The Washington times., 1901-09-17
old COMRADES TO MARCH.
Veterans Complete Plans of The
Part in the 0bsequies.
The Grand Array Men Make Arrange
menfs for the Ceremonies OF To-
dny-fhe Gunsd of Honor Detailed
Gen. Dyrenforth,s Announcements

AT conference between Israel w
Stone, commander OF the Department OF
| the fotom&c, G.. A R., the members of
MS stan ana the commanders OF the tiif-
ferent posts in the Jurisdiction. held last
night at Grand Army Hall. final arrange
! ments for participating in the funeral
procession were effected In accordance
with the general order issued the differ
ent posts in the Department of the Poto-
mac viii rendezvous at the corner of
Eighteenth Street and Pennsylvania Ave
nue. at $50 a. n. instead of at the corner
OF seventeenth Street as heretofore an
nounced- The members of the Old Guard,
hit Carson and Lincoln Posts will as
seinbie at Grand Army Hall at n. m
preparatory to proceeding to the rendez-
vous.
BY order of Commander Stone the fol-
lowing members of the different posts
| named were appointed a guard of honor
and detailed for duty at the White House
last night:
Archie Burgis. No. 3; ]. F. Raub, No. 2;
Alfred Shaw. No. s: George r. Ferguson.
No. 3; N. N. Mccullough. No. 2; s. w.
AcEldery. No. 3: ]. l. Thornton, No. 3;
L. Vanderhoef, No. s; George w. Fran
els, jr, No. =. and NJ. NJ. Lewis. No. s.
The following programme was arranged
for today: Guard of Honor, consisting of
fifty members of the Grand Army of the
Republic chosen from different posts in
command of Israel w. Stone commander
Department OF the Potomac, marching in
front of the hearse containing the body
OF the late President; the Old Guard
Drum Corps: the Old Guard. In command
or Capt James NJ Edgar; other divisions
of the Department of the Potomac, in
~1lr rerr ..f
Lincoln Post, No. 3, assisted by the fol-
lowing staff officers: Benjamin F. Bing-
ham. Senior Vice Commander; Ivory G.
Kimball. Junior Vice Commander; Dr.
Thomas Caiver, Medical Director; Edward
c. Stevens. Chaplain; +. Z. Entrikin, AS
sistant Adtutant General; George E.
Davis, Assistant Quartermaster General;
George p. Davis. Judge Advocate; Alfred
Shaw, Inspector; H. w. Burns, Chief
mastering Officer; o. II. Oldroyd, Chief of
staff
1t is expected that Judge Terrence, who
on Wednesday last was elected Command
er-in-Chief at the annual encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic held at
Cleveland, Ohio, will be In the city today
and participate with the Department OF
the Potomac in paying tribute to the dead
President A beautiful tribute was sent to
the White House yesterday afternoon as
an offering from Lincoln Post No. g. and
the WoTnan's Relief Corps of the post. It
was a representation, in immortelles. of
a Grand Army badge, and Is about feet
in height.
r. G. Dyrenforth, Chief
of the Union Veterans Union, Order or
Union Battlemen, has issued the follow
ing official announcement of the death OF
President Mckinley, to the members OF
the order:
In deep grief and with profound sor-
row, the comma nder-in-ch announces
to the order the death of our beloved
comrade, William Mckinley, President Of
the United States.
Upon the dastardly act of the misera-
bic and cowardly assassin it is unneces-
sary to Comment, since every comrade
and every good citizen of our grand coun-
try can have but one sentiment in the
matter and must feel that energetic, even
aggressive, measures must be taken
against an Infamous organization-organ-
lied murder-and every member thereof.
to secure protection of our Presidents, 1t
being manifest that, in free country.
a man elected by a free people from
among themselves to carry out-and car
rying out-their wishes. as their agent,
to conduct the Government, is in danger
of being murdered.
in the death of William Mckinley We
mourn true, kind. gene: Gus, and beloved
comrade. and our country and the world
suffer an irreparable loss.
1.-The respective division commanders of
the order will issue the appropriate or
ders as best, in their judgment, to express
our love and respect"