Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-07
TO MEN WHO
WORE The BLUE
FOrty=First National En-
campment Grand Army
of the Republic

SARATOGA, N. Y, Sept. This
forty-first national encampment of ths
! Grand Army of the Republic, with the
annual meetings of it's several affiliated
| bodies, will open here Monday and IL
expected to be one of the largest in
recent years. = ~
The arrangements for the week werA
completed today. The village is ex-
tensvely and handsomely decorated
/ in honor of the occasion, and the hO-
| tells, railroad stations and other build
ings bear electrical illuminations OF
unusual brilliancy. COMMANDMENT
chief r. B. Brown, Of Ohio, accom-
panied by the members of his stan,
opened headquarters at the United
! States hotel today.
! In connection with the meetings OF
the Grand Army, there will be held the
annual gatherings of the National
woman's Relief Corps, the National
Ladies' Aid society, the National
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, the National Daughters OF yer-
Grams, the National Army Nurses as
sociation, the National Associa ZION Cf
Naval Veterans, and the National AS
sOciation Of ex-Prisoners of war
The meetings and reunions of these
various organizations will continue
through the entire weeks The feature
of the week will be the parade of the
veterans on Wednesday, when it is
expected from twenty to thirty thou
sand men will be in line. The line OF
march will be one and quarter miles
in length, with a slight down grade the
entire distance. Great elms will over
reach nearly the entire distance of the
parade.
Tuesday will be devoted to the well
coming Of the chiefs and members Of
the Grand Army of the Republic. Gov
ernor Hughes and other notables win
take part in the social entertainment
Wednesday evening there win be an
illustrated muster in Convention
hall The business sessions of the sew
eral organizations will be held Thurs
day. The G. A. r. delegates will meet
in Convention hall, the Woman's Re-
lief Corps in the First M. E. church,
the Ladies' of the G. A. r. in the First
BAPTIST church, the Daughters of Vet
Grams in Bethesda Episcopal parish
house, the Naval Veterans association
in the Second Presbyterian church,
and the National Association of ex-
Prisoners of War in the Town hall
On Thursday evening the mammoth
camp fire of the Grand Army will be
held in Convention hall, with brief
speeches by representatives of all the
state departments. A number of
prominent speakers also will be heard
The election of officers of the Grand
Army will take place Thursday after
noon or Friday morning. Much inter-
est centers in the choice of the new
commander in chief. For this ONCE
there are already several prominent
candidates. including General Charles
G. Burton of Missouri Patrick Coney
of Kansas, Chester Burrows of New
Jersey and General w. T. Wilder OF
Tennessee. Other than for the offlca
of commander-in-c -chief there will be
little competition.
The arrangements for the entertain
ment of the veterans and other visitors
are of the most elaborate character,
the State of New York having appro-
priated the sum of $4,000 to see that
the encampment was well taken care
of. The encampment will be in Wood
land park, which consists of 500 acres,
one-half a beautiful sward and the
other half primeval forest. densely
shaded along the line of march of the
parade. In addition to the hotels and
board houses many private homes will
be opened for the accommodation OF
veterans. 1t is also planned to side
the eneampment week and these viii
he occupied by visitors. The enter
tainment program also provides for
many short trips to nearby resorts.
Notwithstanding the great distance
to be Travelled the veterans of the far
West and Southwest will be well rep
resented at teh encampment. The first
of the posts to arrive in special trains
reached here today Scores of veter-
ans, with their families and friends.
also came in on regular trains. Suck
an early influx of visitors was some
what unexpected by the local exec1-
tive committee, but the arrangements
already completed were Of such per-
feet and elaborate character that the
visitors were soon under tow Of white
capped guides and escorted to the