Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1914 — BOYS IN BLUE ARE QUESTS OF DETROIT [ARTICLE]

BOYS IN BLUE ARE QUESTS OF DETROIT

Faded Uniforms of Civil War Days Eeverywhere Downtown—4Bth National Encampment On.

Detroit, Aug. 31.—Alter an intermission of 23 years, the Grand Army of . the Republic is again the honored guest of this city and the faded blue uniforms of civil war days is seen everywhere on the downtown streets. The veterans are here from nearly every state in the union to attend the 48th national encampment. Although the army is distressingly smaller than 1891 when a former* encampment was held here, the city’s welcome is all the greater and no expense has been spared in the effort to honor the aged heroes. The veterans arrived in such large numbers today that no attempt had been made to check up the registration lists. Those in charge said, however,’ that the early attendance was even larger than predicted. Committee meetings occupied the attention of the executive department of the organization today. The first heat prostration of the encampment was the collapses this afternoon of W. B. Smith, a 76-year-old veteran of Coventry, Vt. He was carried to a nearby hospital tent and physicians predicted he Would recover.