Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-30

uen. A. a. humphreye, Vice-Presidents Clinton
ana 66iar,dse Gerry, Admirals Goldsborough
ana Patterson, Commodore G. ID. Bache and
son, Pushmataha "a Choctaw chief, Generals
Jacob Brown, Of the war Of lsl2 and Alex
McComb; Gen. Walker, Of the Mexican war.
Gen Parker, Antonio Pons, Sergt W. II. Cross
Cross, George, John, and Thomas Heinlein.
others. Va
A squad Of marines brought several baskets
OF flowers to decorate the graves Of their COM
rades.
THE DECORATION COMMITTEE
was Comrades P. b. Dickerson. Chris. Storm, J..
3. Peake, VIM. F. Dove, VIM. NJ King. George
I. Dykes, and J. I. Thompson; J. B. Gross, SUI
perintendent cemetery; II. NJ Cross, assistant
superintendent cemetery; Mesdames William
I. Dove, H. s. Tinker. E. H. Curry. Chris.
storm, X. NJ. Harris, s. Lyon, H. Kibbey. and
). Beyans; Misses Edith Dickerson. Alice Pres
colt, Ethel Dlnsmore, and Lou Storm.
At Oak Hill Cemetery.
The decoration of the graves Of Union dead
at Oak Hill cemetery was in charge Of d. w.
Houghton, OF post No. z. There were no sery-
ices. Flags and flowers, some of the designs
being very elaborate, were placed on 242
graves, among them being those of Edwin NJ.
Stanton, Maj. Gen. Reno, Acknowledgement
Lorenzo Thomas, Gen. Ord, Gen. Griffin Gen
Morgan L. Smith, Surg.-Gen. Barnes. Gen.
Frank A. stratton, Gen. Babcock, Rear-Ad-
mlrals Scott, Poor. Theodorus Bailey, Fabius
Stanton, Rodgers and Wilkes, Admirals Wv
man, Powell and Beaumont. Commodores Up
shur, Morris and Wood, Surg Gen. ]. Croxall
Palmer, Coils. Samuel Owen o. III. Irish. II. p.
Dodge, Robert n. Scott and Emory.
Battle Ground Cemetery.
The memorial ceremonies at Battle Ground
cemetery, Rock Greek cemetery, and the iso-
lated graves in the suburbs of the city were in
charge Of c. G. Bollinger. Of Post No. /.
Every grave was given its miniature Stars and
Stripes and its handful of flowers
The Committees.
The G. A. r. committees in charge Of the
memorial exercises to-day were constituted as
follows:
Executive committee-Wm. s. Odell. depart-
ment commander, chairman; G. H. Ingram,
assistant acknowledgement, secretary; J.. NJ.
Pipes. 5. V. dept. commander; Chas. Matthews,
A. q. NJ. g., treasurer; S. E. Faunce. j. V. dept
commander. Past Dept. Commanders-F. II.
Sprague, Benz. F. Hawkes., A. ii. G. Richardson,
Geo. L. Corson, Harrison Dingman, C. C.
Royce, VIM. Gibson, S. S. Burdett N Nj.
Brooks, j. b. Burke, Chas. p Lincoln. Post
commanders-A G. Paul, 1; Thos. ii. Mckee,
2; M. i. Anderson, 81; Chas. r. Douglass, 4;
Calvin Farnsworth, 5; Henry Jenkins. 6; Frank
w. Paige, z; Arthur Hendricks, s; Thomas w.
West, y; A. I. Dinsmore, 10; II. ]. Beall IL.
Comrades-C. q. Bollinger, /; Geo. Is. Hall. |: ;
A. Hart 2; I. r. Turnbull, 2; Jas. f. McCabe,
3; W. F. DeKnight, 8; Thos. J. Stewart 4; Jno.
A. Scott, 4; n. b. Prentice, 8; E. ]. Russell, 5;
Jno. z. Church, 8; N. ID. Adams, 6; ID. W.
Honghton, 2; Chas. L. Patton, z; ID. J. Evans,
s; L. W. Tallmadge, 8; VIM. G. Hall, SIC,
Revells, 8; H. n. Howard. 10; E. H. Ripley, 10;
o. Z. Duffy, IL; Geo. c. Harris, IL
Reception-Wm. s. Odell, department COM
dor nhnrr
official staff, Jas. NJ. Pipes, S. V. department
commander; S. E. Faunce, J. V. department
commander; Henry A. Robbins, medical direc-
tor; Rev. Samuel Kramer, chaplain: C. II. In
gram, assistant Acknowledgement; Chas. Mat
thews, assistant quartermaster-general: JAS w.
Butcher, inspector; Fred. Bracket, Judge ad-
yocate; Jas. E. McCabe, chief mastering officer.
Post commanders: A. c. Paul, Thos H. Mckee.
NJ L. Anderson, Chas. II. Douglass, Calvin
Farnsworth, Henry Jenkins, Frank w. Paige,
Arthur Hendricks, Thos. w. West, A. +. Dins-
more, r. J. Beall. Past department command
ers, +. ii. Sprague, b. T Hawkes., A. H. g.
