The times., 1899-08-16
NATIONAL IN IT'S SCOPE
The Local Reception to Dewey At
tracing Much Attention.
Many Enquiries Received From Peo-
pie in All Parts of the Country
washington ORGANIZATIONS Begin
ming to Work in Earnest-Addi-
tions TO the Various Committees.

| AAohs ao the various CoTnIni tees
! The national scope of the reception to
! Admiral Dewey in this city is being demon
strated more fully each cay. and every
mail brings letters from different parts OF
| the country in which information is de-
! sired concerning the reception. Many OF
] the out-of-town newspaper correspondents
| have received communications from the
cities in which the papers they represent
are located asking what ARRANGEMENTS can
be made to bring to Washington military
and other organizations desiring to be pres
ent during the reception. Although plans
for the reception are by no means ma
tured and the press committee has not vel
! assumed its duties of heralding the event
/ the people of the country seem to be thor
oughly familiar with the national signff
eanee of Admiral Dewey's presence here
| and are displaying deep interest in view
of this fact, coupled with the expressed
/ desire of so many organizations 10 visit the
| city. 1t is almost certain so members OF
! the executive committee believe, that there
! Will be general inpouring into the CITY
when the reception takes place.
Secretary Van Wickle yesterday morning
! received a letter from Chairman w
II. Moses, OF the committee of one
hundred, who Is spending his vaca-
ton at Rockland, Me-, congratulatine
/ the members of the committee upon
| the excellent work which they have
done to advance the plans for the re-
ception. The letter also states that the
people of Maine are talking of Admiral
Dewey and his reception in Washington
and apparently are manifesting a deep in
| terest in the event. Members of the com
mittee regard this as an instance of the
general feeling which pervades the entire
country.
Secretary Van Wickle held a conference
with number of the officials of the Navy
Department yesterday, which shows a
highly gratifying appreciation of the ma
/ tional character of the local reception to
! Dewey in official circles. Mr. Van Wickle
was plainly told that the department re-
! CARDS the reception III this city as being
| official and therefore national in impor-
| tance. From Secretary Long down the
greatest interest is manifested and the de-
partment is doing all that it can to fur
| ther the work. In view OF the official char
acter of the event the Navy Department
has offered the use of all the decorations
| in the way Of bunting and flags at its com
mand TO be used by the decoration commit
| tee in preparing gala attire for the city
| HuSu eDSWey COMES.
To Begin work In Earnest.
Now that the. committees have all been
announced and everything is in readiness
| to assume the active work of preparation,
the executive committee will send out a
circular letter to the ehairmen OF the DIFF
/ ferent committees asking them to call
meetings of their respective bodies for
! the purpose of organizing and outlining
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/ also ask the chairmen to be prepared to
| make report of outlines adopted at a
meeting of the executive committee to
be held some time during the next ten
! days.
| Archibald Greenlees, chairman CT the
! committee on public comfort and order,
which was announced late yesterday after
noon, stated this morning that he will
! probably call a meeting of his committee
! next week, but not before Wednesday.
| Many members of the committee are out
| of town. and Mr.. Greenlees himself may
! be compelled to leave the city Friday for
| day or two.
The suggestion was made yesterday to
! Secretary Van Wiclde that the crew of
Admiral Dewey's flagship, the Olympia, be
invited to come to Washington TO partici-
pate in the reception as guests of the city.
II is thought that the committee could
take no more appropriate action than to
thus honor the men behind the guns, to
whom SO much OF the credit for the mag
| nificent victory in Manila Bay is due. The
men Of the Olympia are representative of
the entire feet, as they consist mostly Of
enlisted men whose time has or will ex
pire shortly. 1t is thought Admiral
Dewey would heartily endorse such plan
as he has always been careful to consult
the comfort and enjoyment of his men
Should arrangements be made by which
the crew can be brought to Washington
they will be given the place of honor in
the parade and there is not the slightest
doubt that their appearance in the line of
march will be the signal for demonstra-
tion the like of which for heartfelt enthusi-
asm has never been seen in this city 1t is
felt that their presence alone would bring
thousands to Washington. 1t is argued
that there is no good reason why they
should not come to Washington as the in
vited guests OF the committee and it is
probable that the Navy Department will
readily grant permission. The committee
will take the suggestion up at once and it
is likely that the officials OF the Navy De-
partment will be consulted in regard TO
the matter this afternoon or tomorrow.
Additions to Committees.
Secretary Van Wickle yesterday an
nounced the following additions to COM
mittees:
Committee on reception-A- B. Atkins, d. s.
Barry, Frank v Bennett, G. A. Boynton, w. B.
Bryan, John NJ. Carson, John Jay Chew, Robert
S. Chew, John 7. Devine L. Haryie FiHney, ir.;
Frank S. Cannon, Louis Garthe J. b. Henderson,
jr.; Philip f. Larner, Gen. NJ ]. Ludington,
Judaon W. Lyons, Nathaniel Mckay, H. b. F.
Mcfarland DIR. G. l.. Magruder, Col. b. +. Mont
gemery, Charles Moore, +. A. Richardson. George
W. Rouzer, Gen julius Stahel, Walter B. Stey-
ems, and Capt. r. w Tyler.
Committee fnance-Albert Carry. II. s
Cummings, Philip 4. Dodge, Anton Eberly, Z. C.
Smith, sr. and 4. f. Waggaman.
Committee on decorations and illuminations-
Mortimer DuPerow, n. Franc John II. Galloway,
Edwin Harris. Sgnon Kann, C. A. Lieb W. B.
Orme, and John @. Ran.
Parades-Aaior James H. Bell, Leut. Sidney
Bliss, J. r. Carnody Hon. ~ Z. Greely. Col.
J. b. Brownlow, George +. Hsrbin, II. p. Little
page Capt Charles LocfRer, Andrew Loffiler,
Gov. n G. ordway, Capt. j. f. Oyster, L. G.
Dyrenforth.
Medals and badges-Jaeob Appich Harrison
Dingman Charles Graf. Lewis Baar, William
Hahn. R. Harris, f. Mayer. A. II. Prince.
Transportation--George NJ Bond, William A.
Turk. sh
Printing E. P. Reside. W. NJ. somerviIle, H,
c. Ward.
Reviewing stands-r P Stephenson, William
K Cohen r
Press-Edward Lyman Bib, o. L. Fox, Harry
o. Brown, }. X. OIL
MIR. WIGHT'S RETIREMENT.
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