The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-10
CAPITAL FILED
WITH VETERANS

Salt Lake City, Aug 10.-The first
day of the forty-thrd national encamp.
menL OF the Grand Army of the Repub
/ lie found 10000 veterans and visitors
QuaTtered In this city with the pros.
I pect of having their number increased
| TO 10000 bv Wednesday morning
Monday trains continued 10 arrive
| Their passengers were conducted To
! their resting places and soon there.
/ after lost in the crowd. Drum and
hte corps paraded the streets and at
The various headquarters bands fur
nished martial music Many belated
! trains arrived late last night and the
| problem OF caring for their passengers
was a serious one.
All we're tired and trayel-worn and
much restlessness was displayed while
awaiting the search for lodgings.
OF the fourteen past commanders.
iu-chief now living. five arc in attend
ance at the present encampment They
are.
General S. S. Burdett OF Washing.
ton D. c.
Eli Torrance of Minneapolis
John r King of Baltimore
Corporal James Tanner OF Washing.
Ton, ID, - ana
General Charles C. Burton OF Nc
Nada, Mo
\ reception in honor of Commander.
in-Chlef Neyius and the officers of his
staft was given by the Woman's Re
lief Corps last night at the rooms OF
the Commercial clue. Three thousand
guests were present. In the receiving
lines. beside Commander Neyius.
were Governor and Mrs. Spry and
Mayor and Mrs Bransford
At the armory and Assembly hall
buildings were held camp fires which
were addressed by Commander.in.
Chief Neyius, Senior Vice Commander
in-Chief J Kent Hamilton, Past Com
manders-inChief Charles G. Burton
and Eli Torrance, Mrs Mary E Gil,
man. national president of the Won.
ans Relief Corps, and Gencvieve
Long6eld. national president Of the
Ladies' of the C. A. R.
The outdoor spectacle for the even
ing, the parade of the Wizard of the
WasOtch and his wards. was proven.
ed by a heavy rainstorm which burs'
over the city just as the procession
was forming The thousands who lin
cd the streets awaiting the parade.
were hurriedly driven to shelter and
the outdoor program was declared off.
Within half an hour the downpour
ceased but the decorations had suffer,
ed serious damage. Hundreds of yards
Of bunting were discolored and thous.
ands of flags hung limp and water.
soaked
There was much activity during the
day at the headquarters of the com.
mander-in-chief. closing up the pre-
liminaries of the encampment
The political side of the encamp.
ment was made prominent through
the opening of headquarters of rival
claimants for coming honors.
The indications are that the fight
between st. Louis and Atlantic City
for the encampment OF 1910 is to be
warmly contested
Denver is urging It's advantages for
the 1911 encampment The result OF
the fight for next years meeting prob
ably rests with the delegation from
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. as
they arc the strongest numerically
For commandcr-ln-chief, Former
Governor Van SAINT of Minnesota and
w l.. Ketcham OF Indiana continue TO
be the active candidates
Friends OF L. T. Dickerson of ILL
nois urged him to seek the coveted
honor but he declined.
In consequence a sentiment in his
behalf for 1911 is being developed
Union veterans are least numerous
in the states south OF Mason and Dix,
on's line. but every state OF the late
confederacy has a delegation here Be
tween them Louisiana and Mississippi
have mustered about fifteen veterans
Texas sends twenty. Georgia has fur
Dished the largest delegation from the
far south
There are perhaps fifty colored vet
Grams at the encampment Careful at
tention has been given to their needs
and all have been quartered with col
ored citizens Of Salt Lake
Late Monday special train
from Kansas City debarked $50 Kan
sans. including Grand Army veterans,
their wives, the Modoc Glee club OF
and the Ellis Union Pacific
band Theic march from the Oregon
Short Line depot TO the headquarters
the undivided attention of
the street crowds.
Members of the Massachusetts dele
cation. 124 strong, boast that their
special train outran a tornado near
kearney, Neb., and can beat anything
also thar hInyC