Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-04

ecuuVe committees:
Sunday, October patriotic SER
vices in various local churches, par
icularly in New York Avenue Pres
byterian church, where Rev Wallace
Radcliffe, D. D., will preside, and in
St Patrick's Catholic church, where
Rev. d. j. Stafford d. D., will preside.
Monday, October 6-Campfire in
Convention Hall at 1880 o'clock in the |
evening, al which the members of the |
veteran associations will be addressed |
by speakers Of national reputation.
Tuesday, October Naval day; |
parade of special veterans associa
tons, detachments of regular troops |
and District militia; excursion to
Mount Vernon for the delegates to the
encampnent; public evening meeting
of welcome at Convention Hall, at
which Chairman Warner OF the local
citizens committee will extend the
freedom of the city to Gen. Torrance
and his associates.
"Wednesday, October Strand re-
view OF G. A. R. by the COMMANDMENTS
chief and the President of the United
States. with an elaborate reception in
the evening at Convention Hall.
Thursday, October O. and Friday,
October 10-Sessions of national en-
campment.
Meetings of auxiliary conventions
and corps and regimental reunions
may be scheduled for any time during
the encampment.
THE line of march will extend from
the Congressional Library to the cor
ner of 18th and III streets northwest,
via Pennsylvania avenue
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en- of the many auxiliary conventions,
numerous corps, reunions and various
other incidental meetings which form
SO large a part of annual meetings of
the Grand Army. These will occur
from time to time during the entire
week. and extend the interests of the
encampment far beyond the three days
of public ceremony indicated above
An Automobile Parade and Regatta.
Two special features planned for the
interest of the great throng of general
visitors deserve special mention, how
ever.
On Monday, October 6, the Potomac
Boat club, a we'll known rowing asso-
citation, which includes many men
prominent in Washington social life,
will conduct a very notable regatta.
Oarsmen of international reputation
will compete for prizes in single SOULS
and four-oar events. Several colleges
and many independent rowing clubs
will be represented by eight-oared
shells. Local yachtsmen and canoe
lists will line both banks of the Upper
Potomac with their characteristic and
picturesque river craft. But the chief
attraction of this meet will be the
presence of hundreds of thousands or
spectators strung along the big
wharyes of Georgetown or the oppo-
site bank of the river, and thronging
Analostan and the Aqueduct bridge.
both of the latter affording grand
stand" view points free for all races.
The second general feature is to, be
parade of automobiles, for which We
hicles the city of Washington seems
to have been especially designed.
Broad avenues paved with asphalt,
| beautifully decorated, lined with ma
pie, oak, poplar, ginco and other trees
rich in autumnal foliage, afford the
| latest development in vehicle transpor-
tation an ideal background. Repre-
sentatives of great manufacturing con-
Germs have undertaken to present in
the parade the most approved and
beautiful automobiles now on the mar
ket. All the exhibitors are to decor
ate their machines with flowers.
There will be no advertisements. The
effect cannot fail to excite the most
general favorable comment and add to
the interest of an encampment already
designated by the commander-in-chief
as likely to prove the most attrac--
tive, the most successful and the most
significant reunion in the history of
the G.. A. r.
Low Railroad Rates.
Most adequate provision has been
made for the transportation of Amer
lean citizens to their national capital
for this occasion. General passenger
agents have met in Wash.
ington many times, and
have planned to accommodate without
friction the greatest traffic ever known
on the railroads leading to Washing
ton They have. furthermore, offered
| the most advantageous rates anyone
| could desire. These have been set
forth by Colin Studs, general passen
| ger agent southeastern district of the
Pennsylvania railroad, in the follow
| ing form:
''The Trunk Line Association, being
| the territory east of and including
| Buffalo, Erie, Pittsburg and Parkers-
| burg north of the Potomac river and
west of New England territory, has
made one fare for the round trip (min-
imum, so cents); tickets on sale Octo-
Der 4 to T. good to return without val
| idation until October IA.
New England Passenger Associa.
ton, comprising the New England
states one fare for the round trip, or
one and one-half cents per mile dis
lance travelled via variable routes.
Tickets on sale October to Z, good to
return without valuation until Octo-
Der Is.
! Southern Passenger Association,