The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-12
.EHCANPMENT
ARRANGEMENTS
WELL IN HAND
Col. Sterrett Outlines Prepare
tons for Great Gathering
of G. A. R.
ALL AVAILABLE HOTEL
ACCOMMODATIONS TAKEN
DECORATIONS TO EXCEED ANY
THING EVER SEEN IN THIS
CITY.

Arrangements for the forty-third an
nuaI eneampment of the Grand Army Of
the Republic. which is to be held in
Salt Lake from August to IA, are well
in hand, according to Colonel Frank NJ.
Sterrett, the executive director. Colo
mel Sterrett says that all of the COM
mittees are up to date with their work,
and that every Indication is that when
the day arrives for the great assem-
bling OF veterans i'm this city there win
be nothing left incomplete. Colonel
Sterrett was asked yesterday for a brief
resume of the work that had been ac-
cOmplished up to this time. This re-
view he gave I'm concise summary by
reference to the important committees.
Beginning with the executive COM
mittee," said Colonel Sterrett, Il VIII
say that since the first Of May the COM
mittee held meetings every week, then
three times a week. and now we are
holding meetings every day.
THE finance committee has received
$4,000 by private subscription, and is
now raising $4,000 more.
Best Rates Ever Made.
THE transportation committee has Sc
cured the lowest railroad rates ever
made for an encampment This is west
of Chicago; east of Chicago it was i'm
/ possible TO do much. The committee has
| secured exceedingly low rates from Pro
vO, Ogden, Logan and other points in
| Utah, and hopes to secure big redUc-
/ tons from every point in the state and
from Idaho points.
with reference to hotel accommoda-
tons, the committee reports that the
| accommodations the hotels have to Of
| fer have practically all been contracted
| for. There viii be fifteen hundred cots
/ in the school buildings and we have the
l Judge Miners home. Fifteen hundred
/ tents will be available. All Of these Will
/ not be pitched I'm one spot. but we hope
! to place many of them on the lawns
/ about the city. The women who have
/ been making a canvass of the city for
/ rooms report that they have thus faI
/ secured seven thousand or eight thou
I sand-I can't say just how many they
have been able to get.
Grand Stands Contracted For.
I'VE have contracted for a grand
/ stand on Main running from South
/ Temple to a point near the alley. This
/ will be for the use Of the Grand Army
| men. Another grand stand viii be built
| at Main and seventh South, admission
/ to which will in no case exceed 81. This
| will have a seating capacity Of three
/ thousand
I 1.-THE medical corps is in charge OF
/ DIT. W. F. Beer. All of the hospitals
/ have donated the use Of their ambu-
lances and other equipment
Under the head of campfres and re-
/ unions, I might say that we have ar
/ ranged for campfres i'm the Auditorium
] and the Assembly hall. There will be
/ four in each place. Prominent @. a. r.
/ men viii address these meetings, in
( Guiding many of the past grand CONF
/ mdnders who viii be here.
Decorations VIII Be Superb.
/ 1.-The decorations during the encamp-
ment will be the most elaborate ever
seen in your city The decorations in
| the tabernacle will surpass anything
/ yet attempted here. There Will be a
I ceiling decoration Of an immense flag
/ which in its four folds viii be two hun
/ dred and fifty feet long. In addition.
! we will decorate twelve halls. The
/ street decorations viii be uniform and
/ according to plans drawn especially FOG
/ the occasion. We urgently ask that be-
| fore the people do any decorating they
/ consult US in order that they may fol-
/ low out the general scheme adopted.
. Ut the army nurses LfIeIe VIII De 2
] special platform at the Brigham Young
/ monument, on a level with the base of
| that statue. From this point Of vantage
/ they will be enabled to see the parade on
I two streets. There viii be about fifty
/ Of them, I think.
Plenty OF Music.
we have already contracted for
/ $500 worth Of music, and expect u
| have a total of about S6,0OO This fea-
/ tUre is in the hands of a committee OF
| which J. J. Mcclellan is chairman.
b. B. Haywood is chairman Of the
/ committee on horses and carriages. 7
/ think we will have about one hundred
/ horses. We viii pay SO a day for car
/ riages and IS for Surveys. I think that
| ought to be a fair price.
The most handsome badges that were
/ ever seen at an encampment viii be
] seen i'm Salt Lake this year. We have
/ contracted for 1000 Of the very finest
| TO be had, and will Immediately con-
tract for 5000 more.
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