The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-31
PREPARE FOR
GRAND ARMY
Public Spirited Citizens Are De-
termined to Make EnCamp-
ment a Great Success.
COMMITTEES TO BE NAMED
BOOKLETS OF INFORMATION TO
BE SCATTERED BROADCAST.
COMMITTEES TO BE NAMED

Next week work will begin i'm earnest
and definite plans Will be formulated
for making the big Grand Army en-
comment to be held in this city mex;
August a grand success This viii be
the forty-third annual encampment,
and the local organizations that VIII
take active parts in promoting IL nope
10 make it the biggest and best ever
held.
VERY soon after the first Of the year
the executive committee. OF when
NTavor Holm s. Br.tnsfOrd will be chair
mar. will be orga niZed. This commit
tee as soon as organized, VIII adopt a
set of rules and regulations, Whlch are
now being prepared for submission ana
will name twenty different WORKING
committees. The actual campaign WIN
then begin and there viii be regular
meetings Of committees from then o.
until the first day of the encampmehl'
Aug. 9.
Favor Big Committee.
The size Of the executive committee
has not been decided and VIII not De
determined until some time next week.
At the last encampment. held III Toledo,
the executive committee consisted -
forty persons. Some arc Of the opinion
that the conditions here call for fully
as large a committee AS was selected
there. while others believe that better
and quicker results can he accom-
plished by having a smaller committee
The matter. however. Will be left IN the
hands of the members of the organlZa-
tions that will have the affair OF the ell
campment in hand
The rules that viii generally govern
the encampment and the duties and
powers Of the various officials and COM
mfttees are now being drafted by Col
ouel Sterrett for submission TO the eX-
ecutfve committee when organized
They will probably be adopted as SUD-
mitted or with few changes. They Will
not vary materially from the rules In
force at former national encampments
except in regard to minor matters
which must conform to local conditions
Will Issue Booklets.
Several booklets containing full In
formation about the encampment viii
he issued, the first probably about
March J. and the second probably II
June. These booklets will be sent to al
Grand Army posts and viii contain al
information possible to give regarding
rates, city accommodations. side trips
and amusement features, with estimar-
ed and actual costs.
Those in charge of the railway rate
feature Of the enCdmpment express
hopes Of being able to get a still lower
rate than has been promised They are
still working for a cent-a-mile rate Al
resent there is a. assurance of a rate
one and two-fifths from Chicago,
which would make the fare one and
two fffth cents a 1rIfIe on the short IIeSui
or about one and one-Quarter cents by
wav of St. Louis. This rate is cheaper
than the railways allowed for the To-
ledo encampment. when a rate of one
and one-half fare was allowed, amount
ing on the general run TO about a cent
and one-half a mile.
In preparation for much activity be-
ginning the first of the new year, the
rooms occupied for the encampment IN
the Commercial club building are being
renovated and decorated. Painters
have been staining the floors and VII
begin work Immediately on some espe-
Cially built furniture.