Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-08
SOME WILLING WORKERS..
Those Who Form Auxiliary Drnnche s
to the Reception COMMITTEES.

Those Who Form Auxiliary Ira inch es
to the Reception Committee.
The headquarters section is composed OF
James Adkins, Ninth Street Christian
Church; Jesse Adkins. Ninth Street Chris
tan Church; H. Z. Davis, Hyattsv!lle Pres
byterian Church; w. H. Dobson Eastern
Presbyterian Church: Orrin ]. Field, Fifth
Congregational Church; Fred NJ. Hos
Fourth Presbyterian Church; Fred NJ. Hos
kins, Calvary Baptist Church; George K.
Hamlin, Gunton Temple Memorial Church;
Arthur S. Gray, Berean Baptist Church;
Chas Brown, West Street Presbyterian
Church; Willard Rugg, Union Methodist
Episcopal Church; Fred ]. Whitehead
Western Presbyterian Church; William Os-
Lorne E Street Baptist Church
The members above named are stenogra-
piers and typewriters, and have been de-
tailed at the headquarters of the commit
tee of SO to do clerical work. Two MEM
bers of this section We're assigned to duty
each afternoon and evening to ASST in an
swering the mass of correspondence which
poured in from all over the country. Dur
ing the convention the members of this
section are acting as secretaries to the COM
mittees Though their work was, much OF
it, preliminary in its nature and performed
in Comparative obscurity, 1t was none the
less important and was of material aid to
the committee of 'e6
The Railroad Section.
These who form the railroad section are
Rev c. H. Butler. Keller Memorial Luth-
eran Church: Page L. Zimmerman, Mount
Vernon Methodist Episcopal; George w.
Stose Vermont Avenue Christian; H. A.
Farnham, Fifth Congregational; Lee Pitch
Ign. ST. Paurs English Lutheran; Frank b.
Gilmore, Ryland Methodist Episcopal; n.
E Webster, jr., Church of the Covenant;
A. D. Smith. lexington Presbyterian; c.
- in1 TDraS ,I-ta ion
H. E. johnson, Fourth Presbyterian; F.
c. Warman, Gunton Temple Presby-
terrain; c. ]. Hepburn, West Street Presby-
terrain; Z. Hilton Jackson, First Baptist,
Presbyterian. A. &. Walker, Street Bap-
list.
AS If fearful that warm welcome at the
stations would not be sufficient to convince
the guests of a cordial reception from the
local members of the organization, 1t Is 10
be the duty of the railroad section to send
it's members out of town to meet the large
delegations en- route and assure them In
advance of their arrival that Washington
is waiting with wide open arms to receive
them. At least such meaning might be
given by those not familiar with the meth
DDS of this section of welcomers.
But aside from its social feature. there Is
a useful purpose to be subserved In send
ing parties out to meet the delegation
The local representatives thus learn the
exact size of the delegations, and telegraph
ahead to headquarters and to the church
to which the visiting party has been as
signed this information. together with the
arriving time of the train and other de-
tails Preparations can then be made at
this end with greater certainty for receiv-
ing the delegations. Special committees
that may wish to meet particular parties
can be notified; hotels can be informed
when to expect the guests: the churches
where they are to register and be assigned
to boarding places made ready for their
reception, and the many little things Incl
dental to arrival and comfortable settle
ment in homes attended to.
The Depot Section.
The third section of the staff, designated
the depot section, Is composed Of the fol
lowing members: N. T Elliott, Contra