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" ...II HHHHMBHaHMBH!nH -""V'SSaiiP'-P' --7r -- sr - - . i. "" ?$& "-. ''" vir 3 THE TIMES, WASHINGTON, SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER II, 1902. 3 WASHINGTON'S PLANS TO ENTERTAIN THE CIVIL WAR VETERAN. By BARRY BULKLEY, Secretary of the Citizens Executive Committee for the G. A. R. Encampment. WITHIN three weeks, will occur the thirty-sixth national en campment of the Grand Army of the Republic, fpr the suc cess of which, during months past, a committee of business men and repre sentative citizens has been diligently laboring. On Sunday, the 5th of October, relig ious exercises will be held throughout the city for all veterans that may be here, and by the night of that day the vanguard of the great throng which will visit the Nation's Capita1 will have ar rived. By Monday it is estimated that Wash- a doubt that something will be dono to please the multitude on that day. The Improved Order of Red Men, whose spec tacular parades have been a feature of previous public gatherings, and whose many weird imaneuvcrs so resemble the untutored savage of the plains, will turn out a thousand strong and present a striking and original picture. The real work of the encampment will be inaugurated on Tuesday. Gen. George H. Harries, who commands the District .National Guard, has been in conference with William H. Michael, chairman of the committee on naval parade and reviews, and these two ex perienced men have evolved Tuesday, which will be known as "naval day," and as the day distinctly pleasing to the visitors, a parade which will be participated in by not less than 9,000 regular soldiers and sailors of the civil .-------..--.....-..-.-.-.----t--.---.-.---..w...-.4.wt--.--"--"t """"' f J)ROCESSlONS, Camp Fires, Receptions, Reunions, Exclusions, and Re- j J go ta Provided foz the Divertisemenl of Guests Dining Their Sojourn in j the -City Greatest Host Evez Gathered Together m the National 'Capital to Be Present at tle G. A. R. Encampment President of tle United States to i Pazticipale at tle Functions in Honor of ile Old Soldier Grand Fireicotks Dis- l play at the-Monument The Secretary of Slate to Delivet an Oration at the Open- ing of "Camp Roosevelt" on tfye While Lot Amusements on the Potomac Rivet GENERAL CHARLES BURROWS, Quartermaster General, G. A. R. ington will he prepared for the enter tainment of such a host as its hospital ity hashitherto .never dreamed of, and all during the week, a series of enter tainments have been planned for the delectation of the visitors on a scale of attractiveness which admits of not even the bare suggestion of monotony. There can be no doubt that the situa tion is thoroughly in the grasp of the citizens committee. The funds, to be sure, are not so plentiful as they were ten years ago; in fact, not more than one-quarter the amount expended at the -previous .encampment will be used at th1s;"hut then it must be borne in mind that a decade ago over $70,000 was spent in the one item of free quarters. The total -amount of the subscription then was J141.000 and some odd dollars. Now It will approximate about ?50,000, wisely expended under the direction and careful Eupervision of men of acknowledged ex perience in such matters. There seems war and of today, to say nothing of the visiting organizations, prisoners of war, army and navy. Sons of Veterans, Revenue Cutter Service, and others. President to Participate. The President of the United States will arrive in Washington on the 7th of October, it is believed, in time to wit ness tills very Impressive feature of the encampment. The famous fighting Ninth Infantry, which participated in the siege of Pekin, will be seen for the first time on-the streets of Washing ton. The soldiers from .Fort Myer and from surrounding posts, the sailors of the modern battleship, and the griz zled tars of 1SG1 will step to martial music and receive the acclaims of the enthusiastic onlookers. On Wednesday, October 8, will occur the great parade and review of the boys of 1S6I the Grand Army of the Re public. This is their day, and theirs alone. No other organization, outside mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and will precede the line of inarch of veterans up historic Penn sylvania Avenue. The Court of Honor. That section o'f the city between Fif teenth and Seventeenth Streets will bo known as the "Court of Honor. Here will be erected reviewing stands for the President and invited guests, and the. Grand Army of the Republic and their guests. These stands will be so con structed as to leave unobscured the monuments of Lafayette and Rocham beau, and give 'an uninterrupted view through the vista stretching to the White