The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-24
DETROIT PLANS HIGH TRIBUTE
 TO GAR. MEN

-.a -- Detroit. Mich, Aug. 24.-Al arr 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 un-s usual attentions on every hand.
 For several months since the city council acquisced in proposal by ] Mayor Oscar B. Marx that a special tax levy of eight cents oh k every thousand dollars of taxable property be made to raise funds for entertain. ing the veterans, a score of commit tees made up of 200 leading business I and. professional men of the city has been at work with headquarters in the mayors office working out details of entertainment,
 The souvenir programs and badges, which alone represent an outlay Of l over $12,000, will be handed over to the veterans gratis. To avoid the ap- pearanee of operating on a profit l making basis the city has refused all advertising propositions; both re- queSta for advertising space in the permits to sell souvenirs or souvenir badges of any kind.
 It will probably be the first time l in history of the encampm ents that the G. A. R. men have been free from bombardment by street. hawk CTS.
 The plan of street decorations in- ciudes large white columns, twenty l two feet high. in the heart of the city. Large oil paintings, of men of yaIor will be suspended between these col uTnns, and the whole will be sorna- mented with flags and electric lights Throughout the city local commercial organizations will help to carry out an elaborate scheme of decoration and l illumination.
 Notwithstanding that the ranks of the G. A. R. are thinning rapidly each year. the reception committee is l preparing to welcome one of the lar l gest gath erings in the history of the organization Ohio. Indianay Illinois and Michigan will be almost fully 1 represented, each with several thous- | and veterans.
 It is estimated that in all there l will be some 25,o00 visitors. In addi- ton to the G. A. R. gatherings there will be inc annual encampmentz of the Ladies of the G. A R., the Women s Relief Corps, the Daughters of Vet 1 erans, the Asso citation of Army Nurses 1 of the Civil War, the Sons of Veter- | ans, the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary, the National Association of Naval Vet
 erans, and the National Association
 of Union Ex-Prisoners of War. l Comnander-in-Chief Washing on
 Gardner of Albion Mich, who rep
 resented Michigan in Congress for 12
 years, will establish headquarters | here on Saturday, the 18th. Patriotic
 services will be held in Detroit
 churches on Sunday with addresses | by comrades of the G. A. E.
 l 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 1 Lakes.
 Governor Ferris will welcome the
 soldiers at the first big meeting on 1 Tuesday night.
 The parade day is Wednesday,, with
 a line of march not over 1-2 miles in 1 length over asphalt pavements. The | day of the long parade for G A. R. 1 men is gone. The city has made provision for several hundred auto mobiles for the. maimed and disabled veterans who are unable to march l Every precaution will be taken to care