Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-08
PLANS ABOUT COMPLETED
A Warm Welcome Assured the Civil
War Veterans, Auxiliaries and
General Visitors-The Program
for the Occasion.

Tuesday and Wednesday, together
with full program and everything
in its place will be consummated, as
arranged by Judge Marchetti, the
able chairman of the arrangements
committee, and his energetic assist
ants, and warm and enthusiastic re-
ception is assured our visitors on this
honored occasion, and we hope that
their larry here during this memorable
event will be most pleasing and en-
joyable.
Wausau,. through its active corps of
workers, has diligently put forth
its best efforts to make this-the
forty-ninth state encampment of the
Veterans and their auXiliaries-a
grand and glorious event for its visi-
tors during their sojourn here, as well
as to make it the acme of success
in the history of this enterprising
city and its open-handed fellow citi-
ZenS.
The program as outlined by those
having the same in charge is as fol-
lows:
State Commander Samuel A. Cook
and staff will arrive Monday after
noon, and on Tuesday Governor
Phillip and Commander-in-Ch J.
ID. Palmer and stats will be present.
The special trains from Milwaukee
and other points in the southern part
of the state will arrive before six
O'Clock Monday afternoon.
Upon the arrival of the G. A. r.
members, they will be welcomed at
the depot by committee of the Sons
of Veterans, and taken in automobiles
to the g. A. r. headquarters in the
Zentner building on Third street to
register and secure information con-
corning the encampment. The dele
gates to the other societies affiliated
with the G. A. r. will be escorted to
the same building, where they will
register.
The encampment will be opened
Monday evening by patriotic insti-
tute at the opera house, which is
given under the auspices of the Wom-
ems Relief Corps.
. A band concert will be given at the
court house square by the United
Wausau Cornet band. A reception
will be rendered the ladies of the G.
A. r. at the Wausau Club house on
Monday evening.
The revised program for the patri-
otto institute at the opera house fol-
lows
Music by orchestra.
Address, "Our Boys at National
Soldiers Home" by Eliza Blum of
Waukesha.
Paper, "Patriotism," by Miss Eve
Ign Cawley.
Song by male quartet.
Address by Cora H. Evans of Wau-
paca.
Presentation of Flag to high school
by, Henrietta Pease of Lowell.
Acceptance of Flag by S. B. Tobey.
Solo, "Star Spangled Banner" by
Miss Mary Harger.
Address, "Applied Patriotism" by
Sophia Strathearn of Kaukauna.
Greetings from National W. R. G.
by Sarah E. Fulton of Rochester,
n. Y.
Song by Mary larger
Address, "The Grand Army of the
Republic" by S. A. Cook.
Flag drill by Wausau school chill
dren, by Miss Mary Zellhofer, director.
Tableau, arranged by Frank Ritter.
Song, america" by audience.
Mayor Ringle will tender the adj
dress of welcome to the members Of
the G. A. Z. at their opening bust
ness session in the circuit court rooms
in the court house. This will be fol-
lowed byIa response by Veteran. The
roll call will then be called followed
by the organization and transaction
of business.
At the afternoon session which will
start at 1:30 o'clock, the selection for
for the holding of the next encamp-
ment will be made and the officers
| for the year will be elected. The
meeting will last one hour.
The parade will be held at three
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The
| procession will start at the city hall,
move north on Third street to Franklin
street, thence east to Fourth street,
then south to Forest, thence to
Third street and north to Mcclellan
where it will disband. The feature
of the parade will be the living flag
in which over 1000 school girls will
participate. Traffic will be forbid
den on Third street while the parade
is being held.
The parade for the Veterans will be
| somewhat shorter.
After the parade is finished the
Veterans will board the street cars on
Fourth street and leave at $50 O'Clock
for Rothschild pavilion, where the
camp fire will be held.
The menu will be substantial one
and Will be as follows:
Pickles Olives
Ham Tongue
Boiled Eggs
Pork and Beans Boiled Potatoes
Bread and Butter
Coffee Cheese
The supper will be served at sil
o'clock after which a program of ora
tiOnS and songs will be rendered.
In Wausau band concert will be
given at the court house park by TIT
Wausau United Cornet band, and ;
reception will be rendered the Ladies
auxilliaries of the Sons of Veteran
at the Wausau club house.
On Wednesday the G.. A. r. vii