Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1915 — 10,000 VETERANS AT ENCAMPMENT [ARTICLE]

10,000 VETERANS AT ENCAMPMENT

President Wilson Welcomes to Washington G. A. R.—-Men Who Wore the Blue in Reunion.

Washington, Sept. 27.—President Wilson welcomed to Washington tonight the Grand Army of the Republic. It was the first day of the fortyninth annual reunion of the men who more the blue, and they sent to the white house Lieut.-Col. David J. Palmer, their commander-in-chief and his staff. The president gave a cordial greeting prophetic of next Wednesday, when he will review the remnant of the union host that made Pennsylvania avenue historic in 1865. The veterans are here by the thousands to participate in celebration of their review fifty years ago of the greatest army that the world had known at that time. Then thousand veterans of the union army had registered tonight at Camp Matthew G. Emery, the headquarters of the reunion. Tomorrow will begin the formal proceedings of the reunion, which will include camp fires, regatherings of prisoners of war and dog watches of survivors of the old navy. At night President Wilson is to address the assembled hosts at the first general session. *