The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-13
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Last Committee Announced by COM
missioner Mcfarland.
Those Who Will Have Charge of the
Exercises Mt the Capitol i'm Decem-
INSTRUMENTATION Being Perfected
and Plans for the Immediate He
ginning of Active Work Made.

The personnel of the Committee on Ex
ercises at the United States Capitol of
the Centennial celebration was announced
yesterday as follows. it being the last of
the committees to be appointed:
On behalf of the Senate-Hon. Eugene
Hale. chairman; Hon. George c. Perkins,
Hon. Joseph Simon, Hon. John L. McLau-
rim, Hon Alexander S. Clay. Hon. Thomas
B. Turley, Hon. James Mcmillan.
On behalf of the House of Representa-
tives-Hon Joseph G. Cannon, chairman;
Hon. William w. Grout, Hon. Joel p.
Heatwole, Hon. James S. Sherman. Hon.
James A. Hemenway, Hon. Joseph w.
Bailey, Hon. Marion DeVries,, Hon. Will
lam S. Cowherd Hon. John c. Bell, Hon
Robert j. Gamble.
Citizens Committee-R Ross Perry,
chairman; Chaplin Brown, vice chairman;
John B. Larner, vice chairman; William
Henderson Moses, vice chairman, and NJ.
/. Weller, vice chairman and secretary.
A. d. Anderson, Allen Albert, William
]. Browning, Charles G. Bennett, Frank
T. Browning. Harry w. Barney, Andrew
Y. Bradley, DR.. Frank Baker. James A.
Bates, DR.. J. W. Bulkley, Glenn Brown,
Robert Boyd. A. W. Bingham, Henry C.
Coburn, Myer Cohen, James Croggen,
Charles R. Cushman, Rev. Henry N Cou-
den, James A. Crystal, d. A. Chambers,
John d. Cremer, ]. C. Courts, Thomas R.
Cleaves, Henry Casson. F. " Coville, ]. b.
Clark, Appleton P. Clark, DR.. F. P. Cham
berlain. John d. Croissant E. J. Cantwell,
Allan Davis. w. w. Dudley, DR.. W. b.
Evans, Rudolph Eichhorn. Walter H.
French, Samuel T. Fisher, Dr. Robert
Fletcher, w. ]. Glenn, Henry Gannett,
Hon. John Goode. Henry H. Gilfry, Hon.
A. p. German, DR.. Merrill E. Gates, Jo-
seph Gawler, Harry B. Hanger, Albert H.
Howe, Asher c. Kinds, w. II. Holmes,
Major H. P. Huxford, DR.. Joseph T. How
ard, John Henderson, c. j. Hillyer,
H. NJ. Johnson, DR.. G. H. Kober,
DR.. Daniel S. Lamb. T. A. Lambert, Max
Lansburgh. Thomas H. Mckee, Alexander
Rev. William H. Milburn, Charles Moore,
Col John McElroy. Leroy J. McNeely, Jo-
seph C. McElroy, Thomas P. Morgan, W.
w. Metcalf, James L. Norris. H. G. Og-
den, Z. Southland Parker, Woodbury. Pull
sifer, Edwin S. Pierce, Charles B. Pear
son, Arthur Peter, Hon. Hiram Price, John
w. Pilling. C. C. Pursell, ]. L. Parsons,
Julian W. Richard, Leigh Robinson. Henry
NJ. Rose, Daniel NJ. Ramsdell, William G.
Reed, j. Z. Rockwell, ]. Richard Riggles,
George r. Repetti, S. w. Rittenhouse,
Charles H. Strobeck. AMI Smith, Alonzo
H. Stewart, John Selden, Henry W. Sohon,
Sanner Edward F. Simpson, DR.. j.. A.
Stoutenburgh. John C. Schofield,, A. S.
Solomon, Charles A. Shields, Alfred
C. True, Hen. George Truesdell, o.
H. Tittman, George W. Talbert. Benjamin
Vail. NJ. P. Ward, Wallace H. White, Fred.
H. Wines. Elliott Woods, J. Ormond Will
son, Richard Willatt. George N. Whiting
ton. Col Llewellyn Washington, Judge An
drew Wylie. D. n. Walford. Frank p
Weller, Samuel H. Walker, and William
Yost.
Two months from yesterday, wednes-
day, December IL, the centennial celcbra-
ton will take place. Many of the COM
| mittees are already arranging the details
of the work assigned them, and the other
| committees will organize early the COM
ing week and Immediately begin active
work. Secretaries Cox and Van Wickle
| are kept busy at headquarters attending
to the general correspondence, and con-
sulting with the chairman and members
of the several committees in regard to
their respective duties.
Many letters from the Governors and
members of the Senate and House COM
| mittees, approving of the provisional pro-
gramme Of the celebration, have been re-
| ceived. Mr. Mcfarland states that he is
| very much encouraged over the success
of the celebration by the interest shown
by the general public. Over $500 citizens
| Of the District have been appointed as
| members of the committees, and their
| willingness to make the centennial a
| grand success is shown by the large num-
| Der of letters accepting the appointment
received daily at Headquarters