The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-21

Minneapolis Grand Army folders are
being scattered broadcast over the
country by the committees in charge
next August, and now the railroads are
in line to help the work along, and will
boom the encampment. The bright,
newsy, Minneapolis folders issued by
the Grand Army executive committee
as sort of prospectus is making big
hit. Thousands Of requests for copies
are coming in from private sources,
and now the railroads are asking copies
for distribution at their ticket offices.
With the completion Of the organ
lzatlon of the working committees that
will direct the plans of the encampment
the real work has started. Special tel
ephones for. the G. A. R. committees
have been installed in the headquar-
tiers, 533 Andrus building, and a special
force Of clerks is working under the
direction Of Wallace G.. Nye, secretary
of the, executive committee and the
Commercial club public affairs commit
tee, which has general supervision.
The Northwestern telephone number is
HNicollet 427,' and the Twin CITY.
"9572.' G. A. R. business should be
transacted over these phones. .
hOUIlS Ill DemdQQ.
Every person with spare room will
have ample opportunity to fill it during
encampment week. TO house and enter
tain the thousands of visitors who will
be in the city, it will be necessary to
provide special temporary quarters for
organizations attending in a body and
to secure accommodations in private
houses for individuals and smaller
parties. The committee on accommodate
lions is now ready to begin listing
rooms and will put persons with rooms
to rent in touch with others who wish to
make reservations. Information con-
corning rooms and other accommoda-
tons, meals and prices, may now be
filed with the committee at the head
quarters in the Andrus building The
| committee will not assume RESPONSIBLE
ity for making reservations, but will
bring parties together free of charge.
Large posts, state departments and
other bodies are already making head
quarters reservations at the various
hotels. Minnesota headquarters will pc
in the new g. A. R. memorial halls in
the quadrangle of the courthouse, anu
city hall building. The Minnesota ". r.
! G.. will have accommodations in the
same halls and the Minnesota Ladies
Of the G.. A. R. will hold open house
| at the Hyser hotel.
.-. Those in Hotels.
| At the other hotels where depart
ments will have headquarters there
will be no attempt to bring natura
neighbors together. East, west, NORTH
and south will be CHARTERED together
under one roof. Twenty state e.. A. I,
departments and six w. R. G. ,.ieparc
ments have already reserved their head
quarters. These reservat lions for the
most part have been made by persona
representatives of the departments wh<
have visited the city to look over tn,
ground. In addition to the department.
that are provided with quarters man,
posts and other organizations have beer
furnished accommodation in halls
office buildings, store buildings AM
schools. Z.
The following reservations are al
ready made at the hotels: G.. 4. r
departments: West Hotel-1llinois
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New
York, Massachusetts,, Potomac, Ne
braska, Indiana and the national head
quarters of Commander-in-C Chief Jane
Tanner. Nicollet Hotel-New Jersey
Maine, California, Vermont, Michigan
Iowa, Missouri and South Dakota
Brunswick Hotel-Oregon.
Six W. R. G. departments, beside tn
national w. R. G. organization, hav
taken headquarters at the West hotc
as follows: Illinois, Nebraska, Ohio
New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana