Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-13

ladies on Friday, the 2si inst. ., the wsmsas
Relief Corps cAmpfus II Consroe ationsi ChsrcA.
and sill detail the olcsrs II tbs District uiisSs
/ to act ushers.
THs WESTERN cAyALay.
subcommittee we're last night appointed by
the Western Caviar. Association aud when he
hnal prepsratory meeting is held on rursdAy
evening at the Ebbiu House sn thing viii be
about ready. Gen. Wilson and Gen Minty via
be here neat week, ~ they have informed the
sssoClation- 1t W, improbable that Col
Bob lnge-soll. who commanded thc eleventh
Illinois cavalry viii address the boys ., the re-
union.
rHE sIxrEzSrH coRrs.
The sixteenth corps is ready for the crowd
At last nights meeting routine bus.ne.s wee
cleared Up. Another meeting ~ill be held at
The Eebitt House GA FRIDAY evening
MEETINGS roSIoHr.
Gen. Green b. EaGms Office in the pension
building vii he the meeting place toni.sh, %
the fifteenth and seventeenth corps. Those
corps have IL charge the reunion If the Army
Of the Tennessee
Memters OF the committee ~ invitations,
Army of the James, are requested to meet Col
Guy y. Henry tonight at the Lemon building
i'!9 New York avenue. 1T 8 o CLOCK
The hal meeting Of the first corn. con-
,nit,ees viii be held tonight at the Ebbitt: time.
$50 O'Clock
All preparatory business Of the thirteenth
corps Committees will be concluded ton,rht an
parlor 10, Wizards Hotel
Inc niteenth army corps reunion committee
VIII meet this evening at the pension +, aice
lsou,h entrancel at 80 O'Clock. The attend
anee V especially desired OF all veterans Who
served an that corps.
MEETING OF THE DEPARTMENT Up ,rs pnrox,c
IL fan In Il
from the headquarters of the Department of the
Potomac, G. A. H.:
l. There will be a special encampment Of this
aetsrunent on Thursday, September Is, 1892,
pm sharp, at Grand Army Hall, liI2 reun-
syiVanla avenue, TO consider the following
subject:
The selection Of the name. Of comrades Of
this department TO be presented To the national
eocampment, which convenes in this CITY on the
2lst instant, FOR the following national Offices
/ viz:
For senior vice commander -in-chief
For council Of administration
capt James NJ. Edgar, commanding "old
Guard VIII act as officer Of the day and viii
/ make the necessary detail for guard duty
8 The following additional appointment ms
aid Oh the department commGnders staff is
announced:
q. W. Pratt Post g.
He VIII be obeyed and respected accordingly.
/ I'M D.
! The Philadelphia brigade, which is rated
high up as a fighting command" will next
week hold its first reunion in Washington since
the war. This brigade is exclusively Phila-
delphla organization-All of the many com
panles save one having been raised In that
city. The regiments forming the brigade were
the historic California regiment. aft.rward the
seventy-tirst of the PENNSYLVANIA line. COM
manded by Col E1Vard ID. Baker. at that time
l ~ TOR IRON flfss-
/ generally throughout the Army of the Poto-
mac as Paddy Owen = Regulars" the seventy
second. equally Us well known AZ 'lsanter's Fire
Zouayes "A command recruited exclusively
| from among the Philadelphia volunteer fire.
men, AID the one hundred and sixth conn
manded by Col Turner 6. Norehoad.
/ The reunion viii take place in the Washing
ton Light Infantry Armory. corner 18th and
Pennsylvania avenue. on "Wednesday morning
| September Il. AT 10 O'Clock. after which the
command will march to the Executive Mansion
70 pay their respects to their comrade the
President, TO whom they viii be formally intro
duced by their distinguished toWnsInan Post
master General Wanamaker
Among those who have been invited TO adj
dress the sur ivors of the PIiladelI hia brigade
and most OF whom viii be present. are Gems. q.
%. Howard and ID. n. Couch, Senator sherman
who Is the only senator now hyiug that served
as the colleague and sat il the Senate with Col
Baker. the hero Of Balls Bluff: Gov. Andrew q.
Curtin, Hon. John Wsnamsher. Col. James
Morrison, Col. A h. Mcclure. Hon. John Rus
sell Young and Col Chas. Emory Smith. II is
! expected that 800 members will meet in re-
union, coming here for that purpose from
almost every state in the Union.
THE Ey-PRIsoSERs OF WAR
! The last regular meeting of the reunion COM
/ mlttee OF the Prisoners of War Association will
be held tomorrow. "Wednesday, evening at the
Riggs House, and it is expected that every uem-
4 Der viii be in his place.
EXCURSION OF PRANK p. BLAIR POST
Frank p. Blair Post, No. l, Of st. Louis. Mo-,
today chartered the handsome steamer River
Queen, belonging To the Mount Vernon aud
Marshall Hail Steamboat Company for SUNDAY.
September Is. The poet will arrive IN ih. CITY
on saturday next accompanied BY iis own band
said TO be one OF the finest in the west. On
Sunday the post, numbering about 500 will
make an exclusive excursion down he Potomac
river AZ far ar the notable and historic Aquia
creek, the scene OF the operations before the
fredericksburg campaign. stopping at Marshall
han on the return for clam chowder and
''fxin's.'
AN ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTION.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has sub
scribed $500 additional to the q. A. II. encamp-
ment fund. making total II s., 900 subscribed
by the company.
FLAG FOR THE SIXTH CORPS.
The sixth corps reunion committee met az
the Riggs House last nigh. with full ranks.
Arrangements for the corps reunion on the 2lst
instant were perfected. An additional supply of
badges WE ordered aud will be ready for dis
tribution next Friday night. Comrade Stiles
in behalf of Gen. III. q. Wright. presented the
association with beautiful silk flag and staff.
AN exact copy OF the sixth corps headquarters
flag, which Was appropriately received by
Chairman Gilman. The original headquarters
flag was shown TO the members having been
loaned by Gen. Wright for that purpose aud re-
called wildly the mar ehes and battles OF the old
sixth. DIR. Geo Penrose. a son OF Gen W H.
Penrose, who commanded the New Jersey
brigade, sixth corps. present dnd ad-
dressed the committee. and presented them
with first brigade headquarters flag The
committee adjourned TO meet next Friday night
at the Riggs House.
EXCURSIONS TO BATTLEPIFLDs.
The committee on excursions TO battledeids
met Monday evening and listened to reports
made by the chiefs of groups who went 10
Richmond Fort Monroe, Antietam. Harper's
Ferry. Gettysburg, Manassas and Petersburg
and Winchester TO make preparations 10 feed
and lodge the excursionists at those centers Of
battlefelds and TO transport them u the Zelda
fredericksburg will be visited tomorrow
The reports were uniformly favorable ana