Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-10
THEIR DEAD COMRADES,
Department Commander Faunce Issues an
"a Address to the Grand Army.


Department. Commander Faunce Issues an
"a Address to the Grand Army.
Department Commander s. E. Faunce Of the
q. A. 4. has issued the following official circu.
lar letter:
Comrades-yesterday's terrible disaster al
old Fo-d's Thester building, causing the death
OF eleven OF orr comrades and irfic:ing liz.
jurles upon moro than a score Of others. will
bring suffering and trouble to many homes and
families.
-@:1n this hour Of their sorrow let us be tic
arm upon which they can lean and thus ey-
empiify the high purposes of our organization
LAS usual posts will take charge of the cases of
ociarades that hayememberships in posts, while
the cases Of those who are members OF other de-
pRrtments or who are not connected with the
q. A. R. will be in charge of the department
relief ccmmit.ee-B. T.. Janney. jr.. vice de-
partmen- commando. assisted by Rev. H. s.
Stevens. department chaplain. and DIR. Robert
Revburn. medical director.
The names Of all the injured comrades should
at once be reported to departments headquar-
tiers. s. Z. FAUNcE,
Department Commander
G. NJ. Hustled. Assistant Adjutant General.
Death Roll of the Veterans.
In the list OF the dead, as might be expected,
q large number are names Of those OF veterans
of the late war. Tho old soldiers who have
gone to answer the roll call in another world
are named by Department Commander F.unce
as foil ows:
Geo. NJ. Arnold, company C. fourth United
States colored troops: g. A. Il. Post No. 4. Geo.
@. Allen. Pennsylvania artillery and Penusyl-
vania Cavalry: No. Z. John Bussius, company
A. fonrth Michigan infantry; No. 8. VIM
Schroeder, company C, fourth United States
infantry; No. 7. J. B. Jones, band. first
brigade, third division twentieth army corps;
Department of Wisconsin. G. A. II. D. F.
Miller, first lieutenant. company 1. one hundred
and seventeenth New York infantry; Post2 j.
y. Gage, tenth OHIO independent battery; Post
2. F. d. LOTUS, hospital steward United States
army. $. p. Bsne, company I, third Peansyl-
vania reserves. }. E. Chaplin, company d,
tenth Illinois infantry; Post7. A. N. Girault.
company c. third Maryland cavalry; Post l6.
CARRIED ACCIDENT POLICIES.
One significant fact that goes to show the es-
innate by the clerks Of the safety Of the build
ing is thai many of them carried accident in
surance policies on their lives. How many of
these there are is not known. but two cases
have come to light. Messrs Miller
and Buss:us. who are numbered among the
dead, carried policies for $4,000 each in a
New York company. The agent Of the COM
pany here says tina. these policies will be
paid without dispute, These policies were taken
out within the last two OF three months.
EXCITEMENT ON THE TELEPHONE LINES.
While those about tho Building did every-
thing to help the suffering and comfort the dis
tressed, there Wa another band of workers far
away from the place of that awful tragedy tina
did yeoman service, too. It. was the day force
o: telephone operators. Five miIu,es after the
crash came the headquarters received notice of
the doBaster, and from that time until the last
bodxhad been taken out and the electric lights
rS.urned on there was a constant ringing IN
the office. The telephones never were SO busy.
bat The lady operators never complained and
stuck 70 their work. hearing with each tinkle of
the bell the details OF some horrible discovery.
1t was an exciting time for them, and when the
days work was over they were tired out