Salt Lake Telegram | 1903-05-22 | Page 5 | Veterans Make Protest Against the Programme |

Type	issue
Date	1903-05-22
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Veterans Make Protest Against the Programme
Type	article
Date	1903-05-22
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	5
OCR Text	Show VETERANS MAKE PROTEST . AGAINST THE PROGRAMME. M'PHERSON. Kan.. May 22. The Kansas Kan-sas encampment of the G. A. R. has sent a dispatch to the President and Secretary of War, protesting against the proposed i Memorial day programme at Fort Riley I this year. The old soldiers object to the day being "desecrated by baseball, races and similar sport." The encampment decided to try to "get better rates to the National encampment at San Francisco. Indignation was expressed ex-pressed that the G. A. R. is being given only ore-Thalf rates to San Francisco, while the Confederate veterans are getting get-ting one-third rate to their gathering in New Orleans. , ,
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