Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-13
VAN SAINT REPLIES
Former Governor Will Help Make
Visit of Rock Island G. A.
r. Members Pleasant.
SPECIAL TRAIN GOES TONIGHT
Commander E. n. Buck and Staff, With
Escort of Local Posts Off for
National Encampment.

| IN response 10 communication from
| Major NJ. T. Stafford of this city. in
command of the escort of Department
nor s. r. Van SAINT of Minnesota stated
that a special effort will be made to
make the escort feel at home while at
the encampment. Major Stafford re-
quested the former governor to assist
| them in the parade, as they would
| march in open order. and thus be one
| of the most attractive divisions in the
| march. In his reply Mr.. Van SAINT
said: 1T makes my heart rejoice to
learn that so many Rock Island county
veterans are to be our guests. You can
rest assured that officially and other
wise | will do all in my power to make |
the boys feel at home. If it is your
desire for me to make an address, |
name the place and hour, and | will |
surely comply with your request
Delegates Go Tonight.
Department Commander e. II. Buck, |
with his staff and escort, will leave this |
evening on the Illinois headquarters |
special over the Burlington at o'clock
for Minneapolis. The following are the
members of his staff:
Charles A. Partridge, assistant adju-
tant general and assistant Quartermas-
ter general; Charles B. Wilson, Chi
cago, senior vice commander; William
e. Ward, Galesburg, junior vice COM
mander; George r. Vanhorne. Rock
ford. chaplain; e. P. Murdock, Chicago,
medical director; w. j. Franklin, Ma
comb, judge advocate; Henry S. Good
speed. Danville. chief mastering Off
GER; William Clendenin, Moline chief
of staff; n. n. Coons. Rock Island,
chief bugler; and the following elective
members: C. of A, A. S. Wright,
Woodstock; William Andrews, Rock
ford; R. NJ. Campbell, Peoria; A. d.
Cadwallader, Lincoln, and c. e. Waugh
an, Chicago.
EHniFetssss> Attend.
The movement TO Minneapolis to the
national encampment of the G. A. R.
is much larger than was at first antici-
pated, and it is expected that the Illi-
nois headquarters train will carry
many hundred veterans and their
friends who will attend. The headquar-
ters train, in charge of F. A. Hart, trav-
cling passenger agent. will leave in
three sections this evening, and the
posts from Galesburg. Monmouth, Can
ton, Quincy, Macomb and other cities
in southern Illinois will continue the ;
journey from here in the second and
third sections of the headquarters
|
ing ran in two sections the first sec
tion going through while the passen-l
gers of the second took supper in this
city. ,
Thanks for Assistance. 3
At the session of the Buford post {
last Saturday evening, a resolution was ,
passed thanking the donors who so :
kindly assisted them, making it posi- {
BILE for them to go as an. escort to Pri- {
vate Buck. Among those who contrib i
uted were, Hon. E. W. Hurst, Weyer- G
haeuser & Denkmann, L. S. McCabe &
Co.. Rock Island Plow company, Major
Connolly, Mueller Lumber company,
Young & McCombs, Harper House, S.
]. Collins, H. c. Schaffer w. K. Scott. i
E. E. Parmenter, Major c. w Halves, c
Rock Island Lumber company, Henry /
Darts Sons, and Mosenfelder & Kohn :
st. Louis Post stop Here.
The Ransom post of ST. Louis went
through Rock Island Sunday morning
by special train over the Burlington,
and remained in the city for the break
fast hour, over 100 being in the party.
Train No. 40 carried several extra
cars and No. AZ in the evening ran in '
.wo sections with the Blair post of st.
Louis. Train. No 49 this morning
brought the Peoria post. The head 4
quarters special this evening will leave v
ahead of train No. AZ and the two sec {
ions of No. AZ will run from here as b
he second and third sections of the b
headquarters train C
The Rock Island speeial to Mime t
,polis this morning was given liberal t
patronage, several hundred taking the a
rip. The train departed at Gas this d
morning and will arrive in Minneapolis
early this evening. The special was
made up of the standard chair cars and
lay coaches with the high back seats. n