Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-01

road rates to Utah and the encamp.
ment in August.
This year the celebration has an es-
pecial interest for all comrades" and
patriots, assurances having been given
that the invitation extended to Presi
dent William H. Taft will be accept.
ed, and that the President, with Com.
mander-in-Chief Henry M. Nevius, will
review the parade on Wednesday,
Aug. H.
me programme for the week begins
with reception which will last
through Monday and Tuesday, Aug.
and 10 Tuesday evening is to be de
voted to greetings This function
will take place in the Tabernacle.
which seats 10000 There Gov. VIII
lam Spry will welcome the Grand
Army of the Republic and its allied or
CARNATIONS. Words of welcome Will
also be pronounced by John S. Bran
lord, mayor of Salt Lake City, and by
Official representatives of the depart
ment of Utah. Vocal and instrumen.
tai music, with performances on the
great organ, are to be features of this
meeting.
The parade of veterans, which
President Taft is expected to review.
is fixed for Wednesday at 10 a. m.
1t will include the striking feature
OF march-past of veterans in a thor
oughfare a mile wide between the re-
viewing stand and living flag" COM
posed of school children. The parade
Will turn into Main street from East
South temple. 1t will march on the
east side of Main street south for a
mile. The column will file right
march west to the west side of Main
street, file right and march north ON
the west side of Main street. The
counter march of one mile will return
the column to the west side of South
Temple opposite the point at which it
entered Main street
The camp fires are to be held on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
nights in the Tabernacle, where ad-
dresses will be given at each gather
ing by past commanders-in-chief and
distinguished men and women. Thurs
day morning will be devoted to hus,-
ness sessions of all the organizations
Thursday, Friday and Saturday have
been selected as days for special
trips; on each of these DAYS there win
be excursions to the mining canns
TO Bingham, Tintic, Park City. the
great salt beds, Ogden, Provo, Price
Green River. Saltair on the Great Salt
lake, and other points of scenic in
terest
The auxiliary societies represented
at the encampment will be the WON.
ans Relief Corps, Ladies of the Grand
Army of the Republic. National Asso-
citation of Ex-Prisoners of War. Ma
tional Association Army Nurses of the
Civil War, Naval Veteran association.
Daughters of Veterans, Spanish War
Veterans, Sons of Veterans and War
Musicians. The Woman's Relief corps
will hold its convention in the First
Presbyterian church, beginning at 10
a. m, Aug. u.
The present officers of the G. A. h
are:
Commander-in-Chief, Henry NJ. Nev
ius; Acknowledgement, Frank o. Cole.
Quartermaster-General, Cola d. R. Sto-
wits: Senior Vice Commander-in-Cbjef
Charles c. Royce; Surgeon-GeneraL e;
Lane Tanneyhill; Chaplain-in- Chief the
Rev. John F. Spence; Judge Advocate
General, Alfred 3. Beers: INSPECTOR.
General. William H. Hornaday. Na-
tional Patriotic Director. Samuel Fal
lows: Senior A. d. c. and CHIEF Of
staff, j. Cory Winans: Assistant Adiu.
tant-Geenral, John H. Chandler. AS
sistant QuartermasterG General on. Gus
todian. j Henry Holcomb.