Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-08


/ meeting of the executive committee of the
Grand Army encampment was held last even
ing at the headquarters in the Atlantic build
| ing. AS this was the first time the committee
/ had met at their permanent quarters it was re-
allied by the mombers that the time of prepa-
ration was growing less. Before long the COM
mittee VIII hold weekly meetings. Chairman
John Joy Edison presided and Harrison Ding
man, the secretary. was, of course, in his place.
/ The members of the committee present were:
Ellis Spear Corporal Tanner. Geo. C. Henning.
| John McElroy, Col. i. P. Wright, Duncan S.
Walker, S. d. Hege. Gen. Thomas NJ. Vincent,
| Admiral James E. Jouett. Geo. W. Driver s. S.
| Burdett, Commissioner Douglass, Gen. Batch
| elder. A. S. Worthington. John X. Carmody,
| Col. Chas. 7. Lincoln and Robert A. Parke.
Lists of members of the various subcom-
mittees were submitted by the chairman, and
the appointments thus made were confirmed.
sUBcoMMITTEEs APPOINTED.
The subcommittee appointed were as follows:
Badges, transportation to Washington, re-
unions, illumination, grand stands, parks and
reservations, military organizations. informa-
ton. horses and carriages, transportation to
battlehelds, entertainment and legislation.
The resignation Of Beriah Wilkins az chair
man Of tho committee on legislation was ac-
cepted and A. s. Worthington was appointed
to I'LL the vacancy.
ACCOMMODATIONS PROVIDED.
Col. Wright, the chairman of the committee
on accommodations, made a report stating that
the books o. the committee now contained
list of all the hotels and apartment houses in
the city, numbering sixty-six- The proprie-
tors report that they can accommodate IA. 10
persons and furnish meals for 20.7l5. The
committee has also list of sixty-eight board
ing and private houses that can accommodate
8, 800 persons. The list Of halls and buildings
numbers forty-two. with sleeping accommoda-
tons Tor about 5000 persons. The report adds
that while the city directory for 1892 gives
list of 225 boarding houses in the city the COM
mittee has had reported TO it only thirty Of
these. no response to the circulars sent out by
tie committee having been received from the
balance. 1t has, therefore. been found neces-
sary, in order to obtain the needed informal
ton about boarding houses, halls, buildings,
restaurants and eating houses, to employ a
carvasser. and in this way additions are con-
stantly being made to the lists Kept by the COM
mittee.
TEN THOUSAND LOCATED.
Col. Wright reports that up to date 1l8 G. A.
II. posts and other organizations Lave applied
for quarters either by representatives or by
letter. Sixty of these, aggregating about 10, 900
members, have been located. Eifty-eight,
aSgregating about 600 members. are in further
correspondence about the matter.
The sixty posts already located represent ten
states, follows: Massachusetts,, rs; New York,
.; Pennsylvania, Z; Connecticut, 4: New Jersey,
3; Missouri 3; Ohio, 2; Rhode Island, 2; Maine
J. and New Hampshire, /.
Several propositions were received to print
the official program of the encampment, which
were referred to the committee on privileges
and advertising.
DATES OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
1t was determined that all meetings Of SUBJ
committees should hereafter be held at the
committee headquarters, and assignments for
dates Of meeting were made at the request of
the chairmen, as follows: January g. commit
tee on reunions; January IL, legislation; Janu-
airy IL, transportation to Washington and Jan
uary IL, committee on hall for encampment
A complete list of the members of the fol-
lowing named subcommittee Is given below:
COMMITTEE on PRIVILEGES AND ADVERTISING.
Isadore Saks, chairman; s. W. Stinemetz, o.
c. Green, r. Goldschmid, George A. Lewis,
Charles Baum. Seaton Perry, Emmons Smith.
W. A. Hungerford, W. d. Clark, Samuel Cross,
Walter Middleton, J. E. DeJester, W.P. Seville,
r. 5. Lacey.
COMMITTEE on PRINTING.
Capt. VIM. Meredith, chairman; VIM. Twom-
bly,, Geo. ". CASHIER, E. H. Miller, Louis d.
Meline, Frank S. Presbrey. Thos. C. Ray, Rob-
ert Christy, Edwin NJ. Truell, A. F. Childs, W.
Rice, Chas NJ Bell, Chas. Parker, Harry L.
West. Sid II. Nealy, Geo. II. Harries.
COMMITTEE on REVIEW AND PARADE.
Gen. Ellis Spear, chairman; Col. s. C. KEEL
logg, Col. II. W. Lawton. Col F. A. Seely.
Gen. Daniel McCauley, Maj Gen. ]. J. Bart
lett, Maj. BIZ. Rittenhouse. Maj. Geo. B. Davis,
Capt j. A. Snyder. Capt. HI. l.. Prince, Capt.
Geo. B. Haycock, John Tweedale. Myron NJ.
Parker, Robert G.. Carter. Nathan Bickford.
Patrick O'Farrell. Geo. E. Corson. J.P Church.
n. VI. Brooks, Jas. W. Butcher, AT. Dinsmore,
Jas. Q. Rice.
COMMITTEE ON CAMP FIRES
]. NJ. Pipes. chairman; NJ. T. Anderson, John
P. Church. LIE II. York, ]. II. Bradford. W. S.
Burger, A. III. G.. Richardson r. J. Beall. L. S.
Emery, W. W. Baker. W. G. Hall, Gen. E. A.
Carman, Col. l.. L. Bridges, W. H. Tubbs, Dr.
j. E. Carpenter, ID. W. Goodacre, A. +. Dins-
more.
COMMITTEE on ACCOMMODATION.
Col. L. P. Wright, chairman: Edward S. Peck.
clerk; Maj. George A. Bartlett. Maj. George w.
Lockwood, Gen. George W. Ballock, Capt
John Il. Leonard. Maj. John r. Young, Mai
L. 7. Williams, Maj Joseph E. Grouse Capt j.
Clay Hughes, Capt L. A Littlefield. Dorsey
ClaSgett. George W. Moss, George w. Knox, |
w. h. Mendenhall. Samuel Hodskins, b. p |
Turner. II. p. Gilbert. George w Swartzell
Edward j. Stellwagen, Samuel W. Curriden.
Jack Levy, VI. J. Griffith. Capt. W. Z. Hutchin-
son. Claud n. Stump, George ii. Plant, Thomas
NJ Steep, DR.. Thomas Landers. Samuel A. |
Croft, ". r. Spear, John II. Kelly, Timothy
Daley. John Knox, BENZ. F. Queen. John Nj |
Young, ID. J. Evans. Vim. Alvey, Oscar W.
White. W. y. Eisenhower, Asbury " Thomp-
son, George c. Harris. ID. II. Babcock. Alfred
Shaw, Col. W. l.. Bramhall. Capt. j. WE
simon III. Merrill. Christian Storm,
Z. h Ripley, Aaron Baldwin, MD; Joseph B.
Gage. Thomas b. Crisp. Henry Jenkins, Rev.
Robert johnson, Maj. Chas. Il. Fisher, Thomas
Kelly, Arthur Goings.