New-York tribune., 1902-10-06
MANY VETERANS AT CAPITAL.
GREAT CROWDS To ATTEND G. 4 r
CELEBRATION IN WASHINGTON.
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Washington, Oct a-Washington is rapidly
nlling up with members Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic and the many thousands Of trav-
ellers from every part Of the country who are
taking advantage Of the reduced railway fares
TO visit the Capital City A chilly rain has
fallen persstently through the day. drenchine
the decorations and giving TO them bedraggled
appearance. The rain has also interfered with
sightseeing, and has kept many OF the veterans
and other visitors indoors. Camp Roosevelt as
the city Of tents on the grounds south of the
White House has been named. was an uninvit-
ing place to-day. The grounds were vet and
muddy and. though the tents kept the rain out
the air in them was hlIed with humidity De-
spite the unfavorabIe conditions the first exer-
cises on the programme Of the encampment. re-
ligious services in Grant tent, one of the larger
of those at Camp Roosevelt. were carried out.
Every train that has arrived in Washington
since yesterday morning has been flled 10 its
utmost capacity. and the members of the local
reception committees at the railway stations
have been kept busy welcoming Grand Army
Posts and directing eXcursion1sts 70 places
Where they could OBTAIN dccommodationS-
single train the Pennsylvania Railway from
the West came in this morning in twenty long
sections. Another train over the same road con-
sisted OF nine sections, and many other trains
on this road and on the Baltimore and Ohio
and the roads from the South and West ran
as many as seven and eight sections.
ELECTION OF NEW CHIEF.
The Ebbitt House. where the commander in
chief Ell Torrance. and most Of the members
of his staff are. and where headquarters will
be opened up tomorrow morning. is the centre
Of the crowds tonight. and there is consider
able eIectioneering going on in its lobbies by the
friends of the rival candidates for the office of
commander in chief The senior vice COM
mander in chief, John McEIroy. Of Washing
ton. who is one Of the leading candidates for
the post of commander in chief, has opened
headquarters in the Ebbitt
Though gray hair and stocping forms are al
most universal among the members Of the Grand
Army now, their annual reunion brings back
recolleCtions of forty years ago. and The COrrt-
doris of the hotels are resounding tonight with
the songs that were sung about the campnres Of
the armies of the Union, sung as lustlly as II
the singers were a lot Of college boys or on
vacation.
Washington has made elaborate preparations
for the encampment, ore or the most interest
ing features Of which Is the placardlns or MIS-
toric spots through the entire city and its neigh
borhood. The programme FOR the week Is an In
teresting one. beginning tomorrow morning
with an automobile parade on Massachusetts,
ave and a regatta on the Potomac River In
the afternoon Camp Roosevelt Will be formally
dedicated the principal address being delivered
l,v the Secretary Of State, John Hay. who was
one OF the secretaries to President Lincoln in
the Civil War.
nrouises 10 be the most attractive one OF the
week as a spectacle. will be the parade OF the
naval veterans at 10 a. The veteran sea
fighters will be escorted by several thousand
men of the regular army and navy. by the Dis
trict Of Columbia National Guard, the ex-prisOn-
ers of war and the Spanish war veterans Major
General Charles Haywood the commandant OF
the Marine Corps will be marshal OF the parade.
apd the naval feature of 10 will be especially
interesting as 10 will include landing parties
Srom Admiral Farraguts old flagship. the Hart
ford and from the Lancaster the Sylph the
noInbin and the Mayfiower and the six hun
dred marines who are being held on board the
prairie in readiness 20 go 70 the Isthmus OF
panama There will be nearly one thousand ma
rlnes i'm line headed by the Marine Band
ON wednesday the great parade Of the Grand
Army OF the Republic will occur. AS an his
toricaI event this will be the most interesting
~ the week for this will probably be the last
great review OF the Grand Army in Washing
ton as death is so rapidly thinning the ranks
Of the veterans. that they cannot hope TO get
so many men together again