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Show E. A. I EIC1PMENI WILL BEGIN TODAY CHATTANOOGA. Tonn.. Sept. ti. Marking their first peaceful invasion of the south, thousands of union veterans arrived here today to attend the forty-seventh forty-seventh annual encampment of thc Grand Army of thc Republic and allied organizations. organiza-tions. The encampment will be opened to-mo! to-mo! row. Survivors of the army which' caused thc confederacy to totter in the bloody battle of Chlckamauga, fought here, "fiftv years ago. were greeted with the .Sana; cordiality shown the united confederate con-federate veterans whose annual ruunlon was held In Chattanooga last .May. Committee meetings nnd receptions arc expected to occupy tho first day of the encampment. Impressive military demonstrations demon-strations are scheduled for Tuesday. The 'parade of the Grand Army of tho Republic Repub-lic will lake place Wednesday morning. Patriotic services were held in all thc churches of Chattanooga this morning, departmental de-partmental and national G. A. IL chaplains chap-lains occupying the pulpits. The fcatuic of the day wa.s the service at the Plrst PrcHbvtcrlau church, conducted jointly by Chapliiln-ln-Chlef George Edward I.ove-Joy I.ove-Joy of the G. A. R.. and Dr. J. W. Bach-man, Bach-man, former chaplain-general of thc United Unit-ed Confederate Veterans and pastor of the vhUITlt. The nurses of the civil iwir. attired in bluo uniforms, abort r.klrtn and campaign hats, attracted much attention today. Tonight an InimenHo mnss nicotine was held at the city auditorium, at which a Hcml-ofllclal welcome was extended to the officials of the G. A. R. F,x-Scnator I Xewoll Sunders. II. Clay Kvans and Gen- era 1-" Albert B. Boers, coinuiander-ln-chlef of the Grand Army or I he Republic, were the principal speakers. |