Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-24
DETROIT PREPARED 1O
ENTERTAIN c. A. R.
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED FOR
ANNUAL ENcAMPMENT NEXT
WEEK..
CITY APPRoPRlArEs MONEY
TO PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT.
Visitors to BE Free From Rombaransnt
by Street Hawkers-Larse Attend
ance Expected Despite the Thinning
Ranks Of veterans-Parade to Be
Headed by Mounted Officers.

Detroit Mich. Aug. 24-All arrange
ments for entertaining the Grand Army
Of the Republic. at the expense Of the
Detroit taxpayers, for the forty eight h
annual encampment of the old SOL
diers here Aug. 81 to Sept. ) have been
completed, with the prospect that the
veterans will find themselves the object
of unusual attentions on every hand.
For several months since the city
council acquiesed in a proposal of
Mayor Oscar Is. Marx that a special
dollars OF taxable property be made to
raise funds for entertaining the veter-
ans, Il score Of committees made up of
200 leading business and profess ional
men Of the city has been at work with
headquarters in the MAYORS office
working out details of entertainment.
The souvenir programs and ha dyes.
which alone represent an outlay OF over
$4,000 will be handed over to the vet
Grams gratis. To avoid the appearance
of operating on d profit making basis
the city has refused all advertising
propositions: both requests for adver
tising space in the programs and all APP
plications for permits I" sell souvenirs
or souvenir badges Of any kind
1t vii! probably be the first time in
the history OF the entertainments that
the G = L men have been free from
poinbardnient ny street ilawkers
The plan of street decorations in
Guides large whit. columns, ~ euty-
two feet high In tho heart Of the city.
Large OIL paintings OF men ot vaior Is III
be suspended between these columns
and the whole vii he ornamented with
.iass and electric lights Thruout the
CITY local commercial organizations
NIL help to carr out, an elaborate
scheme Of decoration and illumination.
Large Gathering Expected.
NotW.thsianliD- that the rarSs Of
the 6. y Il. are thinning rapidly each
Year, the reception committee is pre-
pairing 10 welcome one of the largest
gatherings ia the history Of the organ
izatiop oh;o. Indiana. Illinois and
Michigan " III he almost fully repre-
scented, each with several thousand vet
Grams
I II is estimated that in all there viii
be sore $500 visitors In addition to
the c. a l. gathering there will be the
annual encampment Of the Ladies OF
the c.. A. r.. the Women's Relief Corps.
the Daughters OF Veterans. the Asso-
citation Of Army Nurses of the Civil
Vi ar. the Sons of Veterans the Sons Of
Veterans Auxiliary. the National AS
socia alton OF Naval Veterans. and the
National Association Ct Union Ex- Pris-
oners of War.
Commander in Chief Washington
. Gardner OF Albion. Mich, who repre-
sented Michigan in congress for twelve
years will establish headquarters here
on SATURDAY.. the 29th. Patriotic SER
vices will be held in Detroit churches
on Sunday with addresses by comrades
OF the G. A r.
Monday the encampment will be full
Il esta blished. The day will be largely
given over to business meetings. All
OF the old soldiers and their compan-
ions viii be treated to lake excursions
on Tuesday afternoon. All of the
available steamers have been chartered
for the trip. and it is said the fleet OF
pleasure transports will be the largest
ever gathered in the Great Lakes.
Governor Ferris will welcome the SOL