The Washington times., 1908-08-29
Toledo All Ready to We'll
come Forty-Second Annual
Reunion of Troops.
AUXILIARY ORDERS
ALSO to CONVENE
Program Includes Appearance of
Taft and Speech by Senator
Foraker of Ohio.

TOLEDO. Ohio. Aug. 25.-The forty
second national encamPment OF the q.
a Il. Will open in this city next Monday.
At the same time the conventions Of
the Woman's Relief Corps. Ladies of the
G. A. r., Daughters of Veterans, eX-
Prisoners Of the War. National Asso-
citation OF Army Nurses, and National
Naval Veterans Union viii be held
there
The officers OF the Grand Army Of the
Republic are: Charles g. Burton, conf
mauder-in-chief. Kansas city, Mo; l..
Z Griffith, senior vice commandments
chief, TROY. \. Y; ". NJ. Scott, junior
vice commander-in-chief. Atlanta, Ga;
G. Lane Tanneyhill, surgeon general
Baltimore. Md; Rev. samuel Fallows'
chaplain-in-chief, Chicago, Ill {. D, X
StowitZ, Inspector general, Buf1alo, y.
Y; L. W Collins, Judge advocate gen
eraI. Minneapolis. Mimi; Jere I. Dew
adjutant general. Kansas City, Mo;
Charles Burrows, quarterInaster general.
Rutherford, " Y: W. Lee Cess. ma
tioRal patriotic instructor, Rutherford.
y. J.: J. c. Winans. s. A. Dec. and
chief Of staff. Toledo. Ohio; J. Henry
Holcomb. custodian OF records. Phila-
delphia. IA.
ReueT corps OlnCcIS-
Ehe officers Of the Woman's Relief
earns are: National President, Kate 4.
Zones, Ilion. n. Y; national senior vice
president. Ida K. Martin, Minneapolis.
MINI; national junior vice president
Kate e. Vallandigham. Valley CITY
y. Oak; national secretary. Eliza Brown
Dqggett. Ilion. \. Y; national treasurer
Charlotte E Wright, New Haven
Conn; national chaplain, Mary Z.
Uartwen. Los Angeles, Cal; national
inspector, Sarah Il. Putnam DlAIleiu'
Present officers Of the Ladies of the q:
a r. are. Clara \. Sawyer, national
president, South Portland, Me; Mrs.
Florence M. Wallace, secretary emma
The officers OF the National Associa-
ton of eX-Prisoners of War are. john
Kissane national commander, CtEcln-
natl, Ohio; John D. Walker adJuIahI
general Pittsburg. Pa.
The officers OF the National Associ1-
ton of Army Nurses of the civil War
are: Clarissa +, Dye, president, Ger
mantown. Pa. Kate NJ. Scott. secre-
tary, Brookvilie. Pa; Salomc NJ. stew
art. treasurer, Gettysburg. Pa.
Program for Week.
The general program for the week is:
Opens Monday night with reception
given by the citizens and women's COM
mittee, followed by the entertainment OF
the evening, called Venetian might.
Tuesday morning will be the civic
parade and Tuesday afternoon, dedi-
cation of the Fort Meigs monument.
Tuesday. evening, the W. r. c. will give
a reception to Misunderstanding Bur-
ton. of the G. a. R., and camp fires viii
be held by the ex-prisoners. naval vet
Grams and G. A r
Wednesday morning will be the C. 4.
r parade; among those invited TO re-
view the. parade are William Howard
Taft the Republican nominee for Presl-
dent and Senator Dick of Ohio. This
evening viii be devoted to camp fires
The opening session OF the ladies' OF the
G. A. r will be held that afternoon
The business sessions OF the various or
CARNATIONS viii be held Thursday and
Friday. Saturday will be devoted to
excursions and entertainments The
headquarters Of the G. A. r. will be at
the Body house. while the headquar-
teTs OF most Of the other organizations
Will be at SecOr Hotel
Speeches to Be Made.
Among the addresses to be made dur
ing the week viii be those of Governor
Wilson of Kentucky, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Murphy Of Pennsylvania. and
Senator Foraker of Ohio. at the dedica-
ton of the Fort Meigs monument. Sena-
tor Foraker viii also speak at the camp
fire at Valentine Theater, Wednesday
evening. while Corporal Tanner, of
Washington, and Senator Warner of
Montana, will address the camp fire IN
the Memorial Building the same even
ing Former Governor Van Zandt of
Minnesota Will deliver an address at the
camp FIRE in EilIs Hall. GeneralJ. Warren
Ileifer will speak at the camp fire in
Memorial Hall on Thursday evening.
The same evening, Bishop FallOws will
deliver an address at the camp fire in
Elks Hail.