Evening star., 1898-11-14

| All the plans for the presenta ton of the
medals of honor to the members of the
District regiment have been completed The
ceremony Will take place Wednesday next
at O'Clock p m. Half an hour previous
the regiment in uniform but without arms,
Will assemble at 5th and l. streets in
such formation as Col. Harres may direct.
Ihe regiment will be escorted from the
| rendezvous into Convention Hall by a COM
| mittee, of which President John B. Wight
of the board of District Commissioners is
chairman and Commissioners Ross and
Beach vice chairmen
WeII-known Citizens.
Ihe membership of this body, which is
| 10 De known as the committee to present
the regiment" will comprise the following
citizens:
Dewitt Arnold, T. F. Alvey, Byron s.
Adams, w. E. Amin, Frank V. Bennett,
William s. Fronson, Colonel 7. A. Bing-
nam nam Major J. W. Bayne, M. D., James E.
BEL, Howard Brooks, Charles II. Boynton,
w. Il. Bryan ]. w. Babson, Samuel Bieber
A. A. Birney Henry l.. Biscoe, ]. Wesley
Bovee' NJ D., Alexander Britton, Chaplin
Brown L. Janney Brown, Adds b. Browne,
| Scott c. Bone Edward Chamberlin, Robert
Castleberg; William a. H. Church. Dorsey
Claggett, c. c. Coombs, r. G. Calum, Rev.
H. n. Couden Walter c. Clephane, Arthur
NopSittild' odHutI IOTnWeI, john d.
| Cotton, w. V. Cox, Joseph H. Crawford,
Joseph Crawford, o. T. Crosby, W. f. Cur
It's, E. G. Davis, H. E. Davis, E. S. Danen-
hover, William Domer, John H. Doyle,
| Rev. George w. Dudley, Harrison Ding
man, Colonel William Dickson, II. H Oar
nellie, w. r. DeebIe, Carl Decker George
W; Evans, John Joy Edison, VIM. X. Ellis,
Edwin Forrest, c. A. Fleetwood, Frederick
| A. Fenning, Major Thomas Gale Walter A.
| Gait, William T. Galiher, j. Holdsworth
| Gordon, John r. Galloway, Herman Gasch,
Fred {. Gieseking Edward Graves, James
| NJ. Green James f. Hood. DR.. Walter Har-
| ban, Dr. George p. Henderson. John Ho-
| gan w. S. Hutchins, Colonel Charles Hey
wood, Edwin b. Hay. Frederick l.. Harrles,
| S. b. Hege, Robert Harris, j. Whit Heron
Arthur Hendricks, j. G. Hill. Mrs. J. Whit
| Hendrick, Christian Heurich, William b.
| Hibbs, William H. Hoeke. William Hol-
| mead Clement Howard, Frank Hume,
William A. Hungerford, Frank II. Hos
| ford l.. w. Habercom, Bernard T. Janney,
| Richard Johnson, j. Harrison Johnson, DR..
| H. L. E. johnson, Richard y. johnson. ].
E. Jones, Edwin c. Jones, James A. Kemp,
Hugh Herman, Captain l.. w. V. Kennon,
William Knox. Rudolph Kaufman, Ed
| ward Z. Kaiser j. Blake Kendall. Richard
! kingsman, NJ. D., Blair Lee, James B.
Lambie, John B. Larner, Ralph w. Lee. r.
