Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-19

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ASSISTANT kDJr. GEN. DAVIS.
While many Ohioans found their way here DAYS
ago the organized parties began TO arrive Fri
day evening. the first to come being u large
delegation from Columbus including Mccoy
Post with the first regiment of what is known
as the Veterans Guard. consisting Of camps of
Sons OF Veterans from points in northern Ohio
and the Mary Logan Cadet Corps of
Columbus. an organization of forty young
ladies. who wear natty uniforms AID carry
muskets just well as the members
of the other sex. The ladies have their own
drum corps and they do not take back seat for
| anybody. They will undoubtedly attract gen.
eral attention in the parade tomorrow. The
ladies, rs well as the members of Mccoy Post.
occupy sleepers that are located near the Eek
ington station the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road. Near by is the camp of the first regiment
| of the Veterans Guard above mentioned and
| In tents adjoining is an organization famous in
Ohio, the G.. A. r. Drill Corps Of Columbus.
| The Columbus organizations came early SO as
| to go to Baltimore on Saturday to take part in
the Naval Veterans reunion.
Saturday evening further organizations began
| to arrive from Ohio, but the greater number
! did not arrive until last evening and today.
The posts from Cincinnati began to arrive about
noon Yesterday and took up the line of march
from the Baltimore and Potomac depot to the
Wallach, Towers and Eastern High School
buildings. There were some 800 of them al =
together Perhaps the next largest Delegation
from the state was Memorial Post of Cleveland,
with 800 Indies ard gentlemen. They marched
through the streets to the music Of drum and
buSle corps and put up at the fremont House.
SOME AIE AT CAMP ALGER.
number of posts from interior towns in the
| state are quartered in the barracks at Camp
| Alger. Some Of these arrived Saturday even
! ing, but most Of them came last night and to-
day. Many more are expected tonight though
| the delayed trains may detain their arrival IN
til morning. and some it is feared. will not get
here in time to take part in the parade. large
| delegation from Trumbull county. in the north
eastern part Of the state. left home about 3
| O'Clock this morning and were billed to arrive
tonight. but ii will probably be very late before
! their train pulls in. So far as known there have
been no accidents to any Of the trains and the
| journey has been devoid of incident worthy of
/ special mention.
| Ohio ladies are just as enthusiastic as their
! husbands and brothers in promoting the work
| OF the Grand Army. and there are several or
! CARNATIONS of the Woman's Relief Corps Then
| there are Mother Garfield Circles named after
| the venerable mother of the late President
! Garfield. many Of which are represented in the
| throngs that have come.
| Nor are the boys to be overlooked Ohio is
! well represented by the Sons Of Veterans, as
already told. but among the organizations here
! ia of still more tender wears the Juvenile
! Cadets OF Hamilton. in the southwestern part
| of the state, consisting of forty boys between
the ages of thirteen and fifteen. The little fell
! lows well drilled and Will act as escort for
the veterans In the parade tomorrow.
RECEPTION TONIGHT.
| The Chic Republican Association of this city
| proposes TO hold reception tonight. when
/ politics are to be laid aside and every visitor
from the buckeye state is invited to attend at
| She headquarters of the organization in Grand
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| O'Clock.
| Department Commander Mack arrived last
| Night from Sandusky a train over the Bat:-
more and Ohio road With him came Mrs. Mack,
! John b. Davis and wife, j. Il. Tucker, Alex
/ auder $. Oliver of Sandusky and Col ]. C.
| Grammar of Cincinnati and Nj. II. Neil and wife
! of Columbus. The party registered at the
I Riggs, where the department headquarters are
located.
VIM. Hahn. member Of the republican ma
tional committee for Ohio, also came last night
| from GAINESVILLE. lie had engaged q darters for
himself and Gov. Mckinley ut the Ebbitt The
governor. however, is not expected until this
evening or perhaps tomorrow morning.
ORGANIZED IN 1866.
| The department Of Ohio WAS organized in
1866. 1t has 745 posts and $1,000 members in
good standing. The officers for 1892 arc as
follows: j. +. Mack department commander:
j. W. IL. Cline, senior vice commander: VIM. H.
Surles, junior vice commander; DIR. John T.
Booth, medical director; Rev. John Tenrey
/ department chaplain; Josh. b. Davis, assistant
adju;ant general: 1hos. B. Tucker. assistant
quartermaster general; Cread Milstead, de-
partment inspector; Allan I. Brinsmade, Judge
advocate: David q. Nesbit, chief mastering
o1hcer; Joseph G. Grammar, senior aid-de-
! camp Josh. Is. Davis, assistant adjutant gem
erai u. A. r., Department Of Ohio, was born in
| New York state in 184l and moved to Sandusky
Ohio, with his parents in 1854 and enlisted in
company b. one hundred and first o. V. l.. in
August, 1862. He was transferred to first US.V.,
engineer regiment, in August. 1864, and APP
pointed sergeant major. Served in the Army
OF the Cumberland under Gems. Rosecrans and
! Thomas until the close Of the war. He now re-
sides in Sandusky, Ohio.
CHIEF OF STAFF GRAMMAR
The chief Of staff of the department COM
mander is Col. J. C. Grammar OF Cincinnati,
and the aids are L. Potter Dustin. lawyer Of
Cincinnati; Il. +. Hopkins, prominent Gin
! cinnati builder: ex-Detectiye Block vi this city
and Col John W. Peterson OF the Treasury
| Department Col. Grammar Is ut the head Of
the Grammar detective agency, which has {, 900
men in different parts of the country on its pay
rolls. and his life Is devoted to the detection Of
frauds and the suppression OF crime. The In
te''"otional Detector is edited and published by
him.
Col Grammar says the largest post of the
G.. A. r. in Ohio Is George H. Thomas Post Of
Cincinnati, which has upon its rolls over 500
men in good standing. Forsyth Post OF Toledo
probably comes next with over GOO men. The
colonel thought that 20 Go Buckeyes or nearly
half the total membership Of the G. A. r. in
Ohio would be present at this encampmeut. On
| the subject Of the next commander-sn-chiaf he
declined to be interviewed He said, however
Ohio had dat in Il