Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-12
DEATH OF WASHINGTON
Memorial Service to Be Held at Church of
the Epiphany.
President and Members of His Cabinet
Invited to be Present
The Program.

The memorial service to be held in honor
of the Tooth anniversary Of the death Of
George Washington Thursday afternoon at
o'clock at the Church Of the Epiphany,
promises to be the most interesting ser
vice Of its kind ever held in Washington
or, indeed, elsewhere. The President was
waited upon almost at the beginning OF the
arrangements. and. after expressing his
great interest in the work Of the patriotic
societies, he being a member of the Ohio
State Society Sons OF the American Revo-
luton, promised that he would attend, II
possible. Invitations have been sent to the
members Of the cabinet. the acting Vice
President. the Speaker of the House, the
chief justice and the District Commission
ers. inviting them and their families to be
present Special pews have been set aside
for the descendants of Washington and for
the Society of the Cincinnati, of which
Washington was the first president.
The committee in charge of the arrange
ments includes Gen. Thomas NJ. Vincent, U.
s. A, chairman, representing the Society
of the Sons of the American Revolution;
Mrs Beverly w. Kennon, representing the
Society of the Colonial Danes; Mr.. Charles
F. T. Beale, representing the Society of the
Colonial Wars; Mrs. Charles H. Alden, rep
resenting the Daughters of the American
Revolution; Rev. Dr. R. H. McKim, repre-
senting the Society of the Sons Of the
Revolution, and DR.. Marcus Benjamin, rep
resenting the Society of the War of 1872
Miss Mary Desha of the Daughters of the
American Revolution has acted as secre-
tary for the committee, and Mr.. William H
Pearce of the Sons of the American Revo-
luton has been assigned to the entire
charge of matters at the church as grand
marshal.
Societies to Participate.
Members OF the societies Of the Colonial
Danes and the Daughters of the American
Revolution are expected to assemble in the
choir rooms adjoining the church, and from
there proceed to their seats. Members of
the societies of Colonial Wars, Sons Of the
Revolution and Sons of the American Rev
oluuon have been requested to meet by
their respective secretaries at $3.50 pm, as
at ten minutes Of the seats still vacant
will be opened to the public.
AS has been previously mentioned. Mr.. Da-
vid J. Hill, first assistant secretary of state,
will deliver the Grafton. The music, to the
selection Of which DIR. McKim has given
special attention. has been carefully Sc
lected and will be extremely appropriate.
1t will include the funeral march, "On the
Souls of the Righteous" by ]. B. Foster;
De koven's arrangement of Kipling's Re
cessionai," which will be sung as a solo:
Dudley Bucks anthem. Sing Afeiujah
Forth" and after the occasional, THE
Son of God Goes Forth to War" Handel's
a postlude. The service itself has been
carefully prepared by DR.. McKin, and IN
cludes special collects appropriate to the
patriotic societies, which have been pre-
pared for the occasion, and have received
the sanction of the Right Rev. Henry Y.
Satterlee bishop Of washington, who VIII
be present and pronounce the benediction.