Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-05

ceived by the local Communicates Those that ar
rive ut the Baltimore and Ohio depot will be re-
celved by Edward Baldwin and his associates on
the committee. 1t Is the intention of the commit
tee to have some members at the depOts during
the day and night. beginning on Sunday aud con-
tinung through Tuesday. when 1t is expected
that all the commentaries will have reached the
city. The work of the reception committee has
been SO planned that the visiting knights will
begin to enjoy as soon as they reach the city
the hospitality of their Washington brethren.
The chairman OF this committee is Col. VIM. G..
Moore. whose life has been spent in this city,
where he was born, and who Is widely and fa-
vorably known. His father, the late w. W..
Moore. was one of the oldest residents Of the
District and prominent in District affairs. Col.
Moore. in his early days, was congressional
reporter for the old National IntelLigencer.
He then accepted position In the office of
Gen. NJ c. Melgs, who at that time was the en-
gineer in charge of the Washington aqueduct
and other public works in this city. He became
private secretary to Edwin N. stanton when he
was Secretary of War. and was appointed by
him assistant adjutant general Of volunteers
with the rank Of major and the brevet rank of
colonel. He was ordered from duty In the War
department to the White House. where he acted
as private secretary to President Johnson Dur
Ing this time he became a paymaster in the reg
ular army and was ordered tor duty to Fort
L-avenworth, Kansas. Gen. SchOheld then being
In command OF the department of the Missouri
Col. Moore resigned his position in the army.
and returning to this c ty became assoc ated
with the firm of A. X. Shepherd & o. SUISSE
quently he took position in the Metropolitan
bank, where he remained until December g.
1885 when he was appointed to his present po-
s.tiOn of major OF the metropolitan police force.
He has been for many years colonel OF the wash
ington Light Infantry battalion. and is also col
One in command oil the first regiment. District
national guard.
Col Moore became Mason in 1867, when he
Joined Acacia lodge. Soon after he became a
member of Lafayette chapter and then OF WASH
ington cOmmandery. No. l. serving three terms
as eminent commander Of the latter. He has
great personal popularity, and is man Of good
executive ability. The other members of the
co mmittee are as follows:
Washins ton, No Elm. Sir Kits. Clement ".
Bennett. Edward Baldwin. Eldred G. Davis,
Robert Boyd. William J. Stephenson. Albert NJ.
Tubman, Warren H. Orcutt; Sir KITS Joseph
Brummett, James j. Chapman David G. Dixon,
Robert B. Donaldson. Charles c. Dulin. John
Keyworth. Harry B. Major. Daniel McFarlan.
William K. Mendenhall. Allison Nailor, jr., Benz.
F. Queen, Charles Shelse, Henry X. Simpson,
Caleb w. Spofford Louis D. Wine, Leonard c.
Wood, s. w. Woodland.
Columbia, No. 2-Em. Sir Kits. Ezra L. Stevens.
Charles w. Hancock. John X. Thompson. James
E. Waugh, Robert Ball, Matthew Trimble, VIM.
Henry Browne, Abner 7. Longley. James F.
Allen, John Wilson. Edward H. Chamberlin,
Jose N. Yznaga, Thomas Z. Woods, Emmett c.
Gilmore; Sir Kits. Jeremiah G. Allen. J. B. Lit
| tlewood. Robert McMurdy, Pleasant Porter, A.
A. Thomas.
Potomac, No. 3-Em. Sir KITS Rezip W. Darby
William Morris Smith. John II. Hood, John II
Schultze George E. COrsOn, John Lynch. Daniel
johnson. Albert B. Jackson; Sir Kits. James F.
R. Appleby, Jesse W. Lee, jr, Thomas g. Loock'
erman.
| DeMolay, No. 4-Em. Sir Kits Robert T. HES.
| ton. James P. Pearson, Andrew W. Kelley. Noble
/ m 7 arpar william n n Cissal Isaac I. Iuhn.
| son, Martin r. Thorp. Edwin F. Lawson, Joseph
H. Jochum. Thomas Somerville. George A.
| Shehan; Sir Kits. Hamilton E. Leach, ]. v. w.
Vandenburgh.
Finance Committee.
Thelargest committee appointed by the trien.
Mai committee was the finance committee. Thu
committee was not constituted o. mere matter