Evening journal., 1899-08-30
READY FOR THE C. A. r..
Philadelphia Ready to Greet
Veterans of the Civil War.
To HAVE A GRAND WELCOME

ARE ALMOST |
COMPLETED FOR THE RECEP-
TIoN OF THE VETERANS. AND
THEY WILL HAVE A ROYAL
TINE.
General Louis Wagner, chairman of
the general committee of arrange
ments for the National Encampment
OF the Grand Army Of the Republic, in
Philadelphia, made a congratulatory
speech to the members yesterday af-
ternoon at the close Of the last regular
session, prior to the gathering of vet
erans. He characterized the work OF
all the committees as admirable, and
spoke of the assistance given by the
press and by the city officials. From
the tone Of his remarks, it was evident
that the committee is fully satisfied
with the forwardness Of the work OF
preparation.
The general committee has closed its
work until after the encampment,
There is, of course, still much to be
done. by the subcommittee, in the
way Of detail, but the great burden of
the work is over and all indications
are for a successful encampment.
One OF the matters taken up by the
committee was the difficulty with the
advertising solicitor. Mnuro dfodwool
advertising solicitor. Murdoch Ken
drick, solicitor for the committee,
said that he had gone over the matter
thoroughly with counsel for the solicit
tor, and that they had come to the
conclusion that several who sent in
funds had intended them for the gen
eral committee, and not for advertis-
ing Counsel, he said, had agreed that
1895 be turned over to the general fund
by the solicitor. General Wagner
stated that from the information re-
ceived he was convinced that the set
tlement was fair one, and the report
of the solicitor was accepted.
The following general orders have
been issued from headquarters, OF the
Department of Pennsylvania;
This department will form at 1890
p. m, in numerical order. as follows:
Post No. /, will form on north side
of Girard avenue, at Broad street, ex-
tending eastward, posts in consecutive
order TO No. Is inclusive, forming an
Extension Of that line to Thirteenth
street, and north on Thirteenth street,
Post No. 16 will form on north side
OF Girard avenue, at Thirteenth street,
Extending eastward, and posts to No.
so, inclusive, will continue extension
of the line to Twelfth street, and north
on Twelfth street.
Post No. 81 will form on north side
of Girard avenue at Twelfth street,
extending eastward, and posts to SO,
inclusive, will continue the extension
of the line to Eleventh street and
north on Eleventh street.
Post No "a will form on south side
of Girard avenue at Broad street, ex-
tending eastward, and posts to No. 1S9,
inclusive, will continue the extension
of the line to Thirteenth street, and
south of Thirteenth street.
Post No 40, will form on south
side OF Girard avenue at Thirteenth
street, extending eastward, and posts
to No. PA, inclusive, will continue the
line to Twelfth street, and south on
Twelfth street.
I, Post No. 275 will form on south side
of Girard avenue at Twelfth street, ex-
tending eastward, and posts to No. 6S7
r Inclusive, will continue the line to
Eleventh street, and south on Elev-
enth street.
/, Mounted officers and aides will re-
! port respectively to Assistant Adju-
tant-General Yohn and Chief of Stan
Wallace, at northwest corner Broad
Y street and Girard avenue. Aides not
e mounted. excepting those assigned tC
special duty, will parade with theii
posts.
y Lafayette Post, No. 40, of New
York, which will act as escort to De
partment Commander Kay, will arrive
!, $50 strong on Monday afternoon.
: Commander ]. J. Little. of Lafa
yette, will command the escort, whicl
will consist of his own post, the con
gressional medal of honor men from
: the posts Of the department; O'Rourk
! lPost, OF Rochester, and Wincheste
k Post, Of Brooklyn. Colonel Allen c
" Blackwell, senior vice commander o
IS Lafayette, who went to Porto Rico las
! Fall as flag commissioner. of the pos
i and distributed 600 United States nag
to the public schools OF the island, viii
receive special honors in the encamp
lment