The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-17
READY TOWE[C0ME
GRAND ARMY
Forty Fourth Annual En-.
campment to Be Held
Next Week.

be held IN this city next week, TO-
gether with the annual meetings of
it's 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 of
the people becomes keener. Prac-
tically all the arrangements for the
reception 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 I'M
usual 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 Ma
tional Daughters of Veterans, the
National Army Nurses association,
the National Association of eX-Pris-
oners of War and the National Asso-
citation 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 par
ade of Grand Army men on Wednes-
day, when it is expected that from
fifteen to twenty thousand veterans
will be in line Commander-in-Chie
Samuel R. Van SAINT of Minnesota
and his staff will review the process
sion, together with the governor of
New Jersy and other notable guests.
The forty-four departments will
march in the order of their dates of
charter, with the exception of New
Jersy. which, being the entertaining
state, will bring up the rear.
The route of march will be from
the intersection of North Carolina
avenue and Pacific avenue, east on
Pacific avenue to Rhode Island ave-
nue., west on Atlantic 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 avenue, east on
Pacific avenue to Tennessee avenue,
where the column will be dismissed.
Thursday is the day set apart for
the business of the Grand Army to
take place in the assembly hall on
Young's Pier. The principle features
of the business sessions will be the
election of a commander-inchief and
the selection of the next meeting
place of the national encampment.
The spirited contests of previous
years for the honor of heading the
veterans organization and of enter
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,
District of Columbia The candidacy
of Mr.. McElroy is being pushed by
his veteran comrades from the Dis
trict 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 Massa-
chusettes, has the solid support of
the numerically strong New England
delegation and other sections OF the
country as we'll and his friends be-
lieve that he is certain of victory.
The fight for the national presiden-
cy of the Woman's Relief Corps, the
largest and most important of the
affiliated organizations. promises to
be even more spirited than the con-
test to head the G, A. R. Mrs. Jen-
ME 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 c.
Harris of Kansas, Mrs. Cora M. Da-
Wis of Oregon, Mrs. Ida S. Mcbride
of Indiana and Mrs. Lois M. Knauff
of Ohio. They have all been de-
partment presidents of their respec-
tive states and three of the four are
past national officers.
A half dozen or more cities are
named in connection with the choice
of a meeting place for next years
encampment, but so far Rochester,
N. Y, and Portland, Ore, appear to
be the only places making an active
canvass. With the arrival of the
main body of the veterans on Mon
day, however, it is believed that the
claims of other cities will be pushed
forward. with the probability that a
spirited contest will develop before
a final decision in the matter Is
reached. 1t is said that the plan to
make Washington, d. c., the perma-
nent meeting place for the national
encampments in future will be agi-