. Book of the Royal blue . FIFTH >; AT -VV. .«7M7/I1_V. .1- inun R. KN KnrXK Ti i ( CINCINNATI AND THE G. A. R. •T^HE Queen City of the West has-*■ been chosen for the Thirtj-secondAnnual Encampment G. A. R. in Sep-tember, 1898; and when the selectionwas made at Buffalo last year, Cincin-nati commenced at once to prepare aroyal welcome, such as was never beforegiven to the Boys in Blue. Thereis every reason to believe that an enor-mous attendance may be expected, since provided for, and as the hotels andboarding houses are inadequate t
. Book of the Royal blue . FIFTH >; AT -VV. .«7M7/I1_V. .1- inun R. KN KnrXK Ti i ( CINCINNATI AND THE G. A. R. •T^HE Queen City of the West has-*■ been chosen for the Thirtj-secondAnnual Encampment G. A. R. in Sep-tember, 1898; and when the selectionwas made at Buffalo last year, Cincin-nati commenced at once to prepare aroyal welcome, such as was never beforegiven to the Boys in Blue. Thereis every reason to believe that an enor-mous attendance may be expected, since provided for, and as the hotels andboarding houses are inadequate to holdall, school houses and public buildingswill be converted into temporary bar-racks. Besides the veterans, 50,000visitors may be expected, taking advan-tage of the low rate of fare offered byrailroads from all over the UnitedStates. Cincinnati is well equipped to care. Airr MlSKlM AM> .\UT Sllllllll,. KDEN , CIXCIXN ATI. the war with Spain has created such apatriotic interest throughout the UnitedStates. The handling of an immense crowdof visitors, such as are generally in at-tendance upon G. A. R. Encampments,is a matter of great importance. Forinstance, there has seldom been lessthan 50,000 veterans in attendance atan encampment. The soldiers must be for the multitude. The immense schoolbuildings all over the ci-ty and immedi-ate suburbs will be provided with addition to these, forty acres of parkat the camping grounds will be coveredwith tents. The camp ground, which will beknown as Camp Sherman, is atChester Park, a popular summer resort,which is convenient to the city by CINCINNATI AND THE G. A. R. half-hourly train service of the Balti-more & Ohio Southwestern Railway andby electric street railways. Twenty acresof the park are covered by the amusementbuildings belonij;ing to the Park Com-pany. These buildings include a thea
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