The Washington times., 1915-08-31
HEAVY RESERVATION
Of ROOMS. LISTED
FOR c. AR. REUNION
"Booked Solid" Sign Already
Being Hung Up At Hotels Of
This City.

Although the @. A. r. encampment
viii not begin until September q. many
Of the hotels Of Washington alread.
are ~booked solid" and reservations II
all the others are being made rapidly.
The aggregate number Of veteran,
and visitors has been estimated a
from 5000 to 10000. and It is ex
pected all available hotel rooms ant
practically all Of the boarding ant
lodging houses will be reserved by tht
accommo datioas committee long before
the beginning Of the encampment.
The fact that hotel accommodation
were being gobbled up became knowr
today when Secretary Thomas Grant
Of the citizens committee. endeavored
to make reservations in several hotels
but failed to find a single available
room In them.
Chairman A. Leftwich Sinclair. Of the
accommodations committee. Is anxious
to list all of the boarding houses In the
city which will be able to accommodate
two or more veterans during the week
OF September N-October z.
To Call on Daniels.
Tomorrow committee will confer
with Secretary Daniels at the Navy
Department over the participation OF
war vessels. marines. and bluejackets In
the encampment The committee will be
composed of w. w. GalbrGith. Y. 8. N.
representing the Navy Department. and
charged with the duty Of arranging for
the naval men and vessels in the en-
campment: Col. Chauncey B. Baker.
serving in similar capacity for the
army: Chairman Frank Gibson. Of the
citizens entertainment committee. and
Col. John McElroy.
Tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock a COM
mittee representing the various corps
Of the Department Of the Potomac will
meet in G. A. X. Hall to arrange for
the reunion OF that department during
tho reunion. Those who will attend the
meeting are Albert H.. Van Duesen
liam Tindafl, Second Corps, II. A. John
son, Third Corps. Arthur Hendricks
Fifth Corps. Capt. Robert A. Armour,
Ninth Corps. Capt. r. E. Grant. Elev-
and Capt. A. b. White. Cavalry Corps.
A tentative program for the parade
Of September 90. was completed today.
At the head Of the pageant will be a
platoon Of mounted police. then Gen.
Nelson A. Miles. grand marshal. with a
number Of lieutenant generals. major
generals and brigadiers as his STAFF.
the mounted citizen escort Of fifty or
q hundred Washngtonians. the District
Militia. such regular army and navy
men as may be designated. 300 MEM
bers Of the Sons Of Veterans. uniformed
and armed, Commander-in-Chief Da-
vid J. Palmer, with his official escort.
y. 8. Grant Post. No. q. Of Brooklyn.
veterans in blue. commanded by Col.
G. A. Hosley. chief Of staff.
In Order of Sneiority.
The veterans will parade in the order
o. the seniority Of their departments.
tho rank being as follows: Illinois.
Wisconsin. Pennsylvania. Ohio. New
York. Connecticut. Massa chusetts, New
Jersey. Maine. California and Nevada.
Rhode Island. New Hampshire. Ver-
mont. Virginia and North Carolina.
Maryland. Nebraska, Michigan: Iowa.
Indiana. Colorado and Wyoming. Kan
sas. Delaware. Minnesota, Missouri.
Oregon. kentucky. West Virginia.
South Dakota, Washington and Alaska.
Arkansas. New Mexico. Utah. Tennes-
see. Louisiana and Mississippi. Florida.
Montana. Texas. Idaho. Arizona.
Georgia and South Carolina, Alabama.
North Dakota, Oklahoma, indian Ter
ritory. and the Department Of the Po-
tomac.
The rank Of the Department of the
Potomac Is fourteenth. between Ver-
mont and Virginia, but this organiza-
ton will march at the end of the line
because 1t is the entertaining depart
ment.
Comma nder in-C Chier Palmer partici-
pated in the grand review Of nifty years
ago at the head OF the rwenty-nfth
Iowa Infantry. In Sherman's army. He
was a lieutenant colonel commanding
the regiment in the absence OF the
colonel.
Chairman William GUIDE, of the citt-
zens' committee. will return to Wash
ington Thursday. and 1t is expected he
will call meeting OF the committee
at an early date to whip the final ar
rangements for the encampment into
shape.
A. A. Rowley chairman OF the Sew
enth Army Corps committee, Is desir-
GUS Of communicating with all veterans
who served wee. Of the Mississippi and
north Of the Red river. and to have
them meet him at G. A. r. Hall tomor-
row night at 7:30 o'clock to decide on
the entertainment to be provided the
survivors Of the Seventh.
A. G. Fortier. who Is rounding up the
naval veterans. was today informed
that among the bluejackets Of fifty
years ago coming to the encampment
would be Shipmate John Fay. sur
vivor Of the battle between the Monitor
and Merrimac in Hampton Roads.
Shipmate Fay Is said to be one Of the
last survivors Of that struggle.