The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
GRAND ARMY VETERANS
They Will Ho'd Their Encamr.
ment at Salinas, Monterey
County, Next Week.
General Chipman, Originator of Deco
ration Day, Candidate for
Com ander.

The next encampment of the California
Department of the Grand Army of the
Republic will be held this year in Salinas,
Monterey County, commencing next
Wednesday. The people of that inland
town have, for some time past, been pre-
pairing for the event, and they will show
by their hospitality that they have
friendly, patriotic feeling for the old sol.
diers who volunteered years ago to main
tain the Union and the glory of the stars
and stripes.
The people of Salinas have subscribed
$1,000 toward the entertaining of the vete-
rams curing their stay with them. J. G.
Joy, past commander of James B. Steed-
man Post, located at that point, and chair
man of the committee of arrangements,
who was in this City yesterday, stated
that the arrangements for the reception of
the delegates to the encampment are all
com pleted, and that when they arrive
there they will meet welcome as hearty
as they ever received anywhere. He stated
that while 1t is not known how many will
attend as delegates, preparations have
been made to accommodate 600 in the
hotels and private residences.
In addition TO the Grand Army En-
campmentthere will be the meeting of the
ladies' of the Relief Corps of the Grand
Army, and the Ladies of the Grand Army
will also be present during the encamp.
ment. The Relief Corps and the Ladies of
the Grand Army, while they both work in
the same line, are two distinct bodies
The former is composed of the wives and
the female relatives of those who took up
arms for the Union, while the other is
composed of women loyal to the Govern
ment. the aim OF each is to look after
the unfortunate members of the Grand
Army and their families who are in need.
The posts throughout the Jurisdiction
of California number 116 and the Relief
Corps mum ber CO. The Grand Army will
be called to order by Department Com
mander I. G. Masteller and the Relief
Corps meeting by Mrs. Laura ]. Robin
son, department president
There will be several candidates for the
position of department commander.
Most prominent among the number is
General n. 2. Chapman of Red Bluff
who is urged for the position on the
ground that it was he, while adjutant to
General John A. Logan when he was COM
mander- in-chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic, who wrote the order setting
apart May 30 as the day for the decoration
Of the graves of the heroes of the war,
Another candidate is Frank Miller of
Sacramento, past commander of Sumner
Post, and another is Frank Cushing,
junior vice department commander.
LIE Oiiiy CanuAudtc prominently men,
toned Tor senior vice department COM
mander is j. E. Eaton OF Stuckton. past
commander OF Rawljns Post and at pres
ent adjutant of the post.
There is an unwritten law among the
veterans of the Grand Army that the DO
sition of senior vice or junior vice depart
ment commander snail go to a mem Der
resident OF the place In which the en-
campment is held, consequently one of
these positions will be filed by mem ber
of James 3. Steedman Post, but who will
be selected or which of the two offices he
will be elected TO has not yet been deter
mined.
During the encampment the visiting
lady delegates Will be the guests of the
James b. Steedman Woman's Relief
Corps No. S6. A mum Der of outings have
been planned, and it is likely that the
veterans will be asked to join them on
pleasure excursions.