The Washington times., 1902-07-20
Plans of the Commander
in-Chief Not All
Formulated.
PAINS FIREWORKS DISPLAY
Monument Site Considered Most Desir-
able-Entertainment to Include Aerial
Performances and Conclude With Fall
of Pekin in Pyrotechnics.

for the encampment that 1t has been
deemed wise to announce that the ex-
ecutive committee is delayed in this
matter because General Torrance. the
commander-in-chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic. has not been able to
formulate all the plans and particular
features Of encampment week.
Beyond the fact that 1t is certain that
the parade will occur on Wednesday OF
encampment week very little can be an
nounced until definite information is re-
ceived from the headquarters Of the
Grand Army of the Republic. The ex-
ecutiye committee expect to have this
information in hand within the next
week or ten davs.
With the arrival Of various delegates
from the different States, and with their
inquiries for headquarters and accommo-
dations in the wa of halls, there comes
the request for horses. and it is more
than probable that meeting Of the
horse and carriage committee will be
called within the next week. SO that
some figure may be placed upon the
mounts during the encam7ment week
Col. Allison Nailor, who is the chairman
Of this committee. will spend the sum-
mer abroad, and the committee plans
in his absence will be under the direc
tion OF Capt. A. w. Kelley. vice chair
man.
The meeting scheduled for Monday
night of the special committee on fire.
works is of particular Importance. The
Long, Jesse L. Heiskell. E. H. Droop, o.
B. George. T. A Wickersham, F. A. Sc
bring. ". J. Ethell, F. A. Butts, A. C.
Steinbrenner. and Mitchell Dyrenforth
The recommendations Of this committee
and the details of the contract with the
.erest.
Meetings of the Week.
The meetings scheduled for next week
are as follows: On Monday. subcommit
tee of the Army of Tennessee. at
headquarters. 1905 New York Avenue, at
1880 p. m: Tuesday. Seventh Army
Corps. including all who served west of
the Mississippi River. and the Twenty
third Army Corps. Wednesday. the
Sixth Army Corps. at 1880, at headquar-
ters. and Friday. the medical depart
ment, at p. m.
Yesterday Chairman Weller. Of the
public comfort committee, was in re-
ceipt of several communications pertain
ing to the location of department head
quarters for the several States.
A letter from the headquarters OF the
department commander OF the State of
Florida. at Maitland, stated that the COM
mander and his staff would require ac-
commodations for about fifty people
They are desirous OF locating their head
quarters in this city during the encamp-
ment, and committee will arrive In the
city within a few days to complete the
arrangements.
Word also came from the headQuar-
ters Of the department OF Oklahoma, a:
Perry, Okla. stating that arrangements
were under way for securing department
encampment headquarters here with ac-
commodations for about 125 people. It
is probable that this department will
secure quarters at the National Hotel,
as all OF the other houses at which they
desired to locate are filled.
A letter from Rochester, n. Y. an
nounces that Perssner Post No. 108, G..
A. R., of that city would be in line at
the encampment and that it would mus
ter about $50 veterans
States Headquarters.
A table has been prepared at the head
quarters of the citizens executive COM
mittee on the 1902 encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic which in
dicates the location of State headquar-
ters. during the period of that reunion.
Eighteen States are represented.
AS has been previously announced,
Commander-in-C Chief Torrance. his staff,
and the officers CT the national executive
committee Of the Grand Army OF the
Republic are to be located at the Eb-
bitt House. This fact has helped to
the selection of the same hotel as head
quarters for the States of Connecticut.
Minnesota, New Jersey, New York. and
Pennsylvania.
The other headquarters locations fol-
low: Illinois, the Regent; Indiana, the
Riggs House; Iowa, the Barton: Kansas.
the oxford; Kentucky. 33S C Street
northwest; Maine. the Metropolitan;
Massachusetts. the Cochran; Michigan,
tHe Arlington. MlSSOurl, tne f1dInlitou,
New Hampshire. the National; Ohio. the
National; Rhode Island. the Normandie;
West Virginia. the Barton.
The officers of the executive commit
tee. Mr.. W. Clifford Long. acting chair
man of the committee on fireworks, and
Representative Dietz, of the Pain Fire
works Company, spent several hours
yesterday in discussing the prospective
fireworks display. According to pres
ent plans. the program will be present
ed five nights. beginning with Monday,
October 6. and will last from s until
1918 o'clock each evening.
The Monument Site.
In Mr.. Dietz's judgment the confor
nation of the ground about the Monu-
ment makes that site the most ad-
vantageous in all the United States for
such a display. The ground rises with
an ever increasing slope. he says. until
just at the base of the Monument II
has fully as much incline as the bal
cony in theater.
This makes 1t possible for 200 900 per-
sens or more to view what are desig-
mated as set pieces" and "sDectacu-
lar displays"
The program viii be of an unusually
varied nature. 1t will begin probably
with the unfurling of a huge American
flag a thousand feet In the air. and
include juggling, slack-wire perform
ing. and other; aerial features to be