House up Sixteenth Street, and past the monument of General Jack son. The mute figures of the two French heroes of our war of the 'Revo lution will look down as if in silent admiration and peaceful contemplation upon the veterans who have made pos sible the perpetuity of a nation, the foundations of which were laid by the heroes of '76. The parade will disband at Seven teenth Street after passing up that thoroughfare a short distance. Upon disbandment the veterans will be left to themselves, and to the hospitality of their friends, and to indulge in what-' ever amusements may suit their tastes and inclinations, and there will be many things to attract them. Grand Camp Fire. The rousing camp fire, to be held in ( Convention Hall on Monday night, will really set the ball rolling. Comrades of distinction will address the meetings of peace have rendered all the more dear. On the elliptic south of the Executive Mansion, will be placed enormous tento for the reunion purposes; their snowy whiteness blending with the brilliant green and bright foliage of that beau tiful camping spot. A little to the south, on tho- Monu ment Lot, at tho base of that towering spire, will nightly bo given Pain's spec tacular display of fireworks, with a force of supernumeraries not, less than five hundred, and with other features too numerous to be enumerated. The citizens' executive committee, with every effort to enhance tho charac ter of the entertainment, have reached out into fields hitherto untried on such occasions. Regatta on the Fptomac. On Tuesday, on the Potomac River, will be held a regatta in which the lead ing boat clubs of America will take part, the executive committee having appro priated a sum of money for this occa sion, and having, by their support, given an Impetus to this worthy object An other novelty on Tuesday afternoon will be the automobile floral display. Of this committee ex-Senator John M. Thurston, of Nebraska, is chairman. It is expect ed that beautifully decorated vehicles will be in the line of tho parade, and for "the most handsomely decorated prizes will be awarded. The most con spicuous decoration of the entire occa sion of the meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic will, as is to be expect ed, be the American flag, which will shake its ample folds by day to ihe against the stars in heaven by means of powerful calcium and search lights. Pennsylvania Avenue from one end to tho other will bo supplied with corps badges, worked into every conceivable form in. electric device. The patriotic citizens of our city need no stimulun to their enthusiasm, nor any award to their endeavors to, incite them to their best efforts, but in order to give them a memento, which may servo them from time to time as a reminder of the last encampment which will ever be held in the National Capital, prizes will be given for the best decorated building during the night and day. Reunion Committee Headquarters. The reunion committee, which is in some respects the most important of all, will have Its headquarters, as previously stated, on the Monument Lot. It is Im possible to enumerate the gathering that will be congregated under the'mam moth tents that is to be erected there. Here will be found all the old war heroes. Sickles will be there; Jacob Smith will be there, but, much to be i egret ted. Miles, the Lieutenant General of the Army, will not be there. The departure of the general at this time from the country is deplored, as the Grand Army had prepared to give him a most rousing welcome. Col. John McElrcy, chairman of the committee on reunions, has an nounced that on Monday, October 6th, will occur the formal opening of "Camn iRooseveltf'1orT"G. A. R. Place," on the White Lot. Here the old soldiers will convene. This will be their convention ladles of the Grand Army' of the Re- Commander-in-Chief, GeneralXTorranc public, under the able direction of Mrs. and when the words of welcome to thjj Ellen Spencer Mussey, have for weeks visiting hosts have fallen from the eloi been at work and planning an elaborate entertainment for visiting female or ganizations, allied by ties, of mother hood, of sisterhood, and daughterhood to the Grand Army-of the Republic. Every conceivable place in the city, where quarters can be found, will be open to receive the visiting host. Tho railroads have offered inducements in the way of greatly reduced rates; the committee has planned trips to the countless bat tlefields of the rebellion; Mount Vernon, the home of the "father of his country," will be tho objective point of countless thousands. The visitor will find, upon reaching the city, his sight greeted by quent lips of the President of our 'Boar of District Commissioners, the fete