The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-08
OFF FOR
GRAND ARMY
MEETING
Local Delegates Start Tonight
for Convention at San Fran.
cisco and Tour Of West.

Tonight the officers OF the headquarters
! r.. start for a tour through the West to
San Francisco. where the National En-
campment will be held the week OF Aug
ust IL. They will occupy two sleeping
cars during the trip and the 50 men and
women who will make up the party ex-
pect TO have a grand time.
The delegates to the convention from
this state are: Department Commander
James S. Hudson, Post 10. Providence;
Senior Vice Department Commander J. j.
Woolley Post II, Pawtucket; Junior
Vice Department Commander Sylvester
B. Hiscox Post g. Central Falls; Asst
Adjt. Gen. Philip s. Chase, Post l, Provi-
dence; Representatives at Large Theo-
dore F. Dexter. Post g. Central Falls;
Representative George H. Pettis Post 4,
Providence Representative James O..
Smith. Post II. Pawtucket: Member OF
National c. OF A. John T. Kenyon and
Past Department Commanders William
f. Stone. Charles O. Ballou, Walter A.
Read and Charles +. Moes. all OF whom
start tonight and Capt George Pettis
| left Monday 10 make arrangements for
the reception Of the party Many we'll
known local members of the @. A. r.
ana woman 8 Renef corps VIII dttenG III
addition to these delegates
The itinerary for the two sleepers To be
attached 10 the Federal express leaving
this city this evening at s2l follows: Ar
riving al Jersey City these cars will be
transferred to the Lehigh Valley railroad.
to run To Mauch Chunk. where breakfast
will he served at the American house. af-
ter which special cars will be provided
for the famous switchback trip OF IS miles
m of MOtIpte NJ To .
ferson a wild and impressive journey
At 1919 the cars will be attached TO the
regular train for Buffalo leaving Mauch
! Chunk 10 proceed through the beautiful
l.ehigh valley. including the romantic
Wyoming and Susquehanna valleys
From Buffalo the Michigan Central
railroad will he used as far az Chicago.
the rest Of the trip to he taken. first on
the Chicago and Northwestern railway
10 Council Bluffs, the Union Pacific 20
Denver on route through the Valley OF
the Platte" crossing the Mississippi at
Clinton and the Missouri at Omaha.
During this last ride a first view of the
| Rocky mountains will be had From Den
! YER 20 Ogden the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad will be used and the Southern
Pacific railway 10 San Francisco. We'd
nesday and Thursday, Aug. 10 and l3.
! the party will lay over at Colorado
Springs. where opportunities will be given
| for side trips to Cripple Creek. Pike 5
| Peak Manitou. Garden OF the Gods and
the Cheyenne Canon. on Friday they
will leave Colorado Springs via the pic
turesque Denver route, by which the
grand and impressive scenery OF the
American Continent will be observed
Saturday, Aug Is is TO be spent I'm Salt
Lake city. where the numberless attrac-
tions Will be visited. Except for unfore-
seen delays, San Francisco will he reached
on Monday Aug. IL. They will remain in
| Frisco from that day until Friday night.
when the larger portion OF the company
start on n tour OF the Yosemite Valley.
the others going TO Los Angeles, 10 meet
the Yosemite contingent, via the Coast
line, making stops at Montery and Santa
Barbara Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday. Aug. 26. q and 2s. Los Angeles
will be the headquarters
Friday evening Aug. 2S. the homeward
Journey will be commenced via the Santa
Fe line TO Chicago, with a stop from
Saturday night 10 Monday morning at
the Grand Canon OF the Colorado, and a
visit on Tuesday 10 the petrifed forest.
From Chicago the route home is the same
as that going
The department committee who have
charge of the trip comprise Colonel Philip
s Chase, Captain William F.. Stone and
Charles Z. Moies.