Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-17
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Arrangements for the National Encamp-
ment the Eirst Week In September.


Philadelphia, Aug. 1S.-There viii. be no
trouble for the veterans, who attend the
33d national encampment oil the Grand
Army of the Republic 10 be held la this
city, September 40, TO find each ether.
The most complete system of registration
ever adopted will be used, so that the
comrades are sure OF meeting and falling
iHto each other arms. BY the SYSTEM, Il
man may find where an Old friend Is To-
Gated in a few minutes. and this will be
f the greatest Importance to the veteran
who comes to the city stranger and
alone. He may have been in the city be-
fcre, but he will now want TO meet some
of the men who were with him during his
campaisOs. Well, he'll find it easy Ia do
this. What this man wants to kroY is
what are the special inducements for him
to come to Philadelphia. The chances are
that he is fearful he would not see half
of the attractions prepared for him, 30
cause he would not have any one to show
him around. The stranger, when ne come >
here, will be able to find his old comrades
OF the army or navy, and having found
them he will surely see all that is to be
seen.
He can get the information he needs
without any loss of time. The way that
is to be accomplished is this: The regis
tration committee, of which Harry J..
Noall is the head, have arranged 1000 re-
sells, etc, giving accommodations for 49,
600 Uames. These receptacles are 81
inches wide and IA inches long and are to
be hung up against a wall. III tiers Of five
starting two feet from the floor and run
ming up to about seven feet A quick cal
culation will show that it will take to do
that about $50 feet in length of wall space
That space will be divided into States
regular soldiers aNd navy and marine
corps and then sub-divided according to
the Individual organizations furnished I'M
der those heads or by ships, all that a
man will have to do will be 20 go TO the
grand division in which his comrade en-
listed, whether the State or the United
States service, and when he has found
that he will simply ascertain the sumber
or the name of the regiment.
The regiments will be arranged numori-
cally, so in order. In them will lie the
name of every comrade a resident of this
city and Camden, with the home address
of each. He will likewise find the nume
of every visiting comrade who has regis
tered with his hotel or headquarters in
Philadelphia, during the nationai cncamp-
nent Parts of this wall space will also
he set aside for the army headquarters,
corps headquarters and division and brig
ade headquarters, so that the comrades
who served as commanding or staff Of
fcers in these various grand subdivisions
OF the armies may be also located in tho
same way. II the veteran knows the name
of the man he is after, but does not know
the Game of the organization in which he
served, all he has to do is to MI up lit
tie Inquiry blank ready for his use and
hand 1t to the attendant ready 10 serve
him and by means of the card index. the
comrade, whether resident Cr a visitor
can be speedily located, If he is registered.
To accomplish that, the COMMITTEES have
pI divided an alphabetical index. divided
N n nd NiG q he of th.a
vowel sounds. 1t will take 100 card indie X
drawers to hold them In order to handle
such a large number of names, the COM
mittee are not going to use the regular
card index drawer, but have provided a
table 80 feet long and feet wide, on
which these drawers will be placed by
that means, they will not have to pull
out the drawers to find name, but will
be ready at all times to be consulted with
out further movement 1t Will not take
more two minutes from the lime the IN
quiry blank Is handed to the sttache until
the Information is given, provided the
nomS has been registered. What is want
ed now Is this: There are about 10000 In
Camden, who are members OF posts and
whose registration Will be obtained
through the post adjutants. There are
1000 comrades in the two citcs who are
not members of the Grand Army Of the
Republic, aUd they will also be registered,
so that their old friends may be able 10
find them. Their names should he scut t.
the headquarters OF the G. A. A., Fifth
and Chestnut streets, or to the Rssistra-