Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1901 — G. A. R. GOES TO WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

G. A. R. GOES TO WASHINGTON.

Next National Encampment Will Be Held iu Washington. The next annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic will be held in Washington. This was decided by the executive committee of the national council of administration, which met in Chicago. Washington, Denver and Atlantic City were rivals for the coveted honor of entertaining the heroes of the war of the rebellion. Delegations representing the various cities were presented to the committee, after which an informal ballot was taken, the vote standing: Denver, 5; Washington, 3, and Atlantic City, 2. On the first formal ballot Denver and Washington each received four votes and Atlantic City two. Atlantic City withdrew from the contest at his stage, and the vote was a tie between Denver and Washington, remaining thus without a break for the next three ballots, when Washington was selected unanimously.