Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-21
Reunion Planned of All
Civil War Musicians
Badges Will Be of
Fine Design
Chaplin Post, No. 2, Buffalo,
Hopes to Again Be Banner
POst-$2000 Prize in Match
of Champion Runner Smith
Against Relay of Ten-Appli-
cations for Rooms Being Re-
ceived by Thousands-Fine
New Tower and Flag Pole

ing pipe of flies will resound through the
streets of Detroit. during the national
encampment of the G. A. r. veterans, as
arrangements have been made by the
committee to bring all of the surviving
musicians of the Civil War during that
| week.
The Association of Civil War Musicians
still has a membership of 1000, about 20
of whom live In Michigan. The associa-
ton promises at least 200. This band of
men who learned their trade so years
ago will gather in Detroit day ahead
of the encampment and propose to meet
their arriving comrades at the trains.
Chaplin Post No. 2, Buffalo, which has
been the banner post at the last 10 ma
tfonal encampments of the Grand Army
of the Republic. is making vigorous eff
| forts to again have the largest number
in the line of parade this year in De-
| troit
Every member of the post who is
| square on the books will be given q ticket
| from Buffalo to Detroit and back The
council and board of supervisors have
passed resolutions granting all old sol
diers employed by the city or county a
weeks leave of absence with full pay
the week of August 81.
The post has also asked any detached
veterans to march with it In Detroit in
the parade.
| 1t is probable that great many from
New York state will attend. as special
rates have been secured on the boats
| Tr,,
| the 10 Western counties of New York
alone there are 120 posts. many of them
among the largest in the country.
badge weighing three and a half
ounces, six inches in length and nearly
two inches across will be worn by the
| delegates to the G. A. r. encampment
here. the week of August S1st
With one exception this will be the
handsomest and most massive of any of
the various badges to be provided by the
committee in accordance with its con-
tract with the G. A. r. eneampment
The delegates badge. or representa-
tive" badge, it being thus distinguished
from the other delegate badges, is of
bronze. oxidized silver and jewelers.
enamel. The top represents an eagle
mounted upon a pair of cannon. below
which is pyramid of solid shot At
tached to this is a medallion on which
| appears the G. A. r. monogram In col
ors and below this is an oxidized silver
landing in Detroit. At the extremity Is
a round medallion of Washington Gard
| ner, eommander-in-chief. in bronze.
AS the Grand Army hosts gather in the
city to attend the. national encampment
of that body Aug. 81 to Sept. ], the pa
triotic citizens of northwestern Detroit
will dedicate steel tower and flag pole.
| and fling to the breeze for the first time
monster flag.
The tower will be erected in front of
the Northwestern High school at the
corner of Grand River avenue and West
Grand boulevard and will be 155 feet
high, the highest in the state This
tribute to the Stars and Stripes will cost
about $1,000.
! Every morning, at daybreak, an ath-
letic young-old man may be seen in the
vicinity of Woodward avenue and Six
mile road jogging along alta comfortable
pace, hitting off the miles like a latter
day distance runner.
The man is Colonel ]. l.. Smith. 70
years old, 80 Windemer street, Highland
Park, the champion runner of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and he is working
out In preparation for relay race on the
afternoon of September 8, when he will
pit himself against the best 10 men that
can be found among the ranks of the old
soldiers who fought in the Civil war.
Colonel Smith proposes to run 10 miles
against the 10 men, each of whom will
run one mile. The state fair grounds
track has been donated for the occasion
and every G. A r. veteran will be ad-
mitted free.
The prize will be a $4,000 Cadillac auto
mobile, given by the Cadillac Motor Car
company. 1t Is understood that there
also will be other athletic stunts. Col
onel Smith, who is in charge of the mes,
senger service at the Cadillac. in years
past has met and vanquished all corners
at national q. A. r. encampments. from
the time there were several hundred con.
testants until now when there are not
more than rs at most. In order to keer
the athletics going as long as possible
Colonel Smith proposed TO run against Il
men. since no one man would consent tc
compete against him, and he is training
every day, SO that the boys will know
they have been in a race" as he SAYS,
The relay team is being prepared by
F. A. Pierce. 924 Cass avenue, Detroit
and he will pick his team from the fol-
lowing: Colonel George w. Howe oil
Port Huron; Captain James j. Musser
Anderson, Indiana; Col. s. G. Barnes
Pittsburgh. Pa; Capt. William A. Helm.
sehn, Cleveland. Ohio Adjutant George
Schmit, Dayton, Ohio; Charles Basney
Marine City. Mich.; ]. N p. Lee, Camr
Walton, Fla: F. l.. Cramer, Fitzgerald
Ga; B. F. Hoover. Detroit, Mich; E. T.
Bouquet. Webster Grove, Mo-; A. Hof-
fer, st. Cloud. Ca; Col. George F. Kin.
ney. Boise City, Idaho.
The United States are coming In to the
arrangements committee, and Secretary
Fitzgerald at the mayors office, from
old soldiers expressing their intention OF
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