The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
NEXT WEEK
RhOdy'S Veterans to Be
at Buffalo.
Will Leave Monday Morning
on a Special.
A Delegation OF Two Hundred Will
Represent This State.

The 3lst National Encampment OF the
Grand Army of the Republic will be held
in Buffalo. n. Y, next week, and 1T Will
be attended by large delegation from
this city and other parts of Rhode Island.
1t is expected that the veterans OF the
state will go TO the Encampment city at
least 200 strong.
They will leave tho Union station on
special train at o'clock Monday morn
ing The train will be .made up of three
parlor coaches and four ordinary coaches.
Two stops will be made One at Paw
tucket and one at Woonsockes
The route 10 Buffalo will be over the
Hoosac Tunnel and West Shore railroads
and the Veterans will arrive at their des'
tination at 9:25 o'clock Monday night.
The Rhode Island department. head
quarters will be in parlor 23i, New lint
House.
Tho Rhode Island Women's Relief Corps
headquarters will be at 1913 Main street.
= Prescott Post No. ] and Slocum POST
No. 10, will be on tho special train rs
posts and on their arrival in Buffalo will
establish headquarters. Prescott Post
will be mt the Rienzie Hotel and Slocum
Post will occupy School building No. 4
on Elks street
Among the prominent veterans who
will be Past Department Commanders
Gen. Elisha ii. Rhodes, William II.
Stone. Fred A. Arnold and David ,.
Ray.
The following department officers will
also be on the special: Commander Living
stoD Scott Senior Vice Commander ;.
w. * Allen, Junior Vico Commander
Charles O. Ballou, Assistant Adjutant
General Philip >. Chase. Assistant
Quartermaster General Geo. III. CheDery
Inspector Henry X. Robinson, Judge
Advocate George \. Bliss, Chief Muster
ing officer Joseph L. Means and Medical
Director George B. Peck.
Other prominent Grand Army men
who will be on the special are Hon. Adm
B Capron. Senator w. A. Reed of Gloucester
Hon. Warren q. Arnold, and X. Is. Little.
president of the Board of Aldermen.
Mem bers OF tho Woman's Relief Corps
will be on tho train accompanied by Mrs.
Bessie Seymour. of Warren. president
and Mrs Fred A Burt secretary.
The Naval Veterans will leave the city
this evening as the demonstration by
this branch OF the service will be made in
Buffalo OH tuesday.
They will join the New York Naval
Veterans in New York tomorrow and they
will 20 to Buffalo together.
Wednesday, Aug. 20, will be the big day
when the legion OF veterans will make
will move at 10 O'Clock. startingsfrom the
terrace. moving over Main street To Chip
pewa street. to Delaware avenue TO North
street. TO tho Circle where the parade will
bo reviewed by President Mckinley, the
commander in-ohicf of the Grand Army,
and other distinguished persons.
The Rhode Island Posts will report to
the adjutant general on lthe upper Ter
race, north of the New York Central
trucks. The regular session of the
National EHcampment will be begun In
Music ball on Thursday morning Mt
O'Clock. On Friday evening the veterans
will begin to leave for home. although
the festivities will be continusd through
Saturday and SUNDAY. The Rhode Island
mem bers will not return by special train.
They will get home az lib. The railroads
have been kind and have made the fare
half price. Some of the Indies and gentle
men, ard, hy the way there are large
nnm ber OF ladies in the party, will re-
turn by the way of Saratoga and Lake
George and home by the way of Vermont.
Others will return by the way OF Albany
and New York city.
Some will visit the Thousand Islands
and come back by the way of Montreal.