| Show fOR NEXT ENCAMPMENT ON i Atlantic Atlanta City and St. St Louis Each Making Hard Campaign VOTE TO SETTLE MATTER Detroit and Rochester Decide Not to Enter the Fight I St. St Louis and Atlantic City ore are aro the tho two cities striving ln for the Fort fourth Forty national encampment of ot the tho Grand Army of the Republic and It will not be until far Car along during durin the tho encampment encamp encamp- encampment ment mont here that it will be certain which city will be victorious Both havo strong friends already In lit Salt Lako Lake working among amonS' the tho G. G A A. R. R delegates who have already arrived Each contending contending contending con con- tending faction has campaign literature literature literature litera litera- ture buttons and ond other effects to bo be used as argument to swing tho the doubtIng doubtIng doubt- doubt Ing InS dele delegates to them A. A G G. Peterson of ot St St. Louis past department department de de- commander for tor Missouri ar arrived arrived arrived ar- ar rived In Salt Lake Luke last Monday 1 am has been busy all 1 wee week with newly arrived delegations as ns oon n a as ho he could get et to them Gov Hadley of oC Missouri 1 und and Mayor M or of St. St Louis Louts have havo sent letters authorizing Mr Peterson I Ito to speak for tor them In in striving to gain the next encampment Ho Ito also has hns Totters letters letters let Tot II from CroUt business organizations and prominent men mon of or St. St Louis Louts 1 backing his claim chum that St. St Louis Is the tho only logical city to handle hondle the nex next t meeting meeting meet meet- ing Atlantic City which has holI entertained a n. number of oC lor largo o conventions Is malting making maltIng malt malt- ing a n. strong bid for tOI the tho honor Tho coast city put In her bid hid for tho the encampment en on- last April by sending letters broadcast t throughout the United States to every ery G G. G A. A R. R post and the early start may have havo something something- to do with the result But Dut the St. St Louis Lotus delegates feel that tho they will win out In tho light and will not give up until the fInal Solo voto is tRI taken en There was some seine talk during tho week of Detroit or Rochester entering the tho field for tor the encampment of ot 1010 but both havo have dropped pert out leaving Atlantic CIl City and bit tit bt Louis Louts alone in inthe the tho race for Cor supremacy tongued Silver orators will tho the virtues of oC both cities when the time limo comes but It will willbo ho bo tho the counting of ot votes that will settle sot set tie tic the matter not maller-not not oratory and campaign cam cain matter though both may moy cut a figure in the result It will bo ho something of ot a light b be between between be- be tween tho the far for East against the tho Middle lIddle and extreme West Nest All of tho states east cost of Illinois will like likely enter the tho hold field for Cor Atlantic City while others will 1 stand for tor St. St Louis The encampment encampment encampment encamp encamp- ment has been beon held hold at St. St Louis only once und rand that was lit In 1887 and this will be u used as us an argument In favor Cavor of tho the Missouri city Atlantic City has as never noer entertained the tho veterans of t tho o O. O A. A R. R though other largo organizations organizations havo gone Sono there during the tho last tow few years Of Other her f II Since the tho ol organization of or the Grand Army of tho the Republic h b by y Commander Commander- In Chief Stephenson In n 1866 thieve there havo have been three forty national encampments encamp encamp- monts ments including ln the ono about to open in Salt Lake The cities which have entertained the veterans the dato date and the tho in commanders are ore as os follows follows fol fol- tol- tol lows Indianapolis First t-In t Indianapolis Ind November No 2 20 1866 Stop hen A. A Hurlburt Illinois in commander Second Second Philadelphia Pa PR January Januar t 15 1868 John A A. LoS LoS' Logan n Illinois c com com- m- m m mander ln finder chief Third hird Cincinnati Ohio ln 1 May lay 12 U 13 1869 1860 John A. A Lo Logan Loan an Illinois com com- in mander Fourth Fourth- Washington Fourth Washington ton D. D C C. May 1 11 11 12 1870 John A A. A Logan Lobon Illinois centt comma com com- t ma chief ln a In ch Ie Fifth FIrth Boston fth Boston Mass l May l 10 10 11 11 1871 Ambrose E. E hums Burnside Rhode I Island land commander ln Sixth Sixth Cleveland Cleveland Ohio May lay 8 3 9 1872 Ambrose Ambroso E. E Burnside Rhode Island In commander Seventh Seventh New New Haven lIa Conn May Moy 11 II