The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-30
THE SONS OF VETERANS
NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT TO BE HELD
HERE IN SEPTEMBER.
The Commercial Club Has the Event
in Charge-Large Executive Com
mittee Appointed.

The sixteenth annual national encamp-
ment of the Sons of Veterans will be held in
this city from Sept. to 10 Of this year.
The Commercial Club, which has had
much to do with securing the encampment,
has announced the following executive COM
mttee to have charge of the arrangements,
composed of three members of the club and
six members of the order: Charles A. Book
wal err chairman; A. NJ. Glossbrenner, sec
rotary; Newton j. MCGUIRE, James Noel w.
II. Armstrong Frank Martin, Allan Hen
bricks, w. S. CARRIER and Harry McGreW.
Chairman Bookwalter is authorized to APP
point such subcommitteees as he may
deem necessary. The official headquar-
ters of the encampment will be at the Deni-
son House and the sessions will be held IN
Tomlinson Hall. 1t is difficult to tell how
many m cmbers will attend the enc ampmenr.
At Knoxville two years ago the attendance
reached 5000, and at Louisville last year it
was something over 1000.
The order, from modest beginnings, has
lourished greatly. 1t was organized in
Pittsburg on Nov. u, 1881, by eight boys,
under direction of Mayor A. p. Davis, and
they called their organization Davis Camp,
No. 1. Two weeks later a ritual was adopt
ed and in another month a charter for the
order was obtained from the State of Penn
sylvania. BY the middle of February three
camps had been organized, and from these
the Pennsylvania division was organized,
with II. p. Rowley as commander-in-chief.
The following October the first national en-
campment was held al Pittsburg, and they
have followed annually in either August or
September at the following cities: Column
bus @, Philadelphia, Grand Rapids, Buff
falo, Des Mones, Wheeling, Paterson st.
Joseph, Minneapolis, Helena, Cincinnati,
Davenport, Knoxville and Louisville. The
order is established in thirty-six States,
Alaska and Canada, and has about rs, 0OO
members. The largest divisions are those
of Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Kansas and New York. The objects of the
order are patriotic and charitable.
The Indiana division grew out of what
was known as the Third Grand Division,
composed of the Central Western States,
and organized in July, 1884. The early COM
manders We're Charles e. Estry W. H.
Armstrong, John Edmonson and f. w. Nc
CURE, under provisional government of the
order. Since it was organized as a state
division the following have presided as
colonel commander: E. S. Walker. George
G. Harvey, J. w. Newton, N. j. Mcclure,
Thompson, the present colonel, Since 1886
the division has grown from forty-two en-
camps, with 225 members, to It's camps, with
1900 members.
The present national officers are: Com
mander-in-c j. L. Rake, Reading, Pa.
senior vice commander, l.. w. Kennedy,
Denver, Col; junior vice commander L. M
Buckley, Louisville, KY; adjutant general
II: H. Hammer, Reading, Pa; quartermas-
This year, as usual, there will be a very
warm contest over the election of com
mander-in-chief. Among the aspirants for
cumbent; Colonel c. X Darling of Mas
sachusetts; Colonel Macy, of New York;
Patton, of Wisconsin, and Colonel Duley, OF
Iowa.