The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-09-20
READY
To Welcome The G. A. R. Is
Atlantic City
Veterans Pouring In To 44th
EDCdmpment
The City Extensively And
Handsomely Decorated
And Feature OF Week Will
Be The Parade
Meetings And Reunions OF
Regiments To Be Held

Atlantic City, N. j., Sept. 1.-THE
forty-fourth national encampment OF
the Grand Army of the Republic will
be held in this city next week, to
gether with the annual meetings of its
| several affiliated bodies. The gather.
ing of the veterans, their families and
friends is expected to be one of the
| largest in recent years.
Atlantic City has been waiting all
summer for the third week in Septem.
Der to come, and as the eventful week
draws near the anticipation of the
people become keener. Practically all
the arrangements for the reception
and entertainment of the multitude of
visitors are completed. Already the
city is extremely and handsomely dec
Grated in honor of the occasion. and
the piers and the great hotels along
the waterfront bear electrical illumi-
nations of unusual brilliancy.
In connection with the meetings of
the Grand Army, there will be held
the gatherings of the National Wo-
mans Relief Corps, the National Lad
les of the G. A. r., the National Lad
les Aid Society, the National Daugh-
ters of Veterans, the National Army
Nurses Association, the National AS
sociation of ex-Prisoners of War, and
the National Association of Naval
Veterans.
The meetings and reunions of these
various organizations will continue
from Monday until Saturday. The
feature of the week will be the parade
of Grand Army men on Wednesday,
when it is expected that from fifteen
to twenty thousand veterans will be
in line. Commander-in-C Chief Samuel
r. Van SAINT of Minnesota and his
staff will review the procession, to-
gether with the Governor of New Jer-
sey and other notable guests. The
forty-four departments will march in
the order of their dates of charter,
Will llit CAICpIlOll VI lNCN OCi
which, being the entertaining state,
will bring up the rear.
The route of the march will be from
the intersection of North Carolina
avenue and Pacific avenue, east on
Pacific avenue to Rhode Island ave-
nue., to Atlantic avenue, west on At
lantic avenue to Ohio avenue, south on
Ohio avenue to Pacific avenue, east on
Pacific avenue to Park place, south
on Park place to Indiana avenue,
north on Indiana avenue to Pacific av-
enue, east on Pacific avenue to Ten
nessee avenue, where the column will
be dismissed
Thursday is the day set apart for
the business sessions of the Grand
Army to take place in the assembly
hall on Young's Pier. The principal
features of the business sessions will
be the election of a COMMANDMENTS
chief and the selection of the next
meeting place of the national encamp.
ment. The spirited contests of prev
ious years for the honor of heading
the veterans organization and of en-
tertaining the national encampment
are almost lacking this year. For
the Office of commander-in-chief there
are but two active candidates-John
e. Gilman of Massachusetts and John
McElroy of Washington, d. G. The
candidacy of Mr.. McElroy is being
pushed by his veteran comrades from
the District of Columbia and support
is also claimed from all of the South
and several of the Western States.
On the other hand, Mr.. Gilman, who
is past department commander of
Massachusetts, has the solid support
of the numerically strong New Eng
land delegation and other sections of
the country as well and his friends
believe that he is certain of victory.
The fight for the national presiden-
cy of the Womans Relief Corps, the
largest and most important of the af-
filiated organizations, promises to be
even more spirited than the contest
to head the G.. A, r. Mrs. Jennie r.
Berry of Iowa is the present head of
the w. r. c. To succeed her there
are four active candidates in the field.
They are Mrs. Belle G. Harris of Kan
sas, Mrs. Cora M. Davis of Oregon,
Mrs. Ida s. Mcbride of Indiana and