Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-17

battlefields, with headquarters near the Henry
House. Capt james E. Hevnell and other boys
in gray will help thelmain committee at Manas-
sas. The hotels and farmers wide awake
from Manassas to Bull Run mountxins..
The railroads have consented at our solicita-
| ton to give battlefield ticket, good to get of
or on at Manassas, Wellington and Gainesville.
The excursion trains will stop one hour at Man.
assas- Those who can get teams to suit them
can do so and ride via Henry House, Stone
House, Sudley Church, Railroad Cut Douglas
Heights and Groveton to Wellington or
Gainesville. Those who prefer can re-embark
on train and take trains from Wellington or
Gainesville and take the sights in an inverse or
der to above. Those who desire can walk from
wellington, which is two miles from battlefelds.
1t is universally agreed that about 81 apiece
Will pay for conveying each passenger over the
complete circuit mentioned. The ladies OF
Sudley Church will furnish meals in their beau
tiful grove. The ladies of Haymarket Church
will have tables at the Henry House, and in
Gathers woods on the Chinn farm at the Stone
House. on Douglas Hill and everywhere the
farmers are making arrangements for feeding
the Grand Army. Mr. Round would like to be
notified Of the probable number and dates Of
excursions. His address is Manassas, Va.
LADIES BUREAU OF INFORMATION.
small boy with q bright blue badge and
Information printed on it is stationed today
at 1909 street, where, after or O'Clock this
afternoon, the bureau of information Of the
ladies' citizens committee will be at home. II
took good deal Of lively moving around all
morning on the part of q small army Of cleaners
to get the place in order, but many hands made
light work, and at noontime the hard work was
practically over. On the first floor the post
office facilities, the telephone package office,
typewriters and operators will be all ready for
business on Monday morning. In this big room
also the various subcommittee will have desks
cfair ho
two front rooms are arranged as parlors. There
is IN abundance of red, white and blue decorat-
ing the rooms and nice lace curtains at the
windows. The newspapers, guido books and
lots 1T other handy comforts will be on the
tables. Two more rooms will be devoted to
the conveniences Of the toilet. Two more
rooms in the rear are fixed up as committee
lunch rooms. very useful provision, as the
force in the Office will be required to be on
hand at all hours. The third floor has cots, &c,
where ladies are privileged to rest themselves
during the day. Miss Curry and her clerks
moved down this afternoon from 18th and G
streets and the work Of the accommodations
committee will be now attended to ut 1907 F
street.
COMMANDER DINsMoRE's REQUEST.
Department Commander Dinsmore and a
large number of Grand Army men are quite
anxious that the Grand Army representation in
Mondays parade be great success posi-
BILE. 1t is expected that members of the De-
partment of the Potomac will turn out in force,
and these will be supplemented. perhaps out
numbered. by the visiting veterans, who. either
rs posts or individuals. are requested to fall
into line. The rendezvous for the veterans will
be on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue at
Sd street. Everybody must be in position be-
fore 9:45 am.
TO DO GUARD DUTY.
ii b,S haap %Ia vi hot
talon, d. C. n. G. In letter to Maj. Harri-
son, Assistant Adjutant General Hendricks
states that Department Commander Dinsmore
desires a detail of two non-commissioned Off
GERS and twelve privates -members Of the
Grand Army-to do guard duty at Albaugh's
Opera House during the meeting Of the en-
campment. The detail will be made today.
THE OLD SOLDIERS REST.
A correspondent to TIE STAR writes: SIN all
this decoration why is not the old Soldiers
Rest at the Baltimore and Ohio depot in
Guided? BY all means mark and decorate it,
1t Is the only original building used by the SOL
diers left to tell the tale
Lewis II. Douglass, chairman of the twenty
fifth army corps committee. wants the reception
committee to report at headquarters on Mon
day az Dam. The committee is composed of
the following named: Gel. Aug. s. BOernstein.
Capt. Stanton Weaver. Serg Maj. c. A. Fleet
wood, Capt. John Il. Dowd. Serg. r. D. Good
man, Serg. II. Bruce Bagby, Comrade VIM. C..
Taylor, Comrade Robert II. Browne, Comrade
Hyson.
Capt Edward Doherty and Veteran Post, No.
436, Department l, New York. u. 4. r.. arrived
i'll town this evening, and will have their head
quarters at 14l5 L street. where they will be
gladto welcome their friends and comrades.
Capt. Doherty is accompanied by Mrs. Doherty
and son. Charles
CORPS MEETING MONDAY.
Getting Of the survivors of the 18th corps
will be held in the Sherman tent after the dedi-
cation ceremonies at Grand Army Park OH Mon
day, September 10. at $50 pm. The members
of the following organizations comprising the
corps are invited to be present and will register
at the headquarters tent of the corps: 4lst New
York, 6sth New York, 18th Connecticut, 18th
Ohio, l34th New York, 9th Pennsylvania, SD
Massachusetts, saith New York. 153d Pennsvlva-
mia, 2jth Ohio, 10th Ohio. 154th New
York, 73d Pennsylvania, 136th New YORK,
55th Ohio, sd Illinois, 18TH New York, i.Ih
Pennsylvania, 18th New York, 18th Pcnnsyiva-
MIA, 18th New York, 3sd New Jersey, l43d New
York. SOth Illinois. I'D Ohio. 45th New York,
61st Ohio, 5Sth New York SD Ohio, Goth Wis
consin. 29th New York 1O1st Illinois l4lst New
York, LIST New York battery J, 18Th New York
light battery, LIST Ohio light battery J, LIST Ohio
light battery X, 4th United States battery G.
FIRST CHAPLAINs' CAMPFIRE
First chaplains' campfire will be held tomor-
row at 3 O'Clock pm. in the First Congrega-
tional Church, corner 10.h AID G. streets, in
stead Of at the tent. Evening a. Foundry, cor
ner l4th and G streets.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PALMER's ESCORT
Tomorrow the famous Albany battalion will
be here, bringing with it Commander in Chief
Palmer. This organization will be prominent
during the encampment and is here in the
hands of the odd Guard" complete
70 'ter Of the officers il as follows:
Colonel. James McFarlane, captain company A..
one hundred and seventy-seventh New York
volunteers; lieutenant colonel, Edward j.
Dewey, corporal company F. eighty-ninth New
York volunteers; major. Robert H. McCormic,
captain company X, forty-fourth New York
volunteers; adjutant, Thomas H. DIVER,
company D. forty-third New York volunteers:
quartermaster, j. p. O'Connor. first ieuten-
ant company c, sixty-third New York volun-
teers; surgeon, Harvey NJ. Bell. company l.,
seventy-second New York volunteers: assistant
surgeon, A. " D. Collier, one hundred
and twentieth New York volunteers:
chaplain, J. r. Terwilliger, company /, one
hundred and twentieth New York volunteers:
judge advocate. John Bowe, company F, one
hundred and seventy-sixth New York volunteers:
commissary, Michael Corey, eighteenth New
York volunteer cavalry; assistant commissarv.
II Allan compapy a. faptb No,y Vel.