Evening star., 1902-04-23
OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED
B. AND o. RAILROAD ANNOUNCES
NATIONAL ENcAMPMENT.
q. A. b committee Supplied With
Copiesr for Distribution-Reduc
., g Rates Assured.

The rooms oil the citizens committee on
the 1902 encampment of the Grand Army
OF the Republic contained this morning a
great quantity of. cards printed and sent
10 the committee by the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. These cards are to serve as a
sort OF preliminary announcement to per-
sons hving on the route of the Baltimore
and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio South
western roads that. the encampment Is to
occur this fall in Washington and that
greatly reduced rates will be charged for
transportation during the encampment 1t
Is the hope of the committee that some
similar scheme may be adopted by each of
| the other roads.
These cards are Of six kinds. all of them
however. being about four inches wide and
SIX inches long, with a reproduction of the
u ". "A. Il: badge on the face. The backs
pear different legends--"Washingto the
most appropriate city for a reunion of the
u. A. H.; THE Potomac river, indelibly
linked with the fortunes of war;" ''The
shenandoah Valley, the Valley of Dis
pute.' Sheridan's Ride. and so on. All
ed interest.
A Sample Card.
That on Washington, for example, reads
in part as follows:
How many of the grizzled and gray
bugle call to the nations capital and once
more pass in grand review down Pennsyl-
vania avenue? How many, alas, there are
VINO since the last encampment at WASH
lngton, ten years ago, have been borne to
their last bivouac with muff1ed drums and
lald to rest under the stars and stripes,
While the bugle sounded taps?
once more, and probably for the last
time, comes the call, On to Washington
The beautiful city extends the invitation at
LOT nhnr- -hav, fhn hor-
vesting IS done and the days are cool and
crisp. The call will be responded to with
unusual energy by every veteran who can
possibly travel"
Dedication Of March.
Lieut.. Donald Mcleod of the District Ma
tional Guard who is the officer in charge
of the brigade band, has written Secretary
Bulkley proffering the dedication of a new
march to the 1902 encampment. At the
time of the peace jubilee Lieut.. Mcleod
dedicated march, which has since become
very popular. THE Peace Jubilee March,
and is played by all the prominent bands
of the country. The brigade band also Of
fers its services for a Sunday night con-
cert in May for the benefit of the encamp-
ment fund.
A supplementary list of the hotels in Bal
timore, Alexandria and other cities within
reach of Washington is being prepared by
Chairman NJ I. Weller of the subcommit-
l.
Judgment the crowd which will visit the
capital during the encampment will exceed
that recorded of any other encampment
in the histeryTof the Grand Army Of the
Republic, and it may be necessary. he
thinks, to- send many visitors to these
nearby cities for lodging during the week
of the reunion. At any rate, with Balti-
more and other cities to draw upon, the
subcommittee on public comfort will feel
in no danger of exhausting it's accommoda-
tions.
Sculptor James W. Webb Of Brooklyn,
who is executing the monument TO DR..
Benjamin F. Stephenson, founder of the
Grand Army of the Republic hopes to have
his work completed in such time that the
unveilingt ceremonies may occur during the
encampment: He has been in the city sew
eral days preparing for the erection Of the
statue. Yesterday he returned to Brook
ly1, intending to visit Washington sec
Ond time Within the present month. By
the provisions fof the act yesterday agreed
to by the House this statue can be erected
in any public reservation other than the
Capitol or Library grounds.
Army Nurses Association.
Quarters for the National Army Nurses
Association have been secured by Mrs.
Charlotte Main, chairman of the subcom-
mittee on that subject, in the Bancroft
Hotel About sixty members are expected
to attend.
committee representing the large Nc
Lean Post. No 49, of Reading, Pa, has
arranged to quarter $50 men at LaFetra's s
Hotel. The command will come to Wash
ington accompanied by the weIl-known
Ringgold Band of Reading. Those on the
committee were H. M. Miller. Elwood
Dickinson, F. r. Yocum, E. c. Auman
and j. K. Richards
An armored car, now on exhibition in
Omaha, Neb will probably be brought to
Washington during the encampment. The
matter will be considered at the next meet
ing of the executive committee.
A problem assigned to the students Of the
Business High School has excited much
approving comment among the the mem
bers Of the citizens committee. The stu
dents of the school have been directed to
discover the best means of investing $500
during the encampment. Yesterday one
Of them, Lester Marks, called at head
quarters for information and discussed the
problem with Secreary Bulkley. Young
Mr.. Marks finally decided to go to Chair
man Weller of the subcommittee on pub
lie comfort and arrange the prelimina-ies
of q contract to fit up hall as dormi-