Evening star., 1898-08-24
ALI Citizens Cooperating to Welcome
Our Brave Troops Home.
PUBLIC INTEREST Is INCREASING G
Big Crowd viii Attend the National
Theater Meeting.
P R o G R Z IS OF PLAN S

the New NdtlCnal InedIer. cdlteQ Dy us
trict Commissioner Ross to discuss and ar
range for the welcome home of the LIST
District of Columbia Regiment.
The program which was announced in
yesterdays Evening Star will be carried
out, and in addition resolutions will be sub
mitted, containing admirable suggestions
regarding the form the ovation should
take. These resolutions were adopted last
night at a meeting held III National Rifles
armory. and attended by gentlemen of long
experience in public demonstrations. Mr..
Edwin B. Hay presided, with Mr.. Henry
K. Simpson, secretary.
Representatives Of all the military and
semi-military organizations in the District
and a number of civic bodies were present,
and. after a general interchange of views.
committee on resolutions was appointed
by Chairman Hay, consisting of G. W.
Evans. chairman; H. d. Norton. F. A.
Butts, W. H. Hoover, E. J. Roach, j. w.
Anderson. T. R. Shepherd, H. K Simpson,
ID. B. Macleod and Allison Nailor.
The Resolutions.
After some deliberation the committee re-
ported and the meeting unanimously passed
series of resolutions to be presented to
the mass meeting tonight. The resolutions
recommend that a sufficient sum be raised
by public contributions to defray the ex-
penses incident to the homecoming and re-
ception of the District troops, and that
suitable medal of honor be prepared in rec
ognition of the soldiers services and pre-
sented to each member of the 1st Regi-
ment. 1t is also recommended that the
regiment shall be escorted its arrival
to its destination by the military, semi
military and civic bodies of the District and
pass in review before President Mckinley
and his cabinet. Continuing, the resolu-
tions provide:
IF the regiment should arrive at night in
addition to the reception a pyrotechnc
display be arranged for In either event
the citizens along the line of march to be
requested to decorate their residences and
places of business; that a suitable and sub
stantial banquet be given the returning reg
iment at the time of its arrival or such
other time as the committee may decide.
If the review should be held in the day
time 1t is suggested that flowers be spread
along the line of march, and at prominent
places stands be erected on which the pu-
pills of the public schools shall be congre-
gated appropriately dressed in the nation
al colors, and sing the national anthems
during the passage of the troops"
A Committee Appointed.
committee was appointed to attend
the mass meeting tonight and present the
resolutions, as follows:
From the National Rifies-Captain James
F. Oyster, Lieutenant George W. Evans,
Lieutenant E. B. Hay, Lieutenant J. W.
Cameron Lieutenant W. K. Ellis, H K.
Simpson, Clayton z. Simms and ]. Henry
Small, jr.
Washington Light Infantry-Captain AL
ison Nailor. Sergeant Major A. NJ. Mussey.
National Guard-Major j. w. Anderson
Jesse B. K. Lee, D. B. Mcleod.
Union Veteran Legion-H. d. Norton,
lieutenant colonel Encampment GO, Major
F. A. Butts.
Printing Trades Council-Edward ].
Roach.
]. A. Rawlins Post, G. A. R.-T. R. shep-
herd.
Old Guard-w H Hoover
Washington Concert Band-Prof. W. R.
Haley.
Aid Association Acts.
The District of Columbia Volunteers Aid
Association also held a meeting and an
enthusiastic one at Center Market National
Guard armory last night, and committee
to represent it at tonight's mass meeting
was appointed as follows: Rev. H. N Cou-
den, chairman; Rev. DIR. S. Domer Major
J: E. Bell, n. Ferrell, Mrs. NJ. NJ. North,
Mrs. J. Lee Adams Mrs George c. Lewis,
Mrs. Anna C. Pack, Colonel B. F. Chase
and H. NJ. Tilman.
Star Spangled Banner.
The Columbia Typographical Union will
be represented at the meeting tonight by
President E. C. Jones, Secretary w. NJ
Garrett, Thomas A. Bynum, A H Roberts
and ]. H Babcock.
Mrs. Thomas C. Noyas will sing THE
Star Spangled Banner at the close of the
meeting, the audience singing the chorus
under the direction of Mr.. Percy S. Foster.
Contributions to the Cause.
Work will begin in earnest after the COM
mfttees are announced tonight and the ac-
ceptance of Mr.. John Joy Edison, president
of the Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany, of the Craftsmanship of the finance
committee, which he wired yesterday even
ing from jamestown, r. l., assures that
this important part of the arrangements
will be well attended to. The already gen.
erouS offerings received from Washingto-
mans is additional evidence of the charac-
ter the substantial end of the enterprise
will assume. Saks & Co. sent Chairman
Ross check for 800, inclosed in a letter
warmly worded, and Offering their services
in any way they might be commanded.
Mr.. S. W. Woodward telegraphed from
jamestown, r. l., to put Woodward & Lo-
throp down for any amount to head the
subscription for District Volunteers recap
ton
George w. Driver in hearty letter. in
closed his check for So and William B.
Peddle, president of the Henderson Drum
and Fife Corps, offered its services for es-
~S-e N-sI VA tAAS ONN1SiOAi VI tAiS iSSSpeiOli.
Additional Vice Presidents.
The complete list of vice presidents of the
meeting tonight, SO far as acceptances
have been received, is as follows:
Mr.. Justice A. C. Bradley, Mr.. Justice
Seth Shepard, Capt. L. H. Beach, John W.
Douglass, Samuel E. Wheatley L. G. Hine,
George Truesdell, Myron NJ. Parker, James
G. Berret, Theodore w. Noyes, Walter S.
Hutehins, Charles A. Boynton, Scott c.
Bone, Rev. II. n. Couden, Rev. H. w.
Ennis, Rev. b. l.. Whitman, Rev. Frank H
Bristol, Rev. Samuel Domer Robert l.
Fleming, Emmons S. Smith, Col. Henry
May, John Joy Edison, Isadore Saks, Ar
thur Hendricks, S. w. Woodward, Dominic
1. Murphy, Nathaniel Wilson, NJ. l. Weller,
Archibald Greenlees, l.. w. Ritchie J. j.
Darlington, A. S. Worthington, 8. c. Busey,
H w. Baum, r. Ross Perry, Job Barnard,
Mrs. James Tanner, Mrs. Mary Lockwood,
Mrs. A. A. Birney, Mrs. Mary M. North, C.
c Willard, J. Whit Heron, Thomas w.
Smith, John F. Cook, Rev. Cornelius Gill
lespie. William Oscar Roome, Thomas J.
Morgan, A T. Britton, w. II. Moses Mai.
James Z. Bell, Gen. W. w. Dudley, Lieut.
George W. Evans, Maj. Burton +. Ross,
Capt Benjamin r. Streeks, Maj. Charles
II. Ourand, Perry H. Carson Maj. John
McElroy, DR.. Robert Reyburn, DIR. H l.. E.
Johnson, DR.. ]. Lee Adams, Austin F.
Brown, Simon Wolf, Edwin c. Jones, Law
renee Gardner, Marshall w. Wines, Tracy