Evening star., 1901-10-15
ARCH TO Be BUILT
Movement Begun for Memorial to
the Late President
REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE FORMED
Subscription Books to Be Opened
Without Delay.
OFFICERS OF ORGANIZATION

An organization representing all sections
Of the country and including an extraor-
binary array of distinguished statesmen.
educators and business men. was effected
Yesterday afternoon at the Ebbitt House
by the organization committe OF the Nc
Kinley Memorial Arch Association. The
roster as then agreed upon follows:
Henry B. F. Macfarlsnd, president OF tho
Board of Commissioners Of the District OF
Columbia president; Lyman J. Gage, Sec
retary of the Treasury, treasurer; Thornas
F. Walsh OF Colorado, secretary; national
vice presidents, Chief Justice Fuller. Ad-
| miral Dewey, Gen. Miles. Miss Helen Mil
ler Gould, Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks,
president general of the Daughters OF the
American Revolution; Walter s. Logan,
president general Of the Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution; John Lee Carroll, presi-
dent general OF the Sons of the Revolution
Ell Torrance, cammander-ln-chlef OF the
Grand Army of the Republic; Gen. John B.
Gordon, commander-in-chief of the United
Confederate Veterans; Cardinal Gibbons,
Bishop Potter of New York. Bishop Ea-
ward G.. Andrews, Rev. Dr. Francis ~;
Clarke of Boston, president Of the United
Societies of Christian Endeayor; President
Eliot of Harvard University. President
Hadley of Yale University, President Pat
ton of Princeton University, President Har-
dent Jordan Of Stanford University, Presi-
dent Conaty Of the Catholic University OF
America.
The Executive Committee.
An executive committe was also chosen
as follows: Charles J. Bell, chairman OF
the committee in charge of the first In
auguration Of President Mckinley, chair
man; John Joy Edison. Charles c. Glover,
John W. Foster. Theodore W. Noyes.
Beriah Wilkins w. S. Hutchins and
Mitchell Dyrenforth. and the president, Sec
| retary and treasurer, respectively OF the
association.
By this scheme of organization the three
| chief officers of the association represent,
respectively, the government of the District
of Columbia and eastern section OF the
country In the person of Mr. Macfarland,
the national government and the middle
section of the country In the person or
Secretary Gage, the citizen body of the
nation and the western section Of the coun-
try in the person of Treasurer Walsh. The
list of vice presidents includes representa-
tives Of the judiciary and the army and
| navy of the United States, the heads OF
the two chief organizations of veterans Of
the civil war, the presiding officers Of the
two chief societies of the descendants Of
veterans in the continental wars, repre-
sentative officers Of four great churches
and the presidents of six great univer-
stiles.
President Roosevelt and the members of
his cabinet other than the Secretary of the
Treasury, were to have been chosen vice
presidents, but it was voted by the organt-
zation committee instead to ask them to
become honorary members Of the assocfa-
ton. 1t was not deemed to be proper to in
vite those officials to serve in secondary po-
sitions in any organization Of this nature.
The full list Of officers will include two ad-
ditional national vice presidents for each
state and territory, to be selected as speedi-
| ly as possible.
The Canton Memorial.
| Every disposition was manifest at yes
| terday's meeting to cooperate with the
| committee on the memorial to be erected in
| Canton, Ohio. Many Of those most inter-
ested in the Mckinley arch favor the Can
| ton memorial, and WILL contribute toward
1t. The officers of the executive committee
on the capital enterprise will accordingly
| communicate with those of the Canton
| movement without delay. A fund OF about
| 600 is desired for the construction Of
! the arch. To this end the subscription
| books Of the committee will be opened at
once and the committeeman are confident
| the subscriptions Will be received almost in
| flood
| Those who attended yesterdays session
| of the organization were: John Joy Ed
| son, Charles j. Bell, 8. W. Woodward, Cha
] pin Brown, I. w. Stone, J. T. CaIlaghan,
| F. NJ Lipscomb, R. e. Doane, Henry B. F.
Macfarland, Mitchell Dyrenforth and W. g.
| Knox. At the conclusion Of the meeting the
| organization committee adjourned without
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