Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-29
JOINT CELEBRATION.
oERkAN-DAY AND kORNeR'S BIRTH
DAY TO BE OBSERVED TOGETHER.
Tho Association Has . Full Meeting and
Appoints Committees for the
Great Festival.

The German American Association. OK
Virginia. held q largely mass
meeting at Sanger Hall las. night to make
arrangements for the German-day cclebra-
ton.
MIR. A. Won Rosenegk. president OF tho
association. presided. aud Mr.. Carl Ruehr-
mund was at bis desk as secretary.
The celebration Of German-day last year
on the 9Th of October was an event long to
be remembered in Richmond. but. 1t is
evidently the intention Of the German
Association Of the city and State to make
the coming occasion to be more memora-
BILE.
JOINT CELEBRATION.
They will not only celebrate the first
settlement of Germans in this country,
but they will combine with commemora-
ton the celebration of the one-hundreth
anniversary Of the first Karl Theodor
korner, and will therefore have their ties:
Invites on the 23d OF September. instead OF
the 9Th Of October.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
The principal business transacted last
night was the appointment of the neces-
sary committees for the festival AZ fol-
lows:
Reception Committee: j. j. Splitting. j.
A. Mol, ID. w. White. J. Pope, q. LANCE.
II. Wenzel. II. Hartmann. q. Unkel, l..
Bromm, C.. H. Brautigam. DR.. William
Grebe. DIR. q. A. Book, A. Rick, ). Al
brecht. J. Linz. A. PohIig, c. L. Miller.
John FRASER, Charles Krlmm, q. q. Del
trich, Sr.
Gate Committee: Charles G. Jurgens, II.
Kuchemann, John Schmike. John Messer-
schmidt, Charles Duncker, Emil Gasser,
ii. Kramer, Carl Eosig. A. Rothshild, :.
Scherer, W. Semi, A. Hartung, William II.
Holzapfel. Gus. Runge, J. Alberts. A.
Vollmer, II. Metzger, Louis Siege, Jr.. h.
| Kunilehn. end John Weinbrun.
Parade Committee: G. II. Phillips. I. =.
Tholl. William Rueger, L; Euker; John
Lovenstein. =. Stumpf, George Roster,
Charles Euker, A. Miller. Charles Ssuer,
Emil Kerster, l.. Bromm, Jr.. Edward
Euker. J. g. Ross. II. f. Miller. o. Spott.
| o. Ploetz. A. Sulle. and F. Brauer.
| Invitation Committee: W. Lovensteln,
Hermann Schmidt, J. W. Laube. J. Strauss,
Is. Hassel and William Zimmerman.
Outside Amusement Committee e.
Stumpf, Charles Pohlig. A. II. Felthaus, J
Gehring. William Fritz, G. +. Kohler, Will
liam Gehemann, II. Bromm. William
Schultz, W. Beckmann, II. !. Fisher. Ed;
Mitzer, Jake Mattern, Theodore keck' and
| 4. VIII.
Inside Amusement COMMITTEES: II.
Schonncht. G. +. Sauer. John Seibert. d..
Weinbrun, G.. A. Pefel. Professor q; A..
Kass. G. Z. Loeffler, II. Grmmel. Paul Ge-
| baner, and Hermann Boschen.
| Music Committee: {. l.. Siegel, Professor
| T.. Louis Ide. Jacob Reinhardt. Moses May,
| A. Unkel, and II. Il. Ebel.
| Hall and Light Committee F. Sitter
| ding, j. Il. Winter q. G. Kunge. q. Klein,
and William Felthaus.
| noo....,,n ,tnitton. A Hnap
Max Under. A. Volkmann, X. Wenzel. 3.
Cohen. o. Morgenstern, and W. f. Crise.
| Refreshment COMMITTEES; Theodore
! Nocher. II. Meyers, A. j. Moesta, J. A.
Beyer, A. Schultz, V. Halblish, Z. Kahl.
and II. Rueger.
Printing Committee. NJ Gunst, Chris.
Droste. NJ. f. Richeter, George Bliley, and
| &. Hassel.
Transportation and Police Committee:
J. L. Levy, J. Heppert, L. Lindnt. l.. Il.
Schultz, aud V. Schwartz.
| Collection Committee: Professor q. A.
Kass. @. Wippermann, L. ). Schein, and
JOHN Merserschmidt.
MARsHALs.
The marshals appointed for the parade
are Louis Borschers. II. +. Finke. II. Esslg.
Siegel, Jr.. NJ. BrieI, o. Brauer. Charles
Gasser, James Keith. Charles Saelzerr.
| Charles Netzger, Ed. Schumacher, W. II.
| Brauer. William SaelZer, Phil Blenner.
| Fred. Brimmer, f. s. Saegal. William Her
big. John Brauer, V. Heckler. b. Briel, l..
Aubel, l.. Behle, H.. Boehmer, Jr.; W.
| Ebert. George Franck Jr.. A. Gurst, Chris.
| Unkel, Emil Gasser, 4. Lauterback, and H.
Metzger.
| Quite a handsome sum was collected fol
| the festival, and the Collection Committee
| will make general canvass OF the Ger
| man. American element. -,
| 1t is understood that the celebration vii
commence with torchlight process
sion on the night of the 22d of September
and that the general character OF the pro
gramme fer the 23d will be the same as that
of last year. The orators have not been
selected.
X. T. KORNER.
Karl Theodor Korner, the commemora
ton of whose birthday will emphasize the
interest of the occasion, was the MARTA
poet OF Germany. and has been frequently
! called the German TyrtBus. In the war OF
freedom against Napoleon he joined the
black huntsmen of Lutzow, and was the
author Of numerous battle-songs. many OF
| which were set TO music by Weber. he
WAS twice wounded, and for his gallantry
on the field was made lieutenant in the
Prussian army. He was killed in battle
August &c, 1913, and his corpse. crowned
i with oak leaves. was buried beneath ar
oak tree near WoberIen and monument
of iron after the design of Thormayel
was erected to his memory. kornel
is one Of the most romantic characters II
the field Of German lyricism, and the pa
triotic ardor of his songs never fall tt
rouse his countrymen to enthusiasm. TN
life and his writings and the glamour tha
hangs around his death and burial consti
tute beautiful text for an Grafton. q,
The next meeting of the association vii
be on August 10th.