The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09
TIE NArroyan ENoA MpmENr
or the Grand Army of the Republic at
 Cincinnati.

Cincinnati.
 The greatest proof of the fact that the National Enoampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Cincin- nati, September 9th to 10th, will be one of the most notable in the history of the order, comes from the declaration of officials of the Grand Army that the preparations thus far exceed any ever made by city entertaining the en- campment. The executive committee of the national council of admlnistra- tion met in Cincinnati last week. and
 went over carefully everything that has been done by the Cincinnati citi- zens committee to make the encamp- ment big success. The committee men present were William H. Arm strong, of Indianapolis, senior member of the committee, and who in the ab- sence of Commander-in inc Chief J. F. $.
 Gobin, acted as chairman; Thomas w. Scott, Fairchild, Ills, who was secre-
 tary; l.. l.. Caldwell Decorah, la.; Rob-
 ert w. Hill, Canandaigua, N. Y.; Charles Burrows, Rutherford, N J.; Quartermaster-G General and ID. R. Monfort, Cincinnati. The committee men expressed themselves as particu- larly well pleased with the preparations that had been made by the local com | mittee for the entertainment and care of the old soldiers who will make up | the rank and file of the attendance and | who form the bulk of the membership
 of the order. Indeed, this is one of the strong points of the encampment prep- ,1oa.J .Jo h,yr In a1I
 soldier is looked after and the dele
 gates are given the same sort of care and attention that is to be provided
 for the old soldier. In other encamp-
 ment cities it has been customary for 1 the committees to take the best care | of the delegates themselves and allow | the members of the order in general to
 take care of themselves, While the
 delegates will in no way be sighted by | the Cincinnati committee, it has been | made an especial point with them to l make the stay of the old soldiers in l Cincinnati the most pleasant and prof l itable. The quartering of such posts
 as come in body in some of the best | school houses will be undertaken with
 the assignment of special members of
 the big committee to look after every | school house; and every member so as-
 signed will have under him two spec
 ially sworn in police officers, who will
 act as guards and officers to look after the welfare of the veterans during
 their stay. Regular visits will be made every day to all the school houses | where veterans are quartered by mem-
 bers of medical corps all well known physicians, and the old soldiers will be given free medical attention when 1 needed. In different places about the
 city vacant store rooms have been se- | cured that will be turned into resting places for the old soldiers during their going about the city. These stopping places will be on every square in so far
 as vacant rooms can be procured and
 in them will be cots, chairs water cool
 CTS, wash rooms, tables and writing
 faterials, so that there will be no occa-
 sion for any member of the Grand
 Army to go in need of anything need
 full. The churches of the city have
 agreed to throw open their Sunday
 school and vestry rooms for the use of
 the wives and daughters of the old sol
 diers Il the same way as te resting
 places that have been provided for the
 men. As the entertainment of the
 members of the Grand Army, coupon
 books will be issued to every member
 coming who applies to his department { adjutant-general. These books will
 contain coupons admitting the old sol
 dier and his wife to all places of amusement, such as the great spectac- ular show at Chester Park illustrative
 of recent naval victories of the United States; to the Lagoon; to Coney Is- land; to the camp fires and all similar , entertainments that have been provi-
 ded in great number. In short the ob- ject of the Cincinnati committee has
 been to make the encampment and its
 attendant entertainment as attractive , to the entire membership of the Grand
 Army as possible.
 ,l An idea of the entertainment that is , to be prepared by the committee on f miscellaneous entertainment for the
 national encampment of the Grand
 Army of the epubic, at Cincinnati September 5th to 10th, can scarcely be l, given in a brief summary. Executive i. Director William B. Melish and Chair man Charles F. Logan, of the commit tee presented their plans to the exec utive committee, and the decision has been to make the courtesies extended , as complete as possible for the great mass of the membership. The old sol l der who comes with his wife will be
 taken care of as the guest of the com mittee, and will be shown as much con. 2 sideration as if he were delegate With this object In view of looking out I for the individual soldier in the ranks 5 the committee has prepared a most ex.
 tensive programme. The dedication o l Camp sherman will be the frt thing ot t the week, occurring at 9 a. nl., on Mon B day, September ,. At the anne time thu [ placing of the flap hip in commission n by the Naval Veterans will occur or . the Public anding. The Loyal Legor f will hold a reception to all officers ant n members at it's headuarters On Mon . day at D. m. the first camp fire al ?. | Music Hall will occur, at which promi . nent speakers and entertainment vii be provided. At the same time tn
 dog watch" of the naval veterans vii
 occur on board the flag ship on the riv
 CT. On Wednesday a full day will b
 put in beginning With the grand pa
 rade and review of the Grand Army b. @ President Mckinley. The parade vii
 start at 10 a. m. and the reviewin,