The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-16
TWO WEEKS AWAY
THE NATIONAL G. A. r.. ENCAMP-
MENT ONLY SHORT DIS
TANCE OFF.
COMMITTEES ARE RUSHED.
THAT IN CHARGE OF ACCOMMODA-
TIONS TO OCCUPY THE MANN
HEIMER BUILDING.
QUESTION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
Gen. Mason VIII Submit a PROPOSE
ton to school Board Tomorrow
Progress of Arrangements.

Gen. Edwin c. Mason, president of
the citizens committee, issued the fol-
lowing last night in regard to the
trouble about the Summit avenue
decorations:
In preparing to entertain the Grand Army
Of the Republic the first week in September
the cltzens' committee has arranged q series
OF outdoor receptions at several points along
summit avenue, between Summit park and
western avenue. To properly conduct these
events, a great increase in the lighting serv-
Ice will be required. This be provided
by erecting small poles at intervals of 100
feet on opposite sides of the avenue. on which
wires may be strung for electric lighting.
The citizens committee has contracted with
a competent and reliable man to set twenty
eight of these small poles along the boule-
ward, just within the curb line. Small holes
will be bored in the ground, but no damage
to the boulevard will result. The contract
provides that the street shall, in all
spects, be restored to its present good
dition, and that when the poles
moved, the grass shall show no injury. Pay
ment Will not be made until the terms OF
the contract have been fully complied with
AS president of the citizens committee, |
have ordered that this be done, and my order
will be obeyed. The poles will be covered
with bunting and otherwise decorated.
This statement is made for the information
of those residents of Summit avenue who,
through fear that the boulevard may be
injured, have objected to the poles being
erected. The citizens committee has ordered
the work proceeded with early Monday morn
ing. The city council has grantedhaf. fleece
ing. 1t is hoped the workmen will not again
be interfered with. The city council has
granted the citizens committee certain privf-
leges on Summit avenue during encampment
week. under suitable restrictions, ana we
expect to enjoy those privileges without, we
hope, being compelled to ask for official pro-
lection.
The executive board of the citizens
committee held busy session at head
quarters yesterday afternoon, at which
all Of the members were present, with
the exception of A. r. McGill, who
was engaged with meeting Of the
committee on invitations at the state
capitol. The time of the board was
largely occupied with routine business,
and the only matter of considerable
Importance to be disposed of was the
removal Of the Office of the committee
on accommodation from it's present
quarters in the Endicott building to
the old Mannheimer building, of Min
nesota and East Third streets. For
the past three weeks the Office now in
use by the committee has been rapidly
becoming too cramped for the increase
in business, and as it has at times been
almost impossible to get all the people
change of yesterday has been forced as
a matter of necessity
Monday morning, or at the latest
Tuesday, the removal will be begun,
and within the course of the follow
Ing day the committee will be stab
hshed in it's new quarters. In the
Mannheimer> building more facilities
will be at its disposal and expedition
&c
tons.
In addition to the Office of the com
mfttee on accommodation the Mann
he1mer building will also contain an
information bureau for the benefit of
tho other committees, citizens and en-
cImpment visitors. When the building
has been thoroughly cleaned, decorat-
Ing artists will bezput to work on both
the exterior and interior, with suf
f1cient latitude In their plans to per-
nit of the most attractive ornamental
ton. AS the building is to be the head
quarters to which all strangers will go
for their assignment of stopping places
1t is proposed to make it one of the
most handsomely decorated buildings
In the city.
has experienced in it's efforts to secure
the public schools for the purpose of
quartering Grand Army veterans free
OF charge, was the subject of thorough
discussion, and Gen. Mason was dele
gated to meet the school board TO-
morrow with certain propositions, not
vet made public, which are expected to
satisfactorily adjust the existing
trouble.
special order issued by Comman-
er-in-Chief Walker, was read. which
prohibits the presence of a wheeled
vehicle or carriage of any kind in the
line of the grand review The order
was issued at the suggestion of the
local general committee for the pur-
pose of avoiding confusion, which it is
said that carriages in the parade of
past reviews have invariably caused
Heretofore it has been customary to
allow disabled veterans to occupv car
rlages in the procession but the
practice of using vehicles by those fully
able to Withstand the fatigue incident
TO so short a march has become so
general as to be serious handicap to
the proper formation and maintenance
d. regular line of march, that at this
encampment no one who is not either
horseback or afoot will be allowed to
participate in the review
The Union Zouave Drum corps was
engaged for escort duty Monday and
Tuesday, Aug 81 and Sept. /. The
corps is composed of twelve pieces and
VIII meet the commander-in-chief and
department commanders at the denot
TO escort them to their quarters to fhe
sounds of martial music
The matter of location of the band
OF Chippewa Indians, which will he
brought from the Cloquet reservation
for the entertainment of encampment
visitors, was considered by the hoard
but no definite place decided upon. The
Indians numbering fifty, will arrive in
the city the Saturday before the en-
campment. They will be located at