Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-24

The Close of the Anniversary Celebra.
Observation-Disclosures. BanjOs and Sacred
Songs - An Episcopal Clergyman

Yesterday afternoon, at National Rifles
Armory, the "Massing of Forces of the Saliva
ton army was continued, and after q parade
and experience meeting, announced under the
bead of divisional War Memories and
Jubilee" took place. This was followed by
banquet in the lower hall, where over three
hundred sat down.
The great eliminating meeting, which closed
the anniversary celebration, took place last
night in the Rifles hall, which was filed to
OVERLOOKING. The army marched to the hall
from the barracks, 4th and Lstreets with bald
playing ana the members singing AT the hall
a way was opened with some difficulty to en-
able the soldiers of the army to march to the
platform. As they entered a song to the tune
of Marching through Georgia was sung.
Upon taking seats on the platform the
soldiers sang "The Day of Victory is Coming"
with band and tambOurine accompaniment.
There were seven tambOurines in the hands of
white and colored sisters on the platform
Commissioner Smith, on coming to the stand,
@he charge r1 oe the and the
lined out by him and sang with
much earnestness. Between the stanzas he
was not bigotted; that it attacked no church or
creed, but was aggressive against sin. IL was q
militia TO the church "a voiee-.with artillery,
100. FIRE a vOlley."1 Captain Phillips offered
prayer, and before the soldiers rose from their
knees one of the sisters sang sweetly n verse of
colored woman from Fredericksburg, sang with
very sweet voice, ~ was once far away from
my Saviour"
NO MORE JIGs.
Capt. Walsh, the converted banjoist, saidthat
when God converted him he made a vow not to
play another jig, but he could still play hymns,
and he sang ''Salvation to Jesus" with the
army joining in the chorus.
oapt c harteilns with guitar accomranimenD
sang ''Oh, the Blessed Lord He has Saved my
Soul"
The meeting was then thrown open for ex-
periences, when several responded.
Commissioner Smith, in making an appeal
ior funds, said there were today 400 officers at
years ago in the bonds of sin.
AN EPISCOPAL CLERGYMAN.
Rev. Dr. McCurdy an Episcopal clergyman,
came forward and said that whatever might be
said of the means used by the army the results
must be recognized as Gods work. The meet
Ing closed about IL O'Clock. After an intermiS-
sion of half an hour the "all night of prayer"
was commenced.
The Seventh New York Regiment.
PREPARING FOR THEIR VISIT TO THIS CITY
NEXT MONTH.
Col. W. G. Moore, of the Washington Light
Infantry battalion, has received a letter from
Col. Emmons Clark, of the 9TH New York regi-
ment, stating that the board OF officers of the
organization had decided that the regiment
should visit this city, leaving New York on the
10th of April next, which will be the 25th an
niversary of the day they left New York, in
1861, to enter the three months service of the
United States. The regiment will be the guest
of the Light Infantry, and the visitors will stop
at the hotels in the vicinity of the Infantry's
armory.
Col. Clark, who now commands the 9TH regi-
ment, was in 1861 captain in the regiment,
and Col Moore, now commanding the Infantry,
was in April, 1861, corporal of the National
Rifles. and rode in the cab OF the engine which
brought the 18th to this city from Annapolis
Junction. On the arrival of the 18th in Wash
ington in 1861, escorted by tremendous
crowd of citizens, they marched up the Avenue
to the Presidents house.