The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 14, 1903, Page 4

FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY AUGUST 14, THOUSANDS OF GALLANT HEROES ADVANCE UPON THE METROPOLIS AND THE AIR IS FILLED WITH RECITAL OF DEEDS OF VALOR DONE Soldiers of 61 Crowd City’'s | Streets. Pk Citizens Prepare Greetings for Veterans. i three days rematn in which| | the detalls for the Thirty-sev- Annual Pncampment of the | 4 Army of the Republic are and the various head- Francisco presented a| | rday. | | A large © of the delegates and | their friends have arrived in the city, and | | n e opening of the en- next Monday a steady stream pour into the city by | rom all points of the San reach San o the Oakland mole ging 3 persons from vania. The majority from Allegheny City »f Abe Patter- J. L. Sbook legates and their | t eve ng. ns detall to recelve | escort them to San hem in every possible | e s e vt = e | Eyinds Are Wanted | | by Reception Committee. <+ | . cars are now h g across | M t Army | hundred | t of these cars ar 'EpP-l d to regular trains | rains due here In s With the e from nea an Francisco 1s sure to wel- 35,000 ngers within her gates & week DECORATING PROGRESSING. ng Market street is e work of deco rapidi it is expected 5 ches at Third and Market ! complete by day night. | ow in place and the | are working and night | arch erected without ractor has notified the yve committee of the encampment | the two arches fully Mgnday morning. | ne of the executive issued an urgent ap- | of San Francisco to | entertainment fund and heir houses and business > the executive e in charge that ¢ make uired to entertaln the vet- | War during the com- e not been sent committee in as| ex- of subscrip- n | $5; Doblee & Hagler, $5; J - Dewey. ng & Co.. §5 Fisher & Co., 35; Hawl . w wood. Herbert & 5 o o . y B. Hunt, $5; J Mirs Emn g Ath Tutter al, $24,271 75, 7 - The ornamental flag poles ars slready in | W 0 N 4| TWO THOUEA i ace on Market street for four blocks | £ . - i will be decorated with banners, | o eamers and bunches of flags. Lines of electric globes have been strung across the street between the poles with hanging e strings of lamps at each end. The executive committee of the en- - campment Intended to have the poles placed along Market street from the fer- | to Van Ness avenue, but lack of funds | apelled a change in the plans of deco- | rom various| The committee in charge of the military of the defe. | Parades has almost finished its work and | San | Will bave its programme ready to-day. next. | The committee is hopeful that the mil- ing some | 1tary parades will be the finest ever seen of special tratng | in_this city. "8 o il trains | " aluable assistance is being rendered | to the executive committee of the en- | campment by the local members of lhs‘ | Bons of Veterans and those of the Span- | | teh-American War Vetgrans, WILL MEET DELEGATES. i Many of the members of these two or- | have been detailed to go to points | close to San Francisco and meet the in- coming delegates, while others are on duty at the Ferry building and at Third and Townsend streets in order to direct | delegates to hotels and lodgings. | | At the bureau of information at 19 New | Montgomery street the work is being car. | riea on by members of the two orders named. A branch postoffice has been opened a the information bureau and it wiil remaln open for ten days for the aceommodation of the members of the Grand Army and | their friends. The United Railroads has made ar- rangements for handling the large crowds | of visitors next week. Extra cars will be placed on all the Market-street lines and electric lines leading to the main thoroughfare. The all night service on Ellis, Eddy, O'Farrell and Mission streets will be operated on a fifteen-minute schedule. Inspectors will be stationed at varjous street corners and flagmen at the car crossings in order to insure the safe- ty of passengers on the street cars. The veterans of the Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery will hold a reunion on Tuesday afternoon, August 18, at the post hall of George H. Thomas Post No. 2, 3 Post street, opposite Union Square, at 2 p. m. Veterans who are attending the National Encampment of the G. A. R. in Ban Francisco are invited to at- tend. Ample arrangements for the en- tertainment of visiting comrades and their friends have been made by Com- rades William A. 