The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-28
ADJUTANT GENERAL ACTS
INFORMATION FOR THE GUIDANCE
OF GRAND ARMY MEN.
The National Encampment VIII Be
Held at San Francisco from
August 10 to FL.

Adjutant General Nicely. of the Depart
ment of Indiana. is preparing a lengthy or
der detailing plans for the G. A. r. en-
campment at San Francisco during the
week beginning Monday. Aug. H. These
details are being sent for the special benefit
of the Indiana veterans who desire to at
tend, and will be based on information con-
tanned in general order No. s. received yes
terday from the commander-in-chief
The committee on management of the Ma
tional Encampment has issued a handsome
poster which is likely to attract great
deal Of attention. The poster is twenty-four
by thirty-eight inches, printed in bright,
vivid colors. symbolic of bright sunny CAL
ifornia welcoming the Grand Army vet
Grams. 1t portrays an aged member of the
Grand Army of the Republic, with flag in
hand, being greeted by California. beauti-
fully drawn figure of a typical California
maiden holding in her arms and entwined
in her tresses showers of golden peoples
the California State flower. In the distance
is seen the Golden Gate and a sun-lit
stretch of San Francisco's placid bay. The
committee, whose address is the Grand Ho-
tel, San Francisco, is disposing of the
posters at soc each. the money to be APP
the encampment.
The headquarters Of the Grand Army of
the Republic will be established temporarily
at the Palace Hotel San Francisco from
Aug Is to q inclusive. The parade of the
Grand Army will take place on Wednesday.
Aug. 49, at 10 a. m. The following sug
gestions are issued to veterans by the COM
mittee on arrangements:
actually money only a sufficient sum to meet
their travelling expenses en- route; that, for
their expenses whilst here and on return
trip, each comrade secure through his local
bank drafts on New York to his own order,
split up into such convenient sums as may
be deemed advisable, say SIS or $50 each, ag-
gregating the total amount he may desire
to bring Upon arrival here the specimen
signatures of the various ad5utant generals
will be taken In sets Of fifteen and certified
to by official headquarters here, after which
one specimen will be lodged with each of
the banks in this city. Whenever funds
are required by any member OF the Grand
Army of the Republic he can. in the pres
ence of his adjutant general, indorse such
check, and the adjutant general can then
indorse such check in the following terms:
Enforcement certified correct thereafter
attaching his own signature. The check
may then be presented to any bank in San
Francisco by the party originally indorsing
the same, and upon his signing name again
in the presence of the teller at the bank
upon loose sheet of paper on which will
be printed or written the words, For pur-
pose of Identification of signature to per-
NIT of comparison with the original in
dorsement upon check and to guard against
possible loss of check and presentation by
wrongful party, the check will at once be
paid"
The commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army has issued another order In which
he makes an appeal in behalf of comrades
who have suffered by the floods in Kansas.
He publishes a letter from the department
commander of Kansas, who has personally
perhaps thousands of our comrades" the
department commander writes, have had
the Accommodations of lifetime swept away.
leaving them homeless and penniless. The
disaster is SO great that this department is
unable to meet the demands"