The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-04-05
program GRAND
ARMY ENCAMPMENT

The orders that will meet at Reno
on June 10th to 14th inclusive will
be the Grand Army of the Republic,
Women's Relief Corps, Sons of Vet
Grams, Daughters of Veterans, Ladies
of the G.. A. R., Army Nurses and
Auxiliaries of the Sons of Veterans.
During the week from Sunday even
ing until the following Sunday even
ing, comrades and visitors will be met
at the train by a committee and as
sisted in arriving and departing from
Reno.
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock,
opening exercises of the Grang Army
and all affiliated orders in their re-
spective headquarters and halls. Tues
day night Patriotic Instructor Law
renee will give patriotic campfire,
participated in by all the consolidated
orders and the public. The patriotic
instructions are especially intended
for the education of the school child
rem and he desires that all the school
children in the state that can attend
will be present. Music that evening.
as a special attraction, will be furnish
ed by the Boys choir, consisting of
old soldiers whose average age is over
70 years, who will sing the same
songs that they sang to cheer the
veterans in the camp, on the firing line
and on the march during the Civil
war. In addition the Indian band of
Carson City, the Fife and Drum
Corps of Los Angeles, who will beat
the drums that beat the long roll at
Shiloh and beat the assembly for the
Hessians in the Revolutionary, and
which were captured by the American
troops and beat the long roll and step
for the patriots of the Revolutionary
war, this same drum will still sing as
one of the features of the entertain
ment that long roll known so well to
the soldiers; the same fife that livened
the steps of the dreary march and en-
thused the boys in the camp or march
and in the field of battle. The shrill
notes will be heard for the first and
last time upon Nevada soil during the
encampment.
Wednesday morning will be devot-
ed to lodge work and exercises. We'd
nesday afternoon at 2:30 the greatest
parade ever formed on Nevada soil
will be formed and will march
through the streets of Reno. This
parade will consist of the Grand Army
and the -aiFerent orders which meet
in RosseI o evads fieats,s Boy s9coGts;
Spanish Var veterans; miners and
those who helped produce the metal
in Nevada during the years of '61 to
'65; the members of all secret orders
of the state of Nevada; labor orders;
governor and staff; all civic officers;
fire department; national guards;
school children of Nevada and a flag
line of 1000 ladies, each carrying
flag of the same size. Each school
child will be presented with flag
in the line of march.
Thursday will be devoted to lodge
and order work with supplementary
attractions to be arranged in the fu-
ture.
Friday morning a special excursion
will leave Reno and 60 directly to
Virginia City, the home of the Com
stock mines, returning in the after
noon to Carson City and will be en-
tertained in the afternoon and even
ing at the capital The Bows Choi.,
the Fife and Drum Corps and the In
dian band and other attractions will
accompany these excursions.
Saturday will be an excursion to
Lahontan dam and Pyramid lake, with
the possibility of Fallon.
Sunday and Monday there will be
special excursions to Lake Tahoe.
Headquarters will be arranged for
the different orders in Reno. In addi-
tion to the above will be many attrac-
tions for the entertainment of the
public.