Show I MASSACHUSETTS IS COr iNG IN fORCE accommodations In point of or inquiries for tor lions at the coming G. G A. A P. P encampment the department o of MassachusettS Mas 50 so far leads er e every other state tate In the union There las has been a greater number o of letters letters letters let let- received from distant Massachusetts by the accommodation committee than from an any of the nearer states which Isan is isan isan an indication that the far east Is much interested in the tho old soldiers Illinois comes second in the list lIet and Pennsyl Pennsylvania vania third There are two reasons it Is said for forthe forthe forthe the keen Interest in the affair In the east People want ant to tc come and visit with the gathering of ot old soldiers and they also want wont to take advantage o of the exceptionally exceptionally low railroad rates west It Is an opportunity to get into the mountains and see the west at a reasonable rate and It will be that feature which will draw the th people as well as the encamp encamp- ment Massachusetts letters have hare been coming coniing In for the past month These have accumulated and rooms have ha been assigned ne 1 b by the thousand The old soldiers soldiers sol sol- sol sol- diers o oj that state are coming In a special special spa spa- cial train This will leave Boston and come orne straight through arriving here the theda da day before the thC encampment This train should carry a thousand persons persona at least From Illinois there thrE will III be several special special cial trains over o the Burlington ton route One of these will wili be bp the th special car carrying Commander In Chief H. H M. M 1 Nevius illinois ml- ml nots nois will send about 2000 persons to the encampment all appearances The Tile Massachusetts state headquarters have hae been selected in the Cullen hotel and the Illinois in the tile Wilson Vilson hotel |