Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-08-28
OLD BOYS IN BLUE
BUFFALO GIVES GREETING TO THE
GRAND ARMY
TRAIN LOADS OF VETERANS.
Camp Jewett Formally Opened by,
Commander-in-Ch ClarksOn
An ImprOmptu Reception.

Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. %. - The
Queen City of the Lakes is decked
out in her best attire in honor of the
boys that wore the blue. Stars and
stripes innumerable float in the brisk
breeze from thousands Of tlagstaffs
from the two sides of great Niagara to
the extreme eastern boundaries of Erie
county, While the city proper is literal
ly envelOped in tri-cOlored bunting and
canvases of all shapes and sizes bearing
the we'll known insignia of the Grand
Army. Triumphal arches to a total of
over a score span the intersections OF
the principal thoroughfares, While
Camp Jewett, it's acres dotted over with
white tents each surmounted by a tiny
American flag, looks as if it might be
thing of beauty and joy forever. AL
together the 31st annual national en-
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic opened most auspiciously this
morning. The inaugural event of the
day was the arrival of Comma nder-in-
Chief Clarkson and his staff, with an
escort from the departments OF Ne
braska and other states. The headquar-
ters train arrived shortly after O'Clock
and the delegation was escorted with
honors by the local posts to the Hotel
Iroquois, where national headquarters
were at once opened. At noon the ex-
ecutive committee of the national coun-
Gil of administration went into session
and the committee on credentials open
ed it's headquarters. This committee is
composed of Adjutant General Bur-
meister of Omaha; Comrades John e.
Evans, Nebraska; A. 0. Engelman Mis-
souri,: Henry A. Heath, Wisconsin, and
J. NJ. Vernon, Illinois. The early trains
today brought several thousand visit
ors, together with a number of post
delegations. The principal event of to-
morrow will be the reception of Presi-
dent Mckinley. Wednesday the great
parade will occur and on Thursday the
delegates who are here for business as
we'll as pleasure will commence their
serious Iabors. Outside Of several
amendments to the constitution, no
business of great Importance is sched-
uled for consideration by the encamp-
ment.
Grand Army week opened with fair
weather. Train loads of veterans and
friends are constantly arriving. Rear
Admiral Cyrus Sears arrived last night
and will hoist his flag on the steamer
Idaho today The Idaho has been as
signed to the naval veterans.
Camp Jewett Opened.
Camp Jewett, the picturesque tent
city erected for the accommodation of
the visiting veterans, on bluff over
looking Lake Erie and the mouth of
the Niagara river, was officially opened
by Commander-in-Ch Clarkson this
afternoon. The commandments
was escorted from his headquarters by
Mayor JeWett and other citizens and
by Bidwell Wilkeson post of Buffalo
and Columbia post of Chicago, headed
teenth United States infantry, which is
assigned to Fort Porter during the en-
campment. AS the commander-in-chief
entered the camp a salute of Is guns
was fired in his honor by the federal
troops al the fort. The general was es-
corted to the piazza Of a park pavilion
situated in the center of the camp,
about which thousands of veterans and
citizens formed in a hollow square.
Stepping to the front of the piazza
Mayor Jewett, on behalf Of the citi-
Zens' committee, presented the camp
to the commander-in-chief, who accept
ed it in a graceful speech. Commander
in-Chief Clarkson entered the pavilion
when his remarks were concluded and
held an impromptu reception of officers
of Fort Porter and officers of the ma
tional guard. Later he made an in
spection of the camp in company with
officers of his staff.
John G.. Linehan Of Concord, N. H,
now commissioner of insurance for that
state, and former Junior vice command
er of the Grand Army, is the most for
midable of the new candidates for COM
mander-in-chief