The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-20
Arrangements Completed for the Con.
ventiOn and the Entertainment
of Roosevelt.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR TODAY
RECEPTION, SPEECHES AND BAN
QUET AT CINCINNATI.
Many Prominent OhfOans to Greet the
Chief Executive on His Arrival
I'm the Queen City.

The executive committee or the Spanish
American War Veterans held a lengthy
session in the office of Colonel Russell B.
Harrison last night to complete the detailed
arrangements for the reception Of President
Roosevelt and entertainment Of the dele
gates and guests of the convention. Reports
from all the subcommittee were received
and all plans are practically in hand.
Battery A will fire the Presidents salute
upon his arrival at Washington and Noble
streets, where he and his party will leave
the train instead of at the Union Station.
The arrangements for seats in Tomlinson
Hall were also completed. The President
and party, officers of the association, recep-
tion committee and invited guests will be
seated on the stage. The 500 front seats on
the lower floor of the hall will be reserved
for veterans of the civil and Spanish-Amer-
lean wars. The galleries will be reserved
for women only, and men will be seated on
the lower floor.
The committee has selected neat badges
for all committees and assistants in enter
tanning the guests. The stage entrance will
be from Delaware street. and the entrance
to the main hall from Market street. Gen.
eral Bates, commander of the Department
of the Lakes, has notified Lieutenant Clark,
at the arsenal, to render all assistance pos
sible to the committee in its work of en-
tertaining the President.
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.
Colonel Harrison yesterday received a
telegram from Secretary Cortelyou an
nouncing that Charles r. Rosenberg, repre-
senting the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. Henry s. Brown. representing the
Nathaniel G. vanderen will be additional
members to the Presidents party. Gen
eral James b. Coryell. commander-in-chief
OF the association, will arrive in the city
tomorrow and General Jacob H. Smith,
who was court-martialed in the Philip
pines, will be here Monday. The party
from Philadelphia Will arrive Sunday night.
General orders from Communicating chief
Coryell, announcing the programme of ex-
ercises, were received yesterday. General
headquarters will be at the Denison Hotel
and will be open Monday. Frank s. Clark
of this city, Is appointed assistant adjutant
general. Headquarters of the department
of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Wiscon-
sin will be at the Imperial Hotel the de-
partments of Illinois. Kentucky. Ohio and
West Virginia at the Grand Hotel, and
the headquarters of all other departments
at the Hotel English. The National Coun-
ell of Administration will meet at the
Denison at 3 o'clock Monday morning. Tho
encampment will begin its session in the
Senate chamber in the Statehouse at 10
o'clock Monday morning. Governor Dur
bin and Mayor Bookwalter will deliver the
addresses of welcome, and responses will
be made by General James b. Coryell and
General Willis j. Hulings. Business ses-
sions will follow. The programme for the
entertainment of the President is left en-
tirely with the local committee. The an
nual banquet will be held Tuesday morn
ing.
The committee has requested all mer-
chants to decorate their buildings Monday
and keep the regalia up until after the
visit Of the President and adjournment
OF the convention. All veterans of the
Spanish-American war are requested to be
in uniform on Tuesday.
ASSISTANT SERGEANTS-AT-ARM
Captain Charles A. Garrard. sergeant-at-
arms at Tomlinson Hall. has announced
the following assistants:
Capt. James w. Fortune. Jerfersonville:
Capt. Z. f. Branch. Martinsville; Capt. j.
b. Kinder. Danvile: Lieut.. Col. e. p.
Thayer. Greenfield: Capt. Edward l.. Mid
dleton. Franklin; Lieut.. II. E. Rutlidge,
Martinsville; Capt. James Little. Capt
Frank McCrea. Lieut.. William Kreber and
Lieut. Robert Tyndall. of Indianapolis;