Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-23
BIG CROWDS FOR BUFFALO
Washington Will Be Well Represented at
the Grand Encampment.
Special Trains Garry Jolly ThrOngs
Delegation From Richmond.

The exodus to Buffalo of the members of
TIE Grand Army of the Republic and kim
dred organizations occurred last night and
this morning, and altogether over thou
sand persons left Washington for northern
New York. The Campfire on wheels, as
the special train over the Baltimore and
Ohio road that was chartered by the Buff
falo club is called, left at 10 O'Clock last
night. ard the three day coaches and two
sleepers of which it was composed were
crowded. The party consisted of the COM
rades Of John A Rawlings Post, No. l, the
o. Z. Morton Post, No. 4, which is one of
tie largest colored posts in the country;
members of the Loyal Legion of Women
and of the Women Circle OF the G.. y. r.,
and a number of the friends of the organ
iZations. All the eXCursioniStS wore the
red badges of the John A. Rawlings Post
and We're particularly jolly. Another sleep
er was picked up last night at Baltimore,
and an observation car was attached to the
train early this morning. The party stop
ped st bethlehem today and took a brief
view of the Carnegie iron works. and was
expected to reach Buffalo about ) o'clock
This afternoon 1t will make its headquar-
tiers in Buffalo at the Hotel Robinson, and
before returning will make a short jour
ney TO Niagara and Toronto.
The Official Train.
The official train to Buffalo. which car
ried the officer" of the Department of the
Potomac, the delegates to the encampment
and the vast majority of the G. A. K. men
and others who are going to Buffalo, left
the Baltimore and Potomac depot this
morning. in two sections at 7:4O and Z 30
o CLOCK. IN charge of personal representa-
tives of the Pennsylvania company. There
were nearly seven hundred passengers on
both sections, and quite large crowd
sembled TO see them off. The first section
hD don
5 Hopkins, and the other officers of the
department, the delegates and their alter
mates, the Old Guard, the John B. Hen
derson Drum Corps, and number of
prominent people not affiliated with the G..
A X. A special was reserved for the
Old Guard and another for the drum corps
and Il commissary department, we'll equip
ped. was the feature of the train. The sec
ond section of the special carried members
OF the different G.. A. r. posts their farn-
lies and their friends, many members of
the Sons of Veterans and the ladies OF the
"omans Relief Corps. who will attend the
annual convention of that organization,
winch occurs in Buffalo this week.
K'"hm"nd's Invitation to the Veterans
delegation from the Young Mems Bust
ness Association of Richmond passed
through Washington last night on their
way TO Buffalo. for the purpose of inviting
the Grand Army of the Republic to hold
the next encampment in the former capital
of the confederate states. Both branches
of the Richmond city council Joined in the
invitation. The deleSa ton was composed
of Samuel Register. A. D. Eichelberger,
f. r. Williams Thomas II. Fox Walter H.
Savory, Barton H. Wise. George NJ. West,
Joseph Wallerstein, Reuben Burton, Z. II.
G. Cabel Capt. b. o. Cooke, Julian Bryant,
w. II. Bennett. c. w. Westbury John d.
Potts. W. l.. Truitt, H. NJ. Boykin and H.
w. 3. Glover.
A large quantity of attractive literature
was taken along, and many bundles of
shipping tags bearing the words ION to
Richmond in 1899 were also carried for
distribution in Buffalo. Handsome head
quarters will be opened there and a strong
effort made to take the veterans to Rich
mond In the last year of the present
century.