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Show Delegates Are Now Laying Plans to Secure the Rig Event. G. A. R. MEN ON WAV KAST WILL BE FETED HERE Special Train Will Convey the Western Soldiers to Toledo, Ohio. That the representatives of the Grand Army of the Republic in this city who have determined that the national encampment en-campment of the order for 100!) should be held in Salt Ualce City have been active ac-tive during the past few months ami hnvo been working consistently to secure se-cure the holding of the encampment hero is evident from the preparations which aro even now under way aud the results which .have already been attained. at-tained. The special train containing delegates from Utah, Idaho. Oregon and Montana, representatives of the Sons of Veterans, Woman's Relief corps and other organizations, organ-izations, will leave this city Tuesday. August 2.1, nt O-.o.") p. in. on the way to the national encampment a I Toledo. O. Representatives who aro being sent by Iho Grand Army organizations here to vote for the holding of the encamp-inont encamp-inont here aro as follows: R. G. Sloator, department commander for Utah; K. W. Tat lock. W. P. Rowe. X. D. Corser, Goorrro B. Souires. U. I'. Burns. Rudolph Alf. M. M. Kniehn. former department commander; Alfred Kent anil A. T5. Uawrenee of Salt Lake Citv; Thomas Lund v. senior vice-c.onunander: W. L. Russell and W. M. Lostaph of Ogden, and B. M. Sporrv of Park City. All of these delegates will bo prepared pre-pared to boost for Salt Lake City to the utmost. In addition, tho delegates from Idaho. Oregon and Montana have all been pledged to vote for Snlt Lake Citv as the place for the encampment in 1009. Representatives from these Slates will arrive in this citv early next Tuesday morning and will be entertained enter-tained throughout tin day bv tho veterans vet-erans here. They will be given a trip about the city, a special organ recital in tho tabernacle and an outing at Salt-air, Salt-air, with a bath in the waters of the Great Salt Lake. In short, thev will be treated to a part of the entertainment which can be dispensed onlv in lh city aud shown what the members of tin Grand Army who conic here in 1000 will enjoy. Unusual Interest Aroused. Reports from all over the country indicate in-dicate that an unusual interest is being be-ing aroused among the veterans, and manv old soldiers have pledged themselves them-selves to support the oncam'ment here. The most notable instance of this is the ease of George II. Thomas post of Chicago, Chi-cago, whoso members in one of the recent re-cent meetings voted unanimously in favor fa-vor of Salt Lake for the next encampment. encamp-ment. So that manv of the veterans who have at heart the bringing of the encampment en-campment here are confident that it can be secured with little trouble if the citizens citi-zens of the citv do thou- part to support tho Grand Army men in Iho movement. That this will lie done almost goes without, with-out, saving. Uvea as long a-'o as 1S0!I. when the city was smaller than it is now and was noi so well known, an attempt at-tempt to secure tho encampment for Iho pes voar was made by some of the delegates to the convention at Philadelphia. Phila-delphia. Tho proposition failed principally princi-pally because il, was not taken up earlier, ear-lier, ami because of lack of proper support sup-port from some circles. It is snid that the sentiment in favor of this city is much stronger than it was then: the city is better known, not only as a progressive town, but. as a good place for tho holding of large conventions. Tn fact, the movement at the present time has become one that cannot, be stopped and must be carried at all costs. Some or tho Advantages. Money is needed for many things, part.lv to assist in paying for (he representatives repre-sentatives to the encampment and finally final-ly to pav for tho expense of bringing ,lhe encampment, hero and showing the people from other localities of the United Slates that there is an empire in the making here, a veritable metropolis metrop-olis in the midst of the mountains which will one dav bo the great center of the far West, and that. the people are intent on doiug every! hing possible for iho honoring of those who mado possible an undivided counlry. It has been asked, what aro some of the great advantages of holding tho encampment hero. First, the advertisement advertise-ment to the city. Tho Grand Army'cn-campmcnts Army'cn-campmcnts aro said to bo the greatest advertisers in tho countiy. The encampment encamp-ment is placed on record in the proceedings pro-ceedings of tho G. A. R. and reports aro printed and circulated all over tho world. These reports will contain references refer-ences to all the different advantages of the inlcrmountain city, and tho broad cjiUure and progressive spirit of tho citizens. Not that aloue: tho veterans themselves them-selves love to talk over their encampments encamp-ments and to impress upon the youmer generations the points of interest in the places which they have visited. Tho second advantage to the city is jhe purely pure-ly financial one. At the national encampment en-campment in Philadelphia in 1S00 it was shown that the city was the richer for the holding of tho affair bv over ;7 000.000. Tt is thus estimated that Salt Lake Citv will receive the benefit of at least .'?1.000,000 from the encamp-mcnt encamp-mcnt here. Many Sound Features. There are niany mat lei's connected with the holding of the affair that could bo gone into at some length, especially tho fact that the veterans themselves of the city entertain their friends in largo numbers. Many of the high officers offi-cers of the organization aro also .wealthy men. and thev conic to these affairs with their famiJios and friends, stop at the best hotels and disburse money there in all sorts of entertainments. entertain-ments. Thoro nre always a number of official headquarters for the numerous departments of tho order in different parts of the city, which constitute little centers of entertainment where people gather. It is estimated that there will be at tho encampment here should it be secured, se-cured, fullv fifteen thousand veterans and upwards of twenty-five thousand people. These must be provided for. and it will bo necessary for the farmers in the vicinity to make plans for the holding hold-ing of the affair, beginning a year before be-fore hand, in order that the demand for supplies created by tho coming oft so many people will be taken enro of with- out taxing their resources to too. great an extent. Now Is tho Time. The above arc some of the reasons given why tho encampment should be brought, io this city, and that the citizens citi-zens should bestir' themselves to support sup-port the efforts of the veterans here to secure Iho affair. Thoro are at the present pres-ent time about 700.000 old veterans in the country, and the loss by death is about ,"O.O0l) yearly. This loss Will increase in-crease verv rapidly after x few vcars, and it will not be long before the encampments en-campments are a thing of the past. The number who join in the annual proeos-sion proeos-sion grows smaller every year, and it is urged that at this time, when everything every-thing appears to bo auspicious for the holding of the encampment, is the timo for the veterans to come. The encampment has been West but twice in thirty-three years; once in Denver Den-ver and once in California, and it is felt, to be especially fitting that Salt Lake should celebrate her coining into Iho rights of progressive metronolitanisin .by bringing hero the fortv-fourth annual an-nual encampment of the Grand Armv of tho Republic, tho third time of its Holding Hold-ing iu the great West, and-writing her namo in the annals of that organization as one of the great American cities of tho country. |
