Veterans At Buffalo

' Buffalo, Aug. 24- Grand Army weelt opencd wlth fair weather. All Indloations point to a colossat encampment, beyond the expectatlonff oL the most sanguine citlzen. Train loads of veterans and thelr frlends are constantly arrlving and a pwson mlght thlnk there was a great parade In prpgress as the posts maitóïi up Main etreet to thelr quarters. Stars and strlpos lnnirmarable float in the brlsk tjreeze from thcmsands of flagstafts and the eity propar Is ally enveloped In bunting and canvasea of all shapes and sizes bemrlng the well-known Insignia of the Grund Army. Trlumphal arches to a total of ovur a score span the lntersectitons of the principal thoroughfarea, while Camp Jewett, lts acres dottod over wlth white tenta eaeh surmomitol by a tin: American flag, looks as lf H mlght bo a thlng of beauty and a joy forever. At noon the executive committee o) the natlonal councll of adminiatration went Into aession, and the commlttoe on credentlals opened lts headquaxtors Tht pnrlv tralns broucht soveral thow sand visltors, together with a nuiubw of post delegaiioofl. The principal event of totnorrow wlir be the reception of Prosidemt McKlnley. Wednesday the great parado wlll be hold and Thursday tho delégales, who are here for business ns well as pleasure, wlll commence their serlous labors. OutsidG of Beveral amendments to the constltution no business of grea importance is scheduled for considera tion by the encainpment. During the week a further effort wil ha irada tü thi WOUWD' K-OÜe uorps and the Ladles ol the o. a. . Thoro has been a good deal oí dtscusslon over a possible unlon, but it is the desire of the Grand Army that the tenets of the Woman's Relief Corps1 prevalí as to the ellgiblllty clause and the Ladles of the G. A. R. do not want to glve up on that polnt, so the matter oí a unlon seems aa far away as when the wo organlzations took to different paths. "To cherlsh and emulate the deeua of our noble army nurses.and of all oyal women who rendered loving service to our country, in her hours ol perll" is the alm of the Woman's Rellei Corps. The Ladles of the O. A. R. accept only the "wlves. mothers, sisters, and daughters of honorably discharged soldierB" and reject the "loyal" woman who had no relative in tho war to whom she can trace relatlonshlp. Off for tho Kncampment. Peoría, 111., Aug. 24.- Department Commander Schlmpfï of tho Illinois O. A. It. left here thls morning In a special train the headquarters party being lncreased by parties from the central and southern part of the state. O A. K. Sien Honor Clarkion. Bufíalo, N. Y., Aug. 24-Thaddeus S. ClarkBon, oommanler-in-chief oí the Grand Army, arrlved at hia quarters at the Iroquots hote. icdi-y, and hia receptlon constltuted the first cvent oí tho Wek of tlio ncampment.