The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-24
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BUFFALO. ~ y. August 2}.-Grani
Army week opened with fair weather.
All indications point TO colossal cncamp-
mcnt according To the expectations of
the most sanguine citizens. Train loads
OF veterans are constantly arriving, and
parade in progress as the posts march up
Main street 10 their quarters.
This morning the women's headquarters
ON Delaware avenue were formally open
ed. Here the visitors will be carefully
looked after Everything possible has
been provided for their comfort.
During the week "A further citOrt VIII
be made to unite the woman's relief corps
and the ladies OF the O.. a. X. lheie
has been a good deal Of discussion over
uossible union. but 10 IS desired OF the
Grand Army that the tents Of the Wo-
mems Relief Corps prevail as 10 the
eligibility clause. and the ladies' or the
G. A. r. do not want to give up on that
noint so mat the matter OF a union seems
- far away as when the two organiza-
flows took 10 different parts.
Thaddeus d. Clarkson, Commander-in-
Chief OF the Grand Army arrived az nus
Quarters al the IrOQuOs Hotel to-day anu
hfs rereption constituted the first event or
the week of the encampment
lie was met at the station by local q. A.
r.. men and members or the kecep ploii
Commlttee, and escorted 10 the hotti
where he was officially received by Colo-
mel Waynans. .-.,,, con. ci.,,
Camp Jewett, the picturesque tent city
erected for the accommodation OF Nl5itiiils
veterans on n bluff overlooking Lake
f,rie and the mouth OF the Niagara river
,ras officially opened by Commahuei-Ai III
Chief Clarkson this afternoon. -....,
The Commander-in-Ch was escorted
from his headquarters by Mayor JeMett
rn6 other citizens, and by BidWeh WI
i-oson post of Buffalo, and Columbia POST
of Chicago. headed by the regimental
heo6 ~ the Thirteenth United states IN
Santrv. which is assigned 10 Fort Fortcr
during the encampmeht' ,,-, -..., a..
Ae The Commandcr-in-Chief entered tne
~ a salute of fifteen guns was iired IN
his honor by the Federal troops at the
w. General vas escorted 10 the piazza
Of a mark pavilion situated III tnc CSAtes
81 fbe camp. about which thousands or
veterans ana clllLehS 80 " ''0
- stennine 10 the front OF the piazza
Navor Jewett, on behalf or the cltlzen
committee. presented the V1inp 10 'iie
COmmander-in-tmel, "ho oN0uP'Du u 4ii
San,Tnender-i Clarkson entered
the nayillion when his remarks were con-
cluded and held an lmpromptu reception
~ oflicers from Fort Porter, and officers
%, the National Guard. Later he made
an tnsnection OF the camp In company
S-i,b me officers OF his stan, after which
he returned 10 his headquarters.
John G. Linehand OF Concord y. H.,
uovv commissioner OF Insurance for that
stste and former junior yice-cOmmand-
or OF the Grand Army. is the most form
idahle OF the new candidates for Com
mander-in-C chief. His headquarters were
opened to-day
i.eunsylNuula veterans are booming
Colonel Goblin. Of that State. for comman-
der-in-chief. Already over five hundred
Pensylvanians are here and they are all
working hard for Colonel Gobin's sue
cess. Colonel Goblin arrived to-day and
has opened headquarters
A delegation of prominent Cincinnati