The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-20
ORGANIZED FOR THE
G.. A. r. ENCAMPMEN1
General and Special Committees Named and Duties As
signed--H honorary Reception Committee Announced
Complete Cooperation in Preliminary Work

If complete and comprehensive organ.
ization and committees composed or
the strongest men Of the city count FOR
success, the G. A. R. encampment in
Minneapolis next August will be the
most successful public movement ever
undertaken in the city. Five hundred
prominent business and professional
men are included in the committee or
CARNATIONS of the encampment move
ment that are now officially announced.
> Every one of the 500 committeeman
has consented to serve on the commit
tees to which he has been assigned, CIV
ing his time and best endeavor. for the
benefit of the encampment. Twenty
two committees are provided for in the
plan of organization, each committee
having a special work to perform. All
will work under the general supervision
of the Commercial club public affairs
committee, which assumed control of
the plans at the request OF the veteran
and business associations of the city.
The Active Committees.
= Three hundred committeeman will
work on the active committees IN
charge of arrangements and the multi
tude of other details of the encamp-
ment. The work of many of these act
i've committees is exacting and will re-
uuire much time and attention from
their members. The strong personnel
of these committees is ample assurance
that the work they have to perform
will be well done.
A large reception committee of 200
composed of representative men from
the twin cities and members from the
state at large, will be active during the
week of the encampment.
In the apportionment Of committees no
attempt was made to limit membership
to affiliatiOn with the Commercial
club the G.. A. R. and other veteran or
CARNATIONS, or to any class. Able, rep
resentative men who would serve were
asked to do so. Many of the workers
are veterans, and some committees hav-
ing work of special interest to the vet
Grams are composed entirely of mem
bers of the veteran organizations. The
business and professional men who are
serving are from the Commercial club,
other business organizations, or un-
affiliated. Several women s committees
will be in charge Of arrangements for
the women's organizations that are to
be here with the G. A. Il.
Plan of Organization.
The plan of organization includes
the following committees and assign
ment of duties:
PUBLlC AEEA1hS LIE, SO1nAAG1kS41a'I
CLUB.
B. F. Nelson, Chairman.
W. S. Dwinnen vicecharman.
e. G. Potter ]. D. Shearer
c. A. McCollom, ND. t. B. Janney
George V. B. Hill c. A. Smith
George H. Elwell Fred E. Barney
Thomas Voegeli John Leslie
George E. Bertrand II. K. 1erxa
William P. Roberts Conway Macmillan
A. C. Danenbaum Frank NJ. Joyce
". a. burst
This permanent committee has general super
vision of all matters connected with the ,encamp
ment this duty having devolVed upon it wher
the Commercial club consented to take charge
of the work at the request of members of the
G.. A. r. and other citizens. The adoption Of
the plan of organization. the naming of the sew
eral committees, and the designation of thei
respective duties has been the work of Thu
committee.
All communications in relation to the encamp
ment. in order to receive prompt attention
should be addressed to Wallace G. Nye, secre
tory, G. A. r. committees, Andrus building.
HEALTH AND COMFORT COMMITTEE