The National tribune., 1909-07-15
sT. LOUIS A CANDIDATE
She Extends n Hearty Invitats,u m
the 41st National Encampment.

81. LOUIS n CANDIDATE.
the 41st National Encampment
From the G. Al
10 the Comman,ier-in-Ch Chief, Members Of
and Delegates TO the Nation..f En-
eampment. Grand Army OF the Repu5-
lic- Salt Lake City, Utah
Headquarters Executive Committee Grand
Army OF the Republic
st. Louis, July II, 1909.
To the Commantler-iu-Ch Chief and Members
of the National Encampment.
Greeting: Two and twenty years ago
the Grand Army of the Republic held It's
I'D National Eneampment in our beaifti-
full 81. Louis, the Queen CITY of the largest
and richest valley on the face of the earth
The number OF comrades who came TO
us on that occasion exceeded the attend
ance at any previous Encampment, and no
similar gathering of the Grand Army from
that time to this has ever approached il
in numbers; and yet. every one os the
mighty host that came TO us on that oc-
casion still proclaims the fact that the
welcome. the hospitality. the decorations,
the illumination, the entertainment, etc, of
that occasion. all stand unmatched in Grand
Army gatherings.
With this short but honorable recorn
IOr MeiuOrlal, the comrades OF our CITY
and State, individually and collectively.
unite in cordial invitation to you to bold
your 4th Annual Encampment in ST.
Louis in 1910.
Altho fewer in numbers now than %
years ago. the hearts Of our comrades are
still young, the fires of patriotism ami
comradeship which guide and keep them
have lost neither fsrvor nor brilIiancy, and
the real ''slad hand" they then extended TO
you has lost none of its tinglins welcome
We are most heartily supported in this
effort:
l. By our State. as indicated by that en-
ergetic, rising young statesman. our Gov
ernor. Herbert 5. Hadley's pressing inyi-
tation.
2. By our City. as shown by Mayor
kriesman's earnest letter.
3. By the Convention Bureau of the
Business Mems League of St Louis"
which begins its help by first pledge Of
$4,000 toward the expense.
We cherish the thought, and shall labor
to put it into effect, that as We gave you
large numbers at your former Encampment
| here, we viii do the same thing again. We
believe we can make your 1910 gathering
a "Grand Rally" the largest that the
Grand Army may ever hope to see again.
We are encouraged in this belief by tn,
central location of our city. so near the
! center of the population of our country,
making it so easy of access from all Girec
| tons. without hardship to any; because it
has been so favored IN the past in the
matter of railroad rates: by our immense
hotel facilities developed by the Worlds
Fair, all pledged to regular rates; and
most Of all by the hearty, unselfsh invita-
| tion we give you, by our honorable record
| for hospitality. and by every other token
of good comradeship. in the Grand Army
and outside Of it, for which our city is
noted the wide world over.
former homes of Gems. Grant and Sher
| Come where Gems. Hancock. Schofield,
Rosecran and score of other distin-
guished officers were initiated into the rnys-
teries of the art of war. Come and see
| the last resting places of Gems. Sherman.
Buell. and Pope.
Camp with us on the field of the second
| battle of the civil war. where on May 10.
1861, four weeks after the fall of Fort
Sumter, loyal St LouisanS enlisted were
mustered. armed. partly uniformed. drilled
from one to 10 DAYS and won the victory
which kept our State and other border
States in the Union. thereby making pos
sible its present unity and integrity. Yours
/ in f.. G. and L.. A. G. Peterson. Chair
man Grand Armv Committee and Past
Department Commander of Missouri: Geo.
/ Hoffman. Commander Blair Post. No. !;
Jas. z. Hesser. Commander Lyon Post. No
2; Max Fritz, Commander Hassendeubel
\
Harding Post. No. 107; C. X. Reifspider.
Commander Ransom Post. No. 1877 p. Fl.
Chattin. Commander Shaw Post, No. 343:
r. Ehrhardt Commander Meumann Post.
No. 496: VIM. Warner, Past Commander
in-Chief: Leo Rassieur. Past Commander
| in-Chief: W. III. Skinner. Department Com
mander Missouri: W. F. Chamberlain.
Past Department Commander: 7. V. Mar
tin. Past Department Commander: ThoS.
b. Rodgers. Asst Adit.-Gen and Past De-
Dartment Commander: Henry Fairback.
Past DEPARTMENT Commander and Nemher
| of Grand Army Committee: Geo W. Mar
| tin. Past Department Commander: Louis
Renecke. Past Department Commander;
John p. Plat. Past Department Com
mander: John W. Scott Past Department
| Commander: w. r. Henry, Past Depart
ment Commander; Geo. Hall. Past Denart-
ment Commander: Ira T. Bronson. Past
Department Comma n,ler: Ipre T. Dew.
Williams. Past Department Commander;
| f. NJ. Sterrett. Past Denartment Com
mander and Executive Director Grand
Army Committee.
From the Governor OF Missouri.
Office of the Governor, State of Missouri.
City of Jefferson.
July 8, 1909.
To the Commander-in-C Chief, Officers and
| Delegates of the National Encamp-
ment, Grand Army of the Republic,
Salt Lake City. :.
Gentlemen: As Governor of the State
of Missouri, l wish to extend to the Off
GERS and members of the National Encamp-
ment, Grand Army of the Republic, a cor
dial invitation to hold your next annual
meeting in the State of Missouri, at the
| city of st. Louis. The people of ST. Louis
and of the State of Missouri would be
proud to welcome the members of the
Grand Army of the Republic within our
| borders. In addition to the fact that the
people of the city of st. Louis are amply
| able to provide TO: your physical comfort
and welfare, / can assure you that you
will find in that city and State a most cor
dial welcome from all the people.
While Missouri suffered as probably no
other State in the Inion suffered from