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Thirty-First 
 L"T? National Encampment. 
 
 ITINERARY 
 
 SPECIAL G. A. R. TRAIN 
 
 Conveying Commander-in-Chiet 
 
 T. S. CLARKSON, 
 
 and Staff and 
 
 JOHN A. EHRHARDT, 
 
 Department Commander of Nebraska, 
 
 Staff and Delegates as 
 
 hi« Escort. 
 
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 Omaha, Neb., to Buifalo, 
 AUGUST 21, 1897. 
 
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 RAND, MCNALLY & CO. 
 PRINTERS AND ENGRAVERS, 
 CHICAGO. 
 
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 AUG. '97. 
 

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S OFFICIAL TRAIN. 
 
 Commander-in-Chief of G. A. R. 
 Official Train. 
 
 The Commander-in-Chief of G. A. R. and 
 the Department Commander of Nebraska, 
 having selected the Union Pacific, the Chi- 
 cago & North-Western and New York, 
 Chicago & St. Louis (Nickel Plate), as the 
 official routes, extends to all comrades, sol- 
 diers, their families and friends, a cordial invi- 
 tation to join this special train at Omaha, 
 August 2 1st, which will run from Omaha, 
 Nebraska, to Buffalo, New York. 
 
 UNION PACIFIC BRIDGE CROSSING MISSOURI RIVER. 
 
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 UNION DEPOT, AT OGDEN, UTAH. 
 
 This train will be recognized as the Com- 
 mander-in-Chiefs Ofificial Train, conveying 
 himself, official staff, and Department Com- 
 mander of Nebraska, staff and delegates, as 
 escort. 
 
 An invitation is not only extended to all 
 old soldiers, their families and friends, v^^est 
 of the Missouri river, but also all those east 
 of the Missouri river, to join this official 
 train. 
 
 Comrades, their families and friends can 
 avail themselves of any of the regular trains 
 on Union Pacific, 
 
 Leaving OGDEN 8.ioA,M 8.2oPJi 
 
 Arriving CHEYENNE .... i .40 A,M 2 20 P.M 
 
 Leaving DENVER 10.30 RM 
 
 Arriving JULESBURG . . . . 5.i5A,M 
 
Leavinvr CHF.YENNE .... 2.00/LM 2 40 P.M 
 
 •' " JULESHURG.... 5.30A.M 7.4oP,M 
 
 KEARNEY 11.30AAI 3.05 A.M 
 
 (iRAN I) ISLAND 12.50 P.M 4.40 A.M 
 
 Arriving OMAHA 4-45 P.M 10.20 A,M 
 
 and there join the otficial train. 
 
 Itinerary. 
 
 The official train will leave Union Depot, 
 Omaha, at 0:00 p. ni., Saturday, August 21st, 
 arrive in Ciiicago, 8:00 a. in., August 22d, 
 via Chicago & North-Western Railu'ay. 
 Will leave Chicago 1.00 p. m., Sunday, 
 August 22d, via New York, Chicago & St. 
 Louis (Nickel Plate) Railroad, reaching Buf- 
 falo at 8:00 a. ni., Monday. August 23d. 
 
Park, visiting the beautiful statues of Abra- 
 ham Lincoln, Gen. U. S. Grant and Gen. 
 John A. Logan, at a very small cost. 
 
 Parties taking this route will have the priv- 
 ilege of returning from Buffalo to Cleveland 
 by steamer, a most delightful ride, resuming 
 their railroad journey at Cleveland. 
 
 Rates. 
 
 Rate from — 
 
 Albion, Neb $26 65 
 
 Beatrice, Neb 25 30 
 
 Blue Springs, Neb 24 90 
 
 Brainard, Neb 25 10 
 
 Central City, Neb 26 95 
 
 Cheyenne, Wyo 38 30 
 
 Columbus, Neb 25 70 
 
 David City, Neb 25 50 
 
 Denver, Colo 38 30 
 
 Fremont, Neb . 24 30 
 
 Grand Island, Neb 27 60 
 
 Granger, Wyo 51 30 
 
 Hastings, Neb 27 60 
 
 Humphreys, Neb 25 70 
 
 Kearney, Neb 28 75 
 
 Lincoln, Neb 24 70 
 
 Loup City, Neb 28 65 
 
 Norfolk, Neb 25 70 
 
 Ogden, Utah 51 30 
 
 Omaha, Neb 23 25 
 
 Ord, Neb 28 90 
 
 Schuyler, Neb 25 20 
 
 So. Omaha, Neb 23 25 
 
 St. Paul, Neb 2775 
 
 Stromsburg, Neb 26 50 
 
 Wahoo, Neb 24 70 
 
Tickets sold at above rates are good for 
 return thirty days if deposited with agent at 
 Buffalo. 
 
