Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-05-31
PROGRAM OF THE
GA. R. ENCAMPMEN7
Plans Are Completed for Meet
ing Of the Veterans at
Boone in June.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
Governor cumnins. Former Governor
Van SAINT. Commander in Chief Tan
ner and Others Will Deliver
Addresses.

Boone. Ia. May 30..he prOgraAi of
the state encampment of the @. a. X.
was given out for publication today.
The general chairman, Hon. S. L..
Moore. and Judge d. f. Hindman, with
the other members of the program COM
mittee have been busly working of late
preparing the program. A number Of
the prominent speakers We're little
tardy in answering. and for this rea-
son tn" program was not issued sooner.
The encampment lasts for three days,
June 5. 6 and T. 1t will bring to Boone
ut least 10000 and possibly 5000 more
The encampment sessions will be held
III the Arie opera house. the tabernacle
in the city park, and in the churches
a@d the city halls.
Many prominent speakers will par
ticipate in the exercises. Governor A.
II. Cummins. ex C;ovcrnor Van SAINT of
Minnesota. Commander Tanner of the
rational G. A. r., and others will be
among the number
Program of Encampment.
The program for the encampment
follows:
Tuesday. June 5--Reception i'm the
parlors of the Butler house by the de-
partment president and staff OF the W.
II. G. to the department commander
ard staff of the q; A. r.; reception at
=. NJ
the department president and staff of
the q. A. r..
Tuesday evening Reception and
campfire at tabernacle in city park. S.
l.. Moore, general chairman. presiding
Invocation. Rev. jesse Cole of the
Iowa soldiers home; address of well
coma in behalf of the citizens of
Boone Mayor w. w. Goodykoontz;
response for the Il; A. r. and all in
vited organizations by Department
Commander s. III. Harper; speech by
Governor S. II. Van SAINT. of Mime
sofa; short address by Fremont S. Glib
son. division commander Sons of Vet
Grams. other short campfire speeches
This same evening Il campfire will be
held in the Boone opera house, Colonel
T.. $. Ormsby presiding. The speakers
Will pass from one campfire to the
other. so the same speakers will be
heard At each OF the campfires.
Wednesday, June 6-Businass SEES
sions of all organizations; speech by
A. Il. Cummins, governor of Iowa. at
tabernacle i'm city park.
Wednesday Afternoon Grand pa
rade and separate reunions follow
Wednesday Evening Campfire at
tabernacle i'm city park Senator w. V.
Allen of Nebraska. chairman: invoca-
ton by Chaplain Shipman of Jefferson
address by National Commander in
chief James Tanner; address by Gen
eral James r. Weaver: short talks by
other comrades. This same evening "a
campfire viii be hed i'm the Boone opera
house Colonel ID. J. Palmer presiding
The speakers will pass from one camp
tire to the other SO the same speakers
will be heard at each OF the campfires.
Thursday, June 7-Business sessions
of all organizations: parade of the
state troops In main streets of the city
under command of Major r. j. Ma
honey and Captain Wilson
Thursday rnoon-Speeches at
tabernacle, General George A. Newman.
chairman; short speeches by Colonel
Charles a. Clark, Colonel Orinsby. Nat
Kendall. $. of ", and others