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World's greatest diamond imitator. | A special patriotic service has been pre- B0l 8 / | ( g N W5 e HIISLOW 45 W7 Sonsmmn 22, LZO52I527 2750 LIEVCE, STaFF GAP. % | | PROMINENT PHYSICIANS ATTACHED WILL RENDER MEDICAL AND THE CIVIL WAR DURING TH E EN(C ZTEDIR, Dy ety H Ay cmin R AN R * + Titber ot SIS * HE GRAND ARMY WHO | AL AID TO THE HEROES OF "AMPMENT. IRG . Great Efforts Are Made to Complet Details of E + e ncampment. R = pared in honor of th En campment, to which 2 e en- | campment are most cordially invited. This service will be held next Sunday evening, | | August 15, at 7:45 o'clock, in the Howarc street Methodist Church, between Second and Third streets, and just two blocks back of the Palace Hotel. The pastor, Rev. A. C. Bane, will deliver a patriotic | sermon on the theme, “Sacrifice the Price | of Liberty,” and a musical programme will be rendered. Members of the Grand Army of the Republic residing in the interior counties of California are working bherolcally to make an elaborate display of the re- sources of the State. Word was received from Sacramento, San Jose, Santa R and other points yesterday that many | carloads of fruft and flowers would be ent to S8an Francisco next week for dis- tribution among the veterans and their friends, PROGRAMME FOR WEEK. f The representat The executive committee of the Span- | executive committee of the Grand Army | of the Republic Encampment this even- | ng at the Grand Hotel and present its programme for the ensuing week. The young war veterans will hold their fourth national encampment and will take part in the parades of the Civil War vet- erans. ! The programme of the Spanish-Ameri- can War Veterans includes a meeting of the members of the Department of Cali- fornia next Monday evening at the arm- ory of the First Artillery, N, G. C., 615 | Eilis street, which s to bé the headquar- | ters of the veterans of the last war. | On Tuesday evening the annual conven- tion will be held and officers elected for | the ensuing year. .On Wednesday evening there will be a grand reunion of all veterans of the | Spanish war who may be in the city. A campfire will be a feature of the reunion. | The members of Camp Reinhold Richter | of S8an Francisco will furnish ah elabor- | ate feast for all who attend, prominent men will address the gathering and a | musical programme will be rendered. All army or navy veterans of the Span- ish war are invited to attend the reun- fon and tickets of admission will be fs- sued at the committee headquarters, 19| New Montgomery street, to veterans on | presentation of their discharge papers. Tickets can also be secured at the arm- ory on Ellis street. The young veterans are requested to | take part in the Civil War veterans’ pa- rade, and the Grand Army executive com- mittee hopes for a loyal response to the call. The executive c¢ommittee of the en- campment of the Grand Army is desirous that a general holiday be celebrated next Wednesday, when the big mili pa- rade will take place. A number of promi- nent business houses will give their em- ployes a half holiday, and it Is hoped that others will follow suit. The 8an Francisco Planing Mill Own- ers’ Association at {its recent meeting, give their workmen take part in the pa- ess the procession. el IMPOSTORS ARE EXPOSED. OAKLAND of Appomattox, opportu rade and to wit Lyon and Porter posts, Grand Army of Republic, were pres- ent to-day at a meeting of the executive committee of the Alameda day reception to the ve ns of the Grand Army in an- swer to a communication asking If any representative of their posts had been authorized to make any collections for the purpose of defraying the expenses of | the reception It was reported to the committee that persons representing themselves as Grand | Army men had been soliciting funds in Oakland, in one case receiving a donation of 350 from a local corporation. ves of the Grand Army posts were emphatic in their statements | ish-American War Veterans will meet the | that 10 one had been authorized to make any collections in the name of any post in Oakland, and they branded all such solicitors as rank impostors. The only solicitors who are authorized to make any collections for the Grand Army fund carry books«signed by J. W. Evar chairman of the executive com- Theodore Gier, chairman of the committee, and Edwin Stearns, cretary of the reception committee. The committees fn charge of the pre- liminary arrangements are hard at work perfecting the programme for the recep- tion of the veterans, and the finds for the entertainment are still coming in. The remaining time, however, 1s short and so much still remains to be done that it wili keep the committee busy getting things in shape by August 21. There are many of the citizens who have promised to furnish cake and fruit for the lun~h to be