Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-22
VIRGINIA'S TROOPS
One Regiment to Be in the Centen-
NAL Parade.
)NE IMPORTANT SOCIAL FUNCTION
Preparations for the Corcoran Art
Gallery Reception.
MORE SCRIP TONS

Mr.. John B. Wight. the chairman Of the
committee on parade, received today
letter from the adjutant general Of the
state of Virginia, in which he states that
arrangements have been made to send TO
this city to take part in the parade the 10th
Regiment of that state. Between four ana
five hundred men will come. 1t has been
expected that this regiment would be here,
but this is the first positive statement
that 1t was coming. The troops are to be
Quartered In the Rifles Armory.
Only Social Functions.
The social feature Of the celebration 10
be held here the 18th of December Of the
centennial anniversary Of the removal OF
the seat Of government to the District oil
Columbia will be the reception in the even
ing of that day at the Corcoran Art Gal
lery. AS most of the governors OF the
states and territories and other distin-
guished persons will be in the, city at that
time, there is no doubt that the social
events will be numerous. The Corcoran
Art Gallery reception will be the only ON.
cial function OF that character CARDS Oh
invitation are now being engraved at the
bureau of printing and engraving, the de-
sign beir- selected by the committee OH
reception, of which Mr.. Charles J. Bel ID
the chairman. 1t Is the expectation OF MI
Bell that the cards will be nnished ana o.! IN
the hands OF thu committee by the 2Stn
instant. They are then to be sent out, 10
gethe- with the program, the latter sivihs
the details OF the features OF the entlre
Gay of |. celebration.
1t Is the purpose to send invitations 10
the reception to the members of the dipio-
matte corps, to the governors and the mem
bers of their stats. to the members OF tne
cabinet, of the Senate and the House, 10
the members of the various committees anu
to distinguished guests.
Next week Mr.. fell will announce the
names of the floor committee and or the
various committees that will be IN charge
Of the building on the night Of the recep.
ton and a meeting Of such committees Will
be called to be held in the gallery, when an
opportunity will be given for the members
to become familiar with the duties tney
will be called upon to perform.
Mr.. Bell has engaged the Marine Band
for the evening and has made arrange
ments with Mr.. John H. Small for the dec
Grafton Of the gallery.
Mr.. Hickey's "Reminiscences.
Mr.. James F. Hickey of Hyattsville, Md,
called at Headquarters this morning and
gave the gentlemen there the benefit of
MANY interesting "reminiscences of his ia
Their, the late Gen. William Hickey, who
was born in Washington in the year 1900
and who was chief clerk of the war DE.
partment in 1913 to AoZo, at salary VI
500 a wear.
I'm 1914, when the British entered Wash
ington," Mr.. Hickey said. my father, then
a boy of fourteen, had large company OF
boys with wooden guns enlisted Tor the de-
Tense of the city. While the Capitol was
still burning the British. after posting
guards about the building, dispatched
company of men down New Jersey avenue.
They camped IN front of my grandmother's
house, which was on the site of the build
ing now occupied by the coast survey. They
stuck up the British flag in my grandmoth-
ers front yard, and the colonel of the reg
iment made her house his headquarters.
The building in which the members of the
company Of boys commanded by my father
kept their toy guns was in the rear. Inc
British troops destroyed all the guns and
raided my grandmother's poultry yard. The
colonel remained in the house thirty-six
hours When he left he paid for the poul-
try taken by the soldiers and 30 cents
apiece for the toy guns broken. Up to 1888
l had the original of the receipt for this
money Ny grandfather was with the
American army at Bladensburg, and re-
treated with them into Montgomery coun-
ty.''
Committee Meeting.
There will be a meeting Of the citizens
committee at headquarters Saturday after
noon at 4:15 o'clock.
Mr. R. Ross Perry, chairman of the COM
mittee on exercises at the Capitol, has APP
pointed the following as a subcommittee on
leeis. ation: Chaplin Brown, chairman; Eu-
gene Hale United States Senate; Elex. s.
Clay, United States Senate; John l.. NC
Laurin, United States Senate; James NC
Milan United States Senate; George G..
Perkins, United States Senate; Joseph ST.
mon, United States Senate; Thomas B. Tur-
ley, United States Senate; Joseph u. Can
non, House of Representatives.; Joseph w.
Bailey, House of Representatives; .uhn Z.
Bell. House of representatives; William S.
Cowherd, House OF Representatives Marion
De Vries, House of Representatives,; Robert
j. Gamble House of Repre- SentativeS; Will
lam W. Grout, House of Representatives
Joel p Heatwole, House of Representa-
tives; James a. Hemenway, House of Rep
resentatives; James S. Sherman, House OF
Representatives; II. Darneille, J. W. Bulk
ley Frank r. Browning, Myer Cohen, w
w. Duuley, DR.. w. B. Evans, DR.. robert
Fletcher, A. p. German, c. ]. Hillyer
Charles Moore, James l.. Norris, Ar...ur
Peter Daniel NJ Ramsdel, A. S. Solomons
George Truesdell, ]. Ormond Wilson.
More Subscriptions.
Col. NJ. NJ. Parker, chairman of the
finance committee, reports the following
subscriptions: John C. Parker, $40; Tai
madge A. Lambert, $40; VIM. Ballantyne &
Sons, $40; John c. CLANCY, $40; VIM E. Ed
monston, SO; F. p. May, $40; S. S. She'd
& Bro. SO; William B. Todd, So; Edward
T. Kaiser, SO; John J. Halsted 50; A. E. H
Johnson So; w. H. Rapley, 50; James +,
Shea, So; William E. Todd, 81
Under the direction of the press commit
tee of which Mr.. Theodore w. Noyes /!
chairman, articles bearing on the centennia
celebration have been prepared and will b.
distributed to papers throughout the coun
try. In addition to giving an account O
the manner in which it is proposed to cele
| brate this important anniversary event, tn
| historical significance is brought out II
| bright, readable articles, which will tent
| to diffuse correct Information in regard t
| the nations capital, its past and present.
Order of the Parade.
The order of the parade will be as fol
| lows:
Platoon of mounted police.
| Civic escort to parade.
Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles. grand mar
| shall, and staff
Brigade of United States troops. arm.
and navy.
President of the United States and cab
| met.
Brigade, National Guard of the Distric
| Of Columbia
Governors of the states. with their es
| corts, in the order Of the admission of tn
states into the Union.
| Governors of the territories.
| Commissioners Of the District Of Colum
| bia.
| Specially invited guests.
| Centennial committee