majq I said to have been begun under nusplcefci'j so promising as to prevent failure, andfi under circumstances so encouraging 'al only the Nation's Capital, fraught wit; the hallowed memories of all the bitter-' civil strife.can give 'a scene of suchlj No Dedication of Memorial Bridge. j, I regret that the crowning achieve ment of the visit of the Thirty-sixth ns-s tlonal encampment of tho Grand Armyi of the Republic could not have been the,! dedication of the memorial bridge, wnicij mmtttW9MBtmatWmmtttm3i'rmtttttttMMi: H by mm r ",-'' YWMlHIl9iHBiifiH 'Li 't & t -4. ' if r -? -J . GENERAL R. A. ALGER, Ex-Secietary of War. S'COPTRKHTeO E,8. Thompjon S. H. TOWLER, Adjutant General. A., NOEL BLAKEMAN, Chief of Staff. T. W. SCOTT, Executive Committee. ELL TORRANCE, Commander-in-Chief. CHARLES BURROWS, Quartermaster General. signs bearing different inscriptions. These are the work of the committee on historic spots, and will concisely indi cate the historical events with which these spots are associated. It is design ed to Incite others to similar work, and as a result of this committee's labors it Is not unreasonable to suppose that no place in the District of any historic as sociation whatsovei will be left un marked by brass tablets bearing suita ble inscriptions. Historic Memories Revived. In no encampment ever held here has there been such an effort to revive the historic memories of the war, particu larly so far as they are connected with the Capital of the Nation, and a book, published under the direction of a spe cial committee, will contain many items that will awaken and revive the inter est of the old soldier, whose duty called him to the defense of his country's capital. . "; 7.1 might symbolize forever the fraternity and tli? hosts which thirty-siven yearsjl ago were at war. I regret that Coii- gress, in its mad rush to dispose ofsl measures of less importance, has ovcrs looked an event so patriotic and so macXl desired by millions of our citizens, I ami) sorry that this reunion could not havajl been immortalized by an assurance of, that bridge, which might forever fceep alive and eternally perpetuate th? valory and patriotism of the American soldiery;? and I only hope that the representative! men of the Grand Army of the Republic may join hands with those iii the South and make a united effort for this monu ment. 0 There will be dedicated on :he occa sion of the meeting of the GranJ Army. 1 under the most impressive surrounding?.! a stone designed and presented by tho -I journeymen stonecutters of Washington,- D. C. It will bear this inscription: "De,- ;l signed and Presented by the Journeymen;. I the bands will play the good old tunes of war time, and the old boys will sing the familiar songs of battle, which years bracing breezes of the October air, and whose stars and stripes will bo seen at night and brought out prominently ground. Secretary of State John Hay will give the oration of the day. Not to be outdone by the men, the REBEL FORAGER WHO MET WITH MUCH UNEXPECTED OPPOSITION WILLIAM S. O'DELL, Chairman of Shields' Division Association. to be no limit to the suggestions that have been made for the entertainment of visitors, and the scope is constantly broadening. Plans for Civic Parade Incomplete. It, Is not altogether settled that the civic liarado contemplated as a feature of Monday's exercises will be put into execution, but il is determined beyond of the present array of tho Republic, can be permitted, or over has been per mitted. In this parade. A novelty will be noticed, however, in the presence of a citizens' escort of over 300 mounted civilians, who, under the guidance of Mr. W, F, Gtide, thn young and popular president of the Business Men's Asso ciation of this city, will serve as anvs cort to Gen. Ell Torrance, the com- THE following story was told by Colonel Flournoy, of Virginia. When Jeb Stuart was off on the wild goose chase which kepi him from being with General Lee at Gettysburg, he issued an order pro hibiting privates and non-com-mlssioncd officers from dismounting while on the march except In cases of absolute necessity, his object, doubtless, being to prevent depredations on pri vate property. One day a squad of 1 av alry under command of a captain sat for quite a while on their horses In front of a house, the yard of which was In closed by a paling fence, and, with Gor man thrift, largely devoted to the grow ing of onions. It is scarcely necessary to say that the troopers looked with longing admir ation at tho savory esculents, and but for the strictness of the order would have made an instant and devastating raid upon tljera. The captain craved u mess as much as any of his men, but lie resisted the temptation with stoical