 Pullman berth, Omaha to Buffalo, $5.50; 
 Tourist berth, $2,50. 
 
 Dates of Sale and Limits of Tickets. 
 
 Tickets go on sale August 21st, and will 
 be good to return any time within 10 days, 
 or will be good for 30 days if deposited with 
 the joint agent at Buffalo, and taken up 
 when ready to return. 
 
 Stop-Overs. 
 
 Such as are usually allowed on reduced 
 rate tickets — at coupon points. 
 
 ROCK POINT, VERMILLION, OHIO. 
 
The C. W. Miller Transfer Company of 
 Buffalo, will have uniformed agents on all 
 trains, and will arrange for the prompt de- 
 livery of all baggage. 
 
 Ideals En Route. 
 
 Passengers will get supper before leaving 
 Omaha, and breakfast in depot at Chicago. 
 Abundant opportunity will be given for 
 meals in Chicago, and supper, after leaving 
 Chicago, at Fort Wayne. 
 
 Nebraska Headquarters. 
 
 The Commander-in-Chief and his personal 
 staff will be at the Iroquois Hotel, Buffalo, 
 during the Encampment. 
 
 Brief Daily Programme. 
 
 It is the intention of the Citizens' Com- 
 mittee to have a week of entertaining events, 
 commencing on Sunday, August 22, 1897, 
 with services in the various churches appro- 
 priate to the occasion. 
 
 The arrival of the Commander-in-Chief 
 will occur Monday, August 2^d, at 8 o'clock 
 a m. On the same day will occur a parade 
 of civic societies. 
 
In the evening a reception will be tend- 
 ered to Commander-in-Chief Clarkson and 
 his staff. 
 
 On Tuesday, at o o'clock, a. m., the ex- 
 Prisoners of War, Naval Veterans, and Sons 
 of Veterans, will have their parade. 
 
 During the day there will be at least so 
 reunions, and a reception to officers of and 
 delegates to Women's Auxiliary Associations. 
 In the evening several camp-fires will be held, 
 and an illuminated bicycle parade will be 
 given. 
 
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On Wednesday, at 9 o'clock, a. m., will 
 occur the grand parade of the Grand Army 
 of the Republic. Line of march will be over 
 clean, smooth, nicely shaded asphalted streets. 
 President McKinley, and the Governors of 
 several states, will review with the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief. 
 
 In the evening there will be several camp- 
 fires, among them that for the Army Chap- 
 lains. 
 
 Thursday there will be about 100 reun- 
 ions, and in the evening camp-fires. During 
 the day will occur a parade of the soldiery 
 of the present day, the Fourth Brigade, 
 N. G., S. N. Y., and also a parade of ''the 
 soldiers of the future," the school boys of 
 the city. 
 
 Open air band concerts will be given each 
 day and evening. 
 
 This Reunion at Buffalo promises to be 
 the largest held for many years. Its central 
 location, low rates of fare, the beauty of the 
 City of Buffalo, and the great attractions in 
 its vicinity, besides the strenuous efforts made 
 'by its most prominent citizens to make the 
 Thirty-First National Encampment a mem- 
 orable one, all combine to insure an occasion 
 which no veteran should miss if he can pos- 
 sibly get there. 
 
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 SOLDIERS' MONUMENT IN LAFAYETTE SQUARE AND LIBRARY 
 BUILDING, BUFFALO. 
 
 The City of Buffalo 
 
 is making extensive arrangements to care for 
 tile Veterans. Free quarters will be assigned 
 in the city school luiiKlings and in an exten- 
 sive camp near the lake and convenient of 
 access by electric cars. 
 
Free Quarters in Schools. 
 
 The city has fifty-six school houses, which 
 have been placed at the disposal of the 
 Citizens' Committee. Some of them are so 
 remote from headquarters that they will not 
 be assigned unless positively necessary to sup- 
 ply lodgings to all. Up to March ist nearly 
 ten thousand had applied for and been 
 assigned to quarters in school houses. No 
 assignments will be made except upon appli- 
 cation of a Post over the signature of its com- 
 mander or adjutant. The first applying will 
 receive quarters nearest to headquarters, and 
 no free quarters whatever will be assigned to 
 other than members of Grand Army Posts 
 (boys under sixteen years of age excepted), 
 and under no consideration will ladies be 
 assigned to free quarters. 
 
