The National tribune., 1897-08-19
THE GRAND ARMY.
What Its Members Throughout
the Country Are Doing.

SAAO q
National Encampment Preparations Well
nigh Made-Prospccts of an Enormou
Representation of the Order Many Resi
mental Reunions at Buffalo-News OF tn
Departments.
BUFFALO, Aug. is.
Enron NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1t has nov
became an extremely difficult matter 10 gan
Eve minutes talk with General Secretary lur
ner aud Financial Secretary Swift at u. h
ua,6ouar,ers Last week the Executive Boart
of the Citizens Committee disnosed oil SO mucf
work that it made the two Secretaries hustle Il
keep apace.
Camp Jewett is the center of activity. Tent
from New York st. Louis, and Chicago nave
been arriving in large consienDenis every cay
The hig tent for the Reunions ana even
ing Campfires TO be PLACED in the center o
Camp Jewc,t is erected. Capt. J. b. Guthrie
Commander of Camp Jewett, has been ou'S
LAYING out the streets and surveying the camp
He has had 10 mark out the spot for each apo
every tent before it is put up. Inc water
mains in the camp are laid. consignment OF
fence rails was received recently from nearby
town. These fence rails will be split up anu
used for frewood at Camp Jewett. Inc vet
Grams will collect about the fires snd e&chahgt
stories about the war that will make no SHALL
part of the entertainment every night.
Over 10 600 veterans will sleep under canvas
Mt Camp Jewe;t during Encampment week.
The 300 tents erected on the field would MOI
accommodate all the old soldiers who were
anxious to enjoy camp life once more, and
many will now have to be satisfied with quar-
tiers in the schoolhouses and other pui'oiheS
provided by the Citizens Committee
There will be no crowding in the camp.
Cafes hospitals telegraph offices. express
Offices. and "a postoffice will be within short
distance of the farthermost tent. 1nere Will
be police force especially organized Tor patroi
purposes at Camp Jewett, and one OF Buffalo S
best fre-engines will be stationed on the
grounds. There will be nothing lacking 10
make the veterans comfortable while they
stRy there.
The tents are arranged in symmetrical rows
with wide streets between them. and there
seems to be enough of them for the whole oil
Grants and Sherman's armies to camp IN.
Every tent has q substantial board floor, a
luxury which an old soldier will appreciate,
especially if il should rain, although they qua
not mind camping the bare ground IN the
days of '6l Every soldier, too. has mattress
TO sleep on. Some of the tents are so small
that only three men can sleep IN them; others,
again, are big enough for four. Some hold
FIVE: others hold 10. The big majority, the
q. S. Government wall tents. will accommodate
12 men each very comfortably, whlle Inc Dig
round Sibley tents hold is men without crowd.
ing The streets that separate the rows OF
tents al Camp Jewett are named after the DIS
tinenished heroes of the rebellion.
The GA. X. Arch is being erected on Main
street, opposite the City Bank Building. Chi
cago electrical experts in the city TO connect
the wires for the illumination of the arch.
The Postofice for the Encampment will be
ut 297 Ellico:t Square. II is central location
and meets with universal approval.
he cd Cou, ffeeu a. i'll handGornely
for the veterans If they fall ill. AmbulaDces
will be placed along the line of march every
few blocks aud temporary hospitals have been
improvised throughout the business portion OF
Che city If a veteran TALL i'll he will be con-
veyed in one of the smkuances to . hospital
and given every attention.
An extra force Of inspectors is at work in
epecting the places where the veterans will be
CHARTERED. Extra precautions will be taken
during Encampment week to prevent the spread
Of any contagious disease. The sanitary con-
ditions throug hout the city will be perfect.
Dr. Ernest Wende Bu1alo's Health Commits
sioner, is Chairman of the Medical Committee.
REUNIONS AT BUFFALO.
There will lie so big Campfres aud over 200
regimenial, brigade, division and corps Re-
unions during the week, and every public hall
the city will be needed. Already the offers
of a number of churches for Reunion purposes
Col. Henry p. Fox, Chairman of the Com
mit;es on Naval Veterans and Reunions has
announced the following Corps Reunions:
Tuesday, Aug. "a Tenth and Twenty fourth
Corps. j TO p. no.
Tuesday, Aug "a, First and Fifth Corps,
to p. 10.
Tuesday, Aug. "a Second and Third Corps,
6to7p. ~
Wednesday there will be no meetings or Re-
unions Of any Of the g. q. organizations, be-
cause of the great parade.
Thursday, Aug. 26. Seventh. Eleventh,
Twelfth. aud Twentieth Corps, 9 to IL a. m.
Thursday, Aug. &c. Eighth and Nineteenth
CorIs. ii 2. M. TO i. p. N.
Thursday, Aug. 26. Sixth Corps to p. 10.
Thursday, Aug. 26. Ninth and Eighteenth
Corps to p. M.
Friday, Aug. q. Fourth, Thirteenth, and
Fourteenth Corps. 8 TO ii a. 10.
Friday, Aug. "a, Fifteenth and Sixteenth
Corps il q. N. to p. m.
Friday, Aug. q. Seventeenth and Twenty
second Corps, i to p. m.
Friday, Aug. q, Twenty third and Twenty
Gfih Corps, to 5 p. m.
Third Brigade. First Division, Fifth Corps.
IN City Hall. Wednesday, Aug. 25, from to 6
pm. Members of the 18TH, 18th and 44th n.
Y SD Pa, Goth Me. and 10th Mich are in vited.
Gen. Daniel BUtterfeid will be present. A. NJ
Apted. Grand i.apids, Mich.
Second Brigade, Second Division, Fifteenth
Corps. at Camp Jewett. Thursday, Aug. 20,
from TO ; D. M. Address all communications
TO Henry Weitzel, Room IL, Secor Block, To-
ledo, o.
18th n Y Cav, at Room 326. Ellicott Square
Building Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day. Thomas W. Durston, Secretary, SYRIA
cuse, \. /.
Survivors of the 27th and 33d n Y and LIST
\. !. Veteran Cav, Aug. "a Headquarters
III be at President b. ii. Wilson's room, 325
Main street. Tie business meeting will be in
Room j, Supreme Court. City Hall, from ii a.
ia to j p IN. B. S. Coffin, Secretary, Nunda,
ny.
18TH Ohio Cav, in County Courtroom, CITY
Hail, Aug. rs, al q. m. Headquarters will
be on Rosecrsns Ave-, Camp Jewett, during the
week. J. A. Soliday, Secretary, Fort Wayne,
Ind.
seth Ohio in Supervisors Chamber, City
Hail, at 3 o'clock .. M. Aug. "a
64th n. Y, Aug. "a. The first meeting will
r.. at II IGN School Building, Niagara Square at
Q o'clock Tuesday morning for registration.
Business meeting at Liuwood Ave. NJ f.
Church. corner Linwood Ave. and Utica street
at O'Clock p. m. Regmental Headquarters al
3S2 rllicott Square By permission OF Depart
ment Commander Shaw, the Gath n Y. will
enter the parade as a regiment. William j,
Ros. President Boston Mass
18th n. Y, in Central Department of the
Young Mems Christian Association Building
19 West Mohawk street. at O'clock .. m, Aug
"a
Survivors Association 9th and 33d n Y
1t fav knn