The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-24
CANDIDATES FOR CHIEFSHIP
CINCINNATI ALMOST CERTAIN TO
GET NEXT ENCAMPMENT.
Little Prospect that the w. II. c. and
Ladies of the G. A. II. VIII Lay
Aside Their Differences.

| BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 23.-Grand Army
week opened with fair weather. All in-
| dications point to colossal encampment,
| beyond the expectations of the most SAN
! guine citizens. Trainloads of veterans ana
! their friends are constantly arriving and
| a person might think there was a great
! parade in progress as the posts march up
| Main street to their quarters. This morn
ing the womens headquarters, at $50 Della
ware avenue, were formally opened Here
the visitors will be carefully looked after.
Everything possible has been provided for
! their comfort.
| Thaddeus S. Clarkson, commandments
chief, arrived at his quarters at the Iro-
! quois Hotel to-day and his reception con-
| stituted the first event of the week of the
! encampment. He was met at the station
| by local G.. A. r. men and members of the
| reception committee, and escorted to the
| hotel, where he was officially received by
| Colonel Wynans, chief of the headquarters
| staff Outside the station two hundred
members of Bidwell- Wilson Post, No. g.
| the star organization of Buffalo, waited to
| escort General Clarkson to his headquar-
| ters. AS the commander-in-chef stepped
| from the train he was warmly welcomed
to the Queen City by Justice Truman
White, of the reception committee, and
of the Department of New York. General
| Clarkson's train consisted of ten or twelve
cars adorned with banners and flags the
most conspicuous decoration being that
upon the commanders car, "The Com
! mander-in-C chief G.. A. r." and beneath
| was Put Me Off at Buffalo" Four hum
| dred and fifty veterans, together with the
| George w. Cook Zouaves Fife and Drum
| Corps, accompanied the commandments
| chlef from Nebraska. Genefal GARRISON
personal party which ACCOMPANIED him
! consisted of the following: Miss Clara
Clarkson, his daughter; M. c. Clarkson, his
! son; Adjutant General Charles +. Bur-
! meister, of Omaha, with his wife, son and
! daughter; Colonel Albert Scheffer, of St.
| Paul, member of the executive committee
| of the council of administration, with his
| wife, Colonel Andrew Traynor, special aid
| in charge, of transportation; Miss Susan
| Chicago The posts which accompanied
General Clarkson from Nebraska wei ,
and Grant Post, No 11O, of Omaha; Phil
| Kearney Post, No. 2, of South Omaha. AT
the hotel veterans representing posts from
all parts of the country formed in line and
| as the general alighted they sent up
mighty cheer.
CAMP JEWETT OPENED.
Camp Jewett, the picturesque tent city,
erected for the accommodation of visiting
veterans on a bluff overlooking Lake Erie
and the mouth Of the Niagara river, was
|
Clarkson this afternoon. The commander
in-chief was escorted from his headquar-
ters by Mayor Jewett and other citizens
and by the Bidwel-Wilson Post of Buffalo
and the 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 gem
eral was escorted to the piazza of a park
| pavilion situated in the center Of the camp,
| about which thousands of veterans and citi-
zens formed in a hollow square Stepping
| to the front of the piazza, Mayor JeWett,
! on behalf of the citizens committee, pre-
| sented the camp to the commander-in-chief,
who accepted it in a graceful speech.
| Commander-in-ehief Clarkson entered the
| building when his remarks were concluded
| and held an impromptu reception of oflcerS
! from Fort Porter aud 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. Llnehand of Concord N. H.. now
commissioner of insurance Tor that state,
| and former Junior vice commander or the
| Grand Army. IS the most formidable of the
new candidates for commander-in- chief.
| His headquarters We're opened to-day.
! Pennsylvania veterans are booming Colonel
| Goblin, of that State, for commandments
| chief Already over five hundred Pennsyl-
vania men are here and they are all work.
| ing hard for Colonel Gobin's success.
Colonel Goblin arrived to-day and has
|
AT CINCINNATI NEXT YEAR.
A delegation of Cincinnati business men
arrived to-day to press Cincinnati's claims
for the national encampment in 1898. Head
quarters have been opened at the Iroauos
! Hotel There now appears TO be no doubt
! that Cincinnati will have the honor of en-
tertaining tho G.. A. r. next year; in fact,
there appears TO be no opposition.
The Richmond boomers arrived in town
this morning and Immediately proceeded TO
work for the encampment of 1899.
There are eighteen of Richmond's leading
men in the party. prominent member
of the delegation is Walter H. Sanary, edi-
tor and owner Of the Richmond State who
! said tonight that his committee was doing
J good missionary work and had every rea-
! son to believe that they would get the en-
! camprnent in 1889 Not a delegation APP
| preached so far but was in favor Of Rich
| mond, and several members of the commits
tee which win 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 their session here is the estab-
! nshment OF a sanitarium for the benefit Of
! veteran soldiers and sailors of the war for
| island. with Castle Pinckney In the harbor
| of Charleston, :. G, a refuge for old SOL
diers who are Ill and Congress Is to ba
| asked to take advantage of the offer OF
| one of the very favorable locations for the
/ purpose. The scheme has the Endorsement
! Of Commander-in-chief Clarkson.
During the week further effort viii be
made TO unite the Woman's Relief Corps
! and the Ladies of the c. A. r. There has
| been a good deal of discussion over pos
| sible union but It is the desire OF the
! Grand Army that the tenets of the Wom-
| ans Relief Corps prevail to the elgI-
! bility clause, and the Ladies OF ;he G. A. r.
| do not want TO give UP that point, so that
| the matter of a union seems as far away
| as when the two organizations took 10 dif-
| ferent paths. ITO cherish and emulate the
deeds OF our noble army nurses and Of az