The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-31
UTAH VETERANS
REACH TOLEDO
ENCAMP MENT
Old Soldiers From All Parts of
the Country Arrive in
Ohio City.
RESIDENTS WELCOME
H0N0REp VISITORS
CAMPAIGN FOR COMMANDMENT
CHIEF OF G. A. r. BEGINS
IN EARNEST.

Toledo, Ohio. Aug. ga SkirmlSh line or
veterans entered Toledo today and sur
veyed the profusely- decorated streets. not
ed the Welcome G. A. r." on almost
every house and building. scanned the pro-
gram of camp fires. parades. music and
spectacles arranged for the forty-second
national encampment OF the Grand Army
OF the Republic. and had no questions for
the multifarious man with the ASK me"
badge.
The forty-second encampment will. vet
Grams declare. go down In history with a
most laudatory chapter devoted TO a COM
mittee which abandoned the traditional
tents and domiciled the old soldiers under
real roofs and on rea! beds.
There was something in the tents Of
the former reunions which appealed to the
Imagination of the veterans and stirred
their memories of war days, but many OF
them paid for il with pneumonia and rheu-
mdtiSm. and they were unStinted IN their
praise of the present arrangement. 1t is
said that the appeal of Mayor Brand
Whitlock and Chairman j. Kent Hamilton
to throw open their home to care for the
honored visitors met with a general re-
sponse
Veterans Made Comfortable.
Apparently no precaution making for the
comfort Of visitors has been overlooked.
ASK me- army has been scattered about
the city at strategic points. and the tents
wherein they await inquiTers. bear on
signs readable for blocks the word ''Infor-
nation. HOuSehOlders generally have
agreed to keep their porch and front win
dow lights burning that the stranger may
have the assistance of finding his way
at night As to decorations. they are red,
white and blue in every material lend
ing itself to that color scheme. and of
every design from the customary festoOn
draped by humand hands to parabolas
dra ped by a mischievOus wind.
Not only are the principal business
streets deliberately decorated, hut the resi-
dence districts have followed suit and fam
lily parties on their front porches tonight
sat behind dTaperies of American flags
and bunting
With the exception of the California del
egation. which arrived 800 strong on a spe-
cial train this afternoon. arrivals today
were mostly small parties from nearby
towns. coming in by trolley Tomorrow
great excursion Of veterans and their fam
lilies is expected. The local committee IS
prepared 10 care for 1000 10 twice that
number.
California Arrives.
The Californians. headed by Gen. How
ard NJ Merrill. arrived at 4:iO o'clock.
their train of sixteen cars being in three
sections including two cars OF fruit and
California wines. They were given quar-
tiers at the various hotels and at private
homes Prof. George Young, the .. a X
pension commissioner for the Pacific coast
was a member of the party. He Is pre-
pared to urge the justice Of increasing
pensions for survivors Of the civil war who
have suffered lifelong injuries from IN
generation in confederate prisons
An unusually strong representation Is
expected from the south. particularly from
Georgia which is the home Of the junior
vice commander-in-chief, William VI.
Scott.
The campaign for the Office OF com
n,ander-in-chief was in fun swing tonight.
three of the candidates. Former Governor
Van SAINT of Minnesota. Livingston !.
Dickinson of Illinois and Col. Henry NJ
Nevins of New Jersey. being on the
ground Colonel Nevins is counting on a
solid vote from the east because OF the
fact that the present commandment
chief is western man-Charles q. Burton