Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-01
CITY AND DISTRICT.
THE DISTRICTS DEFENDERS.
The volunteers of ,6I Meet and Talk
OF Their soldier Life.

THE DISTRICTS DEFENDERS.
The Volunteer of ,6I Meet and Talk
OF Their soldier Life.
RESOLUTIONS IN FAVOR or MEDALS AND BoUSrrEs-
SPEECHES By GIN. cARRISGToS AND REPRESENTA-
TIVE JoHSsroS-THg FIKsr TROOPS TO RESPOND
IN TIE HOUR on NEED.
AT Masonic Temple last evening there was a
gathering Ct the Associated veterans OF the Dis
tr1ct OF April 1851 and their friends The attend
ance Included a number OF ladies and many young
men and women, who know OF the trOublOu5 days
Of the spring Of III only through history. This
meeting called IN the interest Of the bill pend
ing In congress 70 pay each OF the three-mOnths
men a bounty Of 800. The members OF the aSsO-
citation wore the white satin badges used on the
celebration OF the twenty-ftt anniversary OF the
muster OF the troops
SOME OF THOSE PRESENT.
o. the stand were Mr.. X J. Beall. who presided;
J. W. Bradbury, president OF the association; DR..
j. Lee Adams, SECRETARY; capt. Duffy, Sergeant
Geo. seitz, ex-Mayor Emery, Gen E c. Darlington,
Major. j. W. Walker who served on the other side:
and Representative JasT. JOhnstOn, OF Indiana In
The audience were MeSsrS. j. t. Chauncey, OF the
ola Metropolitan Rifles: J. W. SmOOt, or the Light
ingham, NJ Lansburgh, W. p. Mckelden, l. p. Sci
bold, r. V. Lehman. Z. Knox, X Fowler, Capt. J.
Grimes Capts DU6aGt. DodsOn and McCathran
Jos. Phillips. JnO. \ McIntire, :. H. Moore and
gether since the war. Before the meeting was
called 20 order there joyful cries OF recOguI-
tiOn IRON all parts Of the house.
.sHellOi" shouted one. '.If there amt old Seitz
1havnJ seen him since the war. tell you IL
makes me feel good 10 see so many OF the old
"Hol hoi There IL one who didn't know much
about soldering at FIRST laughed veteran. point
ing 10 cOmrade. when he was first put on
guard he was shown his post, from a stump to a
white horse, and told 10 walk 10. When the relief
came around he could not be found, and after a
MI uEa hr.lrr In ar
daylight ~ guard, having followed the horse all
night long. He found out better after a while,
and didn't follow any more white horses"
Mr.. Max Lansburgh, who was present exhibited
n musty old order ne had preserved since the war,
Us follows
WASHINGTON d. c., April %, 1861
SIR: You are hereby ordered 70 attend a muster
columbia Militia, on Monday, the 29th instant, at
10 o'clock a m, In the rOtunda OF the City Hail.
Failing TO comply you will be subject 10 the
penalties imposed by law.
b. order of MaJor-General weightman:
WIN. II. narrower
Captain Company c, I'd Regiment, d. Z. M.
RESOLUTIONS OFFERED.
The meeting was called 10 order by Mr. r. J.
Beall and the executive committee, through Dr.
Adams, reported a series OF resolutions, setting
forth the service rendered by the District yolun-
teers AZ The outbreak Of the war, when the Gov
received and the little justice they had received
from historians, though they were the frst troops
NIXON Of the facts should be given by congress,
and that bill should he passed granting each
bounty, and n medal OF some other token.
Then the letter Of the late Gen. Chas r. stone
dated May II, 1sSt recOuntfng the services Of the
volunteers OF April, 1851, was read and received
Win applause
GIN. CARRINGToS's SPEECH.
Mr.. Beall introduced gen. +. &. Darlington, who,
native VI Virginia. maize the first speech TO urge
the raising % troops. GEN Darlington maintained
that the District was Indebted for its present pros
perty To- the nOl Volunteers OF the District, and
That the perpetuition OF The Union was largely
owing To- the services OF the volunteers. He then
urged that for their services they were entitled 10
recognition by n least the payment OF bounty. TO
prove his assertion he referred 10 vol Isl of the
History Of the Rebellion, and a Scrap-bOOk made
~ q LADY. The Inst Mon resolution was offered
In this city 10 Washington audience. After the
election Of Abraham Lincoln. certain gentlemen
claimed the right Of secession and the enunciltiOn
Ofthls doctrine caused alarm the individual ne
iprt Them Wrote the resolutions 10 which
Cen Wafer Jones made an addition.
