Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-05
One Of the Most Significant and
Largely Attended Conyen-
lions Of G. A. r. Men.
WHOLE CITY
IN GAY DRESS
Entertainment Of the Veterans
and Their Friends % Cover
an Entire Week-A No
table Program.

BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 5.-The local
committee on arrangements express
confidence that tho coming national
~encampment Of the Grand Army 0f
the Republic In Boston Will be one
Of the most significant, most inter.
esting and most largely attended re.
unions ever held by the yeterans OF
the civil war. II has been many
years since the veterans were enter.
tained MS the guests of this city, but
the reception then given the members
Of the Grand Army was one Of the
most notable experiences In the HIS
tory Of the order. It Is the apparent
purpose Of the people Of Boston and
vicinity 20 make this encampment
still more noteworthy. The expert
Testimony Of passenger agents whose
roads reach Boston directly III indi.
xectly III that the crowd win sur.
PASS any seen here since the great
Knights Tempiar conclaye In 1896.
Boston Ii especially attractive to
most of the members Of the Grand |
Army ON account Of It's hlstns
socIations ana $50 ~.
J o,, 20. EfsR'asnt part \
~ tha events leading up g the
connie between the states. Thefe
Is no city in the country In which 'hs
Il. a. II. and similar organizations
flourish more than they do In Doe.
ION. The Various Grand Army posts
81 the city and 81 the entire state ~
fact. together with the local organ.
izations Of the w. II. q, Ladies 81
the q. Al. r., and Sons Of Veterans
have entered enthusiastically INTO
Tho work of preparing for the recep-
ton and entertainment OF the visit
ors to the coming encampment, u
the welfare and comfort OF every
stranger here on that occasion are
not amply provided for II certainly
viii not be the fault Of the local
committees.
The whole city viii be handsomely
dressed for the occasion. Flags, res
toons. streamers and banners VIII
decorate IN profnsion public and pri
yate buildings, business blocks and
residences. The arrangements FOL
The decoration of Mechanics hall
have been completed. The bare walls
ana somewhat scanty usual adorn
ment of the big cdifice will be hidden
from sight and beautified by an array
OF bunting, cmhlems. and decora
,ions happily chosen and displayed =
produce a brilliant and artistic e
feet.
TO assist in the general demonstra
tIon Secretary Morton has given NJ
word that al least eight ships OF I'M
navy shall be III Boston waters dur
lng the week of tho reunion. Thes'
will include the training ship Hart
ford. Farragut's old flagship, and tn
the second torpedo flotilla, compos
"a Of the torpedo boat destroyer
Whipple. Hopkins. Worden, Las'
renee, Stewart, Truston and MELON
ough. Arrangements will be mad
for those who SO desire 70 80 o.
board the warships and see at clos
range something ~ the sen fightinI
power II the United States,
The sessions of the reunion wi
last for three days, beginning o
Tuesday. the 10th. The entertain
ment Of the veterans and thei
friends. however. will cover the e.
tire week. Probably the most int
esting features Of the entertainer
program will be carried out Q
Thursday when the veterans viii )
taken on an automobile ride 10 tn
places III historic interest about no
Ton. Leaving the city early In p
afternoon they will go out ihfore
Cambridge. Arlington. Lexington AZ
Concord. the territory made lanlf'
by the patriots of the revolution ~
along me British line ~ retse
which followed those early Nies5't
OF lie Al trican arms The tcrFit
i'm a Tic route VIII By y ro1cet
rtnin.rg by way of sadburt AZ
Newton.
,rhe srmc evening there viii ba s
IN the parade q illuminated laa
which promises 70 be one u |
most brilliant features eyer arrafig
for the entertainment 81 the Gfa
Army veterans. The parade VIII p
over de surface railroads y thc e
and viii consist 81 sixteen table
cars. There are ID be nearly 1919