The Calumet news., 1912-08-27
Heroes of 81 Will Ride to Los
Angeles In Different Style
Than That of Wartimes
TO STOP IN MORMON CAPITAL
Special Train on Northwestern Un Mon
Pacific Will Take Wolverines
From Chicago or Sep
tember a.

Veterans OF the Civil War n Michi-
gan are planning another raid.
This time the old soldiers who risked
their lives to save their country from
dissolution more than half a century
ago, will not travel as they did at that
time. when they rode--if at all--in any
old kind of car that the army otTi-
GERS could lay their hands on. Instead
they will travel across the continent in
luxurious fashion and In less time than
formerly IT took them to travel lO0
miles on foot
John T. Spillane. department com
mander OF the Michigan Grand Army
of tie Republic. has selected the
Northwestern Union Pacific Salt Lake
roads as the official route for the
Wolverine veterans. and rpecial train
that will leave the new Northwestern
terminal i'm Chicago at 1915 p. m.
September I, will carry the major por-
tion cf the Michigan men who Hiil
travel TO Los Angeles To attend tho
forty sixth national encampment Of
the Grand Army.
Instead of "hoonnB il" over mud
roads, or standing huddled in coal
cars. the veterans will ride over q
dustless right of way. laid in Sherman
gravel. and instead of the perils OF
sharpshoCters and of wrecks because
Of rails torn NJ by the Johnny Rebs,"
the heroes Of fifty years ago will travel
under the protection of automatic
electric block safety signals and over
g0-pound steel rails.
The special train will arrive i'm SAT-
Lake City, Utah, at SIZE a. M, sat
urday, September :, and for more than
fifteen hours tn. veterans win he given
an opportunity To see the city which
Brigham Young built i'm the desert.
a special organ recital in the huge
turtle back tabernacle in the Temple
yard has been arranged for the Michi-
gan men, and in addition to this there
will be time to view the Lion House.
home of the presidents of the Nor
mon church. and the Bee Hive. where
Brigham Young's wives lived.
The wide streets of the Mormon
capital. with their little rills of crJ's-
tai clear water running i'm the CUTTERS.
and without which the tall poplars
that line the sidewalks would soon
die, and the sky line of skyscrapers,
hacked by the rugged heights of the
Wasatch mountains, furnish sight
well worth the trip TO see. Thcn there
is time for\a trip out To Great Salt
Lake. eighteen miles distant, and IA
float on the surface of this salt-bur-
dened body of water.
Leaving Salt Lake at 1850 p. IN.
the special train will reach Los An
geles at a. m. September 9, and the
veterans viii have descended on the
city they set out To capture.
The leaving time of the train In
Chicago, 1914 p. m. viii allow the
veterans ample time to MAKE
the trip TO Chicago by daylight. hav e
their dinner i'm comfort and then board
their car without hurry. The round
trip fare from Chicago has been set at
sG5 and by adding double the cne way
rate from Michigan cities To Chicago,
through tickets VIII be sold August 30
to September = good returning unit; |
October 81
Assistant Adiutant General Henry |
Spaulding, headquarters department. |
81 Michioan, Lansing, has charge OF |
he sleeping car arrangements foi |
he veterans and reservations may he |
made with him both for standard L
pullman and tourist car berths The |
that will operate the special |
train have issued a special
irand Army folder that may be ce-
ured. together with any other infor-
nation desired, from ]. G. Ferguson,
'eneral agent OF the Union Pacific, II
'ort street West. Detroit. or w. q.
1eimyer, general agent 73 West Jack
ION Boulevard, Chicago.