The National tribune., 1904-06-02
THE 8th NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT.
The CommanderinChe Issues General Order Detailing the
Arrangements and Attractions.
Grand Army Of the Re-
public,
Memorial Hall,
Chicago, May Is, 1904.
ChlcagO, May 10, ISV4.
General Orders No. 81


I. The Commander-in Chief calls atten-
ton of comrades to some of the attractions
offered and to be offered at the 3Sth Ma
tional Encampment, to be held at Boston,
Mass. during the week beginning Aug. 10.
The greatest attraction Of all is Boston, for
in it is the Old North Church and Bunker
Hill Monument, and near it are Plymouth
Rock and Concord and Lexington. Every
mile of the eashore and every acre of the
land was long since dedicated to liberty
and made sacred by the sacrifices Of he
role men and women; and if no other in
ducement were presented than Boston it
self. there ought to he a great attendance
of the comrades. But Boston is filled to-
day with earnest. patriotic, loving COM
rades and friends who are making such
arrangements for the comfort convenience
and delight Of visitors at the Encampment
as have never been excelled in the history
of the Grand Army.
On q recent visit, and at q meeting with
the Executive Committee organized to pre-
pare for our coming, the following infor-
nation was communicated to the Com
mander-in -Chef:
THE ACCOMMODATIONS
will be ample. and Of any price Gncluding
most necessitous, or the most opu!ent, of the
comrades; and full notice will in due time
be communicated through these headquar
ters. and otherwise, of the details of such
arrangements
Circular Letter No 2 has been issued
by the Committee on Aceommodat tons and
forwarded to all Posts in the Order
through Department Headquarters. The
circular gives very complete information
ropIi fpnn ,rfo ,tn
tons in hotels and private houses. De-
partment Commanders are requested to
see that these circulars are forwarded to
Posts. and if more are needed to write
John r. Gilman, Chairman. Committee on
Accommodations. BAT Old South Building.
Boston, who will furnish number called
for
The city will be dccora ted in it's parks
and gardens with floral greetings and en-
blems of our old service. Every attention
will be paid to the visiting comrades and
their associates and friends including sur
viving army nurses. for whom special
preparation is being made Excursions are
planned for Plymouth Rock and Concord
and Lexington. i'm the first Of which feet
will bear the comrades. In the others. 600
automobiles will be ut the service of the
Fncampment; and these things the free
offer of our hosts.
Tie battle squadron of the United
States in the eastern waters will exhibit
its power and show us what the successors
of the men under Farragut and Porter and
Dupont ard Gushing are able to do for the
protection of the land. Appealing to the
inner man. the Woman's Relief Corps will
spread q special entertainment on Wednes-
day. and the comrades fish dinner at
Nahant on Friday.
THE pay,ApF
which occurs this year on Tuesday, the
10th of August. while short. will be on al
most every rod of its route over asphalt
um-paved streets. and by the monuments
of battles. of heroes. of great ideals, by
the Common. and by the State House:
and its way will unfold the esta blisied
glorios of a great free state. Would you
have anything more? If So ask for it, and
if within the range of reasonable hospi-
tally it will be afforded.
And to secure all these the State Of Mas
sachusetts has voted $4,000. and the city
Of Boston has voted $4,000. and the
citizens are guaranteeing whatever other
expenses may be incurred. So let every
wandering son of New England who bore
arms i'm the Great War come to see the old
Commonwealth and the old city. and then.
II we must, let us say that our eyes have
seen the glory of the Republic And the
Comma nder-n-C Chief earnestly hopes THAI
all will be done that can be done to Sc
cure n large attendance of the Grand
Army of the Republic in this great parade,
and asks that this circular may be read i'm
every Post room Of the Grand Army in
the United States
RAILROAD RATES.
III. The COmmanderin-C Chief is assured
that railroad rates have been agreed upon
of as favorable a character as have ever
been extended to an Encampment. The
Central Passenger Association, on the 9th
Of May, agreed on a rate of one cent per
nile in each direction for the round trip:
steamer fares. one cent per mile in each
direction for the round trip, short line dis
lance, from points in the territory of the
Central Passenger Association. The tick
cts, to be sold Aug. ~. 13 and II, can be
extended by the usual presentation to the
Joint Agent in Boston, until Sept. 30, 1904.
The full particulars Of this arrangement
will be communicated by the railroads
later. 1t is understood that similar terms
associations.
FREE QUARTERS
III. Full information as to free
quarters for visiting comrades will be
communicated by the Executive Com
mittee of the National Encampment,
Grand Army Of the Republic, and the
whole scheme for securing the same with
out Inconvenience to comrades will be duly
published. In the meantime it may he
relied upon that nothing will be
omitted in this particular which can be
done to add to the comfort and safety of
old and young alike.
w. The Adjutant General of the Grand
Army of the Republic may be further COM
municated with by any comrades desiring
instruction as to their duties or informa-
ton as to their movements.
v. The Chief of Staff of the Grand
Army of the Republic, Comrade Charles
III. Mcconnell, will be with the Com
Mander-in- Chief at the Vendome Hotel
during Encampment week. He will be
charged with the detail and management
of all matters of the Grand Army of the
Republic relating to the parade.
ESCORT TO COMMANDER IN-cHIEF.
vi. The services of e. w. Kinsley Post,
No. 113, Grand Army Of the Republic.
Department of Massachusetts, rendered
for escort duty during the parade Aug. Is,
are hereby accepted. The Chief of Staff
will give such directions for the services
of this Post as may be required, and the
thanks Of the Commander-in-C Chief are
rendered to the Post for it's promised cour-
tesies. The Commander of this Post will