Evening star., 1902-03-13
ONE FARE ROUND TRIP
RAILROAD RATE TO THE GRAND
ARMY ENCAMPMENT
Will Be Uniform From All Points in
Country-Colored Veterans to
Be Looked After.

Be Looked After.
The members of the executive committee
On the Grand Army encampment will de-
vote their energies during the ensuing week
20 increasing the encampment fund. Chair
man Frank X. Raymond of the finance
committee has arranged for a meeting of
hat body at the Riggs next Wednesday
and the. executive committee has organized
Itself into a special corps Of assistants 1t
IS the desire of Mr.. Raymond and all his
associates that the total contributions re-
ported next Wednesday may augment the
present fund very greatly.
Mr.. Colin Studds this morning informed
Secretary Bulkley of the concessions the
might reasonably expect from
the railroads. By agreement with the ex-
ecutiye committee of the Grand Army, he
said, the Eastern Passenger Association,
through the Washington Passenger Com
mittee and the Trunk Line Association, had
agreed on a uniform rate Of one fare for
the round trip. This action had been al
ready certified to the trunk line associa-
tions which control the rest Of the country
and would almost certainly be met by a
uniform concession Of one cent mile from
all points west Of the Ohio river
Railroads Grant Low Rates.
The effect OF this agreement would be to
give the residents of Chicago, for example,
a rate noticeably lower than one fare for
the round trip. 1t was said that these con-
cessions exceed the requests of the Grand
Army of the Republic executive committee
and are unusually advantageous to the pat
rons of the railroads. Washington was
more peculiarly attractive, said Mr.. Studds,
al in ThD not hn
railroads therefore expected that the
amount Of collateral travel to the city dur
ing the period Of Grand Army low rates
would be unusually large. To increase this
extra travel the railroads would certainly
advertise their reductions and the date of
the encampment in every station on every
line In the country.
Looking After Colored Veterans.
Word having reached the committee head
quarters that complaint was being made
because only one colored man, Daniel Muir
ray, had been appointed to any of the en-
campment committees, Mr.. Bulkley this
gave out a statement to indicate
that the interests Of the colored veterans
were being carefully considered. Mr.. Muir
ray was far from being the only colored
man on the committees, he said. Prof
GEORGE w. Cook was not only a commit
but a member of the executive
special committee of colored
citizens was being formed to provide for
The entertainment of cOlored veterans. Mr.
NJ. l. Weller had announced that he was
forming a special subcommittee Of the
on public comfort to care for
,Olored visitors. The interests of the col
ored persons concerned in the encampment
Hr. Bulkley concluded, were being gener-
ously served.
Still More Committees.
A new committee is to be formed this
week to arrange for the attendance of vet
erans of all the American wars since the
revolution. The chairman has not been
selected.
Additional members of the committee on
to battlefields have been
named by Chairman Hege as follows: W.
Y. Cox. j. A. Eilinger, Colin Studds and
John Johnson.
Additional Members.
the following additions to the
on badges: Chas. Mades, Chas.
Schneider, Andrew Loeffer. Charles F.
Ernst Rupert. VIM. F. Myers,
chas. d. Rogier VIM Tindall, Max Cohen,
Alfred Mayer Chas. Dismer. Louis Gold
smith. Harry Rothschild Samuel Ben
singer, Charles Goldsmith, Charles E. Ebel
Meeting of Executive Committee.
Brief addresses. general discussion and
lew announcements by chairmen and sub
consumed the time Of last
lights meeting of the executive commit
lee. 1t was planned that Chairman b. H.
Warner should outline the entire program
for the encampment, and that the commit
tee then Proceed to fulfill that program
With such alterations In it as might be
voted from time to time. Mr.. Warner had
not time, however to do more than outline
the duties of the subcommittee.
The meeting was held in the Riggs Hotel
where room for that purpose had been do
mated by Col. Q. G. Staples. The attend
ance was large.
Mr.. Warmers Report.
Mr.. Warner first presented a detailed re-
port of the work of the committee on the
of 1892. In comparing the
preparations for the two gatherings Mr.
Warner compimented the present commit
tee on the remarkable energy which has
enabled it to accomplish so much In the few
weeks since 1t was decided to hold the en-
campment in Washington He also read a
list OF the contributors to the encampment
fund and the agreement which had been
signed by the seven members of the bust
ness mems committee and the executive
committee of the Grand Army. This latter
instrument had not been previously made
public, and the provision for ularterinp a
pense to themselves excited wide interest
1t was. in brief, as follows: That the
Grand Army should withdraw it's demand
for free quarters for 10000 men; that in
lieu of such free quarters the local com
mlttee should contribute $4,000 to the en-
tertainment fund of the Grand Army: that
no open air quarters should be erected.
that the sum indicated should be paid to
the qnaftermaSter general of the c. A r
by March 10.
The Sons Of Veterans.
A communication from the Sons of Vet
Grams. through committee OF the camp in
this Jurisdiction, excited some discus
sion. The executive committee was asked
10 inform the Sons OF Veterans what ac-
should be made for the care
or their organization, which had been in
vited by the Grand Army to hold it's en-
campment a; the same time and place as IT'S
own. II is believed that the executive com
nlttee favors such a double encampment
heartily. The matter was, however re-
lerred TO the following special committee:
Mr.. Arthur Hendricks, Mr.. John McElroy.
Or. r. I. Howe. Mr.. Mitchell Dyr,nforth
and Mr.. James F. Oyster.
Offers Of Aid.
Among the announcements made during
the evening were the following: BY Mr..
GOOD WORK.
PROPER FOOD MAKES MARVELLOUS CHANGES.