Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-21
MANYYANKEESCOM|NG
New England Will Be Well
Represented
AT G.. A. R. ENCAMPMENT
ATTRACTED BY CHARM OF WASH
INGToN IN OCTOBER.
Prospect of Large Delegations From
Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York
and Northeast-Special Features.

| In preparing for the thirty-siXth national
| enca mpment of the Grand Army of the Re-
| public those business men OF Washington
who have undertaken to provide Tor the
| delegates and their friends have been graft
| fed at the deep interest manifested IN New
| England and the middle Atlantic states
| Gauged by the number Of committees which
| have come to Washington from that section
| of the country, the attendance here during
| the first weeks in October Will comprise as
| full a representation from that territory as
| has marked any other encampment of the
| G. A. r.. even those which have occurred
| in Boston and other northeastern cities
! The testimony of passenger agents repre-
| sentinS eastern and northern railroads Is
that the encampme Mt traffic from New Eng
| land, New York, Pennsylvania and Mary
| land VIII surpass that of any recent inau-
guTation.
This interest is traceable to several
causes: The advantageous excursions an
| nounced by the New York New Haven and
| Hartford; Boston and Albany, Boston and
| Maine, New York Central, Baltimore and
| Ohio and other railroads: the general at
| traction of Washington in October, the
month in which the national capital appears
| to greatest advantage: the regular pro-
gram of the encampment. and those par
| ocular features which the Washington com
mittee designs for the entertainment Of
general visitors to the city at that time.
Ordinary business initiative on the part of
the railroads has led to the adoption of
| uniform rate from the states indicated of
less than l cent mile less even than one
fare for the round trip. 1t will thus BE-
possible for residents of northern New
York. Portsmouth, Augusta Boston Provi-
| dence or Hartford to attend the encamp-
ment with little more expense than that of
a trip under other circumstances from mid
die Pennsylvania. But the itineraries de
sired by such organizations as the Grand
Army Club Of Boston, which intends to
journey southwark by way Of Gettysburg,
Antletam and other battIefleds, has led To
the publication OF a number Of special
routes which must appeal with great force
to veterans and non-veterans alike
In October Washington is more beautiful.
according to members of Congress and
others whose residence here extends over
part only OF each year. than any other city
in the world. Its many parks and long
lines of trees are still in full leaf The bo-
tanical gardens maintained by the AgrlcuI-
tural Department. are still rich with the
blooms OF American and exotic fora. Shrubs
from Japan, palms from the tropics and the
naples, ginco. poplar, elm and oak trees
IN the Capitol grounds are at the stage 81
their richest cooration. With all this The
ar Is braciug and cool. the river free from
mist and travel entirely without the heat
and dust apprehended by tourists to ne
south as late as September.
The Program Outlined.
Any program Of any national encampment
of the Grand Army IS Of general interest
to the people Of Maryland and all Atlantic
states northward. That offered this year
is intended, however. to be especially at
tractve to those communities.
Monday. October 6-the first day of the
encampment-has been set apart for a pub
lie meeting at which President Roosevelt
is expected TO speak, and an extraordinary
display Of fireworks, a which Gen Ell
Torrance, commander-in-chief of the G. A
II, and the executive officers Of auxiliary
veteran associations will enterta n as their
guests the President of the United States
the members of the cabinet, and many
other national officials. This display will
continue through all three evenings of the
encampme nj. and, although surprising any
other program of pyrotecnics ever presented
in Washington. will be free.
The second day of the encampment will
be marked by parade of rare picturesque
ness. At the head of the line will be sew
eral battaliOns of Sons of Veterans uni
formed in dark blue. The second brigade
VIII consist of the District militia in ser
vice uniform, representing all branches of
modern military activity But the most
brilliant color viii be that contributed by
the detachments Of regulars-engineers in
scarlet and blue3 marines n scarlet. blue
and white; field artillery. with waving scar
let rlumes and full service equipment of
calssons and seige guns. and cavalry clat-
tering along the wide avenue which con-
meets the Capitol and White House. in uni
forms of blue and bright yellow.
The third and last day of the encamp-
ment will be devoted chiefly to a pathetic
reproduction of the world-famolIS review
at the close Of the civil war Instead of
division after division of jubilant warriors
swayed by the consciousness of an arduouS
duty wonderfully well performed and pa
triotic affection for country. splendidly ex-
emplfhed. there will be only few thou
sand men, with serrated ranks, marching
only half a mile and holding aloft the tat
tered battle flags which entire army car
ried through four long and trying years
In the evening it is probable President
Roosevelt will tender General Torrance and
other general officers a reception at the
White House, which will have been by that
time completely restored to the chaste de-
sign of its colonial builders.
Many Auxiliary Organizations
This is, of course, only a brief outline of
the encampment program, and is subject to
change as subsequent conditions may de-
termine. But there will be many other oc-
currances of wide interest
Several monuments will be dedicated
among them one erected by the G. A r. TO
DR.. Benjamin F. Stephenson. founder of
the G. A. R. Corps, division and regimental
reunions will be held throughout the en-
campment. Separate conventions will be
held by several important auxiliary or
charlottesville Union Veteran Union
which will increase the attendance by about
25.G00 persons; the Sons of Veterans who
will add about 10000 persons to the crowd:
the Association of Naval Veterans. the ex-
Prisoners Of War, the Soldiers of the Bat
tlefeld, the Woman's Relief Corps, the
Ladies of the G. a. r., the National As
ISOLATION of Army Nurses, the Ladies' Aid
to Naval Veterans, Daughters of Veterans
and Ladies Aid to the Sons of Veterans
The city will be wonderfully decorated
the encampment committee having designed
that these decorations shall consist excIu-
sively of American flags. Corps badges in
flowers will give special character to each
one of the 200 or more parks within easy
reach of Pennsylvania avenue In front of
the executive mansion will stand one of
the most beautiful and impressive courts
of horror ever erected in the Unied States
At night the whole city will glow with APP
propriate Nominations. Corps badges in
incandescent lights will be erected along
the main business streets. The high white
dome of the Capitol will stand out against |
the sky in the glare of dozens of search
lights, the court of honor will be entirely |
outlined in small lights and colored lights |
will illuminate the smoke which will as l