Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-30


rHE COMMITTEE rs AT PRESENT CONSTITUTED
WORK OF THE ACCOMMODATIONS COMMITTEES N
ARRANGING QUARTERS roR THE VISITORS
A meeting Of the Grand Army encampment
executive committee will be held this evening
at Wizards. Ii is expected that the appoint
ment of the chairman OF the only committee that
remains to be provided for will be announcedby
Chairman Edison This is the committee on
excursions and il is stated that Col Lincoln.
the deputy commissioner Of pensions. will be
named as the chairman. When tins appoint
ment is made Chairman Edson's task rs
far as the organization OF the executive COM
mittee will practically be finished. There will
then bs twenty-seven chairmen Of as many
committees appointed. In addition there are
some twenty members of the executive COM
mittee who not chairmen OF committees.
his makes the membership OF the body
over which Mr.. Edison presides forty
nine. Ii is probable that one or more appoint
ments will be made of members OF committee.
but it is likely that the total membership will
be about fifty. The committee as at present
organized is as follows:
THE COMMITTEE AT PRESENT.
JohnJoy Edison, chairman: 5. W. Wood
ward. vice chairman: Harrison Dingmaa, secre-
tary; ID. n. Warner. treasurer. Chairmen Of
committees: Hon. John W. Douglass commit
tee on reception; Can't Geo. 4. Lemon, finance;
Beriah Wilkins, legislation; Col L. L. Wright,
accommodations: Gen. \. \. Burdett enter
tainment; Gen. Ellis Spear. review and parade:
John X. Carmody, information; r. A. Parks.
transportation to Washington: ;. H. Hege,
transportation TO batt!efields: Gen. II. V. Boyn-
ton, press; John McElroy, reunions; Com
mander j. M.Pipes. campfire excursions; Louis
ID. Wine, decorations; Lawrence Gardner. fire.
works; Capt. A. A. Thomas, illumination;
George Gibson, bacges; /. Saks, privi-
leges and advertising: 4. y. Hay. music:
Gen. Albert Ordway. military organizations;
Col W. u. Moore. public order. Capt W. NJ.
Meredith, printing: %. q. Staples, grand
| stands parks and reservations: Geo. W. Driver,
| hall for encampment; {. L Wood, horses and
carriages Clara Barton. Momens Relief
Corps and ladies Of g. A. Il. The auditing
committee is T.. Southland Parker. George C..
Henning and Vim. Mayse
MemDers-Mr. Justice Harlan, Theodore W.
Moves. Judge William A Richardson. Frank
Hatton, Col Thomas II. Vincent, Gen. II. y.
Batcheder, A. A. Wilson. A. t. Britton. Corp.
James Tanner, NJ. NJ. Parker A. X Worthing-
ton. Col W. W. Dudley, b. X. Bruce, Hon.
John " Ross. L. L. Roessle. James q. Berret,
John A. SwOpe, Robert Portner. John L. Cook,
Admiral j. L. Jouett.
THE sUBooNMITTEEs.
Thus far only four Of the subcommittee have
been appointed, as follows: The committees on
hall. fireworks, finance and decoration.
1t is the desire of Chairman Edison that
the other subcommittee should be appointed
as soon possible and that the work
intrusted 10 them he madped out at an early
date. These committees have authority to act
only upon approval by the executive commit
tee. TO which body they report An outline of
the duties and powers of subcommittee will
be prepared for the information OF all con-
cerned.
The important part of the arrangements TO
be made iOr the encampment. Chairman Edison
recognizes. is that which relates to the pro-
curing of accommodations for the veterans and
their friends He has every reason TO believe
that the throng of visitors to this city on that
occasion viii far surpass anything known IN the
past. In Detroit, the citizens committee pro-
vided free quarters for some $1,000 people and
pay quarters for some $4,000 1t is thought
that those figures represent a percentage
and not a very large one either of the crowds
that vii! find their way TO this
city. 1t is the intention TO solve this problem
satisfaction in this one particular tina. the other
details of the arrangements. important as many
of them are will be only of secondary conse-
quence.
COMMITTEE on ACCOMMODATIONS.
The committee on accommodations. of which
Col Wright is chairman. has already accom-
plished great deal in assigning quarters to
posts. Some forty posts and most of them
have a membership of between 100 and
800, have secured quarters. There is
now on the books of the committee.
which are kept by the secretary, Mr.. Edward
S. Peck, applications for quarters from forty
three posts. These applications are being at
tended to as rapidly as possible, but the supply
of available halls and buildings as indicated by
the committee lists is very much reduced
and Mr.. Peck would be glad to be notified by
those who have quarters, 80 that be can place
them in communication with the posts.
G. A. r. VISITORS HERE.
Representatives of Grand Army depart
ments are visiting the city for the purpose Of
seeing department headquarters. The depart
ment of Connection, which includes all the
posts o. that state, will have headquarters
at the Randall and the department of
Kentucky will be located at the same place.
Mr.. II. .. Moore. the assistant djutant general
of the department of Massachusetts. and L. 5.
Mckinnie, the assistant adjutany general of the
department of Illinois. called on Mr.. Peck today
and were provided with list of places from
which they could select place for the head
quarters of their departments. They started
out tour Of inspection