The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-06
CONTRACTS FOR CONCERTS, RECEP-
TIONs AND FOR ESCORT DUTY
APPROVED.
WOMEN ACTIVE IN G. A. R. WORK
COMMITTEES ARRANGED FOR REG
ULAR MEETINGS AT LADIES'
HEADQUARTERS.
SOUVENIR BooK WILL BE A GEM.
City Divided Into Districts So That
the Work of Decorations Can
Be Best Done.

At the meeting of the encampment
executive committee yesterday after
noon contracts for. band concerts were
submitted by the parade and review
committee and approved. They pro-
vide for music at Camp Mason, at en-
campment receptions, and for escort
duty. Posts, departments, or any or
ganization attending the encampment
must provide their own bands, as the
committee will not furnish any except
as specified.
Eight banners were ordered, one for
each division of the grand parade Of
veterans Sept. 2. They will be of hue
material, 6x3 feet, and will be lettered
in white.
Arrangements have been completed
for decorating the interiors of Market
hall and the West Side opera house,
where the campfires will be held
The women's headquarters of the G.
A. r. is a decidedly lively place morn
ings of late, and there are no harder
working women in the city just now
than the chairmen of the women's
several committees and those assisting
them. Bright and early the massive
doors of the old Kittson house are
unlocked by the Waterman, who faith
fully keeps out all intruders in the af-
ternoons, when the place is closed to
visitors. One or more of the subcom-
mittees meets each morning in differ
ent rooms, and Mrs Newport, Mrs. Ed
gerton and Mrs. Adams are to be
found there each day from 10 to II
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work, but always ready with a word
of advice to the members of commit
tees or bit of news for the reporters.
Some of their most. important news,
however. is not yet ready for the press,
and while a delightful little detail
about some reception or decoration oc-
casionally leaks out it does not, as
rule, find it's way to the papers. AS
result, many pleasant surprises may
be looked forward to from the women's
end of the work and one will not be
disappointed.
Yesterday the printing committee
met at the headquarters with the
chairman, Mrs. Henry Castle, and dis
cussed the handling of the souvenir
books, war songs and maps.
In another room the refreshment
committee of the Seventh ward held
an enthusiastic meeting with Mrs.
Bass, the chairman, and talked over
the plans for canvassing that ward for
provisions.
Miss Hope met the second division
of the ladies' orchestra and made ar
rangements for practice and work. The
churches will be open each day during
the encampment from 4 to 6, and organ
recita1s will be held to which the mu-
steal visitors will be hidden:
Mrs. Mcconnell had a representative
from the accommodation committee at
the headquarters yesterday and it
is expected that each committee will
be so represented each day.
Friday of each week the musical COM
mittee will meet; and next week, Tues
day, the meeting of the general
womens committee will be held at 10
o'clock in the morning.
The Friendly association has decided
to have at least three lunch stands.
At the corner of Ninth and Minnesota
the association will run breakfast
stand. ON Summit, between Arundel
and Floral, will be erected a lunch
counter, and another will be placed on
the Kittson property across from head
quarters.
Interest is fast appearing in the
womens work among those who paid
the least heed at the beginning, and
the women of the committees are far
from the discouraged persons they
were some weeks ago, when no one
would decorate, no one would attend
meetings and, worse yet, no one had the
slightest idea that they were the ones
expected to accommodate the coming
guests with room and board.
The souvenir book-which, 1t is prom
ised will be gem surprising anything
of the kind ever gotten out at an en-
campment-will be ready Aug. 20. Or
ders may be booked in advance with
General Secretary Pinney. They will
be sold for 25 cents each.
A special information circular will
be issued at once, for distribution in
Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota,
Minnesota and Wisconsin. 1t will be
aimed to correct misleading statements
regarding encampment rates in the $50
mile radius from st. Paul.
The Seventh Minnesota veterans
will hold their reunion in the City Hall,
st. Paul. in District Court Room, No.
s, at $50 a. M, Thursday, Sept 8.
Close to 1000 Minnesota veterans have
already applied for accommodations
during the encampment. Seventy
SIEVE pOStS VI IAC Vu1liiACoOld OCPdlt-
ment have thus far signif1ed their in
tention of being present.
Posts in Lafayette, Ind; Grand Rap
ids, Prairie Farm, Menasha and Viro-
qua, Wis; and Flandreau, S. D., filed
applications for quarters for 100 men
each.
While the committee In charge of the
Grand Army decorations and illumina-
tions has been hampered more or less
for want Of funds. and the original
designs have been necessarily changed
in quite a degree, the effect of it's
labors will be productive Of good re-
suits and with the aid of private own