Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1908 — GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT [ARTICLE]

GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT

Toledo Is Preparing Some Great Attractions for the Meet of Union Veterans Next Month. Toledo. 0., Aug. 14.—The executive committee for the Forty-second national encampment Grand Army of the Republic has authorized premiums for the best electric display on the Maumee river, by any yacht or launch, on Wednesday and Thursday nights, Sept. 2 and 3. The display will cover a distance of four miles. The committee also authorized the pyrotechnic display of Sheridan’s ride on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. It will require 200 troops to produce the spectacle. The decoration committee was authorized to expend a larger sum of money for street and Inside decoration than ever attempted before In this city.