Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-28
IOWA VETERANS MEET TODAY
Annual Enoampment of the Grand Army at
Des Moines.
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE REPRESENTED
Kindred ORGANIZATIONS VIII Swcn
the Attendance to Ten Thou
Sandstone Important Busi-
ness TO lie Transacted.

CEDAR RAPIDS Ia, April 27--(SpecialJ
The annual encampment Of the Grand
Army of the Republic, depaItment of Iowa,
which begins here and continues for three
days, promises to be the largest ever held
In the state. The old veterans are coming
from all partn Of the state, and they will be
accompanied by their wives and daughters
who are members of the Woman's Relief
Corps and other lady organizations, auxiliary
to the Grand Army. Many delegations will
bring bands with them, and it is already GER
tain there will be at least a score of musical
organizations to assist in adding to the sue
cess of the occasion. Then there will be
several hundred members Of the Sons of
Veterans here during the three days, which,
taken with the others who Will attend from
the neighboring towns, will swell the num-
ber so that the city will have the largest
crowd in her history to entertain. Four
special trains will be run in here at noon
Tuesday over the Burlington. Cedar Rapids
Northern, and the other railways have
taken steps to provide accommodation for all
who may desire to come.
The parade will be held Tuesday afternoon.
In addition to the old veterans, who will
once more keep step to the sound of the fife
and drum, the entire military force of the
iowa STATE unlNeTGlly, uhleT command OF
Major Vodges together with the State Uni
vcTsity band and Company !, Iowa National
guard of Iowa City will be here. III the
weather is propitous there will be 10000
visitors in the city on that day, nearly half
of whom will take part in the parade.
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION.
Two very important questions probably will
come up for discussion at the business meet
ing of the encampment. The disposition of
pensions of old soldiers at the Old Soldiers
home at Marshalltown is question that the
old soldiers are more or less interested in.
While the Grand Army has no direct manage
ment or control of that institution at the
| same time the veterans feel much interest
in it, and Their wishes have generally been
respected in the material affairs of the home.
The board has a standing rule, to which all
inmates must subscribe before entering, that
all pension money in excess of Sc per month
must be turned over to the home which
| Is credited to the support fund. Whether
this amount should be left as it IL or lessened
| or increased is likely to be discussed to quite
an extent
The other question. and one that has been
prominently before the G. A. r. posts of the
state for the past six or eight, months, IL the
soldiers monument matter During the win
ter months and just previous to the conven-
,ng of the general assembly, posts all over
the state adopted resolutions asking the leg
islature to take such steps ae would bring
about removal of medallions from the
cided upon. Out Cf Difference to these reso-
lutions concurrent resolution was passed
at the recent session directing the commits
sion to remove the meiallions. However,
there has been more orilers Wraagling since
the passage of this resolution, and the mat
ter no doubt Will come UP at the cncamp-
ment. If it does there will, be red hot
time and resolutions will be passed express
| ing in no uncertain manner the views OF the
old soldiers in regard to this matter
The hip fight of the encampment VIII
| come, however when the time arrives for the
| selection of location for, holdn ng the next
eneampment- Dubuque, rMarshalltown and
| Sioux City are all avowed candidates for it,
and each of the cities named will send
| strong delegations to make fight for the
| privilege of entertaining the old veterans
| next year. Dubuque secured headquarters
| several days AGO and the contingents from
Sioux City and Marshalltown came in Mon
| day and have been hard at work.
AS TO THE OFFICERS.
| 1t is generally conceded that General
| Josiah Given of Des Moines will be chosen
| for department commander, although there Is
| likely to be quite fight over the ONCE
| General II. NJ. Day of this city is booked for
| the position CT senior vice commander and
Rev. DIR. Barrett of Iowa City will be chosen
| chaplain
The campfree will be many and most in
| teresting. Three will be held on Tuesday
evening and several on the succeeding nights.
The main campfire Tuesday night will be
held in Greene's opera house and will be
presided ever by General Josiah Given; the
second campfire will be held in the auditor
ium of the High schC Col building and will be
presided over by Colonel j. j. Steadman,
while the third one will be held in the LIN
coin club room, and will be sort of an i'm
promtu affair.
The present officers of the state depart
ment are Commander, X. p. Thompson,
Rock Rapids; senior Vice commander M e.
Erwin, Dubuque; junior vice commander, J.
p Scott, Davenport; medical director, ii. q.
Mccoy, Algona; chaplain, Rev. j. S. Albrook
Mt Vernon assistant adjutaDt general, r.
L. Chase Des Moines; assistant quartermas-
ter general w. w. Gardner, Rock Rapids;
inspector, j. f. Thompson, Forest City; judge
advocate, r. ]. Chase, Sioux City; chief mus
tering officer, A. NJ. Hogan, Montezuma; SEN
icr aide and chief of staff, l.. X. Page, Ida
Grove: council for administration, H. M.
Day Cedar Rapids; George w. Lafferty, Os-
we'll Decorah; G. H. Welsh, Boone.
DispIcnscd Carroll Property Owners.
JEFFERSON, Ia, April 27.-(Special)-
There is a good sized factional war in
Carroll all on account of an ordinance re-
Gently issued by the city council. to the
effect that property owners within a certain
district mrst build cement or permanent
walks, and stipulates exactly how they shall
be put down. size, material, etc AS a re-
suit large number OF citizens, among them
business men and people of prominence. are
recording some emphatic protests against
this sort Of arbitrary legislation. They as
sert that tLey are willing to put down good,
servceable sidewalks, but object to having