Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-14

corps met. and letter was received from Gen.
John A. Logan Camp, Sons of Veterans, No 2
Of Maryland, rendering their services The
invitation was accepted and they Will be
assigned TO duty In assisting in receiving COM
rades. vote Of thanks was rendered the pro-
prietors for the use of the Ebbitt House partors
and the following detail of comrades as officers
OF the day was made: Sunday, Comrade CASTOR /;
Monday, Comrade Darling; Tuesday, Comrade
kIngsley; Wednesday, Comrade Snow, and
Thursday. Comradc Heweston. The next meet
ing will be held Friday night at the pension
office.
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Gen. o. o. Howard, U. s. A., the only sur
viving commander Of the Army of the Tennes-
see, will preside at the reunion of that army,
which is to be held in the Grant tent on
Thursday evening of next week. Last night a
committee of three from the thirteenth. fif-
teenth, sixteenth and seventeenth corps met and
arranged the program. Col. Matthews of
Illinois, Gen. Green b. Raum, Bvt. Mai. Gen.
Z. A. Carr, Q; s. A., Gen. NJ. F. Force and
Gen. Hovey will speak. II it can possibly be ar
ranged Gen. John W. Noble will also deliver an
address.
DECORATING THE CITY.
Messrs NJ. G. Copeland h Co. Of this city
have begun the decoration of the streets along
the line of the parade Tuesday next. The con-
tract between the firm and the committee on
decorations require that all streets crossing
Pennsylvania avenue, from LIST to 22d streets,
shall be decorated by hanging flags and shields
on both sides of the avenue. The plan calls for
the decoration Of forty-four street crossings,
and at each will be hung the coat-of-arms Of
one Of the forty-four states of the Union. A
prominent member of the committee on deco
rations stated to a reporter Of The STAR this
afternoon that the decorations put up yesterday
were disappointing and the contract tors will be
rannpGtfi n m kp ham tor he an
trance to the White Lot and White House will be
deliberately decorated by Julius Lnnshurgh
Flags will DO provided all persons residing or in
business on the line of march who will decorate
their residences and stores. They are furnished
by the War Department on the order Of Chair
man L. ID. Wine of the committee on decora-
tions, 9l6 street.
BLAIR POST OF ST. LOUIS.
Blair Post of st. Louis will be here on Satur-
day morning. the party in all numbering about
500 They will be quartered at the Franklin
School building, which is now being appropri-
ately decorated under the supervision Of Post
Commander W. ]. Dale and Post Adit. ]. c.
Broadweu. One of the coming veterans, men,
bers Of Blair Post, is Capt W. J. Haynes. He
served in the war Of 1919, in the Mexican war
and the war Of the rebellion. He is one hun
dred and five years old.
THE JAYHAwKERs.
Col. r. J. Hinton sends the following to The
STAR for publication: "There is a mistake in
the roster Of the thirteenth corps, as published
by you yesterday. The Kansas cavalry regi-
ment named serving in that organization
must have been its famous seventh known as
the "Jayhawkers." The fifth regiment Col.
Powell Clayton, always served west of the
Mississippi and were attached to the Army of
the Border in 1868 under Gen. s. R. Curtis and
to the seventh army corps in 1864 under Gems.
Steele and j. J. REYNOLDS
FIRST MAINE HEAVY ARTILLERY.
For the sixteenth time since the close Of the
war the first Maine heavy artillery will hold a
reunion next Wednesday. This time it will be
at Fort Sumner, Nd, the battle ground occupied
by the regiment from 1862 to 1864. The officers
Of the First Maine Heavy Artillery Association
are: President, H. H. Shaw. Portland. Me-. (;
vice presidents, Cyrus K. Bridges, Penobscot,
Me-, and James B. Parsons, Dwight, ILL.,; treas
urer, Henry +. Sellers, Bangor, Me-; secretary,
Isaac ]. Durham. Winterport. Me. Directors:
Albert p. Eastman, Falls Church, Va; Calvin
Farnsworth and Frank A. Clark of this city;
John A. Lancy, Sharon, Mass, and Rufus P.
Peaks, Bangor, Me.
MILITARY SURGEONS.
The st. Louis Republic says: CDR. E. Chan
cellor Of this city is in correspondence with the
surgeons of the country who have seen military
service with view to having general reunion
a. the Grand Army encampment to be
held in Washington, d. c. In addition to the
many features it is proposed that all surgeons
who participated in the recent war, whether as
federal or confederate, unite into an auxiliary
association. The plan has met the approval Of
the Association of Military Surgeons of the
National Guards OF the United States. of which
Col. Chancellor is secretary and which had n
successful convention here several months ago.
The surgeon general of the army has rendered
the use OF the library hall of the Medical Mu
scum, corner 7th and d streets southwest and
the initial gathering will be there at 10 am. on
September 10. Those who cannot attend are
requested to send their names to DIR. L. Cham
cellor of this city or to Surgeon General George
Henderson. Washington, D. C. 1t is under
stood that plan will be perfected for the en-
ter taiument Of foreign surgeon generals and
their respective stats, who will meet in America
in 1898"
ARMY rRUMPErERs.
People whose ideas OF an army trumpeter's
performances have been gathered from hearing
plain every day bugle calls have a surprise in
store for themselves if they should happen to
be around when the seventh United States cav
airy trumpet corps is at work. Chief Trump
eter Hardy and his men are coming on with
one Of the western Grand Army posts and they
will furnish one of the most pleasing musical
features OF the encampment. Capt. E. s. God
frey seventh U. $. cavalry, heard yesterday of
tuclr cOulIR anu lhst uISut. ue teleRTHpneu
Gen. Forsythe asking him if he would not send
the corps on SO to have it here in time to
head the cavalry in Mondays parade.
MEETINGS TONIGHT.
At 4:30 this afternoon the reunion committee
will meet at the platform on Grand Army
Place.
Aids-de-caIhp on the staff Of the commander
in-chi ef will meet tonight Mt the Ebbitt House
and SO will the committees Of the fifth eleventh,
twelfth and twentieth corps.
Survivors of Shields division will congregate
at the Ebbitt House this evening.
The last meeting OF the committee of the Army
Of the James will be held tonight at Wizards
Hotel.
Cavalrymen who we're in the Potomac cavalry
corps are requested 10 meet tonight in the red
parlor Of the Ebbitt House at 730.
A special meeting Of the survivors Of the sec
ond army corps resident in this city is called
for this evening at 7:3O in the tea room. Will
lard's Hotel. Every member is earnestly re-
quested to attend, as some important matters
pertaining to the final arrangements for the re-
union demand instant attention.
Badges Of artistic design will be distributed;
the wearer Of one will thereby be constituted
member Of the second army corps reception
committee. This badge will be beautiful
souvenir Of the twenty-sixth anniversary OF the
encampment of tho G. A. R.
THE NAVAL REUNION IN BALTIMORE.
Baltimore is ready to care for the naval vet
Grams who will be in that city during the latter
portion Of next week An interesting program