Show I THE iTHE NA NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT EN G C A AR R 1 Everything In hi Readiness For the Meeting of ofu I E t tl u t Veterans In Cleveland Provision l Made Madet t e Attendance A For an Enormous e 0 J I 4 T a teme ems ema tobo a n tradition In la the Iw In Inner ini i ner n circles of oC the th l Grand truly Army Pur of oC oCt t ty i I I 0 that when whan In doubt OH n to the th for holding the th na nth national encampment It Is safe to choose Ohio This state elate Iras has H sent nt M to tho the House lIou e arid and has In III tits band 1 i Army as Os as 1111 either cither r o i the Avo two great neighbors on the sot Penn Ienn Pennsylvania 1 sylvania and Now York nut But It la III the tho thee e 0 r I I w fA geographical location Of at Ohio that so BO BOt t often has weight In determining the lo 10 location cation of oC the tho encampment It connects r the great west nest with the tho coot eMt It Is also Aho a n tribute to the naval con contingent 0 of ot tho the veteran order or er to select yo the tho Bite near a 1 body Jo y of water The rime fitment majority of ot tars hull hall from the It 1 states They want a n glance nt at attha the tha ocean blue lu jf if they carrot cannot hate ha a u turn on hoard board ship In Cleveland they can cnn look out upon the noble lake where whereon on Perry achieved that wonderful vic lc 1 tory tort which made his ids name glorious In Inthe Inthe Inthe the memory of ot every American n sailor I S f While there ore no on the thet t lake luke there thore ore many government yes C sels and these theMo wilt will rendezvous hero here heres l s t during encampment week not only In honor of ot the but lIu t of ot the thc president dent who has hns accepted the th committees Invitation to hold n a 1 reception In the thet 1 t IS auditorium of oC the Chamber of ot Com Commerce Commerce merce merc building on Thursday Sopt Sapt pt 12 It wa was In the nature of ot a n forlorn hope for tor tho the Ohio delegates to the tho 0 A R H HI 1 r I 0 councils held heW at nt St Louis Louie January 1 to promise a n fund of at for tor the one on of the order of ot veterans e p should Cleveland be chosen as the place I ot of meeting In 1901 1101 They wore were giten n a 1 I reasonable time to make a 11 show hov of funds and worked with spirit until dou double dOUr r ble Ilo Io the required r amount hall had been buen pledged The Tho figures given for far the cost of ot tho the celebration are aro now Although tho the local committee has lies had b but six lx months month In which to perfect ar nr arrangements arrangements having begun Its labors In March Murch a date by many months titan than Is la cu the veterans of ot Ohio t fiN are confident that the entertainment of their visiting comrades will be he u a royal one worthy worth to go go down In the Ihl records as the tho first encampment held In the time new III century The estimate for lor visitors vl Is Isery very ery large ranging between and It Is I supposed that the time Pan Ian Pani i American exhibition at lit Buffalo and nn the F Cleveland Cleeland encampment will prove Iroe twin attractions and draw an unusual nuns num number bet ber er of ot o sightseers from distant points i Locally aside from Its Us position on ons s the shore III lore of 01 the noble lake this Ihla city of ot Cleveland has hu many man attractions andI and facilities for Cor the purpose of a great at I j encampment It t Is called call 1 a city elt of ot ar armories mories tl and monuments The Central tinned which Is to b be Army Arm headquarters hll It ii J among sarong th largest buildings In America It H Is 18 within two to Mucks blocks of af the tho City square s witch which Is II the time court of nt of the IIII encampment to tob b lr JIo decorated with Hags and and Illuminated at t night with electric lights light At one on corner of the tia square which In Is breathing place piece stands the Soldiers rind Sell Sail Ors ore monument completed within the Il M II I THE TE SOLDIERS MONUMENT CLEVELAND 1 I 1 1 j r I l i F f t tt f i I fd t t t tr I I r Ii IiI r rt rs s t I 1 last d decade d This memorial can ran bo fro JQ seen for tor mill miles on alt all R II Its approaches The column Including the p pedestal d capital and bronze figure of Columbia cur sur surmounting mounting It Is b I US feet ClIt high Massive bronze bands encircle the granite shaft and bear the names of ot the most mo t prom nun tattles of oC the time war In which Ohio Ohioan an ans were conspicuously ly engaged l The monument Is surrounded 1 by b a lawn upon UllOn which at nt this season selon there are flower bt i In bloom representing the badges bodges b of ot the Grand Army of the Republic cf of th the Loyal Legion and of at atthe the various corps In ih UM use lI during the war warThe is r The monument marks very nearly the trie si spat t where the citizens of oC the city gath lIth pied owl In the summer of ot 1861 15 and wel welcomed w ei home a remnant of ot the Cleve CIe Cleveland Cleveland land regiment the Seventh Ohio volun volunteers h upon their return from Crom the war This regiment had gone to 10 the front In May I I numbering 1000 volunteers rs from the time city of ot Cleveland Cleelan and nearby nearh towns While organizing U ll rendezvoused rendezvoused in Camp Cump Taylor Talor on the