted for the Encampment Next
Week New Features of Enter.
tninnent Are ProviLed-CnrnivnI
of Ceres nnd I<nights of Pythins
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IN Minnenpolis-TheS State Fair
st. Paul, Aug. %. Arrangements
nave practically been completed for
the encampnient of, the Grand Army
OF the Republic. which will begin
next Monday. and only minor details
now rcmain to be perfected. SO thor
ouShly has the work been accom-
pl'shed by the general citizens COM
nittee and the numerous subcommit-
tees that should the encampment be
held now the city would be ready to
entertain the many thousands of vet
Grams and visitors who are expected
to attend the encampment.
The 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 resplendent 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 $40 O'Clock. all along this
part OF the avenue. Thirty additional
nrc 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
the residents along this part OF sum
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.-
UOO people. Platforms will be erected
Mt intervals. and short speeches will
be made by notable visitors 1t will
form n dlstinctively new feature fol.
an ellcampment, as nothing like it has
ever been attempted heretofore
To Cnre for the yixit0rs
Every detail is being perfected FOX
the care and entertainment of the
city'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
mas been prepared for those who hive
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
encnlnpment what the Columbian
~ f1 t1tn II rs r,,.
Chicago. The cadets will be fea t,,re
altogether unknown to previous en-
cnmpments. They will be organized
as a corps OH military lines. with n
view to afrording prompt and varied
information to any inauiring 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 i'll the business
district OF the city. This will make
four cadets at each street intersec-
ton. so that inq!lirers 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 School Cadet Bureau
of information 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
encampmcnt will be the great flag
chorus, which is to be stationed beside
the line of march to symbolic a 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
Ihe Indian display arranged for by
the committee will be one of the great
features for Eastern visitors. Fifty
Chippewas 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
~ 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
a pleasant one. The refreshment COM
mittee has completed its arrangements
and no caller at the ladies' headquar-
ters at any hour of encampment week
will fail to obtain ample and palatable
refreshment. Thursday, Sept 3. from
2 to 6 o'clock, there will be at the
ladies' headquarters a general recep-
ton 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 all
citizens. During the evening of Tues
day, Sept. 1, Summit avenue, from
Summit Park to Western avenue. will
be closed to vehicles. 1t 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 most important means of
entertainment. The ladies' music
committee will supply two daily con-
certs at Headquarters. 1t will fur
nish the music for the various recep-
tions and has arranged special series
of church concerts Each church will