Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-05
NATIONAL
REUNION.
Grand Army Encampment to
Be Held This Year In
Chicago.
PROGRAM MADE PUBLIC.
Great Preparations Have Been Made
for the Annual g. A. Il. Encamp-
ment-Mny BE the Last Big
Ara to He Held.

A"a to he Held.
Chicago, June 23.-This city is pre-
pairing for the greatest Grand Army
Encampment ever held in the history
OF the veteran organization. 1t will
be the thirty-fourth, and in all proba-
bility the last really great and notable
one.
One of the best features of the
Encampment will be II magnificent
court OF honor to be erected along
Michigan avenue from Van Buren, to
Twelfth street-a distance of nearly 4
mile. This is to have great arches at
either end; and the whole will cost
in the neighborhood of $4,000. Each
OF the various parades will pass thru
this court of honor, at certain point
OF which President Mckinley and
other distinguished guests will review
the march of the heroes. There will
be free band concerts in the various
parks of the city and fireworks displa,
at night. There will be camp fires,
dog-watches, regimental reunions, and
other patriotic meetings, for which
halls have already been secured, ana
to. which Organizations are being as
signed upon application TO John G..
Bonnell.
The committee on invitations, of
~. I'll. ~
now sending out 5000 requests for
prominent men and organizations from
all parts of the United States to attend.
President Mckinley has already accept
ed.
For the care of wisconsin the matter
of free quarters for veterans, all of the
school houses turnout the city have
been placed at the disposal of the free
quarters committee, of which Captain
r. II. Peters, r. GIT, The Temple, is
chairman. Applications from Posts for
these quarters should be made early,
and posts applying should state what
railroad they will travel on to and
from Chicago.
During encampment week occur the
annual meetings OF the following or
CARNATIONS: Grand Army of the Re
public, Woman's Relief Corps, EX-Pris-
oners of War, Ladies of the G. A. f..
Daughters of Veterans, Army Nurses
Association, Loyal Home Workers and
the Naval Veterans.
Hon. William r. Harper is executive
director and chairman of the finance
committee, and headquarters have been
open since January /, during which
time active preparations bave been GO
ing on for the encampment. The gem
eral headquarters are located at room
Gil, The Temple, where al, commune
cations should be addressed. Judge
Noel N. Longenecker is chairman Of
the general committee. Major Z. A.
Bigelow, secretary of the COMMITTEES,
and Colonel Joseph II. Wood, chairman
of the executive committee. The var
ious working committees of interest
to veterans contemplating visit to
Chicago, are as follows:
Auditing, w. d. c. Street, chairman.
Bureau of information and public
| comfort, John j. Tobias, chairman.
Badges, James j. Healy, chairman.
Camp-tires and reunions, John c.
Bonnell, chairman.
Colored troops, c. w. DeMond, chair
| man.
Decorations and Examinations, L.
| w. Pitcher, chairman.
Entertainment, ID. j. C. Trey, chair
man.
Entertainment of visiting Ladies
Means, chairman.
Finance, William 81. Harper, chair
man.
n III.
Free quarters, R.. I'll. Peters, chair
man
Grand stands, II. P. Thompson, chair
man.
Horses and carriages, James w. Nye,
chairman.
Hotels, boarding and lodging houses,
Jos. A. Mccartney, chairman.
Invitations and courtesies, John G.
Black, chairman.
Ladies' Auxiliary, A. j. Burbank,
chairman.
Legislation, C. Porter johnson, chair
man.
Medical department, DR.. Thomas J.
Robson, chairman.
Military organizations, Charles Fritz
Simons, chairman.
Music, Aaron p. Walcott, chairman.
Parade and review, James O'Donnell,
chairman.
Parks and boulevards, Joseph DON
nersberger, chairman.
Press, William Penn Nixon, chair
man.
| Private accommodations, S. e. Gross,
! chairman.
Patriotic services, Rt. Rev. Samuel
Fallows, chairman.
Printing, Fred w. Upman, chair
| man.
Public order, Thomas j. Brown,
chairman.
! Transportation, George Fl. Heofford,
chairman.
The complete list of honored guests
will be as follows.
I President Mckinley.
/ EX-President Harrison.
General Palmer.
General Corbin.
General Otis,
4 General Merritt.
General Schofield,
i Admiral Schley,
Y General Chaffee,
4 General Howard,