time out outskirts outskirts outskirts skirts of ot tho thu city and anti was looked upon throughout the time war ns as ban wr ncr regiment During Its at It the front which witch Included the campaigns of ot the tho Shenandoah In ISO the km battles attics leu of ot the army arm of ut the tho Potomac up io to Gettys Gettysburg Gettysburg burg amid an 1 Sherl and amid campaigns the Seventh S carried on the rolls roll over 1600 1800 men end ind returned return ed cd with only ani 2 20 0 soldiers able for tor or duty Time Tho first colonel of ot the tho regiment t Cap Call thin J B n Tyler was tens promoted to alIer general and the tho second colo colonel colonel colonel nel Captain William R n of Cleveland was as killed 1 at Mh lon Ridge e eTho Time The Central armory will be bo used for tor campfires of ot the veterans durIng tho the encampment It will nut he be brilliantly II Il Illuminated aped as will also the Soldiers and I Sailors monument this last for tor the ho first time since In e Its lis completion lIon Theta There arc are three grand reviewing stand one being sot set apart especially for tor time the president president sl dent Jont and his Ills following with hed civil eMI anti military guests Perrys victory on on Lake Eris will wilt be celebrated on Tuesday Sept pt 10 the an anniversary anniversary of oC the battle which gave gae tho the republic control of ot the great lakes Sept 11 Is the day da fixed for the l parade of the Grand Army Arm Major the commander In chief has arranged for a n parade of ot shout two miles and the route will wilt Include a part rt of I avenue and the tho principal bus busl now noes thoroughfares of oC the city About 2000 naval veterans will take part In Inthe Inthe the land parade and will wilt also be con conspicuous conspicuous I In the naval parade and re review reo review view Ie on Perry Perr day tIl Sept 10 As Aa the adjoining Ohio muster over or Orand Army mon men it Is believed the parade will bring out a 1 very er large num number her ber of old ohl soldiers Free accommodations 14 lions have ha e been provided for Cor Us sis Is tors anti there will be l I c no n mason eon wh whiny why h any iny veteran who to shake the fraternal hand and march again shaul shoulder shoulder der to shoulder should remain away from the encampment Senator Marl Mark lUnna a recent recruit In the Grand Orand Army Arm will he be In the marching ranks rank George II 11 Thomas past i IlOs st of ot the tile de do department of Illinois will compete forthe for tor forthe the honor h nor of oC being the post p of ot the order artIer It ft comrades on the roster The Tho Army Arm and Navy Nn post pest of ot i Cleveland will keep Its room open Often day and night the entire encampment tin week Hk aril provide entertainment for visiting 1 comrade One On of the tho features at this room will 11 be the dog doc d watch similar In character to an nn army ann camp campfire tire fire A number num r of organizations which are auxiliary to the Grand Orand Army Ann will wll hold annual cessions at Cleveland dur durIng durIng Ing lag encampment week tek Among these thle an art the National Womans Relief corps COr tl the Ih Ladles of th t the Grand Orand Army Ann the Na National Association of ot Naval Ral Veterans sad and Its Us womans auxiliary au J ilia f corps corn the I Union Ex of ot War association I the Sons lions of ot Veterans and ond the Society of at Union Army Nurses The Tho Womans Relief Hellet corps of ot Ver Var Vermont mont moat will present the tho name of ot its ex U president Mrs Robinson Jones for tor tho the office oco of ot national president At Madison 0 only 35 miles tulles from Crom Cleve Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland land Is located the national homo home of at I tho tim Womans Relief corps This Is tho the first time lime since the establishment of ot I the tho home that tho national convention has hall been heen held In tho the vicinity and amI the members of the society will wll embrace the opportunity to view tho the noble no lu work established under their kindly auspices this Mis Mary L I Is the retiring preal president presIdent dent of ot the corps In 1872 1812 when lh n the Grand Orand Army num numbered bored less than comrades the time an annual nual ll was vs as first held he III In Cleveland Ambrose Ambro e E n Burnside Burn Hurn side Hide was commander In him chief Ho Ito was the only nl one of ot the tho army s who ever held heM that ollice The Tho business s meeting of the encampment will 1111 be bo held on Thursday Sept Belt 12 and the veterans et rans nio looking forward with deep Interest to that session ni or the national na nil national body of oC representatives The Tho delegates to a n national encampment are aro chosen by tho the state slate departments upon a Mal bask of oC representation and an In addi addition n dl I tion thereto certain past paRt officers of ot the I national body IIO y and of ot the slate depart departments meals ments are entitled to participation and to votes otes This permanent contingent In I time thu encampment constitutes tho time body I s familiarly called tho the house of lords Their ThUr right to seats and an to votes Is la lifelong liMong and Inalienable except they should 1 be he dl from Com the Grand Orand Army Anny larh year year e r the