fortitude for at least fivo minutes. Then appetite got tho best of prudence. Jumping off his horse and flinging tho reins to the nearest man, ho said: "Here, Jim, take care of my horse a minute or two. It is against orders for any of you fellows to dismount, but we must have some of those onions, orders or no orders, and I will do the confisca tion act myself." Then, clanVberlng over tho sharp pointed palings, the gallant but hungrv officer began to harvest the vegetables by pulling them up, shaking the dirt from tho roots and cramming them into the space between ills skin and tho loose woolen shirt lie wore. Unluckily for lilm, though, lils nelMniposcd task was too much of a labor of lovo to permit him to give attention In t lie least to Ills surroundings, l'robably ho thought that the men In wIiopo bclialt' he had cast aside Ills sword for the time being mid engaged'ln a bucolic pursuit, would attend to that for him. Hut alas fo. Kiich hope! Fond an thoy were of on ions, and delightful as would be tli relish the esculents would impart to their scant rations, tho Iroopern were oven fonder of n Joke. Notwithstanding that they saw the portly Dutch frau who appeared in the doorway and stood there long enough to take In the situa tion, nnd then, wrathful determination written in her face nnd evident In her bearing, advanced resolutely but warily upon their commander, they gave lilm no hint of the danger. Half way between tho trespasser on the onion patch and the door whence sh'o emerged, the old lady caught sight of a paling lying on the ground. Seizing it by one end, baseball fashion, she con tinued her movement to the front until, unsuspected by the captain, she stood by his side. Sho reached that vantage point just nt the moment ho bent for ward and took a second pull at an ex ceedingly largo but unusually refrac tory onion. The position offered oppor tunities not to be neglected. Raising her powerful arms high over her head and drawing a long breath, sho brought tho Icosn end of'fhc four-foot paling square ly down upon the stooping officer's ex posed posterior with such force as to fairly lift him off the ground and send him headlong and still half bent townrd the fence. He had no sooner lighted than she struck him again in the same place. Following up tho advantage gained by these two blows, and giving tho poor fellow not a second to recover his perpendicular equipoise, the now thoroughly aroused woman gave him si third blow which propelled him head foremost through the palings of tho fence and out into the road, leaving a bro.ul trail of scattered onions in his wake. Then, seemingly, content with tho punl3hmcnt inflicted she crossed her arms over her expansive bosom and leaning against the fence waited for her victim to pick himself up. Tho unfortunate captain was not long In regaining a standing posture, and fac ing his companions, nven when flyinp through tho air and the fence, under the impulse of the paling wielded by his fair enemy, lie hnd heard the laughter and shouts of his companions, nd the tears he now saw in their eyes as they vainly endeavored to compose their counten ances into gravity befitting soldiers in the presence of their officer, only addeA hypocrisy in his opinion to their unfeel ing behavior. Glaring as wrathfuily at them ns was possible after receiving such chastisement, he exclaimed: "Yes, laugh, dod rot your measley hides! Laugh until you've got your bel lies full, confound you: But darned if 1 don't get even with you for not letting mo know that old woman was coming not :i darned one of you shall have even a smell or the onions I have left, by gum." Dallas Morning News. """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" . HHSll'lE'llllllllllllllKfllllv i. & J'-ftS Col. WILLIAM H. MICHAEL, Chairman Committee of Naval Veterans. I wish it might bo my privilege In the space allotted to dwell to a great er extent upon the features which this encampment will present, but the limi tations of this brief sketch forbid. I may be pardoned if I reiterate my su preme confidence In the successful out come of the thirty-sixth national en campment of tho Grand Army of the Re public. When the gavel of authority Is turned over by Chairman Warner to tho Stonecutters of Washington. D. C, as ; the Cornerstone of the Memorial Bridge, Which. Connecting Arlington With the Nation's Capital. Shall Forever Stand a a Monumentto American Patriotism." It Is a step in the right direction and will guide the minds of ou- Nn'ion'a -legislators from tho consideration of " everyday life to a -worthy, thougn they ' may esteem it a?sentimcntal. regard for a united pcople'3 dearest wish. j; !!W .. 1 st- .?r. -wr. .1 - . k-t -p. : "iSilf :jgMr-j'a f3?- V? . --J4&P .