New Britain herald., 1915-04-12
U. A. K. AND ;. UF Y.
 CONVENTIONS COMING
"5oyS in BIus'' and 'Lads in Blue"
 Expecting Big Time.

1 All roads lead to New Britain
 not Rome. Such will be the slogan
 for the coming week. For the first
 time in history the Division Encamp- ] ment of the Connecticut Sons of Vet l erans will be held in this city and l probably for the last time the depart 1 ment of Connecticut, G. A. R. will l hold it's convention here as the time 1 is fast approaching when the G. A. R. 1 will be but a memory.
 l The general committee of the Sons l of Veterans desires again to call the attention of all who are planning to | visit the encampment city this week l that the first session will be held We'd l nesday afternoon at o'clock in G. A. R. hall, 299 Main street, and will ad- journ until Thursday morning at 9:3O in Judd's hall, PAP Main street. The annual banquet will be held at the Hotel Beloin, Wednesday evening. The committee has arranged to fire the first shot, at S:15 so it behooves each and everyone to go early.
 The program committee has ar ranged a neat double folder menu in tan and buff with ragged edge cover. The back cover will bear gold seal with the tri- colored ribbon and seal of the camp impressed on the same. There will be enclosed in each folder pure silk flag.
 The list of speakers includes Lieu tenant governor Wilson, States Attor- ney Alcorn, Department Chaplain Hill ton of the G. A. R. and Mayor George A. Quigley all of whom are Sons of Veterans.
 Attention is called to the fact that this encampment will be especially honored by having as it's guest the Command CT in Chief of all the Sons of Veterans of the United States It will be his first visit to New Britain. He will deliver an address at the ban quet and at the convention Thursday.
 The reception committee will meet all the trolleys and steam trains We'd nesday afternoon and evening and Thursday morning. Each members of the committee will wear a distinctive badge and will take in charge all visit ing delegates.
 The badge committee has secured 175 convention badges which are made of tri-colored ribbon, having photo medallion suspended at the bot tom of the badge bearing the like ness of l.. D. Penfield, former town clerk and the Father" of the local camp. Each delegate will receive one of these badges from the credcntial committee
 The souvenir committee is in receipt of some very handsome and appro- pPiate souvenirs donated by few of the manufa cturers for which the camp and the general committee are cx- ceedingly gratful. hTese will be dis tributed at the banquet Wednesday evening and the remainder at the con- vention Thursday morning.
 The division council will furnish a silver spoon bearing the state seal for the 1915 souvenir which estab fishes a precedent, as this has never been done before. As this is the first time and perhaps the last, that the G. A. R. and the Sons of Veterans of Connecticut will hold the state con- vention in New Britain the same week the general committe would great ly appreciate it, if the merchants in particular, would be generous in their display of decorations. Monday and Tuesday evenings of this week the general committee will meet in Schultz of plans for the convention. The at tendance of every member is desired by the chairman as business of utmost importance is to be transacted.