The evening times., 1899-05-22
SONS G,,yB9HRANS
| IN ANNUAL Session
Thirteenth Encampment of
the Maryland Division.
Delegates to Appear in the Jubilee
Civic Parade.
Entertainments Under the Auspices
of the Local Camps-Elections
to BE Held Tomorrow.

The thirteenth annual encampment Of
the Maryland Division of the Sons OF Vet
Grams began this morning, when the first
| session Of the assembled delegates from
| the States included In the division were
called to order at 0:30 O'Clock, in the Mac
| cabee Temple. on Ninth Street, between e
| and + Streets northwest. by Commander
| William B. King. of Hagerstown.
The morning session was devoted entire
| Iy to business, and the proceedings were
not made public. The principal business
transacted, however. was the reading Of
| reports Of the several division officers and
| the action of the delegates upon them. The
reports showed the organization to be in
excellent condition. The treasurer's re-
port indicated surplus on hand, and the
| report Of the secretary showed a gratify-
ing increase In membership, 1t being at
present SIG.
a committee on credentials was also ap-
pointed consisting Of the following: J. j..
Winch. jr., chairman; F. T. F. Johnson. W.
r. Houchen, H. H. Henry. and W. S. Nor
timer. The committee will have charge of
the seating of delegates, and as many have
not yet arrived the final disposition of their
work will not be completed until tomorrow
AT r. 80 o'clock the meeting adjourned for
lunch. which was provided by the local
camps.
At o'clock the afternoon session con-
vened and matters OF business we're again
taken up. The meeting will remain in
session until late in the afternoon.
This evening at o'clock the visiting
delegates will be rendered reception by
Mrs. Z. H. r. Davis, president OF the Ma
t;onal Ladies Aid, an auxiliary Of the Sons
OF Veterans. at her home, No. us F Street
northeast. Later in the evening the mem
bers OF the local camps will give a recep-
ton at Freund's cafe.
Tomorrow. at the session to be held in
the morning. officers for the ensuing year
will be elected and other business trans
acted. No session will be held in The af-
teTnoon. and the time will be given over to
visiting the places OF interest in End
around the city. In the evening at s
O clock the delegates will attend the Peace
Jubilee fireworks display in a body. as the
guests OF the local camps The seats have
already been reserved.
On Wednesday, the last day of the en-
eampment the business Of the division will
be completed and the final adjournment
will be taken. In the afternoon the dele
gates. together with all the members of
the local camps, will assemble and partici-
pate in the Peace Jubilee parade. There
are at present about seventy-fve dele
gates from outside camps in the city. The
remainder are expected to arrive IN the
city tomorrow. making the total number
more than hundred. Although the final
adjournment OF the encampment will be
taken before the close of the Peace Jubilee.
il is probable -tfat the greater part of the
delegates will remain here through the
revelries.
The Maryland division OF the Sons Of
Veterans includes camps in Maryland Del
aware. Virginia. North and South Caroli-
ma and the District OF Columbia. The 10
cal division is made up Of the following
camps:
District of Columbia-Columbia, No. l.
Lincoln, No. . formerly Gen. John a.
Logan. No. y: Alger, No. 25; Gushing. No.
30; George II. Thomas, No. 81; Fremont.
No 30.
The division officers are: William d.
King. of Hagerstown. Nd, commander: J.
Lawrence Christian. Baltimore. senior vice
commander; G. S. Whitnore, Washington.
Junior vice commander: E. B. Russ. Wash
ington; W. B. Mobley, Hagerstown. and
W. Harry White. Easton. Md, division
counsels; f. X. Depew. Washington. divi-
sion quartermaster and J. J. Winch Ha-
gerstoWn division aijutaut