Evening star., 1900-10-12
Last of the List of Committees Named
Today.
PLANS FOR DECORATIONS ANDPARADE
Subcommittee Appointed for Each
Branch of Work.
ES AT CAPITO L

The committee on exercises at the L nted
States Capt oil, OF which Mr.. r. Ross Perry
IS chairman, announced today by
Chairman Macfarand This is the last
committee to be announced having in
charge the plans of the national capital
centennial. Two months from today. We'd
nesday. December y, the celebration will
take place. Many of the committees are
already working out the details of the
work assigned them. and the other commit
tees will organize early the coming week
and Immediately begin active work.
Secretaries Cox and Van Wickle are kept
busy at headquarters. 1925 Pennsylvania
| avenue. attending TO the general corre-
spondence and consulting with the chair
men and committeeman of the several COM
mittees in regard to their respective duties.
| At the committee headquarters Mr.. W.
V. Cox, the secretary, and Mr. w +. van
W!ckle the assistant secretary, with cleri-
cal assistants. are found each day attendlns
TO the correspondence and the details OF
the arrangements for the coming event
The rooms occupied by the committee have
been furnished By local merchants with
desks and ;ableS, pictures placed on the
walls while typewriting machines and
telephone are placed without charge at
the service Of the committee. Many letters
from the governors and members OF the
Senate and House committees. approving
of the provisional program OF the ceIeora-
tion. have been received.
Mr.. MaCfarlaud states that ne is very
much encouraged over the success of the
ceIebrati ton by the interest shown oy tne
general public: over 1.to citizens OF the
District have been appointed as members
of the committees, and their Willingness 10
make the centennial a grand success Is
shown by the large number OF letters ac-
cepting the appointment received dally AT
headquarters
Personnel of Committee.
,arCppna1 of he committee eXer-
cises at the Capitol is as follows:
On behalf of the Senate: Eugene Hale,
chairman: George c. Perkins, Joseph 81
mon John L. McLaurin. Alexander 8. Clay,
Thomas B. Turley, James Mcmillan
on behalf Of the House of Representa-
tives: Joe G. Cannon, chairman; William
W. Grout. Joel T. Heatwole, James s: Sher-
man James A. Hemenway, Joseph w. Bal
ley, Marion DeVries, William 5. Cowherd'
John G.. Bell, Robert ]. Gamble
Citizens committee: r. Ross Perry, chalr-
man: Chaplin Brown, vice chairman; John
e. Larner, vice chairman; William Hender-
Son Moses. vice chairman; NJ. L. Weller,
vice chairman; A ID. Anderson, Allen Al
bert, William ]. Browning. Charles G. Ben
nett Frank 7. Browning. Harry w. Bar
ney. Andrew Y. Bradley, DIR. Frank Baker.
brown Robert Boyd, A. w. Bingham.
Henry c. Coburn, Meyer Cohen. James
Croggon. Charles r. Cushman, Rev Henry
N Couden. James A Crystal, D. A. Cham
r Cleaves, Henry Casson. F. Y. Coville,
J. b. Clark. Appleton p Clark, DIR. F. r
Chamberlain, John d. Croissant. e. j.
CantweH. Allan Davis, W. W. Dudley. DR..
W B. Evans, Rudolph Eichhorn. Walter
H French. Samuel T. Fisher. DR.. Robert
Fletcher. ". ]. Glenn, Henry Gannett,
John Goode. Henry H Gufry, y. p Cor
man. DIR. Merrill E. Gates, Joseph Gawler,
Harry r. Hanger, Albert II. Howe, Asher
c Kinds w. II. Holmes. Major II. ?. Hux-
ford, DIR. Joseph T. Howard, John Hender-
H Koher. Dr Daniel S. Lamb. T. a. Lam
bert Max. I.ausburgh Thomas II. Mckee.
Alexander Mcdowell Gen. Arson Mills
L S. A: Rev William II. Milburn, Charles
Moore. Col John McElroy, Leroy J. Nc
NeeIy. Jos. @. McElrcy, Thos- Z. Morgan.
". W. MetcaIf Jas. l.. Norris, H. G. Ogden,
Z. Southard Parker, Woodbury. Puis!Ier
Edwin s. Pierce, Charles b. Pearson, Arthur
Peter, Hiram Price John W. Pilling, e. Z.
Pursell, ]. /. Parsons, Julian w. Richard
Leigh Robinson, Henry NJ. Rose, Daniel NJ
RamsdelI. William G. Reed. j. E. Rockwell.
]. Richard Riggies. George r. Repetu, s.
W. Rittenhouse. Charles II. Strobeck. AMI
Smith, Alonzo II. Stewart, John Selden.
Henry w. Sohon. J. Kennedy Stout, A o.
Stafford 2. T. Sanner. Edward f. Sinp-
son, Dr. ]. A. StOutenburgh, John {. Scho-
field: \. S. Solomon, Charles A. Shields.
Alfred c. True, George TruesdeL o. H.
TiJtman. George W. Ta!bert, Benjamin
Vail VI p. Ward. Wallace H. White, Fred
II. Wines, Elliott Wood, ]. Ormond wilson
Richard Willet-. George n. Wilmington.
lie, d. n WaIf0rd, Frank +. Weller, Sam
uel H Walker and William Yost.
In accordance with the action of the COM
mittee on parade and decoration the char
man. Mr.. John B. Wight has appointed
two subcOmmittees, one 10 take into con-
sideration plans for the proposed parade, 20
be held the 18th of next December. as a
part of the capital centennial celebration,
and the other to suggest a scheme of dec
oratiOn. An informal meeting of these COM
mittees was held yesterday afternoon IN
the rooms Of the board of trade, in The
Evening Star building.
The chairman of the entire committee
Mr.. Wight; the vice chairman. Geo. III.
Harries; the secretary, w. Fl. Rapley, and
the assistant secretary, W. ". ConnOr. are
members eX-Officio of both OF the subcom-
mittees.
meeting Of the subcommittee on dec
oratonS viii be held in the rooms Of the
board of trade tomorrow afternoon at 4:15
o'clock. and Monday afternoon. at the same
place and hour, a meeting Of the subcom-
Inittee on parade will he held.
The subcommittees are as follows:
Decoration-F. B. Pyle. chairman; E. H
Dreop Il. W. Guy, Leon Dessez, Paul j.
Pelz DR.. T. f. Ogram, John r. Galloway
Arthur Copeland. Isaac Cans u. S. j. Dun
bar julius I.ansburgh and E. r. Coombes
Parades-Major James f. Bell. chairman;
Andrew Parker, Richard a. Johnson, Geo.
r. Fleming. F.. II. Bugher, Commander r.
p. Hams. Major Arthur Brooks, Com
mander Calvin Farnsworth, Charles Krae-
mer, G. \. MOseley, Major John Tweedale