The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-15
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Big Delegation Of Kenosha Veterans
Garry Formal Invitation of City and
Community Will Vie With Superior
for Honor Of Entertaining in1917.

Under the command of G. f. Stemm,
commander of the Fred S. Lowell Post
OF the Grand Army, big delegation
of the veterans of the civil war left
Kenosha at noon today to attend the
fiftieth annual encampment of the
Wisconsin Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie which opens at Ripon on Thursday
1t was the largest delegation that Ke-
nosha Grand Army men had sent to the
encampment in years and with the
members of the Grand Army went large
delegations of the Ladies' of the
Grand Army, the Woman IS Relief Corps
and the Sons of Veterans
The Kenosha veterans carry to the
comrades at Ripon the invitation Of
the city Of Kenosha for the 1917 en-
campment and a strong fight is to be
made to have the 1917 encampment
held here. The veterans are all carry
ing the "Only Kenosha in the World,'
buttons and they have a generous sup
ply of publicity matter to boost Keno
sha as the stamping ground for the
veterans next June. They go to the
encampment with the assurance that
Kenosha s purse will be opened to give
the veterans of the state a good time
1t they decide to come to Kenosha.
The city and county has both assured
large appropriations to aid the veterans
IN providing entertainment for the Wis
ltors and hundreds of private citizens
have given the assurance that thew
will aid. 1T is certain that if neces
sary the homes of Kenosha people will
be thrown open for the entertainment
Of the veterans and their wives and
Kenosha will make more elaborate
arrangements for the entertainment
of the men who wore the blue than
any city in the state.
The Racine post has voted to aid
Kenosha in its fight to secure the state
encampment for next year and many
other posts in the state have taken
similar action. Fighting against Ke-
nosha for the honor of entertaining
the veterans in 1917 is Superior, way
up at the northern boundary of the
state. Both Kenosha and Superior
have sent a formal invitation to the
department officials.
The women who have been active in
the organizations in Kenosha connect
ed with the patriotic work of the
Grand Army are giving loyal service
In the fight to secure the encampment
for Kenosha and they have issued in
vltations to the Ladies of the Grand
Army and the Woman s Relief CORPS
OF the state to hold their annual gath
erings here next June. Unusually large
delegations of these organizations
among the women are going to Ripon
today to personally urge Kenosha as
the encampment city.
Kenosha is dear to many of the
members of the Grand Army in Wis
consin as it was one of the great camp
grounds for the soldiers at the time
of the war. Many of them were in
camp at Kenosha on their way south
to join the Union forces and many
OF them have not been in Kenosha
since civil war times.
Leaders of the local delegation seem
to be very hopeful that Kenosha will
be selected on account of the great
support given Kenosha claims by posts
in this section of the state. The Mil
waukee veterans are expected to de-
clare for Kenosha tomorrow and IT IS
thought that with the aid of Milwau-
kee, Kenosha will be pretty certain to
secure the encampment. In the delepa-
tion of Grand Army members going to
Ripon at noon were: Commander 6. F.
Stemm, Past Commander Charles
Likes, F. H. Lyman, Edwin Naylor.
Joshua Coshun, Paul Sauber, Geo. Linn
pert, A. j. Burg, H. A. King. A. n.
Kruckman, Sam Bohanan.
Among the women of the party
| were: Mrs. Charles Likes, Mrs. Carrie
Vollmer, Mrs. Frank Lane, Mrs. Carey.
There is going to be real SHOOTING
fest over at Central Park on Thursday
afternoon when the Kenosha Country
Club Gun club meets the members of
the old Kenosha Gun club for a battle
royal. In addition to the representa-
tives of these two organizations there
will be delegations from Waukegan.
Racine and Burlington. It is certain
to be the most interesting meeting
that the marksmen of Kenosha have
had in some time.