Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-22
.ENCAMPNENT' DETAILS
CROWD PRESENT FORCE
Assistant Director O'Ncall Arrives tc
Give Aid to Col. Stcrrctt at
/ Headquarters.
I.Judge lJa.niles ~. .o.NeaII III Iebanon,

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Judge James w. 0tNeail of Lebanon:
o., arrived In Salt Lake yesterday To-
assist Col. n. M. Sterrett in the direcfr
|stion Of the fortyrthird G. a. r, en- 4,
campnent,3 K to be held in this. city IN
August. Judge O'Neall will take up
ehis Iabors at once. Col. Sterrett says
that tho details of the work have be-
come 20 numerous that the engaging
of an assistant became absolutely nee
essary. Judge O'Neall says that In
terest in the encampment is widespread
and that heavy delega lions will be sent
here from Ohio and other eastern.
states during encampment wee
Interest in the election of a successor
Ito General Neyius as commandments
chief of the Grand Army is beginning
SO run high, and at the recent state
5encampment Of Minnesota, former.
Governor s. n. Van SAINT was strongly
endorsed 1t was a race last Year, be-
tween. General Neyius and Governor
Van SAINT and u I'll Is probable that Gov
Eernor Van SAINT will be elected at the
coming encampment. He has o. rival
however. in the person of w. A. slSetchr!!
am, Of Indianapolis, who Is one of the
tstrong aspirants to the office; Of COM
Emander-in-chief
During tha~eneRmpment week. it's
hoped to establish branch postofficei
In ono Of the rooms of the headquarters
Mt the Commercial club rooms, for the
convenience of c.. a. r.. veterans. All
the mali for the veterans will be placed
ina sack at the Salt Lake City post
Office, and delivered to the. sub post
lSoffice BY special carrier. a postmaster
will be appointed to sort the mail at
1.-the headquarters and hand. 1t out to the
lveterans. as "! NJ y 4 TX
Al bureau Of information and a lost
articles department will also be main
tanned at headquarters.
Officers of the woinen's citizens COM
mittee are calling attention to the fact
|sthat the response of citizens to the plea
that they open their homes to accom-
riodatei the visiting veterans has been
SO far somewhat meager, and to the
need for prompt action, so that the
committee will not be handicapped
when called upon to furnish accommo-
dations for the visitors during en-
canpment week.
SIT will be absolutely necessary for
every man in the city to open his home
here next August and care for the peo-
pie who come to visit the city said
one Of the officers of the committee.
M any of the people have given assur-
ances that they VIII provide quarters
for numbers OF the visitors. but there
must be n larger number yet and in fact
every one must open his home and do
his best in the way$of entertainment"
The county commissioners met yester-
day afternoon and ordered the payment
of $1,000, which had been previously
contributed to the G.. "A. r.. encamp-
ment fund. The amount will be hand
cd to the committee on July
The board received a letter from the
county clerk of Davis county stating
that bounty was paid on sparrow eggs.
Iopele county has not yet sent an am
swer to the request OF the commissions
ers for Information. Unless the other
ISconuties join in With Salt Lake county
to extermnate the sparrow. the COM
missioners will not pay bounty on the
eggs amy more.