Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-17
VETERANS FALL N
LINE ONCE MORE
BUT RANKS ARE
THINNING
Grand Army Meets in Albu.
querque in Annual Encamp.
ment and Stories of Great
Conflict Are Retold.
CAMPFIRE TONIGHT WILL
BE PLEASANT AFFAIR

with ever thinning r,uos. WITH fol
/ tcring stops aud iast dimmins eyes,
Dnt win thc cuu age oi IN. siNtius
+ still heating unwat, ,ringly ~ thoii
stout uld hcarts, IL, Veterans ut the
! Department OF New Mexico of the
GranJ Army ~ the Republic met tins
morning ~ annual encampmont
The ,ncanpm-nt wts called to Or
der IN the armory at eleven o'clvcn
Z by Department Commandcr Il %
l steward, who welcomed the veterans
/ To Albuquerque \ good-si2ed dele
cation was present IN the 1rmory. and
a large number OF ladies. represent
ing the various womcn's auxiliary or.
ganizttions of the G.. \. H., besides
many visitors OF ~. younger genera
ton. were present
The morning session OF the en-
campmcnt was taken up Win IA,
reading oi reports of the various ui-
ilccrS. ahd the reports of commit
tee from the relief corps and from the
Ladies of the Grand Army. 4 re-
| port was also read by Mrs Frisbec.
who ~ the national Inspector Of tao
| Ladies Relief corps, who is here for
the purpose of inspecting the local
/ relief corps.
At the conclusion of the reading o.
the different reports, the cncamp-
men, adjourned for luncheon. the
Ladies Relief corps of Albuqu.raue
acting ~ hosts of the veterans for
the occasion The afternoon session
was taken up with routine business
| OF the encampm.nt.
| one of the most enjoyable features
OF the cncampmcnt viii b. the camp.
firc this evening at tn. armory un.
der the auspices Of -. n Warren
| post The address OF wcloum. viii
b. made by j. W. Watson. command.
| cr OF Mt carson post. Sons of Vet
erans. aud the Response will be made
| oS one Of the visiting delegates old
war stories viii be rctold and old
songs sung. once again In memory
viii the drumn sound ana the staunch
blue line go forward against thu foe.
and the old boys. fcr whom IN lit
tie wnilc The murflod drums sad roll
| WI beat the soldiers last tatou. will
live again the scenes of that bloody
war which crowned their deeds with
glory. The general pubiic IL Invited
to attend this camrnre. and there
| VIII no doubt he large attendance
present @t odd Fellows hall tonigat.
Among the visiting delegates to tho
encampmcnt are smith simpson ~
Taos, W T.. Burton. A II Higgins
and Orlando Smlth "t Las Vegas. =
W. Shorfey of Las cruces. ~ r.
Boutwell,. John Grecnwnld and Will
lam cozino of Socorro.
TIN cnclmpmont will continue
I through today and tomorrow Among
the matters likely tn be taken up by
the veterans Is q movement FOR "A
NOR" general ana dccorous nbserv.
dnce of Decoration raN Thr trnd-
enc, To maxi of this holiday day of
hoisicrous sports an- noisy jubila-
non has alway~ been deeply deprec-
a'"d ny ihr Veterans. ana some action
is probahlc which yill put the delc-
gates on record on this subject
on" Of the most interesting foa-
t1rcs of the campfire AT odd Fellows
hall tonight VIII be the presentation
of "a pictur" of III, Carson 10 the 10.
cal camp of sons Of Veterans, which
" named for that famous warrior aud
pioneer. The picture will he pre-
| " NHilAn EhflfNbfs fi ftbf,
an old and very dear friend OF XII
Carson, aud "a remarkable bit of his
tory surrounds u II was enlarged
from an old daguerroiypc taken in
1860, ana is the only picture Of Car.
son ever taken shortly after receive
ins this lik.ncss Of his friend, Mr.
simpson sen: the dagucrrotype to
Richmond, Va. for tho purpose of
having II enlarged.
The fires of war. which had then
been smouldering for some ;imc,
brake into fierce flame Just AT THIS
period. and All during the four years
of the war the old picture lay in
Richmond with no one to claim Il.
Aftrr the wHr. Mr.. simpson was able
10 regain possession OF the cherished
picture, and at once proceeded to have
II enlarged as hc had originally in
tended to do. The picture which will
he presented To XII Carson camp to-
nighi is one Of the enlarged pictures
taken from the only photograph of
this wonderful man.
This picture. while showing traces
of the .rudcnese characteristic ~
the early days OF photography. por-
trays In admirable clearncss tn,
rugged features of the famous old
: war horse. and will be a cherished
possession Of the organization oi
younger men which hears the honor