| Show ass washington LETTER I 1 OUR onn rF GULAR I 1 washington i april 18 1887 As el lip hp time draws near for the washington ashington lV national drill public attention is concentrating upon the novel event and preparations go briskly fo forward rivard the ruling of the interstate commissioners allowing reduced rates of travel to be given to people attending the drill will tend greatly to increase I 1 the crowd of visitors th TIe I 1 elea leading ding railroad lines of aba country telegraph graph to headquarters that they are arc expecting and making arrangements to carry immense numbers of excursionists to th tha spectacle and that the accommodation the capital as regards 0 board raid and a nd shelter Eh elter w will 11 probably be taxed to their utmost capacity they are unnecessarily alarmed on this point however washington is a city ofil of hotels and board liou 08 and its adaptability to crowds has never fully been tested at was not uncomfortably 4 ull at the time of the cleveland aaion and it was estimated that there ethere two hundred thou sand strangers within her gates mull the drill committee which seems determined to leave nothing undone that can add to the pleasure and comfort of the occasion will keep it a list of hotels boarding and lodging houses where rooms and beds with and without meals can be had rooms robins are register registered edat at prices ranging rangin 7 froni from 1 upward and meals can be had bad from 25 cents upward if those thoe wanting rooms will address the national drill committe stating just what they want as a s to rooms beds and meals and what they are willing to pay they vill rill in communication with per can furnish such accommodations inoda L ions A about V ont the af pf 0 f ma mayan y an official will be at each of the railway stations in this city to give the same bamo information to peo pic arriving so as to enable them to repair directly to such quarters lers as are most convenient to the static tic where they arrive there is every indi indication catin that the drill will be successful in every particular the east west north and south and every other section of the union will be represented in the contest and an abundance of funds for forthe the expenses of the whole affair here long ago subscribe kd d and paid int the treasury will be distributed in cash prizes besides stands of colors 0 gold silver and bronze medal special medals ard plate trophies south of the white house and between it and the washington monument entis is a beautiful leyel ellipse one half balf mile in rence here the daily contests will be held to show the proficiency of the infantry cavalry artillery and zouave tactics each evening there will be a grand dress parade and on governor s day the great parade will take place when it is expected that about twenty five chief executives of states together with the president well review the procession 1 grand stands for spectators will he erected around the drill grounds and the camp is to be on expanse ex panee of green laring arwind around the vaa hington linEt jing ton cn Mo ailment the tae drill MU mill commence on the may I 1 zand and continue nine days closing on the 0 Decoration Dav a grand combination parade through the streets of the city it will be the largest gR gathering of citizen soldiery and the finest display ot at their excellence in the manuel of arms and military maneu that liag has ever in ill this COUT country dry stale staf e anda and ther local drills have been held at different places many I 1 of them meeting with signal success na national drill lias has ever before afen attempted and one could not bo e carried out els elsewhere than herc military displays have al cen popular tho pomp and circumstance of war always attracts the multitude the national capital will welcome the tho thousands hsands of visitors who will flock to td the coming encampment in all the beauty of her best attire her new spring za suit euit of fresh bright green teley have no idea ide 1 kow charming washington ibi ti hr bast and they will be surprised and delighted with the broad asphalt avenues lined with shade trees forming 0 of green vistas and with the statues and fountains at and id parks and flowers that they will see at every t turn urn I 1 |
