Ogden Sun | 1905-09-05 | Page 5 | Denver is Ready for Encampment

DENVER IS READY FOR encampment denver sept 1 thousands of visitors attracted by the thirty nielli annual encampment of the G A R which opened three days hence continued to pour into denver today and the streets presented an animated appearance col A J wood bide chairman of tho information and accommodations committee reports that all arrivals were met by representatives of his committee and escorted to quarters promptly although the crush began considerably earlier ln was anticipated by the local executive committee the situation is well in hand and the members of the committee unhesitatingly announce that even should the maximum estimate of the probable num arr of realized none will suffer from a lack of room should it become necessary a proclamation will bo issued by the city authorities calling upon the citizens of denver to throw open their homes to the cites guests mayor speer has issued a warning to proprietors of eating houses etc that the usual rates for service must prevail during tho encampment the managers 0 tho labor day parade on monday next issued orders releasing members of certain craft from the of taking part in the parade so that the comfort of visitors might be better assured commander in calef john R king and party will arrive tomorrow morning every moment of his time has been assigned in a schedule prepared by the executive committee and his duties as head of the encampment promise to be extremely onerous for it is freely predicted on all sides that this encampment will be the largest and the busiest in recent years among the prominent arrivals today was general berge stone past commander of the department of california and nevada general stone Is candidate for the office of corn mander ln chiet i