served at thé Willows, but so far none has offered the needed meats and chickens, Unless the matter is taken up soon this part of the refresh- ment will have to be omitted. It has been suggested by Captain Thom- as of Appomattox Post that the Grand Army posts of this city act as eseort to the visiting veterans and march from the foot of Broadway to the Willows. The ladies of Appomattox Relief Corps | and Lyon Relief Corps will attend to the preparation of the luncheon to be sérved to the veterans and their familles. The committee has secured a store rdom at | 305 Twelfth street for Thursday, Aug&st 20, and it requests that roast meats chick- ens, sandwiches, cakes and pies be sent to that address on the day preceding the reception. ———— Souvenir Writing Papers. Souvenir writing tablets and papeteries, containing Mission and other scenic views, illuminated with California Poppy and Poinsettia pictures. Good to te home and take home. Stacks of other souvenirs. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Mar- ket street. » ki ] Aug. 13.—Representatives | | ment of the Civil War veter . i|Famous Generals : Journeying to the Coast. H ENERAL JOHN C. BLACK of Tlii- nois, who is looked upon as the : next commander chlef of the and Army of the Republic, will arfive in San Francisco to-day, escorted by the headquarters of the Illinois Depart- The “Illinois G. A. R uled to arrive this m. tion of the local exec committee the forthcoming encampment will meet the distinguished officer at the ferry and special” is sched- nin 1d a delega | escort him to his quarters at the Palace Hotel. Benson Woods, commander of the De- partment of Illinois, G. A. R., with his | staff will arrive on the special train, and a number of the members of the Woman s Relief Corps are with the party. General Black has the indorsement of many State departments for the honored post of commander in chief of the Grand Army. He was a candidate one year ago at the Washington Encampment, but gave way for General Stewart, the present head of the Civil War Veterans' organiza- tion. General Black is a ‘“‘sure winne: cording to the veterans already in San Francisco, unless General Miles announces himself a candidate for the position. General Miles and General Thomas J. wart, commander in chief of the Grand rmy, are scheduled to arrive in San Francisco to-morrow. General Miles is traveling In a private car attached to a regular overland train. He is accompa- nied by six Civil War veterans who were on his staff during the memorable strug- gle between the North and South. Quar- ters have been reserved for him and his party at the Palace Hotel. He will be met on his arrival by members of the local reception committee of the encamp- ment and escorted to his hotel. General Stewart, the commander in chief of the Grand Army, will arrive to- morrow evening via the Santa Fe road. He is accompanied by his staff and a number of prominent officers who served in the Civil War. The train bearing Gen- eral Stewart is due to arrive at 6:45 p. m., and a speclal ferry-boat will leave the Santa Fe wharf at 4 p. m. for Point Rich- mond carrying the executive and recep- tion committees of the encampment. The commander in chief will be escorted across the bay and to the quarters re- served for him and his staff at the Pal- ace Hotel. B e P LA PATRIARCH OF VETERANS. W. O. Clark Is Name of Warrior ‘With Proud Record. E By an error the story published in The | Call yesterday of the presence in the city of the patriarch of name as “Charles A" Clark of Amador County. The corréct name of the distin- guighed old soMler is W. O. Clark, and desiring that a gallant warrior should receive the full mead of well earned credit The Call makes this correction. B — Many Veterans En Route. 1.OS ANGELES, Aug. 13—Members of | the Grand Army of the Republic continue to arrive in Los Angeles from East- ern points in large numbers en route to the National Encampment at San Fran- ctsco. McDowell Post of East St. Louis and an unattached party from Illinois arrived to-day. The veterans numbered about 300, To-morrow the special train bearing headquarters officlals of the G. A. R. and posts of Pennsylvania will arrive here. ‘The party will include about 400 persons, and in addition several other parties and delegations aré expected. ——— C 1 friends are those who agree when you out of the roasting pan and putat party in it » DR [V PIISRIE 8. BNES ) OSFIZ AL VD HEDIC, 5777 ac- | veterans gave his | GaZ.. Arrival of Com-| | mander of War a Prisoners. burg, national commander of the C Union ex-Prisoners of War, an | organization composed mainly of OLONEL J. D. WALKER