Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-22
GLADHANDEXTENDED
Washington Preparing to Honor Her
Brave Volunteers.
MASS MEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Col. Harries' Men to Receive Roy
al, Hearty Welcome.
COM MISSIONER ROSS CALL

While the time OF the return to Wash
ington of the Is: District of Columbia Reg
iment. United States Volunteers, is a pres
ent a matter of conjecture, arrangements
are already in progress to carry out the
general desire Of all the citizens of the La
tional capital to give the bravo troops
royal reception, and in compliance with
this community sentiment, District Com
missioner Ross has issued a call for
mass meeting to be held next Wednesday
evening, August "a, at the New National
Theater. Two battalions of the regiment
are now the ocean, route to the
United States, while the remaining battal
ion and the regimental headquarters are
still at Santiago, but 1t is expected that the
entire regiment will be ordered to Wash
ington by the latter part of next month or
early in October.
When the soldiers do return they Will re-
ceive a greeting commensurate with the
self-sacrifcing patriotism they have so
Zealously displayed.
A Model Regiment.
Ever since the regiment entered service
1t has been one of the model organizations
of the entire army, including both regulars
and volunteers. 1t has been praised every
where for its superb discipline and its
perior personnel While it is currently said
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is nevertheless a fact that it did see SER
vice of the most trying kind. Its men
established themselves on the line sur
rounding Santiago. completing the Gordon
that effectually prevented escape of the
Spanards, had such beesl attempted after
Il forced march of many rifles and threw
up intrenchments under storm of Spanish
bullets which they were compelled to sub
init to without reply.
So il will be seen that the District troops
had service-real service-that their friends
can well be proud of.
Then, again, the regiment represents the
section of the United States that gave the
largest quota of its popula tion TO the work
of planting Old Glory on Cuban soil, and
this is a matter for additional local pride
which viii find enthusiastic expression
when johnnie comes marching home"
Preliminary Planning.
At the mass meeting "Wednesday night
Commissioner Ross will preside There will
be a few brief speeches by well-known men
and committees will be selected to arrange
the preliminaries for the reception. Man
ager Rapley has rendered the free use of
his theater, NJ. G. Copeland G. Co. will
decorate the house with flags and bunting
and J. H. Small & Sons will make the
floral display one to be remembered. Lieut.
George w Evans of the National Rifles
has rendered the use of the National Rifles
ArmOry for meeting of the various local
military organizations, to be held tomor-
row night. for the purpose of selecting del
egates to the mass meeting Wednesday
and the Grand Army posts and all patriotic
and civic organizations will also send rep
resentativeS
That the District regiment will receive an
| oValon on Its return such as similar or
CARNATIONS have seldom, if ever, enjoyed
may be regarded as a foregone conclusion
when such ample time is available to the
citizens TO prepare themselves for an active
participation in the welcome