New-York tribune., 1910-09-18
Atlantic City Ready to Welcome
g. A. R. Men in Large Numbers

par Pobar+ Arthur Elwood, chaplain, De-
partuent Of Pennsylvania, United spanish
War Veterans, will deliver patrlouc ser
mon at the Savoy Theatre, on the Boaro-
walk near Tennessee avenue The music
for this service Will be played oy the Odao
assigned to the commander IN enlef-
There will be a mass meeting for men az
the Young Mems Christian Association par
Iors at AIS O'Clock in the afternoon. win
an address by Charles Wmcnet' anu ae
o,cIoel, in the evening Mrs. Della 4 Henry
v.+ionaI president OF the Ladies OF the
Grand Army Of the Republic, viii deliver
a patriotic address IN the FHSI D"S'
Church, in Pacific avenue.
Ona of the most interesting aNars Ia
connection with tie encampment VIII oe
tho preseutation Of the Andersonville prison
oro4,nd to a representative OF the CnlteO
Sta+ss governments by Mrs. Jennie Iowa
Berry. national president Of the Woman
Relief Corps Title to this ground, Tnere
so MANY of the soldiers of the Union army
died from sickness and starvation, was 70
Gently acquired by the ReLeI CofPS' aiIu
that body now purposes 10 turn u over :"
the federal government. that II nay %
maintained as a memeTla 10 TIC AeA
whose lives were sacrificed ror thsiF e'un-
So II 10 NOT yer known who viii recsfv~
he Ground on behalf Of the goyeransnts
hut Mrs Berry herself will make tne pres
entation address
II has been announced positively taaI
yicsPresident Sherman will come 70 AT
lSntic City next Wednesday. II nad 0eeH
han,d that both President Taft and eA-
President Roosevelt would be here put
all hope of their being present mas oeen
given up
Governor John Franklin Fort OF We"
Jersey will be here on Tuesday eVeillhs'
and will make an address al the sellh-
oe7c,a1 session and greeting which viii %
held on the Million Dollar Pier AT the sA-nS
meeting Mayor Franklin P. Sroy Will de-
,f,,o,. ~, address Of welcome Another feat
IRE of interest Of this session Will De the
reading OF a. poem, The Rank ana rlis'
written by William Reuch, veteran sew
enty-two years cid. OF this city
7rbara will he a reception for Commander
Won SAINT in the music haH OF the Steel
pisr On Monday given by the women
ci+izs, committed There will also De a
r,aatins of the executive COMMITTEES or the
Union Ex-Prisouers OF War at the Ho'eh
Windsor on Monday evening
One of the most interesting gatherings
will be that OF the Old army nurses rms
IS composed of the surviving ones oE the
devoted women who gave their services 20
the army during the dark days Oh the
Civil War TO care for the SICK. Wouhoeo
and dying There are many OF tHen VINO
will attend this convention Cotonet Franz
,r Starrer1 who is now on the stan or
tba national commander, is engaged IN
preparing a history OF the nurses
The parade OF the veterans viii Be held
on Wednesday afternoon at . o'clock. and
tha old soldiers are looking forward 10 &c
with great easerness. There Is not q man
among them that is able TO hobble around
al all who viii shirk this part Of the en-
canprlsnt Only those who are TOO badly
crippled or are too weak and III will take
ADVANTAGE OF the carriages thai Will Be-
provided by the citizen committee When
the parade is ended there will be a re-
union of the manned and one-linbed vet
erans in the German Presbyterian Church
OF special interest to many OF the vet
Grams from the Empire State Will oe the
reunion OF the Dandy 5th'' Regiment. OF
New York. This reunion viii be hsld IN
the First Presbyterian Church, and all the
members OF the eighty army corps and
their ladies have been accorded a special
/ invitation to be present
There will be no business sessions st
night. In order that the evenings may
not hang heavily upon the hands Of the
veterans. the local committee on campfres
has arranged gatherings for several even
ings. There will be three on Wednesday
evening one at the Eagles Home. another
at the Million Dollar Pier and one at the
Steel Pier. The feature OF the Million Dol
lar Pier viii be an address by 'CorperaF'
James Tanner. of Washington. a past na-
tional commander OF the Grand Army sf
the Republic