The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-02-28
JULY ?. 8 AND 4.
Dates for EnCampment and Fourth
Of July Celebration.

Dates for GnCAmpment and Fourth
Of July Celebration.
The general committee of citizens
and members of John S. Marsh Post
of this city, having in charge the
preliminary steps for the G. A. r.
encampment to be held in this city,
held meeting at the Office OF ]. b.
Robinson & Co. last Thursday even
ing and decided on having the en-
campment in this city on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, July I'd,
Sd and 4th, at which time there will
also be joint celebration of the an.
niversary of the battle of Santiago
on July Sd, and a grand celebration
OF the national day, July 4th. The
place designed for the encampment
was the Falls Park.
The committee anticipated that
there would be no trouble in raising
between $500 and 800 for these
three davs of the encampment, as
well as for the celebration, the gen.
eral feeling being that the business
men of this city would be willing to
contribute literally for the encamp-
ment, as well as for the entertain
ment Of their patrons on those three
days. Buyers do business the year
around and it was suggested that
they had right to be entertained
once or twice year by the people
who received their business. It
was also believed that every citizen,
not engaged in business, would be
willing to contribute their mite,
from 80 cents to 81, to make the en-
campment and celebration one of the
grandest and most patriotic displays
ever attempted in Southwestern
Minnesota
At the Minnesota Department en-
campment being held in st. Paul
this week number of speakers will
be engaged for the occasion, but the
orator of the occasion for July 4th
will be left to special committee
with the hopes of securing some
speaker Of national reputation SEN
ator Davis, Senator Beveridge or.
Representative Dolliver Of Iowa.
At the encampment arrangements
will also be made for q large num-
Der of tents for the use of the old
soldiers, who are desirous of camp
ing out during the three days of the
encampment.
In the line cf music it is expected
that the band of this city will be
sufficiently reorganized for engage
ment on the last two days of the en-
campment, while an attempt will be
made to get the drum corps boys
back into line by getting new uni
forms for those who have outgrown
their costumes. The drum corps
will meet all trains on Monday, and
will participate in the festivities of
the following days. An attempt will
also be made to have the crack drum
corps from the Soldiers Home at
Minnehaha Falls here from Monday
until the close of the en-
campment on the 4th, as we'll as a
special Grand Army glee corps from
Minneapolis to furnish plenty of
vocal music.
The idea of the committee is to
have entertainment going on in the
streets all the time during July Sd
and 4th, and if the proper financial
aid is subscribed this entertainment
will be way above the average, the
committee having in view trapeze
work, balloon ascensions. minstrel
SYN fact, everything that will
tend to entertain the crowd in
frst-class manner. Subcommittee
will be announced later and every
citizen should constitute him or her
self committee Of one to make the
occasion a big success.
DEATH OF DAVID DAVIS.