expectation exp Is Ii raked raised In certain cl quarters that time the Grand Orand Army will take action to admit th Sons of ot Veteran Veterans to t ties tics of ot closer affiliation adulation that exist at present but th the opinion nf of the national body ho In the main has not changed upon this subject t The question que of admitting Spanish war vet veterans crane erans Is be 1 annually agitated but upon this also the th Veterans of ot the old order remain firm They The say Bay that the Grand Orand I f Army Arm must mut end as no 8 It began an n MSO asso so j I cl of Federal F veterans exclusively IV I While the Grand Orand Army Ann Is essentially nn an I organization lion dependent for continuance i and amid usefulness upon numbers still atilt Its members hold that the spirit which I i a in lie Its founders and those thoM who brought It Il to Its present high position cannot be Infused Into new blood 1 and J II tho the Idea of oC perpetuating the tho order or er is isI I I Impracticable The number of com corn comrades comra races rades ra having official status statue at It the limb H fifth encampment will be bit greater grenter than the total membership at the time when marshaled l his followers In Cleveland In 18 only seven coven years eArs after the war closed clo cd The order can enn canlow low lose lo of ot Its present membership and still bo be a great organization organisation for tor forthe forthe the auxiliary bodies o les and amid the nonmembers bus bens who with their former Cormer comrades comrade In arms on all alt occasions of ot ceremony like parades reunions and Ind memorial services help belp to swell the time die dis display play and keep alive alte enthusiasm Many of or the time posts ore are so fIO large as tobe to tobe tobe be Indifferent to recruits and on tho th other hand some of the one onu unite thus gaining strength and n Influence once ence Less bees than of 0 the survivors sur aur survivors of the war lor who are eligible to the Grind Grand Army Arm are oro members of ot the order and new ne recruits are constantly joining Again Amin comrades r retire from the ranks rank by discharge yet ret maintain their affiliations with the members very wry much Aka liko soldiers on the tho retired list lIat Tho The death Ileath rate among veterans on the time rolls is still under the average for Cor men of ot the ages represented In the order and nM it t will be bo some years ears yet et before that average reaches threescore and ten Tho The average Is now about 60 65 6 years and there are over hon honorably hony discharged soldiers Bol lers living Tho fhe recorded mortality since 1865 1565 Is Thursday Sept 12 Is the day fixed for the legislative leeJ exercises of 01 the tho en encampment encampment encampment consisting of the reading of ot national reports and debate upon them theman and an 1 the election of ot a commander In 11 chief for tor 1502 1902 Unusual Interest t centers upon the time forthcoming report of oC the thO committee on pensions a n creation of ot the commander In chief hence feces necessarily Involved with the canvass for tor n a 1 hew lew hew administration The Tho attitude of oC Pension Commissioner loner Evans since slice the tha thelast last report of f the tho committee e and his attitude toward the veterans v have hae led lell to tt many conferences between old sol sal soldiers diers and ant the authorities at Washing Washington ton Furthermore a sharp controversy between General K L J Sidles Sickles and tho Republican national committee has hns precipitated d n a crisis of ot feeling which r nothing short of tho the cleverest diplomacy diplo diplomacy macy can prevent present from showing Itself with acrimony In the debates Ie bates on the tho te to port of ot the pension committee commit nt It Cleveland Cleve Cleveland land and also In the contest for tor com commander commander commander mander In chief chiefA A new element was Injected Into tho the pension controversy recently recent by a n pub published published statement of oC Past Department Commander Joseph W 11 Kay of New Now NewYork NewYork York to the tho effect that the tho Grand Orand Army of oC the tho Republic is 18 not as nn an Uon responsible for lor the time numerous pen pension penIon pendon Ion don evils often carelessly laid to Its ilK door and especially the private pension bills bill which lire are put through h by members mem mern members bers of ot congress Ills JUs view was widely quoted and gao gave deep satisfaction to the tM veterans of oC time the order or er To the pub Ho lie at urge largo It came AS ns a n bold and frank of ot the numerous charges which have been floating about the tho past 20 years Kay Iny ny is n a Democrat and has hns long been conspicuous among old ol sol ii y rJ t t u 0 I lip I t I I t I It 4 t v am f l I E l y i 1 l t i LEO rn nn R J il s d n s i I u r i c clr lr 1 15 r r I 1 1 if l Tt I I Z w TH R THE CAMPFIRES WILL BE pE HELD tiers AS ns nn an ardent of ot the rights rIght of at veterans veteran especially In the I matter of 01 public employment and ail of ot adequate pensions for Cor severe disabilities ties lies He lie Is at nt present chairman of ot the thea a G A R n national committee on legis legislation lotion lation The veteran tamps camps Including the official circles of at the OrAnd Grand |