were offered. and he claimed that they were the
nrst- He then canvassed Virginia for the Union
cause. and On his return. hearing threats made
that Lincoln should not be inaugurated he pub
hSnei care calling on citizens TO form a military
org IMITATION This was the first appeal TO arms,
ahd " followed Buchanans proclamation for
humiliation and prayer. This call was responded
20 az Temperance Han ana In ten minutes q COM
pany Was formed Then in every ward OF the city
ana In Georgetown companies were Organized
he resigned his generals commission and took one
al captain. Judge Cox and Commissioner Webb
were Ia that company. He asserted that this was
The nrst company organized Tor the purpose. The
nrst company which responded was Company A,
mon Regiment, which he commanded. Major
tafterwarf generaD Mcdowell was about TO mus
ter the Light Infantry, but there were some not
willing 10 20 beyond the District. Major Nc
Dowell refused TO administer quali1ed oath, and
he then swore in Company A. Union Regiment
early volunteers had re-enli,ted Ihe f1rst MOOD
she'd be tld-the f1rst martyrs-were Union Vol
Gnteers-Reich ana Abe.
REPRESENTATIVE JoHNsroS's REMARKS
M Rlsa.N NHaF- fIns.N-
ing all he could Cor them, Representative john
stoI, of Indiana. Mr. Johnston said that he was
always glad TO meet old soldiers and had because
az his connection with the war claims committee
tecAme acquainted somewhat with their history
lie Was wililng 10 eoncede that there We're some
circumstances connected with their enlistment
which entitled them To more honor than other
troops lie referred TO the perilOus situation OF
the capital and the Government at the beginning
1f ls6l- The We're no troops here, the Amy hav-
Ing Dcen sent away The men OF the District then
banded themselves In companies that the nag
might float over the capital lie could see them
after following their usual avOcatiOns IN the day
meeting at night, while Southern sympathsers
were doing the same, and how through their action
Tue latter were driven out IL fell 10 the fortune
Of but Few men, he said, TO engage in scenes like
that. IL was the only occasion OF the Kind in the
history OF the country, and he prayed that IL
shOOld never again occur, that the chief Magfs-
tTate should Oe inaugura;ed under an armed force
IL District volunteers had made AZ POSSIBLE. To
sie-y .nauyurate Abraham Lincoln, :.nd had held
The Tort He remembered attempt 10 vote In
SO!Sr = medals 10 = Pennsylvania organization
a. The nrSt 10 respond. but he knowing The Dis
int had no representation, had called a halt and
,iaIiiiei That honor for the District. These men
were entitled tOiJ
At the close OF Mr.. Johnston's address, the resolu
lions were adopted Letters Were read from sena-
tf sherman, eX-NayOr SayleS j. Bowen col las
~ Idlt aud Coz j. Nell. HOllinyswOrth e xpres,lng
Iesret That they sOuld not lie present.
Base hall.
THE SENATOR'S START THEIR SOUTHERN ror-R
The Washington Base Ball club started south
THIS morning at IL O'Clock with the following
players: Murray, Mack and Deasley, catchers:
Gilmore, ODay and Daily, pitchers; O'Brien.
Myers and Irwin, bases, Gardner, shortstop and
Wlinot, Hoy and ~ och In the field President
Hewett, Secretary Burkett and Manager Sullivan
are In charge. They will travel in a SPECIAL car
The rrst game will be played In New Orleans on
Monday neAI and the LONE boys Will have a hard
nsnt, Tor the Crescent city team Is said 10 be re-
nlArkaOly strong one. A week will be spent In
New Orleans, and then they will visit Montgom-
ery, Ala; selma, Birmingham and Atlanta, Ca:
SacssonNllIe, Fla; Charleston, 5. C., ana Char
lotte, y. G. AT the last place they will De met by
The local militia anu given a grand banquet after
the game.
Males of Real Estate.
IL H. Warner & Co. have sold the lot 6Oxs6 at
tbs southeast corner OF Potomac and streets,
west Washington. for Robert Proctor 20 Henry
a. Gross Tor $4,000 cash
- T. 6eJrge has bought for 5000. OF b. b.
Wells sub 30 81 49, 2Ox7I \ feet on the south
hice u + street, between 18th ana 10Th streets
nOrlhWtsI The deed 81 h. III. Warner 10 the
PL0nlN Mutual Lie Insurance Co for the sixteen