Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-06
CALL 0AGEii,T99|R|!RANCE
Thousands Of Veterans Greet
Commander Chief.
THE Hl HOTEL CROWDED
SIMILAR SCENES AT OFFICES OF
CITIZENS COMMITTEE.
Rams Tor Tomorrow's Parade - 200
Bluejackets Will March - Corps
Reunion Programs-Notes.

the pands-these unmistakable signs indi-
cateo the presence Of the commander-in-
chiet or the g. A r. at his headquarters
IN the Ebbitt this morning. All day the
continuous serenading. receiving and talk
ing went on, until well along in the after
noon a meeting of the national executive
committee took General Torrance away
from the crowd. - His program for the rest
Oh the day precludes a renewal of the re-
| ception and concerts, but provides for his
presence at two large public meetings.
The headquarters Of the commander-in-
| chief are located in the two large rooms at
the head of the main stairway, one floor
above the lobby. There are no decorations
except the flag of the commanders office,
two large silk American flags and num-
per of bouquets. Indeed there is no room
Tor anything else, every inch Of space be-
| ing taken most Of the day by expectant
| veterans who pushed themselves forward
| to shake hands with their chief.
A row of tables along one end Of the main
| room provides working space for Gen. Silas
| n. fowler. the national adjutant general;
termaster general: ]. H. Holcomb, national
custodian of G. A. R. property. who has
| left his office in Independence Hall, Phila-
| delph1a, to care for the securities needed at
| national headquarters; Miss Gertrude Fox
| and Mr.. Graham M. Torrance, eldest son
| of the commander n-chief, who are regis
| tered as assistants to the adjutant general.
Many State Delegations Call.
| State delegations began to arrive at ma
tional headquarters as soon as the doors
were opened. Kansas, many hundred
strong, took first place and converted the
parlors into a kitchen garden with the
thousands of sunf1owers worn by her vet
Grams on their coat lapels. Most Of the
time Commander LOOMS and his men were
in the room with Gen. Torrance the three
bands which accompany this department
alternated in performing patriotic selec-
lions. Then canie Pennsylvania, headed by
| Col. Charles A. Suydam, the assistant ad-
Williams. chiefly of staff. Ohio brought
along the Rossnf, Band of Cleveland, which
| also played while the veterans passed in
front Of the comma nder-in-chief.
Then California paraded the Cook Drum
Corps and Bandato the front of the hotel
and while INSTRUMENTATION, one Of the
largest which will be heard during the en-
campment, iserenaded from F street the
veterans followed Past Commander Gen.
George E. Cook to headquarters. Montana,
| Arizona. Michigan and various other de-
partments sent delegations also. AS has
been already indicated, the reception kept
Gen. Torrance busy all morning except for
the respite afforded him by his ride in the
automobile parade. .--='
This progfanf continued in force until
about 3 O'Clock when the members Of the
national executive committee of the G. A.
r. assembled for their first session of the
encampment. That body, with Gen. Tor
rance as'its presiding officer, is now sitting.
At the close OF the meeting the comman-
der-in-chief Is to attend the dedicatory
ercises at Camp Roosevelt, returning as
near 5 o'clock as possible to convene the
national council of administration. After
dinner he will proceed at once to the camp
fire scheduled for this evening at Conyen-
ton Hall.
Prominent individuals Present.
Many prominent individuals presented
themselves with these delegations. Among
them were Major Gen. w. R. Shafter and
Gen. Henry B. Darlington of Ohio, now
eighty years old, who is said to be the only
surviving regular army colonel Of ante
bellum days, and who was adjutant gen.
eral of Ohio when the war began; Mrs.
Leggett wife of Gen. M. D. Leggett Of
Ohio; Mrs. John A. Logan. who called with
several Illinois veterans; Mrs John G.
Black, also of Illinois; Mrs. Distin, Mrs.
William Francis Tucker and Mrs. J. Cory
Winans of Troy, Ohio who Is candidate
for the national presidency Of newcomers
Relief Corps.
From Gen. Torrance's headquarters most
of the callers passed down the corridors to
the headquarters maintained In the Ebbitt
by Col McElroy as candidate for the COM
membership or to the department headquar-
tiers established by the several states.
Col. McElroy's room Is in charge of Col
G. H. Slaybaugh. For an hour or more Col
McElroy was himself present. Throughout
the morning this room was .thronged with
veterans who came to promise their sup
port to Col. McElroy or to announce that
certain delegates from their several depart
ments had pledged him their votes. Ohio
West Virginia and half dozen other states
according to these visitors, are solid for
Col. McElroy.
Other Headquarters in the Ebbitt.
On the same floor in the Ebbitt are the
Headquarters Of the West Virginia delega-
ton to the convention Of Ladies of the G.
A. R.. headed by Mrs. M. Anna Hall, cam
didate for the national presidency of that
body: Pennsylvania state headquarters, in
charge Ct Col Suydam, and thronged with
old vets wearing bucktails in their caps;
the national headquarters Of the Union F,x-
Prisoners of War. headed by Gen. ]. D.
Walker. the commander-in-chief, and Col.
8. M. Long. the adjutant general; the ma
tional headquarters Of the Woman's Relief
Corps. with Mrs. Calista r. Jones' national
president holding a levee very much like
that of Gen. Torrance; the Department of
Minnesota. In charge of State Commander
Perry Starkweather; the headquarters Of
the Daughters of Veterans, in charge of
Mrs. Elizabeth Beardsly Stanley, national
president: Mrs. Ida J. Allen, national treas
urer. and Miss Minnie F. Prescott national
Receptions registrations and the work
Of the committees on credentials marked
each Of these rooms reserved as headouar-
tiers. The ARRIVAL OF the delegates seems
to have been uniformly slow, but the sec
retaries and their assistants found plenty
to do nevertheless.
Crowd at Offices Of the Local Committee
At the headquarters of the local execu-
tive committee d. the encampment, whittier
many of the lNe4erans passed after greet
ing General Torrance, the scene was very
similar. Chairman Warner and Secretary
Bulkley were deluged with callers. Each
band seemed te-leave the Ebbitt only to
visit Washhsgtom headquarters.
General Cook carried his drum corps and
band up 14th street as soon as the serenade
at the Ebbitti ended. He had quite a con-
ference over musical matters with Chair
man Warner and Lieutenant Santelmann.
| who happened to be in, the building told
them he had brought the drum corps and
band to Washington at personal outlay
of s., 800, that the drum corps marched at
the head of the veterans parade ten years
ago. and that it's thirty-ive musicians of
that day had increased in number to sew
| enty. = -.-..-.5..., -
Numerous calls were made for printed
matter; orders, maps and general supplies
which the committee could not hope to
meet. In the back rooms Of the buildings
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