Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1912 — Veterans to Meet in South Bend. [ARTICLE]

Veterans to Meet in South Bend.

South Bend, May 17.—The encampment of the Department of Indiana, G. A. R., to be held in South Bend May 21, 22 and 23, promises to be a rCteord breaker in the master of attendance. Realizing that this will be the last encampment held in South Bend by the veterans of the Civil war, the local committees are working hard to bring several thousand of visitors to the city from the surrounding territory. Arrangements have already been made to care for 8,000 veterans and their w ives, sons and daughters who will be affiliated with the Several auxiliaries which will also hold conventions here, The parade bn the second day is expected to be one of the most attractive military pageants ever seen here.