Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-18
BOSTON MAKING READY
PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR EN-
PREPAYMENT OF VETERANS.
Annual Encampmenf 10 Be Held at
1.-THE Hub" During Week of
Augu.fls.

Boston Is making elaborate preparations
for the reception of the hosts of veterans
who are expected to attend the thirty eighth
annual encampment Of the G. A. R., to be
held during the week commencing August
Is. The program includes an extensive
series Of entertainments in addition to the
usual features The citizens Of Boston
have taken UP the matter of furnishing
amusement for the veterans with their GUS
tomary business like methods, and have
evolved a program which would sseem to
provide something Of interest for almost
every class or individual. An outline of
the way it is proposed to apportion the week
to the various events follows:
Monday. August 15-The parade of United
States sailors and marines, naval brigade
and prisoners of war in the forenoon. Re-
ception to commander-in-chief by the Wo-
mems Relief Corps at Hotel Vendome in
the evening.
Tuesday, August 16-The annual Grand
Army of the Republic parade; 10000 civil
war veterans expected to be in line In the
evening there will be a great campfire in
Mechanics building.
Wednesday, August 1.-THE convention
will open. In the evening the entire dele
cations and invited guests will go to Wal
than to witness a river carnival
Electrical Parade.
Thursday, August 1S-The convention will
be in session during the forenoon. In the
afternoon the veterans will be taken on an
automobile trip to Concord and Lexington.
An electrical parade and campfire of the
Women's Relief Corps will be the feature
of the evening.
Friday, August 10, and Saturday, August
20-Both days will be devoted to harbor
and coastwse excursions. with opportuni-
ties to partake of fish dinners and view the
United States warships that are to be sent
here.
Incidentally there will be many other
features of interest for the veterans.
In the parade on Monday the Massachu-
sets naval brigade and the marines and
sailors from naval vessels In Boston harbor
will participate. The reception by the Wo-
mems Relief Corps to the commander-in-
chief In the evening promises to be one OF
the most brilliant functions Of the encamp-
ment.
The committee in charge expects between
25,OOO and 5000 veterans to line up for the
grand review on Tuesday. In the evening
1t is believed that 10000 people will attend
the great campfire to be held at the Me-
chanics building. One of the features of
this entertainment will be the trooping of
the colors. The colors, under a special
guard will be carried into the hall from the
rear and up the center aisle to the stage.
Here the guard will countermarch, and the
colors will be placed in the stand prepared
for them directly in the rear OF "nere the
speakers are to stand, making back
ground. The committee OF arrangements
believes that the most attractive feature of
the encampment will be the parade of floats
over the surface railroads on Thursday
evening. Electric floats will be prepared
with the most elaborate decorations to rep
resent sixteen important events in the his
tory of the country.
Many pigrmages to points of interest
about Boston have been arranged for the
entertainment of the veterans, and every
member of the G. A. r. who expects to at
tend the encampment has been supplied
with information regarding these trips by
the transportation committee in charge A
brief outline of the program and a sketch
of the principal events of the week has been
sent out by the committee on arrangements
to the various posts throughout the coun-
try, and every effort Is to be made by the
residents of the hub to- make the visit of
the veterans as pleasant as possible.