The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-22
OVER A THOUSAND
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MINNESOTA WILL BE WELL REP
RESENTED AT THE BUFFALO
ENCAMPMENT.
ENTHUSIASM OF LAST YEAR
TO MAKE THE EXODUS QUITE
GENERAL.
ROADS WILL he BUSY TONIGHT
Carrying the whiIOm Warrior East
ward on His Mission of Peaceful
Reunion and Fellowship.
On to Buffalo!

The invasion of Buffalo by the brave
boys in blue has commenced. 1t will
be peaceful invasion, and the only
semblance of a military invasion will
be the parade of the thousands of vet
Grams of the Civil war. 1t is expected
that this the thirty-irst annual en-
campment. will exceed in numbers any
held heretofore.
The first of the Minnesota veterans
the a,.ir;lis hers as it were-started yes
terday, and the indications are that
Minnesota will present a strong turn
out The main body, however, will
leave This evening, and they will num-
Der a host too, for hundreds of tickets
have already been sold and berths in
sleepers assigned. There never has been
a time when the crowd has been so
divided: every road running out of st.
Paul and Minneapolis will get a share
of the patronage and many of the in
tending eXcursionists are waiting until
the last moment to purchase their tick
cts in hopes that today the roads will
: commence cutting rates. 1t is very
--Iident though that the present low
flISl of $3.50 for the round trip from
Sc. Paul will be maintained.
The 800" line has made special bid
Tor the business from the Northwest
and has made elaborate preparations
to make the brave old boys comfort
able on their trip. a special train of
seven cars over this road will leave st.
Paul at 7:40 this evening, and will con-
sist of first-class sleepers, tourist cars
day coaches, buffet and a baggage car
The price of meals in the dining car
has been cut to a very low figure
lower than the figures on the menu
card of the average restaurant. This
will be the official train of the North
Dakota department and not a few of
the st. Paul comrades will also travel
by this route. The line of march" is
by way of Sault Ste. Marie, with an
hours stop to see the new canal, To-
ronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls, at
which latter place another lay-over of
two hours will afford view of this
world-famous wonder
The North Dakota vets arrived on
special over the $500 last evening.
Col. E. c. Gearey, the department COM
mander, reports that about seventy
five members of the G. A. r., with
their families, are en- route for the en-
campment. This is very much larger
representation than was expected.
The Burlington pulled out a special
latS night and will do so again this
evening. The Wisconsin Central train
had two extra sleepers attached to
last nights train and runs a special
tonight. The Omaha is running heavy
trains and will send sleepers straight
through to Buffalo over Eastern roads.
The Chicago Great Western and Mil
waukee roads are also doing the same
thing, and the latter is bringing great
many into ST. Paul on it's branch lines.
to start from here.
The Minnesota HEADQUARTERS" train
will start from Minneapolis tonight
over the Minneapolis & ST. Louis to
Chicago, thence over the Erie. On il
will be the department commander, e.
B. Wood, and his staff and about $50
veterans, many of them accompanied
by their wives. The train will include
nine sleepers, a commissary car, din
ing and baggage cars. The meals to
veterans will be free.
The committee from the four St. Paul
posts, Garfield, Acker, Ord and Gettys-
burg, recently adopted the Wisconsin
Central as their official route, the train
to run straight through from Chicago
to Buffalo over the Wabash line. It
will include three or four sleepers, day
car, dining and baggage car, and will
leave at 7:40 tonight. Among some of
the familiar personages who will be
seen on the train are Capt. II. A. Cas-
tie, ]. ]. McCardy, Albert Scheffer and
Joe L. Brigham. But, as mentioned
above, this arrangement was not en-
tirely satisfactory to all, and the local
business will be split up among all
the roads.
How many veterans from Minnesota
Will attend the encampment? A con-
sentative estimate places the number
at considerably over 1000, besides the
ladies and other eXcuirsionists, who
Will take advantage of the cheap rates
A great many farmers will attend
dollar wheat was a convincing argu-
ment to induce them to take a little
recreation. The four ST. Paul posts
alone will send nearly 200.
1t is more than probable that the
next encampment will be held at Gin
cinnati. An Ohio man is also a candi-
date for the selection Of commander
in-chief of the G. A. R., Col. James H.
Sexton, and it is thought he will re-
ceive the support of the Minnesota del
egates.
A special car made up largely of
veterans residing in the towns along
the line of the Hastings & Dakota d.
vision, left on the Milwaukee last night
and the Wisconsin Central had one or
two cars.
WorthingtOn's delegation to the en-
campment at Buffalo, started at noon
by a special car. Twenty persons were
in the party Town, Sheppard, Bigham,
Vail, Leonard, Shattuck, Baker and
others went. They came by the Omaha
and passed through ST. Paul last even
Ing. Several ladies accompanied them
The New York central has gotten out
a neat button for encampment visitors.
II bears in the center picture of the