Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-19
Centennial Committee Wants to Com
plete Collection of Material.
MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS IN PARADE
Report From the subcommittee
on the Decorations.
ADDITIONS TO THE FUND

AS tHe HldteTidi LOT lHt program
of the exercises of the celebration of the
centennial anniversary of the removal of
the seat of government to the District
must be in the hands of the printer by
Wednesday, it is the desire of Mr.. John B.
Wight, the chairman of the committee on
decoration and parade, that organizations
desiring to participate in the parade should
notify him at once. Unless he has the
names it will be impossible to place them
on the program.
The list of troops and organizations that
will participate in the parade of Decem-
Der - as thus far completed Is as follows:
Navy-Five companies, Marine Band, one
company bluejackets, four companies ma
rines.
Army-Twelve companies foot artillery
four troops cavalry. a light battery. bands
District of Columbia National Guard and
band-One engineer company, one signal
company, two regiments, one separate bat
| talon of infantry, one light battery, Naval
Battalion. Ambulance Corps, one band, one
corps field music
| Grand Army of the Republic. Union Vet
| eran Union. Nelson Miles Command Con-
necticut Foot Guard and band, 10th Virginia
and band, Gen. Guy " Henry Garrison.
| No 43; 1st District Battalion.
| Letters have been received from Asa 3
| Bushnell, ex-governor of OHIO: Wiillam
| Gregory, governor of Connecticut, and W.
| d. Bloxham, governor of Florida, stating
| their intention of attending the centennial
| exercises.
! A letter was also received at headquarters
today from Gov. Tyler of Virginia in which
| he states that he and his staff will come to
this city to participate in the centennial Ger
emonies but that he also hopes to have the
| 10Th Virginia Regiment present on that &C.
casiOn
There will be a meeting of the committee
on public comfort and order tomorrow even
! ing at half-paSt I in the rooms of the board
of do nd hDn =
tee of ceremonies and parade, Mr.. Gill,
| chairman. will preside.
The Decorations.
Mr.. Oscar w. White, the chairman of the
subcommittee on parade and decoration
has received a letter from G. w. Bai-d,
commander, United States navy, and super
intendent of the State, War ana Navy De-
| partment stating that he will decorate the
| north front of the building with flags, ard
| in the evening will place arc lamps on the
west front down 18th street and use
search light the top of the building and
| light the rooms on the north and west
| fronts.
| 1t is hoped by the citizens that in the case
of the other department buildings in this
city some plan of decoration IS well as of
illumination, shall be adopted.
Recently the centennial was the means
of bringing together two citizens who were
classmates in 1872 and had not met since
then In letter to Mr.. w. V. Cox, secre-
| tary of the committee DIR. A. B. I'd
son. superintendent of the Government
| Hospital for the Insane, after accepting an
appointm on the committee on exercises
| at the Capitol, said:
| PERSONALLY, | would like to inquire
whether YOU ever attended college at Della
ware. Ohio, and if So was it about 1872?
| l was there one term and was a member
of the Beta Fraternity, and we had Mr..
Cox with US whom | am inclined to identi-
| fy as you. | should be glad to meet you
again. and hope the opportunity may be
soon
Mr. Cox replied that he was the same
boy" mentioned, and congratulated his
| former clasSmate on coming to Washing
Some of the residents of the District
| whose ancestors were living here in the
! year 1900 have written to the committee
relative to gathering data in regard to such
ancestors and their descendants. The fact
seems to be overlooked that quite recently
/ an inquiry of this kind was made by the
/ Columbia Historical Society, and the ma
/ terial thus secured is now being co!lated
! with the view of having it available for ref
erence and possibly publication.
Troops to Take Part.
| Copies of the following order, issued from
the headquarters of the department of the
east, al Governors Island, N. y, by Major
| General Brooke, have been received in this
| city:
General Orders No. %; Governors Island,
New York city, November 10, 1900.
Ii accordance with instructions from the
| headquarters of the army, da ted November
| Is, 1900. The following troops arc designated
10 take part in The Centennial Celebra-
ton Of the Establishment of the Seat of
| Government in the District of Columbia
| and will be assembled in Washington. D. c.
! by . o'clock the morning of December l.,
i 1900:
The 9Th Cavalry Band and one squadron
of the 9TH Cavalry, under command of Col.
| William A Rafferty,, 9th Cavalry.
Light Battery +, I'd Artillery, Capt Chas
| d. Parkhurst, I'd Artillery, commanding.
The Atm Artillery Band and a regiment
of foot artillery. under the command of
! Lieut.. Col. John r. Myrick, I'd Artillery, to
| be composed as follows:
| First Battalion-Batteries N, A, K and
| G, Atm Artillery, Major +. Van A. Andruss,
| 4th Artillery. commanding.
Second Battalion-Batteries D. f, L and
| H. 4th Artillery, Major Henry w. Hub
| bell. 4th Artillery, commanding.
! Third Observation-Disclosures G, LIST Artil-
lery: B, It'll Artillery; b. I'd Artillery, and
NJ, 9th Artillery; Captain John P. Wiser
! 9TH Artillery, commanding.
| The above mentioned troops will be under
| the command of Col. FRANCIS l.. Guenther,
4th Artillery.
Each foot battery will have. If possible,
not less than two officers and will be of
such strength as to form with front of
| thirty-tWo files, exclusive of guides.
| The staff of the commander will be COM
posed of his regmental staff and a sur
geon, whom he will select The staff Of the
&C mmander of the regiment of foot artii-
lery will be composed of two officers, whom
he shall select Each battalion commander
will select a battalion adjutant
The commanding officers Of Fort Myer
and Washington barracks will each cause
one ambulance, properly manned and
equipped, to be reported to the surgeon
with the commander of the troops for as
signment.
Undress uniform with overcoats will be
worn.
Upon termination of the duty contemplat-
ed, the troops will return to their respective
stations
Further. instructions concerning the hour
and formation for the ceremony will be
communicated in due season.
The quartermaster's department will fur
nish the transportation and the subsistence
department the necessary subsistence.
The order is countersigned by M. v.
Sheridan, assistant adjutant general.
Native Clergymen.
Chairman Mcfarland is in receipt of a
letter from Rev Page Milburn of this city,
in which he says that lit might be interest
ing to discover how many clergymen of the
different denominations in Washington are