Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-08-31
VETERAN HOST
GATHERS At
TOLEDO
IGRAND ARMY SKIRMISH
LINE REACHES CAMP
Nothing Left UndOne by Pa
triotiC Ohio City Which Could
Add to Comfort of Men Who
Saved Nation,
IBy Morning journal Special Leased wireI

lBy Morning journal Special Leased WireI
Toledo, Aug. 3O.---A skirmish line
of veterans entered Toledo today and
surveyed the profusely decorated
streets, noted the welcome G.. A. r."
on almost every house and building,
scannd the program of camp fires, pa
rades, music and spectacles arranged
for the forty-second national encamp-
ment of the grand army of the re-
public and had no questions for the
multifarious man with the TASK me"
badge.
The forty-second encampment win,
veterans declare, go down in history
with a most laudatory chapter de-
voted to committee which abandon
ed the traditional tents and domiciled
the old soldiers under real roofs and
on real beds
There was something in the tents
of the former reunions which APP
pealed to the Imagination of the vet
veterans and stirred heir memories of
war days, but many of them paid for
1t with pneumonia and rheumatism,
and they were unstined tin their praise
VI lilN DItHtHl dIIdistHleHt.
Apparently no precaution making
for the comfort of visitors has been
overlooked. An information corps in
addition to the TASK me" army has
been scattered about the city at STRAIT
egic points and the tents wherein
they await inquirers bear on signs
readable for blocks information.
Householders generally have agreed to
keep their porch and front window
| lights burning that the stranger may
have in assistance in fhing his way
at night. AS to the decorations they are
red, white and blue in every material
! lending itself to that color scheme and
of every design from the customary
festoon draped by human hands to
parabolas draped by a miehe1ous
wind
| Not only are the principal business
lstreets elaborately decorated, but the
residence districts have followed suit,
and family parties on their front
porches, tonight sat behind draperie5
| Of American flags and bunting.
With the exception of the California
delegation, which arrived four hun-
dred strong on special train this af
ternoon, arrivals today were mostly
small parties from nearby towns COM
ing in by trolley.
Tomorrow a great incprsiOn of vet
erans and their friends and families
Is expected. The local committee is
prepared to care for from $4,000 to
twice that number.
The Califrnans headed by General
Howard NJ. Merrill, arrived at 4:40
o'clock, their train of sixteen cars be-
ing in three sections, including two
cars of fruit and California wines
They were given quarters at the vari-
Gus hotels and at private houses. Prof
George Young, the G. A. r. pension
commissioner for the Pacific coast.
was a member of the party lie Is
prepared to urge the justice of in
creasing pensions for survivors OF the
Civil war, who have suffered life long
injuries from Incarceration In confed-
'crate prisons.
An unusually strong representation
is expected from the south, particu-
larly from Georgia, which is the homo
of the junior vice commander In chief
William M. Scott,
The campaign for the office of com
mander I'm chief was In full swing to-
night three of the candidates. form
er Governor Van SAINT of Mimi; Liv-
ingston r. Dickson oe Illinois and
Henry NJ. Nevens Of N. j., being on
the ground Col Nevens is counting OH
a solid vote from the east because OF
the fact that the present command.
er In chief is a western man--Charles
Burton Of Missouri. Tho official pro-
gram will begin tomorrow night with
public reception at Memorial hall
and spectacle including maneuvers
by the naval militia on the river. The
features Tuesday will be a civic pa
rade and the dedication of the Fort
Meigs monument on Wednesday the
big day of the encampment of the vet
erans, will parade and on the follow
big day of the encampment the vet
will be elected. Friday and Saturday
will be devoted to various forms Of
entertainment, in which the lake and
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