Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-08

man. Near the north entrance are to
be two tents, which will hold about
/ 1000 each, to be known as the Thomas
and Sheridan tents. These will all be
| Well lighted with arc lights, and Will
have platforms, besides seats and
1 benches for the audiences.
The corps headquarters tents will all
be floored and furnished With chairs,
tables and such Other equipmentsa as the
PLACE in 1t.
Conspicuous in front of each tent Will
be the well-known badge of each crops.
In addition to the arc lights already
there, thirty new ones have been placed
upon the grounds, so disposed about
| the circle as to illuminate it brilliantly.
Tents for Sons of Veterans.
The tents for the Sons Of Veterans
are just outside of the ellipse. and the
| quarters provide for 1000 members of
the organization. who will be fully uni
formed and equipped. and who will
| furnish the garrison for Camp Roose-
| Welt
| Colonel Israel w. Stone, who is vice
chairman OF the committee on reunions
and chairman of the subcommittee on
guards and escorts. will have this sec
I.tion under his supervision, and the
| Sons of Veterans will be under the
command of the ranking officer
| There will also be Il tent upon the
grounds for Post 13S of Allegheny, Pa.
which will camp there. and there may
be other posts which will take advan-
tage of the opportunity to once more
enjoy this feature of soldier life. The
rostoffices will be established in con-
venient places, and the daily newspa-
rers of Washington will have head
quarters there. All correspondents will
be welcomed at the general press tent.
The endeavor will be made by all
corps chairmen to get prominent
speakers for the reunions. but there has
been a sad diminution in the ranks of
the noted men of the corps, and many
of the organizations will be happy IL
they can have with them a division
commander There will be but two
army commanders present, Lieutenant
General Schotield and General o. o.
Howard.
General T.. W. Whitaker. chairman
of the subcommittee on cavalry corps
OF the Army of the Potomac. and who
was on the staff Of General Custer,
hopes to have present General Wesley
Merritt, who commanded division in
that corps General w. w. Dudley.
chairman of the first corps committee.
who commanded a regiment In the fa-
nous Iron Brigade, and lost leg at
Gettysburg. has for his vice chairman
Major r. p. Halstead, who was on Gen.
eral Doubleday's staff and by the casu-
alties at Gettysburg on the first day
was left the ranking officer. II has no
corps commander left among the living.
The second corps has for its chairman
Colonel NJ. Emmett Urell. who served in
the Eighty third New York. This corps
expects to have present General John
G. Caldwell. who Is its only division
commander left. The third corps. Ma
jor A. FL. G. Richardson, who served in
the Coils Zouaves, chairman, will take
pride in presenting to the veterans
General Daniel Sickles, the ranking |
major general in the United States
army.
chairmen Of Corps Committees.
The chairmen of the other corps com-
mittees are: Fourth corps, w. How
rion T. anderson; fifth corps, w. How
ard Gibson; sixth corps, Captain II. NJ.
Gilman This corps hopes to have with
il its venerable old commander. General
w. B. Franklin. The seventh corps,
General Cyrus Busey, chairman; haSin
its head man of more than common
He was in command of the
department of Arkansas. and had COM
mand OF the cavalry in the Shenandoah
. n al oh Mai
Thomas Mckee; ninth corps, Amos 4.
Cunning; tenth corps, Captain G. NJ,
Hustled; eleventh corps, Captain Abra-
Wilson; thirteenth corps, Captain
Fletcher White; fourteenth CORPS Cap
ain Henry A. Castle; fifteenth corps.
Captain James r. Hart; sixteenth
corps, l.. D. Alden; seventeenth corps.
3. +. Chase; eighteenth corps. Rev.
George w. Honey; twentieth corps,
Captain Nathan Bicldord; twenty !
second corps, Captain NJ. A. Dillon;
wenty-thrd corps, Major A. +. McMil-
an: twenty-tifth corps, j. w. Boucher. :
,olored troops Of the military division $
II the Mississippi. chairman. Colone!
Henderson; cavalry of the
division of the Mississippi, /;
Captain ]. w. Lewis.
Provisional Army of the Cumber- Il
and, A. S. Taylor; engineer corps, 1;
Colonel Gilbert Thompson; Ex-Prison- l
rs of War, Major L. p. Williams; Sons y
f Veterans, Major f. w. Campbell; La
Spanish War Veterans, Captain Lee M. II
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There will be a perfectly equipped c
ield hospital for emergency cases, <
which will be in charge of DR.. A. L.
ohnson, past surgeon general Of the \
irand Army of the Republic. s
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