The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1901-09-05
ton of Union ex-prisonerA of War and

ton of Union ex-Prisoners of War and
the 18th Ohio Regimental Association.
In the afternoon Commodore Command
or Frederick Il. Haskins, of the Nationa
Association of Naval Veterans, and the
other members of the Association will be
rendered a reception in the Cleveland
Yacht Club House on the Lake Front
There will be a night display of the
boats on the Lake Front that evening and
also the dog watch"
Five hundred members at least of the
LIST Ohio l.. A. will join the parade OF
the Naval Veterans on the morning OF
Sept. 10. This was Gen. James Bar
nett's regiment, and its members will at,
tend Reunion in Court Room No. Z, the
Seneca Street Court House, Sept. 0. Bat,
tletlags in the possession of the regiment
will be carried in the parade. The pro-
cession will move at $3.50 n. m, from the
corner of Water and Lake streets.
MEXICAN WAR VETERANS,
The Mexican War Veterans will stop
at the Lincoln Hotel, and will be escorted
from there to the City Council Chamber
by Memorial Post, G.. A. r., on the morn
ing of Sept. u, the first of the three
days of their Convention. On the even
ing of Friday, Sept. -, it being the an.
niversary of the battle of Chapultepec, a
mass meeting will be held in Association
Hall, with Col. o. J. Hodge as Chairman.
An address of welcome will be made by
Judge X. NJ. Dickey and responded to by
President h. Ii. HobsOn and others. The
badges of the Mexican Veterans will ad-
NIT them to all the events under Grand
Army auspices.
The guests of the city Encampment
week cannot fail but be impressed by the
civic and Industrial attractions of the city,
which will be open for their inspection.
The manufactures of the city present a
varied and extensive field of observation
to those who care to visit them.
The Fire Department of Cleveland is
one Of the finest in the country. Its
largest and best station houses are ac-
cessible to the center of the city and will
be open to inspection at any time.
The Life Saving Station will be the
scene of an exhibition of work at 2:3O
p. m. on the afternoon of Sept. 10. The
exhibition will include the capsizing of
boat and the throwing of n line. This
will be exceedingly interesting to all who
view it.
Among the distinguished men who will
be special guests of the National En-
campment is Col. Il. b. Beath, of Phila-
delphia, Past COmmander-in-Ch of the
Grand Army. In postscript in his let
ter of acceptance, Col. Beath draws at
tention to the fact that this will be the
32d consecutive National Encampment of
the Grand Army which he has attended.
Two other Past Commanders in Chief
have accepted: Gen. /. n. Walker, of In
dianapolis, and Gen. John S. Kountz, of
Toledo. Still other acceptances are from
Rear-Admiral Il. Il. Bradford, of Wash
ington; Commodore Commander Freder-
lex e. Haskins, of the Nava! Veterans;
Gen. Thomas j. Higgins, of Princeton,
ILL.,; Mrs. Lena L. Hyland, of Elyria, Il
Past President of the Department of
Ohio, Ladies Of the G. A. r., and Col
E. Il. Savage.
A circular has been issued by the
United States Veteran Signal Corps con-
corning its 2Gth Reunion, which will be
held in the Insolvency Court room from
Sept. 10 to Sept. 10, inclusive.