Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-24
VETERANS GATHERING FOR THEIR
ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT.
CROWD WILL BE ENORMOUS.
CAMP JEWETT FORMALLY OPENED
BY COMMANDER GARRISON.
Next Encampment Almost Sure to Be
Held in Cincinnati and the 1879
Encampment in Richmond
No Union of WOmen's
AuNiIiaries.

Buffalo, n. Y. Aug. 23.-Grand Army
week opened with fair weather. All indi-
cations. point to an attendance beyond the
expectations Of the most sanSuine citizen.
Trainloads of veterans and their friends
are constantly arriving, and person might
think there was a great parade in progress
as the posts march up the main street to
their quarters.
Commander-in-Chief Clarkson arrived
this morning. AS he stepped from the train
he was warmly welcomed to the Queen
city by Justice Truman White, Of the re-
ception committee, and Colonel Albert d.
Shaw, state commander of the department
of New York.
Mr.. Clarksons train consisted of ten or
twelve cars adorned with banners and
flags. the most conspicuous decoration be-
ing that upon the commanders car-"Com-
mander-in-Chief G.. a. r. and beneath 1t,
Put Me Off at Buffalo,"
Camp Jewett, the picturesque tent city
erected for the accommodation of the visit
ing veterans, On a bluff overlooking Lake
Erie and the mouth of the Niagara river,
was officially opened by Commander-in-
Chief Clarkson this afternoon.
The commander-in-chief was escorted
from his headquarters by Mayor Jewett
and other citizens, and by Bidwell Wilke-
son post of Buffalo. and Columbia post,
of Chicago, headed by the regimental band
of the Thirteenth United States infantry,
which is assigned to Fort Porter during
the encampment.
AS the commander-in-chief entered the
camp, a salute of fifteen guns was fired in
his honor by the federal troops at the fort
The general was escorted to the piazza
of park pavilion situated in the center
of the camp, about which thousands of
veterans and citizens formed in a hollow
square.
Stepping to the frcnt of the piazza,
Mayor Jewett, on behalf of the citizens
committee, presented the camp to the
chief, who accepted 1t in a
graceful speech.
Commander-in-Ch Clarkson entered the
pavilion when his remarks were concluded
and held an impromptu reception of officers
from Fort Porter and officers of the Ma
tional Guard. Later he made an inspection
of the camp in company with the officers
of his staff, after which he returned to his
headquarters.
John c. Linehan, of Concord, N H., now
commissioner of insurance for that state.
and former junior vice commander of the
Grand Army is the most formidable of the
new candidates for commander-in-chief.
His headquarters were opened to-day.
Pennsylvania veterans are booming Colo
mel Goblin. of that state, for commander-n-
chief. Already over 500 Pennsylvania men
are here, and they are all working hard for
Colonel Gobin's success. Colonel Goblin ar
rived to-day, and has opened headquarters.
A delegation of prominent Cincinnati
business men arrived to-day to press Gin
cinnati's claims for the national encamp-
ment in 1895. Headquarters have been
opened in the Iroquois hotel. There now
appears to be no doubt that Cincinnati will
have the honor of entertaining the G. A. r,
next year. In fact, there appears to be nc
opposition.
| this morning and proceeded to work fol
| the encampment of 1899. There are eighteen
| of Richmonds leading men in the party. A
| Walter II. Sanary, editor and owner of the
| Richmond State, who said tonight that his
| committee Were doing good missionary
work and had every reason to believe they
would get the encampment in 1899. Not a
| delegation approached SO far but was II
| favor of Richmond, and several members ol
| the committee which will have the selection
! of the place are pledged to Richmond.
A noble enterprise which is likely to en-
| list the attention of the Grand Army dele.
| gates during the session here is the estab-
| lishment of a sanitarium for the benefit OF
| veteran soldiers and sailors of the wal
for the Union: 1t is proposed to locate or
| the island with Castle Pinckney, in the
| harbor of Charleston, S. c., a refuge fol
old soldiers who are i'll, and congress is
| asked to take advantage of an offer of the
| very favorable location for the purpose
| The scheme has the Endorsement of Com
mander-in-Chief Clarkson.
| There has been a great deal of discussion
| to-day over a possible union of the Won
| ans Relief Corps and the Ladies of the
| G. A. r.. but it is the desire of the Grant
| Army that the tenetS of the Woman's Re
| lief Corps prevail as to the eligibility
clause, and the Ladies Of the G. A. r. tt
not want to give up on that point. SO thu
matter of a union seems as far away a:
| when the two organizations took to differ
| ent paths.
ITO cherish and emulate the deeds o
| our noble army nurses and of all loya
women who rendered loving service to ou
| country in her hour of peril is the ain
| of the Woman's Relief Corps.
The Ladies of the G. A. r. accept onl.