The National tribune., 1902-09-18
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The Allegheny County Association Of
| Union Ex-Prisoners Of War Of the Key
stone State is making big preparations
to attend the National Encampment. The
delegates will leave for Washington on
Sunday evening, Oct. 5, with other MEM
bers Of the association, as an escort to Ma
tional Commander ]. d. Walker. The
sessions of the Union Ex-Prisoners Of
War will be held in Court Rooms / and
Of the United States Court Building.
The first session will be held on Tuesday,
Oct. Z, at 3 p. m. The headquarters Of
National Commander Walker will be in
Room IS Of the Ebbitt House at the cor
ner Of + and 18th streets.
The Tenth, Eighteenth, Twenty fourth
and Twenty-fifth Corps and Naval Bri-
gade have consolidated and will have their
Reunions together under the title Of the
Army Of the James," They have elected
Col. Hiram Buckingham chairman. His
address is 104 Interior Department, Wash
| ingtOn, D. g.
Gen. s. K. Zook Post, Of Norristown,
Pa, will be quartered at the Amazon
| House, on Pennsylvania Avenue, near 9Th
St, and will be accompanied by Gen. S.
X. Zook Circle, Ladies of the G.. A. r.
They will have the Germania Band. of
Norristown, Pa, with them, and they will
have a big electric keystone to designate
their headquarters at night.
Between 300 and 400 men are to be
added to the Washington police force dur
ing the G. A. Il. Encampment next month.
There will also be about 100 detectives
here from the different cities throughout
the country. The duty Of these men will
ko % fDr r1- l-atc
other thieves from their respective cities.
There are about $50 members OF the
Public Comfort Committee, and each one
will be assigned to duty during the En-
campnent. These committeeman will look
after the arrangements at the different
iarge buildings where entertainments are
to be given, for the prevention Of fires.
They will be stationed at the headquarters
If the different Grand Army Posts, the
q. A. Il. Headquarters, depots, Pension
Office, the White Lot, and on the Monu-
ment Grounds during the fireworks dis
plays by the Pain Manufacturing Com.
pany.
Pennsylvania avenue during the Encamp-
ment. That is settled. There will be
some fine automobile racing during the
Encampment, but it will be done some
where on the outskirts Of the District,
where bucking machine, or one that
takes an insane notion to become a peram-
bulator and run on the sidewalk will not
have a chance to also become a Jugger-
naut. 1t was a wild scheme to talk of
having the race on the avenue under any
circumstances. That there will be a mag
niicent display of the great motor racing
machines there is not the slightest doubt,
and they will be one Of the great attrac-
tions during the Encampment. Many So
ciety people are interesting themselves in
the event, and will have their favorite
Carriages" beautifully decorated for the
occasion.
There will be no deferring of opening
the city schools until after the National
Encampment, as has been suggested. The
I'D of September is set as the date of
opening. 1t is more than probable, how
given so that the children may get les
son in patriotism in seeing the veterans
of the Grand Army of the Republic in
parade.
National Presidents have found that it is
common failing for members of Conven-
tons to come to a National Convention as
4 delegate without the National password
A peck Of credentials will help no one who
has not the National password to the Con-
vention.
Past Commander-in-C Chief Robert B.
Beath urges that all comrades wear con-
spicuOusly displayed the badge of the
Corps to which they belonged. Worn on
the breast or cap, these badges often aid
friends in finding each other Nearly ali
these badges can be cut from flannel, red.
white, blue, as the division may be, and
being inexpensive all may possess them.
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