Richardson, Geo. E. Corson, Harrison Ding
man, Chas. G. Royce, VIM. Gibson, S. s. Bur
dett, n. Al. Brooks, ]. B. Burke, Chas. Z. Lin
coin.
Finance committee-A. Hart, chairman; CAL
vim Farnsworth, d. J. Evans, c. L. Patton, Jas.
+. McCabe. A. 4. Dinsmore, L. ]. Russell, Z.
b. Ripley, Thos. r. Turnbull, VIM. Gibson, A.
II. q. Richardson, Thos. Ii. Mckee, Geo. G.
Harris, r. ]. Beall
Assistants-John Harrington, W. II. Worms
ley, E. L. Corbin, o. II. Ross, Geo. p. Davis,
j. NJ. Sullivan, s. c. Holmes, w. w. Eldridge.
H. b. Bennett, Jno. W. Babbitt, L. Z. Gridley,
G. b. Bennett, Nathan King, F. p. Gross, A. j.
Cunning, u. w. Lacey. Geo. Mackay. +. A.
Reeve. G. B. Rose, G. II. Evans, Benz. Swallow,
VIM. II. Fuss, w. f. Works, H. H. Brewer JAS.
s; Erly, W. N. Van Dyke, A. b. johnson, Cecil
Clay, +. w. Meade, Mrs. S. A. Chapman, A. b.
Proctor, E. ]. Russell, - McNulty, w. H,
Proctor. j. L. Thornton, A. Z. Wilson, Theo.
Clifton, j. S. Wyckoff, H. L. Cation, w. ID.
Tabler, b. ]. Simonds, Stanton Weaver, Geo. j.
Z. Wood, l.. ]. Melchoir, Matthew Murphy, ].
Z; hohier, L. i Jewett, j: G: Higgins, A. H.
Alderman, Jas. Roy, Benz. Moffitt, Patrick Lar
kin, Geo. b. Abrams, Vim. Gill, ]. H. Lighter
ID. w. Houghton, Jas. McMahone, Geo. w
Jones, J. A. Van Doren, NJ. f. Rue, G. W. Wolff,
L. NJ. Clark, VIM. NJ. King, VIM. III. Harvey, L.
u. NJ. Mason, John w. Hogg, F. H. Stickney,
Geo. W. Rouzer, Jos. @. Rock, L. p. Williams,
Chas. NJ. Robinson, Wallace Brewer, Jno Bres-
nahan, VIM. Smith, E. H. Ripley, r. c. Sneeden,
L. w. Oyster, John Maley, b. f. Oder, S. Il.
Satterfield, w. j. Hall, III. +. ]. Drake VIM A.
Whitney, Geo. S. King, Samuel Wilkinson,
Alex. Douglass, ]. W. Beall, Chas. b. saver
n. W. Bond, F. ]. McGraw, II. II. Moler. A. III,
Van Deusen. G. W. Hastings, Henry Filler, A.
Z. Bogue, Gilbert Thompson, A. b. Jamison.
g. A. Lyon, II. c. Bell, VIM, II. Baker, Capt
W. c. Cook.
decoration ana grounds-Arthur Hendricks,
chairman; A. +. DinsmOre, Chas. Douglass,
Frank w. Paige, Geo. c. Harris, Thos. r. Turn
BULL N. ID. Adams. Lady assistants. Mrs. VIM.
Blasland, in charge; Mrs. NJ. T. Anderson, Miss
Grace Keefer, Mrs. T. H. Mckee. Mrs. Johanna
Turner, Mrs. E. r. Sheldon. Miss NJ. r. Bowen,
Miss NJ. l.. Jordon, Mrs. w. NJ. Potter. Mrs.
VIM. B. Pomeroy, Mrs. Celestia A. Ferris. Mrs.
L. B. Parker, Mrs. +. G. Long, Mrs. F. w.
Paige, Mrs. E. NJ. Richardson, Mrs. Z. C.
Months, Mrs. Pauline Thornton. Mrs. II. II.
Smith, Miss Roberts, Miss NJ. E. Howard, Mrs.
II. c. Campbell, Mrs. Lee s. Mortimer, Miss
Fannie Grady, Mrs. Ada Dickerson Mrs. A. NJ.
Dykes, Miss Jennie Scrivner, Miss Carrie
Scrivner, Mrs. Cornelia Wilkinson, Miss NJ. L.
Coleman, Mrs. NJ. Z. Cutter, Miss Rosa NJ.
Church, Mrs. Eliza Green, Miss Helen Matthews,
Miss Lottie v. Ingram. Mrs. F. Frelinghuysen,
Mrs. w. T. Brayton, Mrs. E. H. Ripley, Mrs. c.
Farnsworth, Mrs. A. p. Lacy, Mrs. Jacob
Jacobson.
Transportation-John P. Church, chairman:
Q. ]. Russell, Geo. B. Hall.
Music-Calvin Farnsworth, chairman; VIM.
8. Hall. T. w. Tallmadge.
They Gave Banquet Before Leaving
For more than month past there have been
no two more anxious office-seekinp Missouriape