Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-23
EEBRASKASSUPPORTSOUCH
irand Army Delegates Are Asked to
Assist Aspirants.
ST. LOUIS WANTS CONVENTION
maha's Ambition May Have 20 he
sidetracke6 to Make Way for
the Campaign of the
MissOuriana

Omaha delegates to the national encamp-
ment Of tho Grand Army Of the Republic,
to be held In salt Lake City August s-l4,
arc being besleged with circulars asking
support for Captain william a. Ketchnm
u indianapolis for commander-in-chief
Captain Ketcham entered the service as a
private Of the Thirteenth Indiana infantry
in February. 1854. He served in the army
II the Potomac until the close of the war,
reaching the rank Of captain.
ST. Louis wants the location Of the ma
tional cncampment in 1910. Governor II. S.
Hadley Of Missouri and Mayor F. H.
Kriesman Of st. Louis have each ad-
dressed personal letters TO ell the dele
gates from Nebraska asking their support
for the St. Louis proposition. The last
national encampment held at st. Louis
was twenty-five years ago. The Business
Mems league Of st. Louis guarantees 40
Ooo toward tho expense OF entertaining the
national encampment.
Just what attitude the Nebraska deiega-
ton may take on the St Louis proposition
has not vet been determined. II Is the In
tcntlon Of the N~ebraskans to canvass the
field thoroughly at Salt Lake as to the
probability OF securing the national en-
campment for Omaha in 1911. Should the
81. Louis proposition carry at Salt Lake
for 1910 It would throw the 1911 proposition
FOR Omaha over until 1919, as the localities
would be too close together for two sue
cCssive encampments.
The candidacy of Captain C.. Z. Adams
OF Nebraska for commander-in-chiet is
liable 10 cut some figure both on the st.
Louis and Omaha e-ncampment PROPOSE
lions.
VIII Go over Union Pacific.
Department Commander L. d. Richards
OF the Nebraska department has issued
general orders Nc. 4, relative to the ma
tional encampment Of the Grand Army of
the Republic. in which II is stated that the
Nebraska department will go to Salt Lake
by way of the Union Pacific, leaving
Omaha by special train Saturday, August
z, at 4t0 p. m, arriving at Salt Lake the
following Monday morning. An invitation
Is extended to the comrades OF the Grand
Army In general, and to the Women's Re
lief corps and Ladies of the Grand Army
Of the Republic and their friends. Ar
rangements have been made to meet the
official train en- route through Nebraska
by connecting lines. Standard tourist sleep
ers will be provided on each of these
trains.
The Nebraska headquarters at Salt Lake
City will be In room 500, Cullen hotel, West
Second South STREET.
The Salt Lake City hotels are conducted
as a fule on the European plan, the rates
running from $3.50 to IS per day, according
to the pension and purse of the victim.
The smaller hotels will charge from 81 to
50 per day per person, two in a room.
Lodging in private houses will run from
so cents to 81 per night; lodging and
breakfast from 81 to $3.50 per day.
Rates ON Railroad.
The rate from Omaha which is the basis
for all Nebraska points for the round trip,
will be $3.50. Tickets will bear final re-
turn limit of thirty days in addition to
date Of sale, and stopovers are permitted
on the usual conditions within limit.
Tickets sold at Omaha may be routed by
way Of any direct routs, returning by way
Of any other direct route to and from Salt
Lake City.