Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-07
OFF FOR THE PACIFIC
Grand Army Veterans Will
Depart Sunday Night.
SPECIAL G. & @. TRAIN
GOING TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL
ENCAMPMENT.
Yellowstone Park, Colorado Springs
and Other Places Of Interest
Will Be Visited.
SPECIAL G. & O. TRAIN


Final preparations have been made for
the journey of the members of the Depart
ment Of the Potomac to San Francisco to
attend the annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic, which is to be
held in that city during the week beginning
August II.
The local party will leave here on a spe-
c!al train Sunday night at lilo o'clock
over the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, and
expects to arrive in San Francisco Monday
morning, August II. The journey of the
| members of the Department of the Potomac
to San Francisco is much more of an under
taking than most persons may imagine.
Aside from the fact that 1t includes a
railroad trip Of more than 5000 miles, the
country to be traversed is so wide in extent
and contains SO many interesting spots,
some of which have never been visited by
the members of the party, that it would
seem useless to make the journey and not
to visit some Of these places. Therefore
the chairman of the committee on trans
portation, Mr.. John ]. Freeland. has had
his hands full In making the arrangements
SO as to cover as much territory with his
charges as possible.
Will Go on Special Train.
of the department will travel will be made
up of five sleeping cars and a combination
baggage and smoking car 1t will be run
out Of Washington as a section of the reg
ular Chesapeake and Ohio night train, and
will! be in charge of Mr.. w. H. Gregor, gen.
erai agent of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road In this city.
A stop of a few hours will be made IN
Chicago and then the train will be switched
to the tracks Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul railroad. over which the jour
ney to Omaha will be made. Mr.. Cobb OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road
will take charge of the party at Chicago
and will remain with it until San Francisco
is reached. short stop will be made in
Omaha. from which city the party will pro-
coed via the Union Pacific railroad to Den.
YER Here stop of half day will be
made and the party will see the sights OF
that western town.
From Denver a trip to Colorado Springs
will be made, which will include the ascen;
of Pixies Peak on the cog road that runs
to the summit An entire day will be spent
at Colorado Springs. From there the party
will proceed through the grand canyon OF
the Arkansas to Salt Lake City, where ar
other day will be spent, and then a straight
run will be made from there to San Fran
cisco.
Personnel of the Party.
There will be about hundred persons in
the party which leaves Washington. This
Will department SOnIIlduuSI L. W.
Kimball and ladies, Assistant Adjutant
General B. F. Chase and ladies. Assistant
Quartermaster General A. P. Tasker and
ladies. Mr.. John ]. Freeland. chairman OF
the committee on transportation, and Past
Department Commanders Jerome B. Burke
and Benjamin F. Hawkes. Gen. Anderson.
a past commander, Is Ill at present and
may not be able to go. although he has
made every arrangement to accompany the
party. The party will also include Mrs.
mans Relief Corps, and Miss Maria l.
Jordan Junior vice president of that Or
ganization: George c. Round. Lawrence
Wilson and Charles r. Douglass delegates
bers and p c. Balm, alternates to the ma
tional encampment; Jerome F. Johnson,
commander Of Burnside Post, No. 8; Past
Post Commander William Hunter Myar.
Maj. Willis and wife and Maj. L. P. VIII
hams, wife and daughter
Mrs. Isabella Worrell Ball. the delegate
at large Of the Woman's Relief Corps of
the Department Of the Potomac to the
will depart tomorrow for Kansas, where
she will join the sunfower state contingent
to the encampment, and accompany them
to San Francisco.
The railroad men who will accompany the
train to its destination will provide guides
to the country through which the party is
to travel and every opportunity will be
given the travellers to obtain information
regarding all the places of interest.
The side trips have all been arranged for
by the railroad officials and will be under
their care. They will, however, be under
the orders Of Mr.. Freeland, the chairman
OF the local committee on transportation,
who will have absolute charge of the train
Returning From Frisco.
On returning from San Francisco, the
party will divide into small groups and pro-
coed leisurely on their way home by DIFF
ferent routes. Side trips up the Pacific
coast as far as Vancouver, B. c., have been
planned and far south at Los Angeles.
Some of the party will return via Ell Paso
and Kansas City and others will take the
Northern Pacific or the Great Northern
and visit Minneapolis and ST. Paul A
trip to Yellowstone Park has been planned
for the entire party and it Is probable that
each member will visit the park before
returning home.
A number of members of the Department
Of the Potomac, who will not accompany
the party, WILL nevertheless. be in San
Francisco during the encampment. Sew
eral of these persons have already left the
city and others will leave during the next
week.
Department Commander Kimball desires
to make as strong showing as possible in
the west, and has used his utmost efforts to
get the members to go. 1t is expected that
there will be two three hundred Wash
ingtonians, who are members of the Grand
Army of the Republic in San Francisco
when the encampment opens.