NJ Larner, f. w. Lightner, Alexander Null
lowney, Harry c. Mclean, Jacob c. Moore,
NJ. Marean, w. H. Moses, ]. Nolta McGill,
J. R. Marshall. Alexander Mckenzie,
Capt. John Miller, Samuel Maddox. Col
Henry May, William H. Mcknew, Henry
B. F. Macfarland, c.. Lloyd Magruder, NJ.
D., John H. Magruder, Allen W. Mallery,
F. p May, ThomasrP Morgan, A. c.
Moses, \. o. Messenger, c. w. Metzgar
F. P Madigan, August Noack, Theo. w.
Noyes, Capt. Allison Nailor, jr., Francis
Nye, James l.. Norris, John l.. Newbold,
Mrs. NJ. NJ North, Edwin H. Neumeyer,
Charles w. Needha m. Charles e.. Nesbit,
Clarence F. Nor1nent, Arthur o. Neill, owen
owen, James T. Petty. James L. Pugh,
Benjamin Parkhurst Dr. w. b. Powell,
Z. Southard Parker. John c. Parker My
| ron NJ Parker, Charles b. Purvis, NJ. D.,
Frederick B. Pyle, j. n. Pearson, W. 7.
Rudy, Frank Rawlings, w. H. Rapley,
George w. Rouzer, Edward J. Roche,
Charles c. Rogers. Barton H. Ross, Frank
Reeside, Albert NJ. Read, William F.
Roberts. Samuel Ross. Cuno H. Rudolph,
H. W. Reed, l.. NJ. Saunders. Henry Shan
non J. Henry Small, Warner Stutler DR..
John H. Stone, Samuel Sunemetz, Charles
A. Shafer. Isadore Saks. Emil g. Schafer,
Edwin J. Stellwagen, George n. Saegmul-
Ter. F. p. Il. Sands, William H. Saunders,
John W. Schaefer, Charles Schneider, Sam
uel s Shedd, Henry K. Simpson. Charles
G.. Sloan, EmmOns S Smith, Thomas w.
Smith Ellis Spear, Frederick c. Stevens,
Henry c. Stewart Isaac S. Stone, G.. w.
F. Swartzeu Colin Studds. A. J. Stofer,
F. F. Schrader, Maurice Splain, William
Tindall Matthew Trimble, Smith Thomp
son, jr., William S. Thompson, Rufus
Thayer Corcoran Thorn, Edward H.
Thomas, Frank H. Thomas, Charles G.
Thorn, Ward Thoron, Frank a. Nanderlip,
William P. Van Wickle, s. II. Walker.
Robert H. Willett, G. H. B. White, Harry
William, r. ]. Wynne, W. A Wimsatt b.
H. Warner. DR.. w. G. Woodward, H. H.
Wells, Harry L. West, Louis d. Wine.
Simon Wolf, Gen. John NJ Wilson, William
Henry Walker NJ. l. Weller, Samuel f.
Wheatley Hylas r. Wheeler James w.
Whelpley Oscar W. White Joseph f. Will
lard H. x. Willard. Edward NJ. Willis,
ElphonZo Youngs.
Program for the Occasion.
| After the regiment has entered the hall
| and occupied the seats in front of the plat
| form which will be reserved for it, the
| following program will be carried out:
| Music america" band and choir.
Presentation of the regiment to the Presi-
| dent of the United States by Vice Chair
man Beach of the committee to present the
| regiment.
| Presentation of medals by Mr.. Fl. L. West,
| chairman of medal committee, to President
| John Il. Wight of the board of Commits
sloncrs.
| Presentation of medals by Mr. Wight to
the President of the United States
| Presentation of the medals by the Presi-
| dent individually to the officers of the reg
| iment who will line up in front of the plat
form to receive them. and brief response by
Col. George II. HarrieS.
Presentation of the medals by the Presi-
| dent to the captains OF the several cOmDa-
MES composing the regiment.
The captains of the companies will after
ward distribute the medals to the members
of their organizations.
Seating Arrangements.
The several committees which have CO.
| operated in the reception Oto and relief of
! the regiment and the relatives and friends
| of the members of the regiment, all Of
| whom will be provided with tickets, will
| enter the hall through the left north door,
| upon the presentation of their tickets, after
3 o'clock pm. D. -f'
The public will be permitted to occupy
all the unreserved space"in the hail. en-
tering through the left north door The
seating capacity of the hall is limited and
| when the hall is filled the doors will be
| closed The band and choir will occupy
the center of the gallery
Other Details.
The members of the committee to pre-
sent the regiment will as far as possible,
| be attired in black suits The chairmen