The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-10
ALL In HAND FOR
GAR. EUCAMP PMENT
EXECUTIVE CENTER AT 5O2 HEN
NEPIN NOW. 49,
Tomorrow Morning Everything Will Be
in Readiness at the New Committee
Headquarters-Guid at Work and
Information Bureaus in Operation
Finishing Touches Now.

Tomorrow will see everything in
readiness for the reception of the
crowds that will arrive in Minneapolis
for the Grand Army encampment. Gen
nue. will be open and ready for bust
ness. Wallace G. Nye,, secretary of
the Grand Arns committee, and his
staff of assistants will move from the
former headquarters in the Andrus
building and will be established for
the week near the national headquar-
ters. Every committee in charge of
q branch Of the active work will have
a desk at headquarters and the chair
man or some members of the commit
tee will be continually on duty.
The information and guide service is
working today, but will be formally
egtab1shfd hsed tomSrrow nor & The t ipforma inf ma
will be ready for business and the
strangers who will begin to arrive to-
morrow will find the entire corps of
guides at their disposal. The finishing
touches will be put on the emergency
hospital in the old city hall today, and
Dr., Dan Kriedt and DR.. <. Schmidt
are in charge today. DR.. n. N. Smith
and DR.. A. G. Dawson will be in charge
tomorrow. D. c. A. McCollom, chief
of the medical service, will establ
headquarters at 5O2 Hennepin avenue
with the general committees tomor-
row, and will have personal supervi
campment.
Women Shift Offices.
The Ladies of the G.: A. R. have left
their headquarters in the Andrus build
ing, as have the Women s Relief corps
the general committees in the general
headquarters. The quarters at POI An
drus building formerly occupied by the
Ladies of the G. A. r. will be taken
by the parade committee.
Plans for the parade are progress
will be undertaken the first of the
week. Much preliminary work has al
ready been done. Holes for the iron
posts supporting the ropes have been
drilled in the curbs on Tenth street
and Nicollet, and the anchors that will
be used on Hennepin avenue are ready
and can be placed at any time.
Phones in Place.
The members of the active commit
tee are loud in their praises of the as
sistance rendered by the Northwestern
Telephone company. In addition to it's
contribution Of the entire amount asked
for by the committee, the Northwest
ern company has installed special sys-
mittee work free Of charge. Ten trunk
lines run into the boards, so that there
is little danger Of all lines being busy
in the case of emergency calls. The
trunk lines connect with the central
station. In addition there are forty
two special lines running out to the
various stations in charge of the com
mittee. These lines reach the infor-
nation booths, the guide service, the
medical service, all committee head
quarters, and several special lines for
Wednesday only are provided along
the line of march. Heaquarters will be
constantly in touch with everything 60
ing on both night and day, and all spe-
cial incidents arising can be instantly
cared for.
The official and important visitors
who have arrived extol the complete
preparations that have been made.
They declare that nothing has been
( left undone and that more has been
done than ever before. The visitors
also are complimenting the fine appear
ance of the streets and the courtesy
and kindly treatment that has been
shown them by everybody.