The morning times., 1896-09-13
Plans for the Encampment
Of the u. vi. ;
COMMITTEES AT WORK
Six Thousand rIemberS and as
Many More Visitors Are
Expected.

cient tn insure a weII-attendcd and Suc-
cessfuI meeting. The citizens executive
committee of which Levi p. Wright ia
chairman, is composed OF representative
men anu program Is beIns perfected
which cannot prove otherwise IMAM salts
iac'ors.
IL 10 eApeoteu tha' between i've anu SIX
'nous'nu heni"ers Vi 'ile oIuer VIII altehd
the feuhioi' Win an equai hufhoef OF
Iadies ana VISITORS. In this city There are
'hfee ehcathpihen,s' having totai mem
snip Oh ABOUT Iour hundred. Col Wfsht
mas estaoiisheu eadquartefs I'D the Ia
enc ouiihins' NO oZ@ street northwest
Inc various spechu Committees, charseo
WIN certain detaiis- nave ALREADY begun
'heir WORK anu no" nave everything wen
I'D manu-.
Inc reasons WHICH ieu " the oiedhr
zaiion oi the Union veteran Legion areh
Seherans uhders'oou' anu sometimes are
ehureiy mlsappfehehueu- me suEees-
'ion mas oiteh oeeh mace 'hat 'hcfe was
Ific.ion between 'his oiueI anu 'he " a
H. pu' on tiie 'oii'ia'' the iiioe' 'iHi'
reia'iops aie i""iii'.ineu anu 'neie i az
soiu'eiS hothihI Oh dh'aeohisip pet"een
lhe Two podics- noih are in'eiih'.i W "oiA
in periect narilohs anu pi"tti'dhy IoI 'he
attaipl''eht vi tne SAINT en"s- i"h 30 per
cent or those belonging 70 theleSioh are also
iieiiipers vi Inc "ianu army
ITS ORGANIZERS
on March 81. 1884, the Union Veteran
Legion was organized in the law office Of
A B Hay. Pittsburg Associated with Mr.
Hay were Gen A. L. Pearson Ma jor W.
W TbysOn Capt. Samuel Harper, and
Capt David Lowery, all OF them being
agreed in the opiuion that an organization
should he formed. composed of none but
real soldiers, who had seen active service
FOR a long period. ana who had served their
country from none other than patriotic
motives.
There was not at that time, and has
not during the eleven years OF Its cx-
istence, been manifested the slightest
autlpathy 20 the q. A K, or any other
association Of old soldiers The rules, at
Iirst. required that member must have
served at least Two years, unless us
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,-s u,Igss discbargad for rronndS re.
,i,.a, i, lin. NJ dn,v Tins rendering
io.l,oi,,,e those discharged for disability
and those who had not served the requisite
period
E,c,m,,nept M was chartered by the
s,orr, common, Meas M AIIephenvcounty
pa The pa,iona, epcamprnent was formed
!, pi,tshu,g November II 1886. twelve
s,c,mnns,,s bav,r, be.n orpanized in The
Sc. a, p.,,sv,v,,ia Ohio Iowa ard
Nassacb,Se,ts Tho order has noy be.n
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obJECls Or IHE Union.
The objects OF the Union Veteran Legion
are as follows: First the cultivation OF
true devotion to American government and
institutions. Second. the moral. social and
.n,ellectualimprovemen nto tsmembers and
the relief OF their widows and orphans in
sickness
non of friendly relations anonp those who
fouybt for the preservation of rho J-oi,,
Fourtb Inv the ,ersonal examn,a and in.
ruence OF its members To perp.,uo,. the
three great prjucip,es of the Union Veteran
Legion-fraternity. charity and pa,r,otism
Firth. all things he,nc enual IN Give u-a,..-.
ence in all hus;,ess r.Iatio,s and 70 sssist
them as far as possible in all honorable
'i'' "etei ui the ieeioh
Iu 'es' iiius'ra.eu III 'he WORDS Oh
)" IL" ""s i's iiiS' h'tionai coiii-
""'''e 'ied'' iiui'''''S'- ana i's
sup pi"' e. 'hat .ie o'faiiza'ioh
unioh u veterans pcIIhe the war
VI. e.n.iiei'' ueei','iohis 'i''se veterans
""u ""u 't" 1T ie"9' '"o Stais' anu
- "no ID any ina anu iof any
eiii sei'eu "' dssisieh our so'elhhieht
Us. supP'essioh Vi 'n" !. ihos' Eisah1c
n "nu ,ne a.ioh oi .ne
c",on ''e anu s"'.'u "e enii'ieu 70 '"s
iuii measure "i praise ana fe"ard iof an
'he! uhi' Stiii men uid NOT oec"ine veterans
ua! "i ''ieu 'oiH' 'u's HI Ai'oii'" "'s
u liiehusnlp abh coihrauesihp were iurihed
uuribS long Years oi utter tfiais anu SUI
ierin&s "hlch cannot ana siouid mol De
brohen. "hu WINCH cannot De adequately
app'eC'aueu pS tnose WHO were Hol farii-
cipants In them Our interests were c' ni-
mon In those dark days from lsb to 1865.
ana many or them are In common now can
ihese be better served and preserved act
Ing separately as individuals or actlne as
Iunitin one grand anu niGht5 5orIaii%ailon!
EMBLEM OF DEFENSE.
..T,be b,dga tho xb;el, tn. ,,s;r,i, NJ