Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-14
GOOD WEATHER NEEDED.
The Only Thing Necessary TO Make the West
Penn Hospital Entertainments Success
Programme of the Days Exercises
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The Only Thing Necessary TO Make the West
Penn Hospital Entertainments a Success
Programme of the Days Exercises
New Committee Members.
The West Penn Hospital entertainments
Of to-day bid fair to be the best of the kind
ever given in this city. The programmes
for the entire day have been completed in
every detail, and the affair arranged SO it will
move like clockwork. In the afternoon a
military drill and fete will be given in the
old Exposition grounds, in Allegheny,
where there is seating capacity to accom-
modate 5000 or 1000 people. The exercises
there will open with the firing of the bat
terry. This will be followed by brig
ade drill, which will be unique,
interesting and entertaining. Then will
come the sham battle, which will be opened
by an attack on two companies of the Four
teenth Regiment, by mounted men from the
battery, followed by the remainder of the
two regiments, who will unite in the battle.
The gatling gun practice will be the next
feature on the programme, and the fete will
conclude with a dress parade and review
by General Wiley. The programme will
last about two hours. The prospects are for
q
rangements have been made to bring the
country people in at low excursion rate,
allowing them to remain over Sunday, so
that they can attend the concert in the
evening.
The Marine Band has been secured only
on 3 special order from the Secretary of the
Navy or the special benefit OF the veterans
in the West Penn Hospital.
1t costs about 81 per day to support a pa
tient in the institution, and, as the commit
tee has secured donations of everything nee
essary to give these entertainments, every
dollar paid for an admission to either the
military fete or the concert will provide en-
tertainment for just one old soldier for one
day. The West Penn Hospital managers
need SIC, 900 to complete their improvements
and this is considered IN object sufficiently
worthy to appeal to all.
The following names have been added to
the various committees who will assist the
General Committee: Mrs. D. R. Galway,
Mrs. Josie Murphy, Miss Gertrude Smith,
Miss Fannie Smith, Miss Lydia McGregor
Miss Kate Carnahan, Mrs. Harry Vande-
grift, Virginia McCreery, Elizabeth Warner,
Rachael Jean Dunlevy, Adele McKelvy,
Harriet Stone, j. Edward Murphy, Will
lam Slack, William H. Hamilton, George
Kaiser, William McCompsey, j. Edward
Boyle, E. M. Hukill, Jr., S. W. Hav,
Garret Davis, Ross W. Drum, j. W.
Thompson, Clarence Dickson. Harry Horner
aud John W. McCreery. There will be 40
ushers to seat the audience in Mechanical
Hall tonight. They will be under the
charge of w. c. Hamilton and William
McCreery, Jr.
The committees have their work all done,
and are now depending on "Old Sol' to
sfa do h ahor
ing fine weather, as this is all that is needed
to assure success.
General John A. Wiley, commander of
the Second Brigade of the National Guard,
arrived in the city last night to take com
nand of the Guard at the West Penn Hos
pital benefit this afternoon. After his ar
rival he issued an order directing the mem
bers of the Second Brigade Band to report
at the Exposition Park at 2:30 this after
noon. This ensures the presence of this ex-
cellent band during the military exhibition.