The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-13
SHAPING UP PLANS
| FOR ENCAMPM PMENT
Details of the Big Affair Now
Being Completed by Those
in Charge.
COMFORT OF VISITORS
AN IMPORTANT MATTER
Late Reports Indicate That the
Attendance Will Be Very
Large.

WIN only 1hroc weeks vet intcrNen-
ing before the holding OF the big forty
third national cncampment of the G..
y. r., affairs connected with the under
taking are now shaping up we'll and
everything points TO tremendous sue.
cess As far as possible, details Of the
eucampment have been turned over 10
the different committees appointed. al
though Executive Director +. NJ Ster.
rett and his assistant, Judge O'Neal,
still have plenty Of work to do in KEEP
ing everything moving.
Most of the departments of the c..
A K have now been assigned headquar-
ters in the different hotels of the city
and these Will be scenes of great activ-
lty during the entire week Ii is known
that many visitors VIII come TO the
city several days in advance of The en-
campmcnt IN order TO see something of
the place before the big crowd begins
TO arrive. Reports from all over the
country indicate that the large estimates
of the number of people who will come
Will not be far out of the wav
Careful arrangements for the enter
tainmcnt of visitors have been made
both as TO hotel and restaurant accom-
modation. There is still n fear suggest
ed by members of the executive com
mittee that an attempt may be made on
the part of restaurant keepers to raise
the price of foods, but this matter will
he watched as closely as possible and
every means taken TO guard against
anything Of the sort. Quarters are be.
ing secured as far as possible in the
homes of the city for visitors, and the
school buildings Will he utilized for
sleeping purposes.
Free Tents and Cots
Word has been received that all the
available cots and tents will be shipped
here by the government from the Pre-
sidIo IN San Francisco and from the
post in Philadelphia, There will he at
least 5000 cots and 1000 tents. Free
quarters Will he established in Liberty
Park aud the tents set up there. The
Judge Miners home will also he utilized
for sleeping purposes.
The big parade, of course. VIII he the
event Of the cucampment, and this is
being handled in all details by Adju-
tant General w. \ Wedgwood and his
assistants. Grandstands will be erected
on Main street for the use of the Grand
Army men, extending from South Tenn
pie street about half way down the
block. Another grandstnnd for the use
of the general public viii be erected
near Seventh South, to which admission
viii be charged, and which Will seat
about 300 people. Ii is probable that
other grandstands VIII also he erected
al other points for the use Of the pco.
pie. \ special grandstand for the use
Of the Army Nurses viii be erected at
the Brigham Young monument, where
they Will be enabled TO sec the parade
during the entire march down Main
street.
streets surpass anything ever seen IN
the city but the interior OF the great
tabernacle. where greetings viii be held
Tuesday, August 10, Will he orna
mcnfcd in n wonderful manner. An i'm
meusc flag two hundred and fifty feet
long Will be drapcd from the ceiling
thus creating an effect that is expected
TO impress the old soldiers with a won.
derful spirit of patriotism. In carrying
ont the scheme Of street decorations
on Main street, the executive commit
tee viii arrange only for decorations cx
tending across the street and to the
curb line. Property owners are re-
uuested 10 consult the executive dIrcc-
tor before arranging the decorations Of
their stores in order that the scheme
may conform with the decorations in
the street
Arranging for Music.
Special arrangements have been made
addition to the number of bands and
singing societies which arc expected
here during the eucampment, every mu-
steal organization in the city will be
expected to lend it's services for enter
tainment at the different camp-fires
about the city. The tabernacle choir
will give four concerts TO which thc
veterans Will he admitted free. Al
ready. contracts for music 10 cost $1,000
have been placed. and il is expected
that several hundred dollars more Will
be used in providing music for the
entertainment Of the people. The old
soldiers love music, 1t is said, and music
is therefore always one of the great
features Of the encampmcnl.
Mention has been made recently Of
the medical corps and the arrangements
which are being perfected hy DR.. W.
i. Beer and his assistants TO care for
the health of the veterans while here.
and to provide against accidents. 1nvi
tatous arc now being sent TO out the
prominent &. 4. X. men Of the country,
10 the government officials, governors
of states. department and past depart
ment commanders and prominent citi.
zens. About 400 of these Will be sent
ont.
Chief of Police Barlow has arranged
for Keeping the streets III proper con
dition during the parade and the other
functions Of the cncampmcnt. In fact,
nothing is being left undonc to assure
successful affair, and MS the day of
The great event draws near, even the
doubtful ones are waking mp, it is said,
and are coming forward with cuthusi-
asm TO make the big cncampment some
thing long 10 he remembered by the
Veterans uf the Grand Army,
Change in Trains-Jordan Old Folks.
Trains will leave Draper al o:l2 n. m.
800 II. m. and ;Oi p, m. Tickets hon
nrnl - Ill irnIns Rntnrnimn