The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-05
President to Visit
G. r. r. EnCampment

Special Correspondence Of The Tribune
Cleveland. O., Aug. 1.
M onlING WHICH has as yet tran,rircd in
IN connection with the ;hirty NTH national
~ cn,lmpmcnt OF the Gdnd Army seems to
bring the event 80 near a. the pilgrimage
Wednesday to Canton ot hvc gentlemen closely
connected with the event, To bear to the president
ni the United States in person the special ini-
tation prepared, asking him to honor the great
gathering with his prC>Cn,c. The party Of Gcn-
tcmcn who lett Cleveland at II a. m. We'd.
nesday ior Canton for the purpose ct formally
inviting the president and urging upon him that
hi, presence on the OCCASION !, essential to the
completeness Of the great event consisted at Gen
cril George \ GdICt~un, chairman, and samuel
Mathcr and senator NJ i. Hanna, members of
the Grand army committee on invitations; Rycr'
son Ritcldc, director general OF The cncampmcnt.
and H. W. Doty. secretary ot the executive com.
mittcc. The invitation Is engraved in old Eng
lish on shecp,kn parchment, II reads; ITO the
President: On behalf nj tine city Of Cleveland
aud the department OF Ohin, the honor of your
presence is requested at the thirty national
cncampmcnt ot the Grand Army Of the Republic,
sept. . tn II. 1901" The invitation bears pic.
tures Of the soldiers and sdiioIs' monument shalt,
the flag and the Grand Army emblem grouped in
the upper Lett hand corner aud reproduction of
the official Grand Army delegate badge in the
lower right hand corner, The emblem and the
At Canton the meeting between the chief cxccu.
tive aud the representatives. of the citizens Of
cleveland was characterized by the greatest cor
diality. This president will md it especially easy
to be present at the Grand Amy encampment
| this year, his home in Canton being only few
! miles from Cleveland. Many others invitations
will bc extended, including eminent men in
statcscrdft, literature, education and the army
| and navy The gathering will be as repro sen.
tathcly notable as any in the history of the
! Grand Army.
! W W Patterson and ". H. Bushng of Belle
! fontainc, both past commanders II Grand Army
| Post Eugene Reynolds, of tnat place, in the
| city Wednesday, and applied for Tree quarters
| for one hundred aud fifty members Of the Logan
County Grand Army association and their band
! for cncampmcnt week The association consists
| Of Reynolds post, Arthur post, OF LakcyiCw,
| Henry Hartman post, Of West Mansfield, Poyscll
post, Of West Liberty, aud Joseph SIyler post, u
| DE Graf
d
Milwaukee members OF the Grand Army are
| planning to attend the Cleveland cncampmont
| In force The T.. v. NOlCott post, OF which Past
| National Commander \. g. NciSscrt and many
| other Wisconsin notibcs are members, has al.
| ready chartered a special train, and will take
| with it its drum corps, which has a national
reputation The 4. n. Woloott post, lSO strong
will be assisted by Robert ChNis post, the SCI.
| ond largest post in the state, giving Milwaukee
good representation at the cncampmsnt The
| 4, r. Wocott Post Relief corps, nity strong
| will also pay Cleveland visit, coming ON the
| SAME train with the post proper