The evening times., 1902-07-22
GENERAL TORRANCE TO
REACH City IN AUGUST
Commander-in-Chief of q.
A. R. Coming Soon.
PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS
VIII Be Established at Ebbitt House
By Him During Yisit-To Confer
With Local Committees-Fre Quar-
ters for the Veterans.

Wcrd was received at c. A r en-
cam2ment headquarters this morning
from Gen. s. II. fowler. adiutant gen
eral of the Grand Army, that General
Torrance, commander in chief. and
Qusrtermaster General Charles Burrows
would arrive IN Washington August ; for
the purpose of consulting the local com
mittee end perfecting the detailed ar
rangements for the thirty-siXth annual
encampment o. the order.
The complete official program viii
then be determined upon. the line Of the
parade announced, and various other
features pertaining 70 the gathering dis
posed of. The gentlemen will make their
headquarters at the Ebbitt House. where
It is likely permanent headquarters viii
be established
The work Of assigning free quarters
and of directing other matters pertain
iEg to the immediate affairs CT the or
ganization has been somewhat ham
Pered. owing TO the time that 1t takes to
communicate with national Feadquar-
ters IN far-on Minneapolis The salts
factory manner in which the local com
;nittees have been conducting their work
has influenced General Torrance IN de-
ferripg the opening Of loca; hesdquar-
-ers until far later than is usual
Free Quarters Plans
The Increased facilities for accom-
modatfng imDecunious visitors who may
desire to come to the city has been
matter Of general congratulatioE- It is
the desire CT both the citizens rxecu-
tive committee and Of the national Off
GERS Of the C. A R. to have a record
breaking attendance here in October,
and the man OF means and the man with
out means viii lie equally welcome
In addition to the accommodations for
{ 500 veterans in the Government Print
ing ONCE. many tents VIII be erected.
locations being furnished
without charge by the local committees
The meeting Of the medical committee,
called for Thursday night by the chair
man. Dr. D. Percy Hickling, is likely 10
be one of the most important yet held
by that committee. It is proposed On
that occasion to get down TO business
and arrange for every detail OF their
work. The main hospital viii be located
In the Nailor Building cn Fifteenth
Street northwest. above the Emergency
Hospital where every facility to be
found in modern hospital viii be pro
yided.
A Model Army Hospital.
The War Department is also arranging
to furnish model army hospital on the
White Lot where old veterans attending
the reunion will be cared for, and
those casualties that may occur in the
OF the fireworks may receive
prompt attention. Other tents viii be
pitched IN convenient locations where
hospitals for the treatment
OF the less serious disorders will be
An extensive ambulance
service is also contemplated, placing
hose vehicles within easy calling dis
ance OF all points where the crowds !
ire likely to congTegate.
At the meeting Of the fireworks com |
nfttee last night. IN the absence OF. 8Ir- (
Mitchell Dyrenforth through illness. Mr..
Y Clifford Long presided. The form OF 1
contract as presented by Mr.. Frank 4
)ietz. representing the Pain Fireworks /
Company, was indorsed, and il was the 1
general opinion that it was most liberal I
n its terms and satisfactory in every
particular
This evening there viii be a meeting
# the reunion committee of the Seventh
nd Twenty-third Army Corps at En-
ampment headquarters, 1465 New York
Avenue.