Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-16
SPECIAL TRAIN TO CARRY IOWA
DELEGATION TO G. A. r.
ENcAMPMENT.
WILL GO TO ATLANTIC CITY
ON FAST SCHEDULE
Full Representation Of Post Command
ers and Accredited Delesates-owa's
Vote For Departments Commander to
Be Given to John McEIroy, Editor of
National Tribune.
pecial to Tlmes-Republican

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 16.-The special
Iowa train over the Pennsylvania road,
which leaves Chicago next Saturday
night to carry the Iowa veterans to
Atlantic City to attend the thirty-sixth
annual encampment of the G. A. r.,
will probably have aboard 200 Iowa
men and women. Reservations have
been made for whole cars and the party
will go thru on fast schedule so as to
arrive in Atlantic City at good hour
on Sunday. The Iowa veterans and
their wives and friends will go by vari-
Gus routes into Chicago. Department
Commander H. A. Dyer. who heads the
Iowa delegation, will go direct from
Mason City with the delegates from
northern Iowa points. The senior vice
commander, B. c. Ward, a resident of
Des Moines, will lead the delegation
from the southern part of the state.
which will go over the Rock Island.
The junior vice commander, Editor j.
NJ. Briggs, of Anita, will not go, on
account of illness of his wife.
Members of the council of admins
tration, the past commanders and the
delegates and alternates will nearly all
attend the encampment. as it is known
that Atlantic City is delightful place
for such a gathering and all are anx-
ious to go. Iowa has large delegation
and vote in the national encampment.
There are twenty-five of the delegates,
and there will probably be not more
than three who do not attend, and
their places in the meeting will be TAX
en- by alternates. There are also twenty
one past department commanders each
of whom has vote in the meeting If
present. The department officials also
vote in the meeting.
The council of administration in
cludes s. w. Rathbun. Marion; G. M.
Bronson. New Hartford: A. NJ. Adams.
Humboldt: L. NJ Black 1reton; A. L.
Ogg, Indianola. Gen. Dodge, who has
been delegate atlarge to two or three
Of the encampments, is again delegate
at-large. The alternate-at-large is
John Herriott The other delegates and
alternates are:
Delegates-S. H Johnston, Keokuk;
o. E. Stuart, Burlington; ]. A. Carson,
Maquoketa; D. G. Butterfield, Dewitt;
William Blades. Dubuque; E. A. Sny
der, Cedar Falls: H. H. Bailey, New
Hampton; W. c. Tompkins, Clear
Lake; G. w. Davis, Lisbon: r. P. F'itz-
gerald. Garwin: j. F. Mcneil, Oska
loosa; Milo Ward, Des Moines; j. B.
Anderson, Winterset; j. w. Stratton,
Creston; G. w. Sheeks, Moravia; L. B.
Cousins, Council Bluffs: James Gowdy,
Stuart; S. c. Spear. Algona; c. w.
Cressler, Scranton: ]. S. Fadden, Spen-
Ger; A. A. Aline, LeMars
Alternates-J. J. Kellogg, Washing
ton; N Williams Fairfield: E. Parke,
Davenport; J. L. Henderson,. Maren-
go; ]. L. Camp, LaPorte: S. n. Hin
man, Belmond; A. j. Cratsenberg. De-
corah: Albert Little, Strawberry Point;
John Bowling, Stanwood: L. W. Rob-
bins, Marshalltown; w r. Cowan, Os-
kaloosa; j. w. LaSalle. Des Moines;
c. E. Haverly. Ames: G. w. Young,
C1arinda; N E Harper Osceola; R. NJ.
Roberts. Red Oak: j. Q. McPherrin,
Oakland; S. w Smith. Emmetsburg;
T. A. Rossing, Humboldt; T. j. Topper,
Rock Rapids; B. P. Wood, Cherokee.
The major part of the Iowa vote in
the encampment will probably go to
John McElroy, editor of the National
Tribune, Washington, for department
commander; the other candidate being
John E. Gilman, Of Massachusetts.
Iowa will also favor either Los Angeles
or Denver as against Rochester for the
next location.