Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-01
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with General Wilson. chief of engineers,
were Colonies Mackenzie, Abbot, Allen,
well, Sewell and Hoffman,. The ordnance
department was represented by General
Ellington and Majors Dutton, Smith and
Russell and other officers.
Thompson OF the signal corps, and the rec
ord and pension office was represented by
General Ainsworth and Major Tweedale.
ne HaVay was caetans sbop
Andrus and Bryan and Leutenants Elliott,
Hams, Wigmore, Rowell, Comfy and Foley,
all Of the 9Th Cavalry, at Fort Myer;
The infantry was represented by Colonel
De Russy and Lieutenants Wells, McGrew,
AIsell and De Funiak Of the 18th 1nfan-
try, recently arrived at Washington bar
racks from service in Porto Rico.
The artillery had as representatives Colo
mel F. @. Smith of the 9Th, Captain E. s.
Benton Of the Sd. Lieutenant Timberlake OF
the I'd. and Lieutenant Jordon Of the ID
General Ruggles. General Moore. General
Sawtelle. General Wilcox. General Arson
Mills. General Bernard. Colonel Waters.
Colonel n, Cooper 3er Colonel Gordan' Major
There was a good representation OF naVai
officers. The line was headed by Admiral
Dewey. the ranking officer of the service
who was accompanied by his staff and AS
sistant Secretary Hackett. All the bureau
officers and most of their assistants were
present in the line, including Admirals
Bradford. O'Neil. Hichbern. Melville,
Crowninshield and Endicott; Surgeon Cen
eral Van Reypen. Paymaster General Ken
ny. Judge Advocate General Lemly, Ad-
miral Terry, commandant of the Washing
mander Switzerland, Captain Baird, Com
mander Leutze, Commander Griffin and
others.
The marine contingent was rather smaller
than usual, owing mainly to the fact that
most of the officers of that service are on
distant stations. General Haywood, COM
mandant Of the corps, headed the line at
tended by Colonel G.. c. Reid. Colonel Good
Russell. Captain J. H. Russell and Lieu
tenants H. C. Snyder. H. D. South, w.
Bracket and B. w. sibley and others.
Following the officers of the army, the
navy and the marine corps appeared the
commanding general and the general staff
of the militia of the District of Columbia
The party included Brigadier General Geo
H. Harries, Lieutenant Colonel Theodore
Mosher. adjutant general; Captain Edward
F. Riggs, aid-de-camp; Captain Alfred P.
Robbins. aid-de-camp; Captain c. Fred
Cook ABIDE. camp; Captain An drew faf tx
spector general: Major w. D. Davidge. jr,
judge advocate general: Major H: H. Par
menter. quartermaster general; Major Ed
Major NJ V. Tierney, chief Of ordnance,
and Major James E. Bell, inspector general
of rife practice.
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICIALS.
The officials of the departments and bu-
reaus were next in line, in the following
order: The regents and secretary Of the
Smithsonian Institution the commissioner
of fisheries, the civil service commission,
the interstate commerce commission. the
commissioner of labor, assistant secretaries
of departments, assistant postmasters gen.
eral. the solicitor general assistant attor-
neys general. the treasurer Of the United
States, commissioner Of pensions, commits
80 ont 1ny,fr 1nr nf 10
rency, the heads of bureaus in the several
departments, the president of the Column
bian Institute for the Deaf and Dumb.
Large Representation of Veterans.
The representation Of veterans Of differ
ent wars and of the Oldest Inhabitants
Association was the largest in many years.
The veterans felt fraternal interest in the
President and turned out in greater num-
| bers than ever before remembered. =
There were over 1000 Of the different or
ganizations In line, accompanied, frequent
| ly, by members Of lner families. First
were tho Veterans of the War Of 1S46-47,
| followed by the Grand Army Of the Repub-
| lie, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion,
| the Union Veteran Legion. Union Veterans
| Union, Spanish War Veterans and the
| members Of the Oldest Inhabitants Asso-
| citation.
The G. A. R. contingent was in command
! Of L. p. Williams. senior vice commander.
and /. w. Stone. junior vice commander.
| Commander Saybaugh is i'll and could not
| be present Members of the "Old Guard
| of the G. A. r. headed the line. Twenty
! five or thirty colored members Of the order
| filed past the President and were cordially
| received.
| Secretary Hitchcock commented on this,
| saying that this Is the only country in the
| world where the block rod would be thus
| recognized at SO important a social func-
| ton and given identically the same well
come as accorded to statesmen. turists and
| diplomats.
| One old colored veteran. in typical man
| ner, saluted the President with, "Howdy do,
| Mars President, hopes you much happi-
ness" Then he went on down the line,
bowling profusely and remarking, wish yo'
all joy. ladies'
The Union Veteran Union were in COM
mand of Gen. r. G. Dyrenforth, and the
| representation numbered nearly 800.
The Citizens.
! The reception of citizens was sche6 uled
to begin at 1876 o'clock and to be con-
Guided at 100 AT the hour named, how
ever. the veterans Of various wars were
still streaming past the President, and the
| line of citizens extended far beyond the
| War Department and into G street.
| 1t was 12:45 o'clock when the first of the
| long line of citizens entered the front door
of the Executive Mansion.
| 1t was seen by the officials that the hour
| for concluding the reception would be de-
| layed. and every effort was made to push
| the crowd through at livelier rate. This
| helped much, but at 80 o'clock, the hour
| for closing, the long line stretched out
along the asphalt walk to Pennsylvania
avenue and thence west to the front Of the
| War Department.
| The expectation was that the President
| would follow the precedent of other admin
| istrations and shut down the reception. He
| declined to do SO. and shook the hand OF
| every person in line, the last person pass
| ing In front Of him at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Nc
Kiney remained with him to the last.
This was the fourth New Year reception
| in his administration. but all those before
| the crowd was handled by 1870 o'clock
| Never before was the finish Of a reception
| delayed 80 long.
The count of the counting machines
showed that 5,3O3 people entered the build
ing. over 5000 by the front door. This did
| not include some who arrived early and
| were not counted. At the reception two
years ago the total number to enter the
building was $500.
| The President, therefore, received fully
| 1900 more people than a year ago. 1t was
observed by White House attendants that
| from the diplomatic corps to citizens there
was big increase in all the organizations
and classes taking part in the reception.
Col. Bingham and Secretary COrtelyou
were generously and generally congratu
lated on the success of the day.