 The committee will furnish a mattress, 
 basins and soap, and the occupant must 
 furnish such covering as he may desire, and 
 towels. Blankets and quilts can be purchased 
 in the city from 50 cents upwards. 
 
 Sanitary arrangements will be provided, 
 and the buildings will be guarded day and 
 night. 
 
 Free Quarters in Camp. 
 
 Camp Jewett, to contain 10,000 veterans, 
 
has been established at "The Front." It is 
 one of the most beautiful spots in our public 
 park system, and is located at the foot of Lake 
 Erie and at the source of the Niagara River, 
 on a rise of ground fifty feet above the water 
 — overlooking the broad expanse of Lake Erie 
 and tlie rushing waters of Niagara River. The 
 Canada shore opposite was the rendezvous of 
 British troops during the wars witli the United 
 States. The ruins of old Fort Erie, used dur- 
 ing 200 years by the French and British, is 
 standing as a nieinoiy of a past full of exciting 
 interest. 
 
 This will not be an ordinary camp. A 
 large amount of money will be expended to 
 overcome the objectionable features of which 
 complaint has been made heretofore. There 
 will be no soft earth to retain moisture, such 
 
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as may some time have been a cause of com- 
 plaint against camps. The sodded meadow on 
 which the tents will be pitched is tile-drained 
 and free from dampness. It is the field on 
 which our National Guard manoeuvers, and on 
 which our citizens assemble to listen to even- 
 ing band concerts. 
 
 The tents will be fitted with elevated plat- 
 forms, on which mattresses will be placed — 
 thus keeping the camper above ground and 
 avoiding the use of the treacherous, unreli- 
 able cot. 
 
 Accommodations. 
 
 Hotel accommodations at Buffalo will be 
 from $3.00 to $s.oo per day. Rooms in 
 private and boarding houses can be had at 
 very reasonable rates, about $1.00 per day, 
 if inquiry is made early of Mr. D. H. Turner, 
 Secretary, Ellicott Square, Buffalo, stating ac- 
 commodations desired. 
 
 Hotels. — Buffalo has a number of fine 
 hotels, and their proprietors are bound by 
 strict contract to charge not more than their 
 regular established rates, and to accommo- 
 date not more than a stated number in a 
 room. The hotel rates per day will be as 
 follows : 
 
 Iroquois $4.00 and $5.00 
 
 Niagara 4.00 " 5.00 
 
 Fillmore 4.00 " 5.00 
 
New Tifft House 3.00 " 5.00 
 
 Broezel 3.00 " 5.00 
 
 Genesee 3.<"> " 3.50 
 
 Mansion 250 " 3.00 
 
 Arlington 2.00 " 2.50 
 
 Stafford... 2.00 " 3.00 
 
 Ontario 2.00 " 2.50 
 
 Crandall 1.50 
 
 Tremont 1.50 
 
 Rienza, (lodging) 1.00 and 200 
 
 Manhattan, (lodging)., i.oo 
 
 In addition to the above, the coiiiniittee 
 has arranged for accommodations of from 
 10 to 10 persons each in small, well-equip- 
 ped hotels, at rates of $1.00 to $1.^0 per 
 day for lodging, and $1.50 to $2.^0 per 
 day for board and lodging. Those desiring 
 breakfast only can arrange for same by 
 addition of 25 to 3s cents to cost of lodging. 
 
 Accommodations in boarding houses can 
 be had at rates of $i.qo to $2.=;o per day 
 for board and lodging. 
 
 At all regular hotels, and at a majority of 
 the small hotels and boarding houses, con- 
 tracts must be made for at least three days' 
 time. 
 
 Private Families. — A good many private 
 families will entertain visitors at a charge 
 usually of $1.00 per day for use of room, 
 and in some instances will furnish breakfast 
 Persons desiring such accommodations should 
 
apply at once, stating number in party, how 
 many to be assigned to one room, whether 
 there are ladies in party, and how many 
 gentlemen with tlieir wives desire single 
 rooms. 
 
 Restaurants. — All restaurants on the Eu- 
 ropean plan are situated in the heart of the 
 city. They will increase their facilities for 
 furnishing meals, and will charge their regu- 
 lar established rates only. 
 
