The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1906-08-10
CIRCULATION
New Milford.

New Milford.
THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT, G. A. r.
Local Grand Army boys, members
If Upton post, G. A. R.. are, greatly
in plans for. the trip to the
national encampment. The following
will interest many:
Headquarters,
Department of Connecticut,
G. A. R.
Meriden, Conn.,, May l, 1906.
Comrades:
The Council OF Admm1stra-
tion of the State Department., G. A.
R., has selected the following route
for the Connecticut delegation to the
National Encampment at Minneapolis,
August next.
In choosing the railroads over
which our comrades and friends will
travel, the best interests of our State
Department have been carefully con-
sidered, and we believe the most ex-
cellent train service, both for the going
trip and the journey home, has been
judictously grandchildren A. May,
Commander, John n. Thacher, Asst.
Adjutant- General, W. e. Morgan,
Asst. Quartermaster, Committee on
transportation.
Route and Itinerary.
N. Y, N. H. s. q. r. r. to Spring
field; Boston s. Albany r. r. to Al
bany; New York Central r. R. to-
Buffalo; Lake Shore Michigan South
ern r. r. to Chicago; Chicago & North
Western r. b. to Minneapolis.
Returning same route with the OPP
tion of travel from Chicago over the
Michigan Central railroad to Niagara
Falls and Buffalo, or from Detroit or
Cleveland to Buffalo via steamers
Tickets will be good returning from
Minneapolis or St Paul via the direct
line the same as going or via direct
line to Madison, thence through Mil
waukee to Chicago or by any Of the
other authorized routes of the Chicago
s. North Western Railroad Go. All
tickets permit of stop-over at Niagara
Falls without extra charge. The trip
to Minneapolis has been arranged by
special train starting from Springfield,
Mass, at IL O'Clock noon, Saturday,
August II, to arrive at Chicago at
p. m. the following day and to leave
Chicago at p. m. reaching Minneapo-
lis at 7.15 Monday morning, August
Is. Stop. will be made at Syracuse at
7 p. m. for supper at the depot restau-
rant, where all may sit at once for the
evening meal together, and for break
fast at Toledo at 7 q. NJ, the train ar
irving at Chicago at seasonable hour
for dinner, which comrades may enjoy
at their leisure, and have the after
noon for sightseeing about the city.
The special train will be transferred
to the Chicago & North Western rail-
road and leave promptly at els p. m.
(An should assemble at the North
Western depot, corner Wells and Ken
zie streets). Hand baggage, personal
effects, ETC., may be left in the cars.
which will be protected by the porters
and railroad attendants. The special
train to leave Springfield and run
through to Minneapolis will consist Of
one baggage car, one Standard N. Y.
@. Lines coach (for those who do not
care for sleeping car accommodations),
and first-class Pullman sleeping cars,
all berth space to be reserved in the
order received, "First come, first
served" and application for berths
with accompanying price of the Pull
man ticket, 81, to be sent to Col w. E
Morgan, Asst. Quartermaster, Grand
avenue, New Haven. Meal tickets
may also be obtained of Col Morgan at
so cents each for supper and break fast.
Comrades from the following points in
the State may purchase their railroad
tickets at their home ticket Office, and
reach Springfield by the trains as
shown herein; from other stations on
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad application should be made
early to their ticket agent, who will
procure tickets and advise train to
take, that will reach Springfield be-
fore departure of the special train, IL
noon.
Leave. Time. Cost.