The Washington times., 1902-09-21
Elaborate Program Ar
ranged for the En-
campment.
SUCCESS is NOW ASSURED
Support of the Administration Mani
tested in the Promise of President
Roosevelt to Be in the Reviewing
Stand-Religious Services Oct. S.

Stand-Religious Services Oct. S.
A most elaborate presentation of th'
many attractions that will be provided
for the entertainment of the veterans o
the Grand Army has been prepared b!
the press committee of the encampment
and is today released in many of tht
most prominent papers throughout tn,
country.
The story, which elaborates upon the
special features of the program. was
prepared with great care, and thoroughly
reflects the purposes OF the committees
in charge of the encampment prepara-
tions. 1t reads:
With the hearty cooperation of the
National Government and the sustained
support of the government Of the Dis
trict of Columbia, the Washington citi-
zens' executive committee has now al
most completed its preparations for the
forthcoming encampment Of the Grand
Army. At no time has the attendance
on this encampment been in doubt. The
success of the program to be offered the
Capitals visitors was at issue only a
fortnight or so. But the prospect offered
today is so fair and promising that, as
General Torrance-the commander in
chief--said months ago: This reunion
bids fair to be the most successful, the
most interesting. and the most signifi-
cant encanpment in the history of the
organization
President to Review.
The support of the Administration is
to be manifested by the presence of the
Executive on the reviewing stand while
the veteran soldiers march past in SER
rfed ranks: by an Executive order
granting veterans in the civil service
leave of absence for their participation
In the exercises: by an address from the
Secretary OF State, who will formally
dedicate the expansive ellipse south of
the White House to the many corps and
army reunions which are to occur here
in October; by the service of the Secre
tary OF War as chairman of the recep-
tion committee, and by the most gener-
Gus grants of public reservations and
decoration of public parks which Wash
ington City has ever known. Indeed
the cooperation of the National Govern
ment has been so hearty and generous as
to excite the visiting veterans sent here
as advance agents to expressions of the
most pronounced wonder and pleasure
For the District government The
president of the Board OF Commission
ers. which body sits in absolute domin-
Ion over the entire territory, is to ex-
tend the Grand Army the freedom of
the city. Whole avenues are to be re-
served solely for the parades. which are
10 be the most characteristic features
OF the encampment. The preparation
OF such pro tempore regulations as the |
program of the citizens committee NAV
require has been left practically in the |
hands of that committee itself. In short |
the municipality has re-enforced the |
citizens executive committee at every |
possible point.
On a Grand Scale.
But this is only half the story. The
entire Capital City has pledged itself to
make this thirty-sixth encampment
even more notable than that held here
ten years ago, when in attendance and
interest Grand Army encampments
reached their high.water mark. Every
building along every street where the
lines are to march is to be transformed
i3to field of waving color Flags will
be hung aslant from every window.
Huge banners suspended across Penn
sylvania Avenue will CLEAN at night in
the light of dozens of searchiights
Every hotel. every boarding house,
every lunch room has been pledged to
MAINTAIN its regular prices, and these
pledges are signed in writing by the
managers. Nine-tenths of the resi-
dences in the city will entertain visiting
veterans or their friends. About half
the entire space available for lodgings
mas already been pre-empted The con-
triputlons to the entertainment fund
represent. in all probability, a larger
number of citizens than any similar
subscription list ever created in Wash
lngton- The executive committee has
had the support of every person in the c
entire District from whom 1t could rea- {
sonably expect help.
All this is manifested in the encanp- J
1nent program in its present state ]
These columns have already given the &
substance Of that program, a statement
of It's extra and unusual features. and | I
- hopsis Oh lne low railroad rates Of !
lered TO residents Of every section. {
From day to day, however, this pro- i
gram has been expanded. Instead of b
'ne large public meeting. there will now l
De nve. to say nothing OF scores of c
mailer reunions and special assemblies S
Religious Exercises.
''on Sunday, october 5, one Of the large
ents In Camp Roosevelt will be given y
'yer to religious exercises, conducted Il
y clergymen noted during the war.
Next day at the same place, Secre- F
ary Hay will deliver the most memoir =
ble oration of the reunion and dedi-
ate the huge canvases all about him
o the campires of the men, who, like W
imself, stood with Lincoln. That even 3
ng a campfire for all the veterans as !,
embed in the city will be held in Con- n
ention Hall an auditorium which seats I,
omfortably 5000 persons 81
"A reception will be rendered all pen n
Ioners the second day of the encamp-
lent. October Z. by the Commissioner of
ensions. This is to occur in the aft
rnoon and will include a personal =,
reeting to every pensioner who wishes =,
call on Commissioner Ware, the pres III
ntation of souvenir card to every ~
eteran whose application for pension m
now pending, and notable concert e,
,nducted by the clerks OF the bureau N,
The key to the city will be presented or
, Gpnero1 Tprranpa IN Cnpyausfou ua1l