The evening times., 1897-08-23
GONE TO THE CAMP GROUND
Main Body Of District G. A. r.
men Leaves for Buffalo.
SEVERAL HUNDRED EN- ROUTE
Department Commander Hopkins
aud Staff, the Old Qua rd and the
Henderson Drum Corps Among
the yoyagcrs- the Local Posts
Represented.


The major portion, of the Department Of
the Potomac, q. A. T., LEFT for Buff alo and
this morning az 7:5O O'Clock on a special
train over the Pennsylvania Railroad. The
train was made up Of eight coaches andcar-
RED about 600 persons
In addition to Department Commander
Hopkins and staff and 400 veterans, the
Old Guar d and the John b. Henderson Drum
Corps went along as an escort. Although
a number of other veterans may leave on
the later trains this evening, the special
this morning carried the official delegation.
1t was a busy scene a the depot for half
hour preceding the departure of the train
The veterans took only enough baggage
with them to last u few days, but 600 men
furn nished enough of this to nearly rattle the
baggage master of the special train. The
John Il Henderson Drum Corps kept thin gs
In a lively mood by playing two-step while
the tr ain was being made ready. The station
was crowded with friends and relatives who
assembled to see them off and wave q
parting good.by
The official delegation To the encamp-
meut, left on this mornings special, and
included Commander Thomas y Hopkins,
DR.. j. F. kaub, senior vice commander
James e McC abe, junior vice commander;
Arthur Hendricks, assistant adjutant gen
eral;J Tyler Powell ,assistantquart ter master
general, ard the representatives 20 the
national encampnent, Comrades Howard
NJ. Gilman, John e. s Burger, John p.
Quandrr. and Henry W. Emo. Comrades
Jacob Moore. Rudolph Unmer, DIR. A c.
Adams and $. F. Hamilton also went along
as alterGates 10 the delegates.
The following past department com
manders will also have seats in the COR
yenIIon. on account of the rank which they
have held John McElroy, Marion T. An
derson. Nathan Biokford, S E. Faunce,
A y Dinstnore, J. NJ. Pipes, NJ. Emmet
Urell. william :. odell, Charles p. Lin
coin, Jeromc p Burke, Newton N. Brooks,
ID. S. Alexander, Samuel 3. Burdett,
William Gibson, Charles &. Royce, Harris on
DingInan. George E. Carson, A. H. g..
Richardson, Benjamin +. Hawkes., and
Frank II. sprague.
The dalega, ION did not carry lunches,
but q stop was made at williansport long
enough TO get meal ordered in advance
The special was scheduled 10 reach VIII
Transport at . O'Clock this afternoon. Sup
per win be taken at Elmira this evening,
about : anc at 9 O'clock the special win
roll into B13ffalu, and the veterans Will
have assigned 20 them quarters in the en-
campunent grounds on the lake front.
The posts which were represented on
the special train were: Kit Carson Post, No
2, Lncius F. RANDOLPH, comma nder; Lin
coin Post, No. 3, John Bresnahan, com
mander; O. z Morton Post, No. 4, James
Wells, commander: Meade Post, No. 5,
Calvin Farnsworth, commander; John F.
Reynolds Post, No. Is, Fred. q. Calvert, COM
nlander: Burnside Post, No E, George G.
Ross. COMMANDER: Sumner Post No. 8,
Thomas W West, commander; Farragut
Pos,, No 10, A. F. Dinsmore, comma nder;
and also Potomac, Grant, Logan, sheridan
and Lafayette posts,
John A. ga Wins Post, No. 1. Commander
r. b. schwickadi, left last night at 10
o'clock over the Baltimore and Ohio on
the special train of the Buffalo Club,
A continuous camp fire was kept up all
night as long as the men could keep ava ke,
and scngs, rccitations "reminiscences aud
war stories served to make the minutes
fly hv almost as quickly as the miles. The
tIain went by way of Philadelphia and the
Lenigh Valley. and was scheduled To reach
Bethlehem, Pa, this morning at breakfast
time aud Buffalo at about 2 O'Clock this
afternoon.
Rawlins Post carried with it about ESQ
veterans. many of them being accompani MED
by their wives. Each member wore upon
his coat besides his G.. A. X. emblem,
handsome new badge, with which the la
dies were also bedecked. IL was a bright
red ribbon, with an inscription in gold,
suitable tn the TIP and the thirty-first en-
campmcnt: 'Thirty-first National Encamp-
ment, G. A. r.. Buffalo. n. Y, August, S97.
Rawlins Post, No. 1. Department of the
Potomac, Washington, ID. c." In the
center appears picture of the Capitol
building. alsp in gilt.
Preceding the departure OF Rawlins Post
last night a legation from Richmond
passed through the city on its way to
Buffalo TO invite the Grand Army to me ct
in the Virginia capital in 1899. The COM
nlittee carries with 1t 10000 maps of
Richmond and the outlying country, show
ing Libby prison and the battIefields.t hat
cost SO many lives. A number of hand
someiy engraved invitations are also car
ried ard will he distributed.
To each of the members Of the G. A. r.
an invitation and map will be presented
personally, and each man receiving one
H.
mond as the place for holding the encamp-
emnt in 1899. Messrs. p. II. G. Cabell and
E. r. williams, two members of the Young
Mems Business Associations committee,
called at The Times office yesterday and
said that the Committee felt very hopeful
that it's efforts would be rewarded. The
committee left this city for Buffalo at 7:1O
o'clock last night.