The National tribune., 1902-09-18
ENCAMPMENT NOTES.

ment at Washington will carry any specia
badge or design or not" says Adj. Gen
Newman, Of the Department of Iowa
THE idea Of Department Commando
Lindt when he first assumed command o.
the Department was to have each man il
the line Of march carry the biggest ear o.
streamers attached to each end of it.
should not wonder if that would be goot
idea. l know in the past the Iowa contin
gent has made a great hit by carrying
cornstalks in the parade. We would TAXI
a car loaded with cornstalks, the larges
that could be found, and then distribute
them the morning Of the parade. L
something Of that sort is carried out thi:
year l have no doubt it will arouse thu
greatest enthusiasm"
Col. Hulings Post, 176, Lewistown, Pa.
50 men, will be quartered in Whithaft:
Hall, corner Sd street and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast, during the week Of th'
er; w. v. b. Copeland, Adjutant.
The Department of Massachusetts, will
have a splendid representation in the Ma
tional Convention, and Mrs. Lyman, De
partment President of the Woman's Re
lief Corps, has announced the following
plans:
The headquarters of the Departmen;
will be established at the Cochran, cor
ner X and 14th streets. Washington, d
c., Monday, Oct. &, at 10 o'clock a. m.
and will be in charge of Mrs: NJ. Jennie
Davis, Senior Department Aid.
A meeting of the delegates and alter
mates will be held at headquarters Tues
day, Oct. Z, at 10 o'clock a. m. Delegates
will receive their credential cards and
badges at this meeting.
A reception to the Grand Army OF the
Republic and friends will be given by
the Department at the Cochran, Tuesday
evening, Oct. Z, from 8 to 8 o'clock.
The following members have been ap-
pointed as the Reception Committee: Mrs
VI. Jennie Davis, Senior Aid, Brighton
Mrs. Eta A. Lockhart, Cambridge; Mrs
Annie Il. Tolman, Dorchester; Miss Sarah
l.. Mecuen, Boston; Mrs Abby L. Perry,
Brighton; Mrs. Lydia p. Hall, Somerville;
Mrs. Mary A. Brown, BrOokline; Mrs.
Martina l.. Hamblett, Medford; Mrs. G..
Elizabeth Berry, South Boston; Mrs Kate
J. Clifford, Fall River; Mrs. Carrie B. Liv-
ernore. Watertown; Mrs. Anna q. Da-
mon, NOrwell; Miss George RoulstOne.
Boston; Mrs. Florence Haynes, Salem;
Mrs. Clara j. Kimball, Arlington; Mrs.
Katharine e. Smith, Everett; Mrs. Able
VI. Deane, Canton; Mrs. Mabel L. Sawin,
Westminster.
Headquarters of the Department of
Connecticut, w. r. c., will be at the
Litchfeld House, 9OS 18th st. All mem
hers of the G. A. R., Sons Of Veterans
and friends of the Order are invited to
call. A reception by the W. r. c., as
sisted by the officers of the Department
Of Connecticut. G. A. r., will be held at
the Litchfeld, Oct. Z, from to 8 o'clock
p. m. Mrs Emma ID. Chase, Of Milford.
is Department President.
e. X. Wilcox Post, 16 Department of
Springfield, Mass, will at
tend the National Encampment 400
strong, leaving its home city on special
train Oct. 4, at 7:55 a. III. Among those
from this Post who will attend is COmrade
is one Of the oldest subscribers to The
National Tribune, his first copy being No.
10.
The National Secretary of the Army
Nurses Association has informed Mrs.
r.llen Spencer Mussey, Chairman of the
Woman's Citizens Committee, that there
will be 81 members of the Association
in Washington to attend the National En-
campment. Every effort is being made to
give the Army Nurses good time.
1t is now General Ellen Spencer Mus
sey. Senior Vice Commande-in Chief
John McElroy has assigned Mrs. Mussey
a tent at Camp Roosevelt This tent will
be known as the Mother Bickerdyke"
tent. and Mrs. Mussey's command will be
the Red Cross Corps" There will be the
splendid women, now bending under the
weight of years, in many instances, who
went to the front and from 81 to '65 We're
instant and alert in comforting and caring
for sick and wounded soldiers, and who are
known as Army Nurses" General
Mussey's Corps tent will be designated by
the big red brassard of the hospital corps,
and decorated in great style. She will be
glad to welcome all the friends of these
war women, and will have some one in
charge each day.
Henry Steen, of the 18th Iowa, is now
living on the old Henry House property,
which was the center of the fight at both
battles of Bull Run. He has studied the
battles thoroughly and will give the ex-
,ursionists to the Bull Run battlefields a
'ull history of the historic struggles.
The Department of Texas will come
IfCI the hiSSOuil, hdHSdS anu IeXdS
Railroad to st. Louis, and on the Balti-
more and Ohio Southwestern to Washing
on. The management of the NJ X & L.
rave given their written promise that they
will place one Of their best chair cars
It Denison at the disposal of Headuuar-
ers, and that it will be run through to
Washington without change. This car
will be appropriately decorated and kept
or the exclusive use of the comrades and
". X. G. from the Department of Texas.
Perry Van Horne, manager of the
irand Army Band, of Canton, Ohio.
writes The National Tribune that the an
made that his band has been
Engaged to accompany Memorial Post to
he National Encampment are premature,
8 they have not contracted to accompany
hat Post or any other Post.
The Chairman of the Woman's Citizens
'ress Committee, Mrs. Isabel WorrelI |
Ball, needs in her business, for use in the |
Washington press and other papers, two |
ictures of each National Officer and each |
Department President Of each of the fol- |
owing organizations: Woman's Relief |
'orps. Ladies of the G.. A. R., National |
association of Army Nurses, Daughters
f Veterans, Ladies Of the Union Veteran |
Jnion, Ladies' Aid to Sons of Veterans. |
lso of the Grand Army of the Republic.
laval Veterans, Sons of Veterans, Union
'eteran Union. and Ex-Prisoners of War.
he press of the country is greatly inter