 Incidentals. 
 
 Mail. — To insure the delivery of mail, all 
 intending visitors should leave instructions to 
 have their mail directed to their State head- 
 c^uarters, or in care of Citizens' Committee, 
 Ellicott Square. This is preferable to having 
 mail sent to free quarters where no one has 
 authority to receive it in the absence of the 
 addressee. The post office department intends 
 to grant every facility for the quick delivery 
 of mails. It is not advisable, however, to 
 direct mail to, the general delivery department 
 of the post office, as where there are such 
 large numbers, even with prompt attention, 
 much delay in the service must necessarily 
 occur. 
 
 Information Booths. — Booths will be lo- 
 cated upon the streets, which will be in charge 
 
of competent and obliging persons, who will 
 furnish all tlesired information as to points of 
 interest, location of posts, location of reunions, 
 programme of events, and location of head- 
 quarters of departments. 
 
 Excursions. 
 
 There will be numerous steamboat excur- 
 sions on Lake Erie and Niagara River to the 
 many pleasant resorts on their shores, for 
 which no greater excursion rate will be charged 
 than 2S cents, although some of the trips 
 amount to a 20-mile ride. These pleasure 
 resorts are arranging for special attractions, 
 and bathing, boating, and fishing can be in- 
 dulged in, if desired. 
 
 Side Trips to Toronto 
 
 via Niagara Falls at the very cheap rate of 
 $1.50 from Buffalo to Toronto and return 
 by car line and regular steamer. Leave Buf- 
 falo at 0:1 =i a. m., by special train, arrive 
 Lewiston io:io a. m., take steamer for To- 
 ronto, 49 miles across Lake Ontario, arriving 
 1:00 p. m. Leave Toronto on return 4:4s 
 p. m., arrive Buffalo o:=;s. The trip will 
 afford an excellent view of Niagara River, 
 the Falls, Whirlpool and Rapids, and steamer 
 "Chippawa" has been chartered for the Lake 
 trip. 
 
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 NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. 
 
 Niag-ara Tails. 
 
 Niagara Falls will prepare to receive prop- 
 erly the thousands of visitors who will come 
 to look upon the world's greatest wonder. 
 Transportation facilities will be greatly in- 
 creased by the steam and electric railroads 
 which run between Buffalo and the Falls. 
 The committee assure visitors that there will 
 be no extortion practiced upon visitors, and 
 if they follow the instructions given in the 
 guide pamphlet, which can be procured at 
 the information booths, very little money 
 need be expended to see these great falls. 
 
 The new additional attraction at the Falls 
 — that of the "Gorge" Railway, from the 
 Falls to Lewiston — will attract thousands 
 who have never before had the opportunity 
 of witnessing the magnificent scenery o^ the 
 
gorge and whirlpool rapids. Special excur- 
 sion rates will be made over this railroad. 
 
 More extended trips can be taken to On- 
 tario Beach, Rochester, N. Y. ; to Chautauqua 
 Lake, including a ride on the lake; to the 
 Thousand Islands and return; to Toronto, 
 Canada, and return by lake and rail, etc. 
 
 Niagara Falls Hotels. 
 
 The following is a list of Niagara Falls hotel 
 rates per day : 
 
 International — Accommodates 300 people, 
 $3.00. 
 
 Clifton House — (Canada Side), accommo- 
 dates 300 people, $4.00 and upwards. 
 
 Prospect House — 100 people, $;.oo to 
 $4.=;o. 
 
 Cataract — 400 people, $4.00 and upwards. 
 
 Kaltenbach — so people, $1.00. 
 
 Imperial — 4=10 people, $2. so to $4.00. 
 
 Tower — 100 people, $2.00. 
 
 Lafayette — (Canada Side), 100 people, 
 $2.00 to S-^.oo. 
 
 State Park — i so people, $2.00. 
 
 Niagara — 7s people, $2.00. 
 
 Salt's — 40 people, $2.00. 
 
 Columbian — 7s people, $2.00. 
 
 Harvey House — 40 people, $2.00. 
 
Niagara Falls House — 50 people, $2.00. 
 United States — 50 people, $2.00. 
 
 Schwartz — 25 people, $2.00. 
 Maley — 40 people, $2.00. 
 
 Temperance House — 150 
 people, $1.50. 
 
 Atlantique — 75 people, 
 $1.50 and $2.00. 
 
 
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