l 15 1873 1673 Charles Devens Massachusetts Massachusetts He i ts commander ln Eighth Eighth ur Pa May Ia 13 1874 1814 Charles Chorles Devens Massachusetts co corn mandor In Ninth Ninth Chicago Chicago Ill May 12 12 13 1876 John F. F Hartranft Pennsylvania ln commander I Tenth Tenth Philadelphia Philadelphia Pa Po Juno June 30 30 n 1876 1816 John F F. F Hartranft Pennsylvania cor commander ln n Eleventh Eleventh lle Providence R R. J. J L. L Juno 26 2 27 27 1877 John C. C Robinson New York commander in Commander Ia Twelfth Twelfth Springfield Springfield Mass Mus June 4 4 1878 1578 78 John C C. Robinson Robinson Now New York Lork In commander Thirteenth Alban Albany N. N Y June 17 18 16 1873 1871 William Earnshaw Ohio commander In commander ln chiet Fourteenth Fourteenth Dayton Dayton Ohio Juno S. S 9 0 1880 80 Louis Wa Wagner ner Pennsylvania commander ln in Fifteenth Fifteenth Indianapolis Ind June Juno 15 1 IE 1 16 6 1881 George Georgo S 8 8 Merrill Massachusetts Massa Massa- chusett commander ln Sixteenth Sixteenth Baltimore ltd Md June June 23 21 1882 Paul Poul Van Der Ne Nebraska e- e braska commander In Seventeenth Seventeenth Denver Denver Colo Cola July 2 5 26 1883 Robert Hobert B B. Death Beath vanla vanja commander ln II Eighteenth Minneapolis 1 Minn 1 July my 23 1884 John S S. S Kountz Counts Ohio in ln Portland Nineteenth Portland Me t Juno June 24 21 4 n 25 U 1885 1886 Samuel S S. S Washing Washing- i ton on D D. c c. In chief San San Francisco CaL August Au- Au gust 6 4 1886 Lucius Fairchild Wis Wis- Wisconsin Wisconsin cousin In commander TwentY St. St St. Louis Mo Ma Septem ber 30 28 John P. P Rea nea Minnesota Minnesota Minne Minne- sota In commander Twenty-second Twenty Columbus Ohio September 12 H 1888 William Warner War War- ner Missouri In commander Twenty third third Twenty Milwaukee Wis VIs August August Au Au- gust 30 28 1889 1389 Russell A. A Alger AIer Michigan 1 commander ln Twenty fourth Twenty fourth fourth Boston MASS August Au- Au gust cust 14 13 1890 Wheelock G. G Veazy Vermont commander In Twenty fifth Twenty fifth Detroit Mich August 7 5 i. 1591 John Palmer Now Nov York ln commander Twenty sixth sixth Venty ton D D. C. C September 22 21 1892 1592 A. A G. G Wisconsin In commander Twenty seventh Twenty seventh Indianapolis In Ind September 7 6 1893 1593 John G G. G B. B Adums Ad- Ad urns Massachusetts commander In chief el Twenty eighth Twenty eighth Pa Po September September September Sep Sep- 13 12 1894 1594 Thomas G. G Lawler Illinois commander in Twenty ninth Twenty ninth Louisville Ky September September Sep Sep- 13 11 1895 1505 Ivan N N. N Walker allter Indiana in commander Thirtieth Thirtieth Thirtieth-EL SL Paul Minn September 3 4 3 1896 Thud Thad S. S Clarkson Nebraska commander In Thirty Buffalo Buffalo N. N Y 1 August Augus 25 27 1897 1597 John P. P S. S jobin Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania s1 commander ln Thirty second ThIrty second Cincinnati Ohio September Sep Sep- 5 6 C G 1898 James A. A Sexton Illinois Illi Illi- nois Tho Tim In chlof died while In office and antI was succeeded by bj W W. C. C Johnson of ot Ohio senior vice Thirty third Thirty third Philadelphia Pa Sep turn bel 6 7 1899 Albert D. D Shaw New NewYork NewYork NewYork York commander in Thirty fourth fourth Thirty Chicago Ill August 29 20 30 1900 Loo Missouri l com commander ln mund I er-I n chi ef Thirty fifth fifth eland Cleveland OI Ohio o September Sep 12 13 1901 Ell Eli Torrance Min Min- Minnesota Minnesota commander In Thirty sixth Washington Thirty Washington D D. C. C October October October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober 9 10 1902 Thomas J. J Stewart Pennsylvania commander ln Thirty seventh San Francisco Cal August 20 21 1903 John C. C Black Illinois Illi nu- nois commander In eli Thirty eighth Thirty eighth Doston Boston Mass 1 August August Aug Aug- 17 18 1904 1004 limon W. W Blackmar Massachusetts l ln commander Commander Blackmar died In office and senior vice Ice John R. R King ICing of or Marland Maryland Maryland Mary Mar land succeeded to the office Thirty ninth Thirty ninth Denver Colo Septem Septem- September ber bor 7 8 S. S 1906 1905 James Tanner fanner Now New York forte commander In Fortieth Minneapolis Minneapolis Minn 1 August 16 17 1906 Robert flobert B. B Brown Ohio In commander Fort Forty first Saratoga Forty Saratoga a Springs s NewYork Now New York Sep September 1 12 13 13 1907 Charles G. G Burton Nevada Navada Mo Ala In commander chief second Forty Toledo second Toledo Ohio August 31 to September th 1908 1905 Henry M. M No Nevius Red ned DanK BanK N. N f a. r. r commander In chief ehler I |
