Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-16
NEWARK TO SEND :
G. A: R. Vets TO
BIG ENCAMPMENT
Special Train Will Convey Civil
War Heroes to Atlantic
- City.
fires Hill RMRp

Marcus l.. Ward Post, No. IS, G. A,
r., has chartered a special train and
will leave the Pennsylvania railroad
station at 8:46 a. m. next Tuesday with
more than 500 comrades and guests on
board for Atlantic City to attend the
forty-fourth national encampment of
h Grand Army of the Republic.
Great interest Is being attached to
this encampment, it being the first
ever held in this State, and according
to some of the veterans, it is likely to
be the last.
Gathering n Reunion.
Besides the election of officers, the
encampment is a sort of a reunion.
Men and women who have not seen
each other for years will meet and
talk over old times. The campfires are
to be a feature as well as the big pa
rade, which is scheduled to take place
on Wednesday.
Those who will go with the Marcus
L.. Ward Post on their Grand Army
train" include members of the Hexamer,
Kearny, Sheridan, Garfield, Pierson, Uzal
Dodd posts nj many of the members
of the ladies' circles. The Lincoln Post
viii leave on the Central railroad, and
take with them the 1. M. Tucker Post.
The encampment will open on Mon
day, September 10, and will adjourn on
: The 25th.
The committee in charge of the
"Grand Amy train is composed of the
following men: Forman j. Reynolds,
chairman; Charles e. Weiss. treasurer;
Frank Birden, secretary; Daniel Daley
and Elgar II. Taylor.
Select Headquarters.
The headquarters of the national body
will be at the steel pier, and the Mar
Gus L. Ward Post will hold forth in the
Hotel Pon de- Leon.
The Newark posts have been for
tunate in securing four out of the nine
delegates to which New Jersey is en-
titled. They are Forman j. Reynolds,
Marcus L.. Ward Post; Edwin B. Smith,
Lincoln Post; Louis Weyland, Hex
amer Post, and S. H. Dougherty,
Sheridan Post.
The other State delegates are: G.. II.
Marinus, Jersey City; Joseph Locke,
william W. Mendel, Elizabeth; James
Hogencamp, Paterson, and James
Campbell, delegate-at-large, of Long
Branch.
Besides the votes of the delegates,
every post department commander and
every senior vice-department COM
mander is entitled to a vote.
The Ladies of the G. A. r. will hold
their encampment at the same time,
and it is expected that at least 100
Newark women will be represented.
The delegate from Newark will be Mrs.
Elizabeth Setback, of Kearny Circle.
The department of New Jersey, Of
which Mrs. Ella P. Yard is president,
will have it's headquarters at the Con-
tineutal Hotel. The national head
oiiarters will be in Haddon Hall.
Refused Honor.
Among the prominent women to at
tend is Mrs. Margaret A. Stevens, Of
this city, whose friends hoped that she
would consent to h nomination for
the presidency. Mrs. Stevens refused
the honor because Of her daughters
Illness. saying that the duties of a
president would necessitate her alb
sence from Newark and consequently
she could not attend to her daughter.
The New Jersey circles, Of which
there are five, are in line for the flag
to be presented by Mrs. Della Henry,
the national president, for the largest
number of circles formed in the past
year.
NJ There are several States that have
worked hard to get the flag, blu Jer-
seyites are hopeful.
Forman j. Reynolds. one of the dele-
Gates. in speaking of the encampment,
said thai fully 100000 persons We're x
pected in Atlantic City to attend the
reunion.