Show NUMBER TO ATTEND ENCAMPMENT PLACED AT ABOUT At That Coming Meet Will WillBe WillBe WillBe Be Smallest of Any of Organization Organization Organization Or Or- in 23 Years The probable attendance at the encampment en en- has been a question which many many have attempted to solve olve I In some cases caos eS tb the probable attendance has been placed as high as and in some as low as A conservative estimate estimate estimate esti esti- mate made by Col Jol F. F 1 M. M Sterrett yesterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day places the number between and 60 persons Of this number only about one fifth will be old oM soldiers The rest win will comprise cow com prise their friends relatives attendants attendants attend- attend ants and people who are taking advantage advantage tage of the low rates In 1903 with witha a much higher railroad rate Denver got 9 of visitors and in 1905 San Francisco go got Last year at Toledo the ra railway count shows that there were actual actual actual ac ac- old fi fighters and other per per- sons SOBs making a total of at the i encampment Tho The reason for the heavy attendance at Toledo was the fact that Ohio is in the center of the Grand Army population Ohio comes first in number Indiana second Pennsylvania third New lIew ew York fourth Massachusetts fib Illinois sixth and Wisconsin se se- se- se Toledo bein being in the center of all that population got ot an enormous at at- The Tho lar largest est attendance at any encampment en en- was that in Washington D.C. D.C. D.C. D. D C. C in September 1902 when persons were in attendance The attendances at at- for forthe the other encampments since the twentieth as g given en out this morning mornin by Colonel Sterrett follow At Other Cities St. St Louis 1887 1881 Columbus 1888 Milwaukee 1889 I Boston 1890 1800 Detroit 1891 Washington D DC D.C. C 0 1892 Indianapolis 1893 bur I 1894 ille Ky 1895 St. St Paul Panl 1896 i Buffalo 1897 Cincinnati 1898 89 Phi Ph Philadelphia adelphia 1899 Chicago 1900 Cleveland Washington ton b. b D. D C. C 1902 San Francisco 1903 Boston 1904 Denver 1905 Minneapolis 1906 Saratoga Springs 1907 1901 Toledo Toledo 1908 Three Fourths Dead DeaI There are still living out of the army civil war soldiers about GOO GOO- This number is is- figured fairly by the various departments The Tho average a age e of the men as figured last years was 68 and a fraction years The veterans are lears throughout through through- out the entire world There are thousands thou thousands sands who have never joined the G. G A A. R. R or organizations The loss of membership membership membership member member- ship by death each year is gradually getting heavier but the swelling of membership b securing of new now eli eli- gibles has kept the standard up to about The loss in the past two I years has been heavier than in former years and it is expected that from now on the decrease will be much heavier than teh teli gain ain |