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Show VETERANS Of SPANISH WAR Denver, July 18. All uncertainty regarding the dates for the United ! Spanish War Veterans' national encampment en-campment in Denver has been fettled by the receipt of a wire by, Major S. j D. C. Hays, department commander j of the veterans and chairman of the 1 local encampment executive commit-1 commit-1 tee. from Edward J. Glhon of Boston, Bos-ton, national commander, confirming j the change to Auc, 20, 30 and 31. An immediate flood of hotel reservations reser-vations is expected, as. the SpaDish I war veterans will bring between 50,-000 50,-000 and 80,000 delegates and visitors to this city the last week of August. The convention of the cattlemen and the thousands of other visitors who will flock into Denver from all over the state and west -because of the presence here Monday. Aug. 29. of former president Theodore Roosevelt, will bring to this city the week of tho encampment probably the larg-1 est throng that Denver ever entertained. enter-tained. A' mammoth military and civic parade pa-rade will bo given by the Spanish w ar veterans Monday morning, Aug 29, at 10:30 o'clock. Colonel Roosevelt arrives here from Cheyenne. The former president will be met at the Union depot by an escort, es-cort, the like of which Denver has i never before seen, and welcomed to j the city. The Grand Army of the Republic Re-public will be given the honored place in the line of march, to lie followed by United States regular troops and I the National Guard of Colorado In full i force The Arniv of the Philippines j and then the Unlled Spanish war vet-. J erans, a mighty armv of khaki-clad , men who fought In the Cuban and j Philippine campaigns, will be In line. ! to be followed by the Sons of Veter-i Veter-i ans. the Sons of Colorado, the cattle-i cattle-i men and tho various civic and frater-I frater-I nal organizations. Cowboys from all over the west will occupy prominent places in the procession. Cheyenne I premises to surprise Denver by the j Flze of its mounted delegation. |