Evening star., 1901-08-15
Potomac Department Will Send Three
Hundred Delegates.
COMMANDERS GENERAL ORDERS
Trip to Cleveland to Be Made on
Special Train.
DATE OF THE PARADE.

From present indications nearly 300 COM
rades Of the Department Of the Potomac
will attend the thirty-fifth national en-
campment of the Grand Army of the Re
public, to be held at Cleveland. Ohio, from
Monday, September 8. to Saturday, Sep
tember II, inclusive. Gen. Israel w. Stone,
department commander. has issued a gem
eral order. which, in part, Is as follows:
"A special train. consisting Of vestibuled
sleepers, day coaches and baggage car,
conveying the department commander und
comrades Of the department, the depart
ment president and officers and members
of the Woman's Relief Corps. will leave
over the Baltimore and Ohio railway at
pm. Monday. September 0. arriving In
Cleveland about 10 am. Tuesday, Septem-
ber 10. Breakfast will be taken at Pitts
burg Tuesday morning.
"Round-trip tickets via Pittsburg. re-
turning same way, at $11. Also round-trip
tickets via Pittsburg. returning via Buff
fa!o. at $15.35, good going on September
8. and 10. inclusive, and good returning
until September Is, midnight, with the
privilege Of extension to any date not later
than October 8. by depositing with joint
agent in Cleveland. and paying fee Of 80
cents. not later than noon September 10;
and in case Of the Buffalo ticket q deposit
must be made at Buffalo, upon arrival, for
which fee Of 81 will be charged, and the
ticket will not be good for return passage
without such deposit.
For tickets and full information inquire
Of the department transportation commit
tee, George E. Davis. chairman. room 594.
War Department; John J. Freeland. PEN
sion bureau: J. B. Gilfilen, Treasury De-
partment. and the assistant adtutant gen.
eral. 1t will be necessary, in order to pro-
vide transportation, to know, at an early
date. about how many will probably CO.
advise these headquarters or the members
Of the. transportation committee at once.
Headquarters In Cleveland.
Department headquarters will be at par
lor No. 3O1 third floor of the Hollenden
Hotel, where the headquarters of the Wo-
mans Relief Corps of this department will
also be located.
"a joint reception Of this department and
the Department Of the Potomac. w. r. c..
will be held at headquarters on Wednesday
evening. September IL. at o'clock. cor
dial invitation is extended the comrades of
this and other departments. with their
friends. to attend.
nesday. September II. at 10 o'clock am.
The march will be less than two miles In
length. The point Of assembly and line Of
march will be announced through the news
papers after our arrival in Cleveland. The
Old Guard, Capt. j. M. Edgar commanding,
will escort the department. and for that
purpose will assemble, together with the
department officers and staff. at headquar-
ters Hollenden Hotel. on Wednesday morn
ing at 8 o'clock sharp. officers and aids
mounted and with side arms.
Horses and equipments will be furnished
those who desire them at S. each. and an
order for same, accompanied with. the
amount. should be placed in the hands of
the assistant quartermaster general not
later than August 24.''
Prospective COmmander-in-Chie
1t is claimed by local members Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic that the can
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the Office of commander-in-chief of that or
ganization originated in Washington at the
time OF the last presidential Inauguration.
II was General Sickles' fight for the right
OF the line in the inaugural parade and
his success in obtaining that position for
! members Of the =. A. R., that brought his
name into prominence and started a boom
for his election at the forthcoming conven-
ton at Cleveland, which promises to carry
the day.
The matter was crst broached to General
Sickles, so the story Is told by members OF
| the order here. by letter from commander
of the Department Of the Potomac, request
ing him to be a candidate and pledgins
him the support of the department Let
ters were also addressed to prominent
Grand Army men IN New York, who were
requested to see General Sickles and urge
him to accept the proftered support of his
comrades for the Office.
The matter was also taken up by men,
bers OF the local encampment, and letters
were written to all of the prominent organ
| izations Of the west and north, with the
result that before the controversy between
General Sickles and the pension commits
sioner. Mr.. Evans, there seemed to be prac-
tically no opposition to his election in
Cleveland.
In speaking Of the matter to a Star re-
porter recently, Commander Stone of the
Department of the Potomac said that while
General Sickles may have lost some of the
support promised to him. it was his opinion
he would be elected General Sickles, he
said, had not injured himself in the opin-
ion of members of the local department of
the order, while, on the other hand, he
had made many friends here by his attitude
on the Inauguration occasion.
Other candidates for the honor, so far as
announced, are Judge Ell Terrence of Min
neapolis and Thomas Spencer, adjutant
general OF the Pennsylvania department Of
the order.