Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-08-23
HOTELS FILLED
FOR G. A. r. CAMP
Location of Various Unit
Headquarters Is Announced.

Every hotel in Indianapolis already
has been booked TO capacity for the ma
tional encampment of the Grand Army
Of the Republic, to be held here Sept.
1925, it was announced today.
One hundred thousand persons are y
pected to attend the encampment. the
fifty fourth in the history of the organi-
zation.
Every one of the fifty hotels in
the city will house veterans and other
visitors
Cots will be placed in many hotels.
but even this will not accommodate the
large number expected.
The Claypool will be the headquarters
for the Grand Army, the Woman'sl Re
lief Corps. the National Association OF
Civil War Nurses, and the departments
of the G. A R. for Illinois. Nebraska,
New York. Pennsylvania and Potomac.
The Hotel SEVERN will be the head
quarters for the commandery in chief OF
the Sons Of Veterans, the National Sons
OF Veterans auxiliary. the National
Alliance, Daughters of Veterans. Ohio
department of the g. A. R. and the In
diana division Sons of Veterans auxili-
airy. -
headquarters for the National Associ-
alton Ex-Prisoners Of War. the Ma
tional Association Of Naval Veterans and
the departments of Georgia, South Caro-
lima, Minnesota. Montana. New Hamr-
shire, Texas. Virginia. North Carolina
and Wisconsin G A. Il.
The Denison hotel will be the head
quarters for ne Ladies of the Grand
Army and the departments of Michigan
and Missouri
The Hotel Lincoln viii be tie head
quarters for che Indiana department.
In addition. tie departments of Gals,
fornia, Nevada. Iowa and Massachusetts
also will have headquarters there.
Headquarters for Arkansas, Colorado.
wyoming, Delaware, Idaho, Kentucky,
New Jersey, Oregon, South Dakota
Washington and Alaska will be at the
Spencer.
The Rreyort will be the headquarters
for Oklahoma and Vermont: the Edward
hotel for Connecticut Maine and North
Dakota
The department of Rhode Island will
be housed at the New Colonial; Florida
at the Ohio; Maryland at the Puritan ::
Kansas at the Williams, and Tennessee
and West Virginia at the Atlas hotel.
PUSH ROOM
CAMPAIGN.
The campaign TO obtain rooms in pri-
vate homes is being pushed due to the
fact that all of the hotels of the city
already have been booked to capacity.
Accommodations already have been OBJ
tanned for the housing of less than 5000
persons.
Thousands of rooms must be obtained
if the visitors are to be accommodated.
Mayor Charles W. Jewett will be the
speaker at q noon day rally to be held
Wednesday in the interest of the cam
paign for rooms.
The meeting will be held ar the inter
section of Kentucky avenue and Illinois
streets, where a large clock has been
erected to record the progress in the
room campaign.
Old Soldier musicians will provide
music
All of the business clubs in the city
also will be appealed &c cooperate in
the campaign TO obtain roohs
Many thousands of persons will be
kept from attending the encdnpment nm
less sufficient number of rooms are
obtained at reaconble prices
Edwrd A. Kahn, chairman Of the *.
ecutiye committee, announced today that
the chairman of all committees will meet
at noon Wednesday at the Chamber of
Commerce to further plans for the en-
campment.