The Washington times., 1902-09-07

il. the line and that all other orSaniza
tions which participate in the parad
shall serve on escort duty merely. Thi
will result in a formation about as fol
lows:
Battalion of engineers, regiment of in
fantry, regiment of Field Coast Artil
lery. marching as infantry; the compan,
from the Hospital Corps. the compan.
of light artillery, the squadron OF cav
airy. the jackies from the battalion O
Il arines the jackies from the warships
| The Distric. Militia. the Sons of Vet.
erans; tie Spanish War Veterans
armed: the veterans. organizations
which do not carry arms.
In the event that the Ninth Infantry
marches, this parade will have an in
terest surprising any other parade OF
recent years. This regiment was known
as the "Fightin-,, Ninth in Cuba, and
| earned a distinctive reputation before
the war with Spain came to an end. II
then went to Chira and took very ac-
tive part in the campaigns along the
Pei-Ho. In the Philippines it added TO
the prestige gained in its two earlier
campaign services at the front. Not long
ago it was returned to America and sent
TO Fort Madison.
DR.. u. Percy Hickling. chairman of the
medical committee, has returned to the
city and will now conclude his prepara-
tions for the cncampmsnt work OF his
associates.
Rev w. 9. Alexander. d. D.. chairman
o: the committee on religious exercises.
has also returned, and will soon COM
plete his schedule of special Grand Army
services to he held Sunday, October ..
Veterans From Ohio.
Mr.. Joseph H. Brigham. Assistant Sec
retary of Agriculture. called at the local
campment this morning to confer with
Chairman Warner, of the citizens execu-
tive committee, as to the accOmmoda-
tions for Ohio veterans. The Assistant
Secretary lives about twenty-five miles
west of Toledo, and has succeeded in
having post from that locality qua cer-
ed in one of the Agricultural Depart
ment buildings.
I'm Ohio" he said, during a general
conversation with the encampment Of
ficials, '.the widest interest prevails as
to this last reunion in Washington. The
old men generally feel that few Of them
will live to see another gathering of this
SOTl III tuS Cdpitdl lucs lou6uI " saw,
so we have all we can do to provide for
the veterans who plan to come.
1T seems to be question of sleeping
car accommodations. The G. A. r. men
are getting along too far to travel in day
coaches any more: they need sleeping
cars. With that demand must be reck-
oned an abnormal demand for sleeping
cars for the extra traffic of the encamp-
ment Ohio is to send wonderfully
large delegation of persons not connect
ed with tie encampment at all. But II
will all work out, I'm sure. There will
be train accommodations for the veter-
ans anyway, and railroad men are not
the kind to overlook general traffic. You
may count on a very large attendance
from the Buckeye State.''
Close on Mr.. Brigham's heels came
Representative Frank NJ. Eddy of Mime
sota who tells a like story of interest
in the encampment. "All our Minnesota
posts are to come" said he. Many Of
them will present their full strength for
the grand review. You would be amazed
to know how anxious these old fighters
are to come to Washington again. They
call it their city and think of trip like
this as merely bringing them into their
own. There are fourteen counties in
my district, and every one of them will
be we'll represented
Comrade Joseph Frax, of Newcastle,
Pa, will be in the city the week of the
and have with him the fa-
nous Custer relic cannon The cannon
is to be in charge of the Army of West
Virginia of the Third Cavalry Division