Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-09-17
TO WELCOME G. 4. R.
Everything Is In Readiness For the
National Encampment at Allan
tic City Next Week.
(Herald Special. J

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
gathering of the veterans, their fam
lilies 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 Sep.
TENDER to come, and as the eventful
week draws near the anticipation Z!
the people becomes keener Practi.
| cally all the arrangements for the
| reception of and entertainment of the
multitude of visitors are completed.
Already the city is extensively and
handsomely decorated in honor of
the occasion, and the piers and the
great hotels along the waterfront bear
electrical, Examinations of unusual
brilliancy
In connection with the meetings of
the Grand Army, there will be held
the annual gatherings of the National
Woman's Relief Corps, the National
Ladies of the G. A. R., the National
Ladies' Aid Society, the National
Daughters of Veterans, the National
Nurses Association, the National As
ISOLATION 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 pa
rade of Grand Army men on Wednes-
day, when it is expected that from fiji
teen to twenty thousand veterans will
be in line. Commander-in-Chief Sam
uel R. Van SAINT of Minnesota and his
staff will review the procession, to-
gether with the governor of New
Jersey and other notable guests The !
forty-four departments will march in
the order of their dates of charter, /
with the exception of New Jersey, |
which, being the entertaining state, |
will bring up the rear.
Thursday is the day set apart for
the business sessions of the Grand |
Army to take place in the assembly
lall on Young's Pier The principal
features of the business sessions will
De the election of a commander-in-
chief and the selection of the next
meeting place of the national en-
'ampment. The spirited contests of
previous years for the honor of head
ng the veterans organization and of
the national encampment
re almost lacking this year. For the
'ffice of commander-in-chief there
re but two active candidates-JohnI
J. Gilman of Massachusetts and John {
lcElrOy of Washington, D. C. The I
of Mr.. McElroy is being /
ushed by his veteran comrades from I
he District of Columbia and support
also calimed from all of the south t
nd several of the western states. On
lie other hand, Mr. Gilman, who is ;
asst department commander of Mas
lchusetts, has the solid support of
lie numerically strong New England =
elegation and other sections of the
'untry as well and his friends be-
eve that he is certain of victory.
The fight for the national presi- u
ency of the Woman's Relief Corps.
e largest and most important of the r
organizations promises to
even more spirited than the con-
st to head the G. A. R. Mrs. Jennie ~.
Berry of Iowa is the present head :
the w. r. c. To succeed her there M
e four active candidates in the field. m
ley are Mrs. Belle C. Harris of Kan
S, Mrs. Cora H. Davis of Oregon.
rs. Ida S. Mcbride of Indiana and
IS. Lois NJ. Knauff of Ohio. They
We all been department presidents
their respective states and three
the four are past national officers,
A half dozen or more cities are
med in connection with the choice Ds
meeting place for next years ell