The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-29
TENTS AND COTS
FOR ENCANP NENT
,... TboIISand Beds and Two
Thousand Shelters Arrive
From Army DepOtS.
IAN CARE FOR VISITORS
,yDLE ACCOMMODATIONS SEEM
~" TO Sc ASSURED.
IAN CARE FOR VISITORS

--. .sorssnd tents and 5000 cots for
ne. of Grand Army veterans who
r 10 here for the encampment ar
pm IN salt Lake yesterday from the
~ 5a-srtmlnts at St Louis and
sl.I'r ,sr-fs.a. There viii be a meet
s-- the general executive committee
L5 today tU discuss the distribu-
~ NJ these tents and cots.
-l ..--r 600 cots viii be placed IN the
a-,l rag-e- and 200 will be sent TO
- Tr5ga Miners home. The commit
~. ,rHr decide upon the distribution of
me rest. --,, AT c.ou-..+ ovo.,.f,-.
s.-,.+7r will rceommend TO the com
Eco that the tents be pitched i'm Lib
---- mark. rather than that they be
5s,-6rteH about the city and pitched
-- rrivara lawns.
I'VE have had a large number of Of
s.-s from people here who said they
,-5 he aIad TO have tents pitched on
t.r lawns provided that they be Oc-
---is4 hv those who are friends, or at
,.ss- a-1uafutauces. of the family. 1t
q rFarv that these men would enjoy
.-s rorvenieuees of the home and per
-srs have their breakfast with the
There is serious objection to this
alan however. The objection lies i'm
irs fart that If we sent tents to the diff
s.-zrr lawns we would have to distrib-
me- Them from Fort Douglas clear to
he western limits and from Ensign
raag ta Murray. This would cost
great deal of dTayage and a similar
amount for gathering them up again.
Another objection to this plan is that
rhHs Ue would know where the tents
mere. ne could not know that they We're
-r7upfad. and If we sent any of our men
20 occupy them they might find them
already taken.
Il shall therefore recommend to the
committee that the tents be pitched i'm
Liberty park. That park is well
equipped i'm a sanitary way. it is we'll
ra-ied it is under the direct supeTvi-
sion of the city authorities; it viii have
booths for the serving of meals. The
transportation of the tents and cots
vHI be simpIified. as there will be only
ro laUIs at comparatively short dis
lance The danger OF losing some of
she equipment. too. is reduced TO q
minimum if the tents are concentrated
at one point. This in itself is an item
worth careful considera ton, for we are
Lad strictly accountable for all the
qIrag6 that is sent us. down to the
tent pegs. We have had TO give a bond
Of $4,000 for the safe return of the
property, and we are naturally anxious
tlatn0ne of IT shall go astTay. I there
fora hail make the recommendation I
have told you about"
< y
Do you think, colonel, that you will
BE- able TO handle the CrOwd2'
Yes I do replied Colonel Sterrett.
Thus far we nave taken care of every
apartment headquarters, which range
from one 20 twelve, in the forty-four
different departments; we have taken
care Of the different posts that come
as posts We figure that we will have
made provision for 40 per cent before
tfa encampment. leaving so per cent to
be cared for after they get here. We
calculate that there viii be present
four PERSONS to every old soldier; that
has been the experience in the past
wives sons and daughters, grandChil-
a'en or other relatives. believe there
Nll be 10000 old soldiers here.
We have arranged for $500 accom-
modatons I'm Ogden. if necessary to
send out people there, and for 1900 in
Provo
Yes. I believe we will be able to
aAe care in good shape of all who
come
iiah department headquarters dur
.-5 The week of the encampment viii
.e az 50 West Second South street. Ad-
!lalt General Thomas Harris VIII be
- charge Of the Office. Registers will
le Kept for the signatures Of all visit
.-s and system win be inaugurated
~. lle dissemination of general infOr-
-auon. All members of the Utah de-
lallaent are requested to report at this
-sal4uarrers. The headquarters will
De opened Aug. 6.
f.
anus lar there are four cities in the
l Tor enoampmeut hOnOrs next year.
1r-5y are Atlantic City. n J.. st. Louis
'--aAa. Ore. and New Orleans. tt
.-s oeen said several times that after
-5 SAT- Lake enC8mpment there viii
no en-amDmelt except ia Wash
.-.oA. d. C.. This is an open question
aoFeyer.
e =:
'-r Moral committee. one of the i'm
t-.,aAt committees of the Grand Army
llneut. VIII hold a meeting Fri
& afternoon in room 236, Commercial
-l guiding. At that time reports
.- .e received from various members
sl nave charge of the planting Of
CTS .- The different districts.