The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-26
AT CAMP DEWEY.
Reunion Grounds at Garfield
Park Are Open.
Four Hundred Tents Have Been
Put Up.
MORE ARE GOING UP.
A Thousand People Already in
Camp at the Grounds.
Programme of Exercises For
Tonight and Tomorrow.

Although the G. A R. reunion does
not formally open till tonight Camp
Dewey presented a busy aspect this
morning. Garfield park. which COM
prises the greater part Of the camp,
was alive with express wagons hurry
ing hither and thither wOrkmen put
ting up tents, carpenters erecting
booths, men with different kinds OF
games getting their enterprises in
shape, and veterans arriving and be
ing assigned to their quarters.
Four hundred sleeping tents had
been erected up to noon. and all of them
have been assigned Two hundred more
viii be put up this afternoon but it is
feared that there will be a deficiency.
It is the intention Of the assignment
committee to put six persons in each
tent, but this has not been done thus
far. One hundred of these tents are
in the south part Of Garfield park, but
the greater part Of them are across
Kansas avenue in James park
As the boys" nearly all Of them
gray headed and many bent with years,
enter the park, each carrying his
blankets, they are met with the word
Welcome in front of the headquar-
ters of the assignment committee They
are captured by Geo. W. Weed, the
chairman of the assignment committee,
and his assistants, and sent to their
various quarters. Then they start out
to explore the camp and hunt up their
comrades Of days gone by.
The casino, where the camp fires will
be held. has been gaily decorated. The
bare rafters overhead are well nigh
concealed by a profusion Of bunting
and -streamers, tnterspersed here and
there with G. A r. emblems- The
pillars are wound with bunting, each
pillar a different color, and on the front
of the building are the pictures of
Sampson, Mckinley, Dewey and Sheri-
dan
Just west Of the casino are the de-
partment headquarters Of the G. A r
and the W. r. C, while further west
facing the avenue is a row of tents to
be used as headquarters for the differ
ent states. In these veterans will regis
ter the state, regiment and company to
which they belonged. The headquarters
thus far erected are Illinois. Kansas,
Ohio, Indiana, New York and Iowa. The
headquarters of the Ladies of the G. A.
r stands between the Indiana and New
York headquarters. There are already
a thousand old soldiers and members
Of their families on the grounds.
The first exercises of the reunion will
be held at 7:3O this evening and the
programme for tonight and tomorrow
is as follows:
Monday, September 10th.
Officer Of the Dayton J. Jackson,
Assignment to quarters by committee in
charge, Geo. W. Weed, chairman J. l.
$50 .. m.-Dedicating the camp:
0. E Morse, Mound City, presiding o.
Music-Hamilton Military band.
Prayer. by Rev. F. 8 Baker Of Concor-
dia, department chaplain -
cftv bv the mayor Charles A Fellows.
AIusic-..America Forever ModOc club.
state by the e gover2oT ssrn6Ir John W. Ieedy
NIusic-Hamilton Military band
Response in behalf of the soldiers and
sailors Of Kansas by w. F. Cloud, Kansas
Response on behalf Of the G. A R. by
D. w Eastman. department comrnander.
Musie.sIIurra We Meet Again, Ny
M1sic1Hamiiton Military band
Tuesday, September 9th.
officer Of the day-L. W. Fulton, Car
a. m.-Business meeting Of the various
state associations at their headquarters
10 a. m.-sons Of Veterans camp fire
John Redmond Wichita, division com
Addresses ~ Ghas- Curtis. Ed H. Mad
tson, w T. Morgan, W P FEEDER, J. T.
4Iusie-E4aInilton Military band
p m--Camp fire. R. A. Campbell
ADDRESSES by General L H. Waters Of
Il
Oberlin. Kan. and Captain w. F. Henry
OF Kansas City. No.
Mus5c-Baud and Kansas City g A X
C9uartette- Past Commander c. w White
head. o H. Gufhn, E. J. AIeWain and
T:sO p m.-Campf1re. ". F. Henry Of
Missouri presiding
vile; Judge Frank DosteT. Marioni Sidney
AIusie-Band and kansas City G a r.
Quartette.
The Kansas veterans are organized
into an association known as the kan
sas State Veteran Volunteer assOcia-
ton. Colonel ". T. Cloud of Kansas
City is its president, and S. A Houston
of Lawrence is secretary. The assOcf-
alton was organized four years ago at
the Ottawa reunion. Last year at Leav-
enWOrth l. 100 Kansas veterans from the
nineteen Kansas regiments and three
batteries were registered.
Mr.. Houston has a crayon portrait
of Colonel Cloud which he will keep at
the Kansas headquarters The portra {
was made from picture of Colonel
Cloud taken in 1864 Colonel Cloud
knows nothing about it. and it will be
a surprise to him when he arrives from
Kansas City this afternoon On Friday
the portrait will be presented to the
State Historical society.
s. J. Churchill, assistant adJutant gen.
eral of the Department Of Kansas.
wears a medal which was presented to
him by congress in February Of last
year in recognition OF gallant services
at Nashville December Is, 1854 He was
and when the enemy's batteries opened
fire upon his gun, compelling the men
Of his detachment to seek shelter, he