Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-11
PLANS FOR C. ar. REUNION
National Headquarters Will Be Established
at West Hotel in Minneapolis
KANSAS WOMEN HAVE A CANDIDATE
Ladies of G. A. r. VIII Present Mrs.
EIma ". DuttOn of winheId
for President of women's
Auxiliary.

Commander in Chief James Tanner has
just issued General order No. II announc-
Ing the final arrangements for the national
encampment of the Grand Army of the Re
public, which will hold its forteth annual
meeting at Minneapolis, August 1918 The
order says national headquarters will be
established at the West hotel, Hennepln
and Fifth streets. The executive committee
Of the national council of administration
will assemble there temporarily Monday
morning for the transaction of necessary
executive business. The national council of
administration will meet at the West hotel
at the same time. 10 o'clock a. m.
A semi-official meeting will be held at
the auditorium Tuesday, August H. with
Commander in Chief Tanner presiding. Ad-
dresses of welcome will be delivered by
Governor ]. A. Johnson, Mayor d. p. Jones,
Department Commander Levi Long
fellow, and greeting from the wpmens
Relief Corps, Ladies' of the Grand Army
Sons and Daughters of Veterans and other
patriotic societies.
The parade will take place Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock and will not extend
| over two miles. The bands participating
in the parade are directed to give a march,
ing time Of not over ninety beats to the
! minute, in order to accommodate the age
of the veterans.
New stan Omeers
Additional stan appointments are an
| nounced as follows: John Twedale, adju-
tant general Charles A. Suydam, Penn
! sylvania; John II. Roberts. Colorado: orion
s. Clark, Minnesota; f. p. Sterling, Mon
tana, assistant adjutant generals. The
uniforms for aides will be a black SLOUGH
hat. gilt cord, regulation Grand Army Of
the Republic uniform; aides-de-camp, but
Lii.
/ black leggins and two-button slate-colored
! gloves.
Columbia post No. 7O6 of Illinois is ap-
pointed as escort to the national com
mander
The business session of the ,encampment
will begin a 10 a. m. Thursday, August Is.
All applications for accommodations
should be made to Wallace, G. Nye, secre-
tary Grand Army of the Republic commit
tee, $50 Andrus building.
List of Headquarters.
The following list shows the national and
department headquarters:
u NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
National headquarters Grand Army Of the
| Republic, West hotel.
Commander-in-Chief James Tanner and
| official stan, West hotel.
The members of the executive committee
council of administration Grand Army Of
Mrs Abbie A. Adams, president Woman's
Relief Corps, and staff, West hotel.
Bertha NJ. Martin, president Daughters of
Union Veterans Union, Brunswick hotel.
DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS
Illinois, West hotel. ..
Wisconsin, West hotel.
Pennsylvania, West hotel.
Ohio, West hotel. -.
New York, West hotel.
Connecticut Nicollet hotel
Massachusetts, West hotel
New Jersey, Nicollet hotel.
Maine, Nicollet hotel.
California, Nicollet hotel .
Vermont Nlcollet hotel"
Potomac, West hotel. rtfa. fH.
Nebraska, West hotel. .r -f.r-. .
Michigan, Nicollet hotel
New Hampshire, Hotel HyseE.
Iowa, Nicollet hotel. - .'.. ''
Missouri, Nicolet hotel.
| Oregon, Brunswick hotel.
South Dakota Nicollet hotel.
DEPARTMENTS WOMAN'S RELIEF
CORPS.
Illinois, West hotel.
Nebraska, West hotel.
| Ohio, West hotel. 's'"
New York. West hotel. --.
Pennsylvania, West hotel.
| Indiana, West hotel.
New Hampshire, Hotel Hyser.
MEETING PLACES.
! The sessions of the national enCampment
the Auditorium, Nicollet and Eleventh
streets.
| The Woman's Relief corps will hold its
! sessions at Wesley Methodist Episcopal
| church, First avenue and Grant streets.
The Ladies of the Grand Army of tho
Republic will occupy the First Baptist
church, Harmon Place and Tenth street
The Union Ex-prisoners of War and its
: auxiliary organizations will hold their
| meetings in the First Unitarian church al
Eighth street and Mary Place.
| The Army of Tennessee association will
hold its reunion and camp fire in Mckinley
hall, Western aN enue. near First avenue
NORTH August Is.
The Union Veterans union will convene
in Ancient Order of United Workmen hall 81
| II South Seventh street
TAe Kansas department of the Ladies OF
the Grand Army of the Republic will pre-
sent the name of Mrs. NJ. Dutton of Win
field for the position Of national president
of that order. She is a lawyer. She was
for three years president of the Kansas
department Ladies of the Grand Army OF
the Republic and is president of the
Rebekah assembly of that state. She
served one year on the national council OF
administration of the Ladies of the Grand
! Army of the Republic.
! FINE AS SILK.
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