The National tribune., 1906-07-26
For New Workers.

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vance of arrival:
A large and enthusiastic meeting of
the native sons of New York was held
at the West Hotel, and as result of
the gathering the Empire State Asso-
citation of Minneapolis was organized
and placed upon working basis and
committees were nominated to look
after the arrangements for entertaining
| the members of their own State during
the coming G. A. r. Encampment.
Close to 100 were in attendance and
without exception they expressed them
selves as being heartily in favor OF do
/ ing all in their power to make the stay
or their fellow New Workers as pleasant
as possible. 1t was their opinion that
| this could be done better through an
! organization than otherwise. state
| headquarters will be announced later.
officers were elected as follows: Pres
! ident, Carl L. Wallace; First Vice Pres
ident, r. r. Odell: Second Vice Presi-
dent. d. C. Bell: Third Vice President.
T. H Weld; Secretary, ]. II. Heisser;
Corresponding Secretary, Joseph t.
| Mannix: Treasurer, S. A. Simms.
A letter to any one of these may be
| addressed to the Empire State Asso-
ciation." care West Hotel.
Word comes from Maine that rec
ord breaking crowd is coming for the
c. A r. Encampment The veterans
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others will also take advantage of the
low rates to visit Minneapolis at that
time
| The special train bearing the veter-
ans from Portland Me-, will leave that
city on Saturday. Aug. IL. being per
sonally conducted by A. NJ. Sawyer, of
that city The train will come over the
Maine Central. the Grand Trunk and
Great Gorge Route. stopping at Niagara
Falls for dinner Sunday
| The Chicago Great Western win bring
the party from Chicago. and Minneapo-
lis will be reached at $3.50 Monday
evening of Encampnent week. The
headquarters of the Maine Department
Of the C. A. r. will be at the Nicollet
Hotel.
| Commander Coney, of the Depart
ment of Kansas, expects to have fully
5000 people with him from the Sun
| flower State, and the Department of
Illinois will be here in force.
| Commander Tanner will arrive in the
| city and open the National HeadGuar-
| ters at the West Hotel Friday, Aug. 10.
His staff will report for duty at the
same time. The Executive Committee
of the National Council of Administra-
| tion will meet at 10 a. M, Monday, Aug.
49, The National Council of Admins
tration, which has entire charge of the
affairs Of the organization, will meet at
3 p. m, Monday, to listen to the report
| of its Executive Committee and trans
act its business.
The Committee on Credentials will
meet Tuesday, Aug. IA. 1t will receive
reports from the Department Com
manders and Adjutants, and will issue
the official badges to delegates. The
semi-official meeting or grand Camp
fire will be held Tuesday evening in the
| Auditorium.
The grand parade, the big event of
the week, will take place on Wednes-
| day. Columbia Post, 706, of Chicago,
will act as escort to the Commander-in-
Chief.
/ The business sessions of the Encamp-
ment will be held in the Auditorium,
beginning at 10 a. m. Thursday, and
continuing until all the business of the
Encampment has been transacted.
/ The Program.
/ The official program as finally decided
upon is as follows:
Sunday, Aug II.
Patriotic services in all the churches
of the city.
/ Monday, Aug. 13.
Arrival of guests and assignment OF
quarters.
D. m.--Reception in honor OF
i Daughters Of American Revolution al
the residence of Mrs. H. H. Kimball.
1 8 p. m.-Grand patriotic concert. Au-
ditorium.
Tuesday, Aug. IA.
! 10 a. m. and p. m.-Reunions, City
Hall and Court House.
j Up. m. and evening" Min
/ nesota Commandery, Loyal Legion,
eighth floor, Masonic Temple.
2 p. m.-Business session, National
| Association of Survivors of Battle OF
| Shiloh Plymouth Church.
/ 2 D. m.-Business session, Army OF
i Tennessee Association. Mckinley Hall.
/ 2 p. m.-Business session, Union Vet
erans' Union and Ladies' Auxiliary, A.
/ o. U. w. Halls.
2 p. m.-Reunion and business ses-
sion, National Association, Union Ex-
Prisoners of War and Ladies' Auxiliary,
First Unitarian Church.
| 2 p. m.-Meeting of Woman's Press
Association, Plymouth Church.
| 3 to p. m.-Reception in honor of
Mrs. Abbie A. Adams. National Presi-
dent. Woman's Relief Corps, by the De-
partment of Minnesota, w. r. c., and
citizens of Minneapolis, University Ar
mory.
3 to p. m.-Reception in honor of
Miss Bertha NJ. Martin, National Presi-
| dent, Daughters of Veterans, by Mary
L. Starkweather Tent, D. of ", Uni
versary Armory.
D. m.-Business session, National
Association of Army Nurses, CONNER
cial Club.
| 6 p. m.-Complimentary dinner to
Army Nurses, Commercial Club.
| 1880 p. m.-Campfire, Union Ex-Pris-
oners OF War, Plymouth Church.
4 8 p. m.-Public meeting and Camp
| fire, Auditorium. Welcoming addresses
and responses. music and recitations.
9 p. m.-Parade and display, Topeka
Flambeau Club; afternoon and evening,
band concerts in courts of honor.
| Wednesday, Aug. Is.
Army of the Republic.
p. m.-Brigade. regimental and 9TH
er Reunions, City Hall and Court House
Union Ex-Prisoners of War and La
dies Auxiliary. First Unitarian Church.
| Union Veterans Union and Ladies'
Auxiliary, A. o. U. w. Halls.
| Army of the Tennessee Association,
Mckinley IiSN.
| 3 to p. m.-Reception in honor of
Mrs. Ruth E. Foote, National President,
Ladies of the G. A. R., Council Cham
Der, City Hall.
1880 p. m.-Campfire, survivors of
| Battle of Shiloh. Plymouth Church
| 1880 p. m.-Campfire, Army of the
| Tennessee, Mckinley Hall.
1880 p. m.-Reception in honor of
| James Tanner, Commander-in-Chief, by
| the National Woman's Relief Corps,
Auditorium.
s p. m.-Automobile parade, Minne-
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