The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-26
Executive Committee for the
State Meeting of Veterans
and Kindred Organizations
Names Aids.
COMPLETE STAFF
OF WORKERS CHOSEN
Work in Connection with the
Big Local Event Will Be
Divided Among Sixteen
Subcommittee.


Affairs Of the g. A. r.. Sons OF
Veterans. and allied women's organiza-
tions cncampments to be held here In
May were given decided impetus at
q meeting of the executive committee
having the event In charge. yesterday
when sixteen subcommittee were or
Eanixed. ono member being named on
each committee by each OF the four or
ganixations represented in the execu-
tive committee. the Commercial club.
the Young Mems Business club. the
q. A. r., and the Sons OF Veterans.
There was an extensive discussion re.
garding tho details of the work and the
general plan Of the encampment. All
the committeeman expressed them
selves as determined to make the af.
fair one OF the most prctentious and
auspicious Of Its kind ever held l..
the state.
One Of the most important actions
Of the meeting was the appointment OF
Demas 8. Coe as a committee Of one
to prepare souvenir program for the
event. containing brief historical
sketch OF Wayne county; biographical
sketches Of prominent men. dead and
living. who took part In the civil war:
descriptions OF various institutions OF
the city, and q large number Of views
Of interesting sites. No advertising
OF any nature will be placed In the
program. and It Is planned to make
Il M artistic and attractive as pos
oible.
70 Boost Richmond.
The purpose OF Its publication Is to
boost Richmond. II will be printed
on n fine quality OF paper and OF poe
ket size. The expense will be defray-
ed from tho encampment funds and
from the receipts OF the program.
small charge to be made for each
copy.
Plans for the press and advertising
committee to pursue In placing the en-
campment before the eyes Of the peo-
plc over tho entire state were talked
Of. II was suggested that number
Of souvenir post cards bearing the
slogan "On to Richmond" be printed
and extensively distributed. The slo-
gan was the one used in the civil war
with reference to Richmond. Va. and
Il Ii believed Il will prove catching es-
peciaily to the ears Of the old soldiers
and tend greatly to arouse their en-
thusiasm and interest. The slogan
was used In connection with the state
encampment held here fourteen years
ago and at that time proved great
success.
Advertising Methods.
The advertising committee will be
expected to establish a press bureau
and to prepare and distribute news
stories about the encampment to news
papers over the state: also to have
the event advertised in other ways.
Next Tuesday afternoon the men,
bers Of the executive committee and
the chairmcn of the subcommittees
will meet In tho Commercial club
rooms with Commander Asbury OF the
Indiana Department Of the G. A. r..
and the state heads OF the Sons OF
Veterans, Womcn's Relief Corps, La
dies OF the q. A. r.. and Ladies' Aux
iliary OF the Sons OF Veterans. A fur.
thcr general outline OF the encamp.
ment will be made at that time.
The sixteen sub-committees are as
follows:
Finance Committcc-Ed II. Har-
ris. William Seeker. II. J. Hanes. Ev.
erett Lemon, Frank Taylor and John
Marklcy.
Press and Advertising - Ramsey
Poundstonc. Roy Compton. Raymond
Wchrlcy and Michael Griffin.
Program and Camp Fires-E. NJ.
Haas. w. II. Hansche. Judge Henry
G Fox and r. l.. Terrence.
Public Order--Alex Gormon, Albert
Haudlcy. John c. Darnell and Frede.
rick Bartcl.
Information Bureaus-Charles w
Jordan. w. J. Robbins. Albert Morel
and Allen Graves.
Music-Frank I. Braffett. Lee b
Nusbaum. Harry Stillinger and Joseph
l. Smith.
umination-Nimrod johnson. F. E.
echornstein, Charles Davis and
Charles Marlatt.