New Britain herald., 1914-08-26
DETROIT ARRANGING
 TO ENTERTAIN C. 4. R.
foTty-;ighIh Annual Enelmpment
 to Be Held NtXi Month.

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 26.-Al ar- engagements for entertaining the Grand Army of the Republic, at the expense of the Detroit taxpayers, for the forty-eighth annual encampment of the old soldiers here August 31 to September 5 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 acquiesced in a proposal by Mayor Oscar B. Marx that a special tax levy of eight cents on every thousand dollars of taxable property be made to raise funds for entertain irg the veterans, a score of commit tees made up of 200 leading business and professional men of the city has been at work with headquarters in the mayors office working out details of entertainment.
 Refuse Advertising Schemes.
 The souvenir programs, and badges. which alone represent an outlay of over $12,O0O, will be handed over to the veterans gratis. To avoid the ap- pearance of operating on profit making basis the city has refused all advertising propositions; both re- quests for advertising space in the programs and all applications for per- mits to sell souvenir badges of any kind
 It will probably be the first time in the history of the encampments that the G. A. R. men have been free from mbardment by street hawkers.
 The plan of street decorations in- cludes large white columns, twenty two feet high, in the heart of the city. Large oil paintings of men of valor will be suspended between these columns, and the whole will be orna- E1ented with flags and electric lights. Throughout the city local commercial organizations will help to carry out an elaborate scheme of decoration and illumination.
 Predict Large Gathering.
 Notwithstanding that the ranks of the G. A. R. are thinning rapidly each year, the reception committee is pre- pairing to welcome one of the largest gatherings in the history of the or ganization. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan will be almost fully repre- sented each with several thousand veterans.
 It is estimated that in all there will be some 25,OOO visitors. Tn addition to the G. A. R. gathering there will be the annual encampment of the Ladies of the G A. R., the Womena Relief Corps, the Daughters of Veter- ans, the Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary, the National Association of Naval Veterans, and the National As sociation of Union ex-Prisoners of War.
 Business Meeting Monday.
 Monday the encampment will be fully established. The day will be largely given over to business meet ings. All of the old soldiers and their companions will be treated to lake excursions on Tuesday afternoon. All Of the available steamers have been chartered for this 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 soldiers at the first big meeting on Tuesday night.
 The parade day is Wednesday,, with a line of march not over one and one half miles in length over asphalt pavements. The day of the long parades for G. A. R. men is gone. The