of Pi men who endured the hardships of Ander- | nville, Libby and Danville prisons dur | ing the fearful struggle between the N 'd South, arrived from day with his wife and Is regh | Grand Hotel. Although the organiza which Colonel Walker represents is neces- sarily smaller than the Grand Army body it has always been an Important the annual encampments of the la it Is expected that it will be larg sented here next week. ing the encampment week the Union risoners of War will have their head- ic Hall, where, on Monday will assemble for the first y the organization will repre- annual conclave for the elee- ficers and the transaction and Mi nigan, appro- has_been ere al association a $2000 | unrest prisoner: which has been subm times, but unf mittees, will tke com L PREVAILS. | m tion of th their annual campf: of the w | be held in L | we hope that ail not they bel | will attend | Colonel Walker | gramme for the campfire has | been completed, but he gave assurance | ! that it will be an interesting event, and will include speeches by the more notable | members of the G. A. R. delegates, among them being General Black, Governor Nash of Ohio, Harry Palmer, General Chipman and others. As to the number of ex-pris- oners who will attend the encampment the commander was unable “to suggest, } he expressed the opinion that the repre- sentation will be very large, addthg: | | We have a membership of about 9000, which | is reiresentéd in every State and T\ the Union and in Canada. In | is an organization, but seemin; it ha | thrived very well—a fact that we will into during the encampment week. | Colonel Walker was a member of the | Twentieth Army Corps, a part of Sher- man’s forces, when he was taken pris- oner while the famous march “from At- lanta to the sea” was drawing to a close. | He was confined in Libby and Danville | prisons. He has served two terms as commander of the national organization of Union ex-Prisoners of War. Stephen M. Long, adjutant general -of the national organization and department commander of the Grand Army of New | Jersey. is due to arrive in this city Mon- | day morning. —— Joins the Faculty of Stanford. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Aug. 13— Henry Alvin Millis, whose appointment {to an assistant professorship in the de- that us. The carpe tting arch and we can appeal to their Let us make a fiaht and do this look | Selves.” This Wae grected | with loud applan The motion was them mads to declar the entire encampment unfair, and i+ wa carried by & unanimous vote. The chair | army bands plaving but | | partment of economics was announced | éarly last spring, arrived at the univer- sity to-day and will take up his position in the Stanford faculty at the approach- ing opening of college. Instructions for ifllfln [ | “THE OLD ARMY CHEST,” || ¥exT sunpavs ART SUPPLEMENT: Frame in three-inch - scooped gilt or three-inch Flem- ish brown and burnished gold. B orciiion — =1+ | SBanta Fe office, Musicians’ Union | Vote to Go on Strike. Encampment De- | clared to Be 1 “Unfair.” CANNOT COMPLY || WITH DEMANDS [ OF MUSICIANS bligations to organizations, and to the people ' isco and the State Fran ornia, cannot of San of C therefore Re Secretary 13, 1903 + NION musicians will not discourse melody during the coming Grand Army Encampment, »mr yesterday took bers has been directed to and secure their co-op . to have the carpenters @ awork d off afid to have the who putting umine the stree mot will be made to have men’'s Unlon indorse their strikes t their members from the State for the e $£20,000 bad b campm campment ment; and furth ter be brough eil for further ac Electrical Workers anc man appoi A. Sichel notify th Grand Army of its action. mittee composed of Charle A. Kehoe and E. Magnus was ap to visit other unions and secure th operation in the strike. The secretary was instructed to send letter to President Roosevel: . asking him to put a stop to army bands interfering with the work of civillan organzations It is claimed that the army masicians play for less money and are in mmpeti. tion with the local musicians. This | is to be signed by the Mayor of his and by the president of the Muisici Mutual Protective Union. ———— YOSEMITE VALLEY ‘Holders of G. rfi{cknn Tike Ad- ‘vantage of the Santa Fv's Low Rate. $28 %0~—Round trip over the dowle Ioop. in one way and out another, to Yosemits Valley. through two groves of fig Trees without extra expense or side rip. The most scenic wWay to Yosemite. Also cou- tor pon, Llck;u covering total expmse, raii an 5 it & , $34 %G 7 da M. Make reserations at nformation and olders $41 Market strest. meajs: 32