Evening star., 1902-04-05
FLORAL CORPS BADGES
A Plan Feasihae in No othsr City
COMMITTEES Announcsments-In-
terest In the Lectures.

aar. L. ID. Saunders, accompanied by the
secretary OF the executive committee on
the q. A. r. encampment, called upon Sec
retaries Shaw and Long this morning and
requested their attendance at the lectures
| In the Columbia Theater next Tuesday
afternoon at 4:15 o'clock. Secretary Long
has accepted the invitation and a box will
be set aside for his disposal. Boxes viii
| also be reserved for Secretary Shaw, Gen.
eral Miles and Secretary Root
| The oth Army Corps will meet at head
quarters on Monday evening at O'Clock,
| under general cali issued by Colonel
corns Assaciaisan PTesidens Tbis lent OF the Ssh
| to cooperate with the committee on re-
unions, of which Colonel John McElroy is
chairman, and particularly with the SUBJ
committee on the 5th Corps, of which Mr..
VIM Howard Gibson Is chairman.
Extensive Floral Decorations.
Colonel Theodore Bingham, superintend-
ens of public buildings and grounds, is
now considering very comprehensive plan
for decorating the parks and public reserya-
tions In the city with floral representations
| OF the various corps badges and other in
sigma or the veteran organizations.
General Robert B. Beath of Philadelphia
past commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army, author of the Grand Army 'Blue
of the Republic" in speaking of the various
kinds of welcome extended to the veterans,
fecails that 1t was not till the memorial BILE
national encampment in San Francisco
that the earth itself was made to welcome
the veterans. In the dooTyard of the STAN
ford and the Flood mansions were the G.
| A r. and w. r. c. badges in delicate
tracery of bronze. red, white and blue To-
liage and blossoms Beautiful Golden Gate
Park was simply a patriotic flower bed.
Red' white and blue flowers were grouped
IN all kinds of designs. and away up on
Sutro Heights, among the pines, was an
American flag nearly 100 feet long waving
so naturally along gentle slope that one
inVoluntarily looked up for the staff from
which 1t seemed to have fallen All over
the city, even in the tiny patches Of door
| yards. one insignia or another was worked
out In flowers. Many of the resident veter-
ans placed In their dooryards the badge Of
tne corps to which they belonged.
| General Beath says that it was a genuine
pleasure TO the veterans to meet this well
come at every hand, and 1t is a custom that
| has been kept up ever since In soma
| cities the decoration has been lavish
Possible Only in Washington.
The plan that Col. Bingham is now con-
! sldering is capable of demonstration in
| Washington, but would be impossible e,,e-
| where. because In no other city in the
Union can be found so many statues of the
| army and navy commanders. In this
! scheme the statues OF Hancock Logan
| Rawlins. Mcpherson, Thomas, Sherman,
Farragut, Dupont, Greene and Scott play
| a prominent part.
| 1t is planned that large I'd Corps
| badge be placed in front Of the Hancock
| statue at Ith and the avenue, and that
the badges of the 1st. I'd. Sd, 9TH, 9th 9th
| ilth. Eth and cavalry and artillery corps
| constituting the Army of the Potomac, be
| placed in the adjoining grounds and those
| at the intersection OF 18th street so as to
bring all the Potomac corps relatively near
| together.
An Army Of the Tennessee badge is to be
| placed in front of the statue of Gen. Raw
| Inns. Badges Of the 4th, 14th, Goth. 18th
| 10Th. 10th. 18th and Wilson's Cavalry Corps
| are to be appropriately placed around the
| pedestal for the Sherman statue.
Badges of the 4th, 14th, Goth and Will
| sons Cavalry Corps are to be constructed
| around the statue of Gen. Thomas Badges
| Of the 18th, 18th, 10th and 18th Corps
would naturally surround the Mcpherson
| statue.
| The badge Of the 18th Corps, or all the
| badges of the Army of the Tennessee
| should be around the Logan statue
| Around the statue of Admiral Farragut
| an admiral's flag and naval insignia are to
| be placed, and rear admiraPs flag and
naval insignia around Dupont statue. Moth
| ing could be more appropriate than the
| American flag in flowers and foliage plants
| around the statues of Washington, Greene
and Scott.
On the long grassy slope of the Monu-
ment grounds the w. r. c. and G. A. r.
badges, 100 feet long, are contemplated.
Details of Committee Work
Colonel John McElroy. chairman of the
committee on reunions. has added the fol-
lowing corps chairnen: 18th Army Corps
DR.. Lawrence Wilson; 18th Corps, ]. Z.
Hart; 18th Corps, Fletcher White; Spanish
War Veterans Colonel Lee S. Lipscomb.
Mrs. Ida A Oldroyd. chairman of the
Womans Relief Corps committee has her
plans pretty well in hand, and will hold
the first general meeting of her committee
| on Monday. April II. A good many people
are confusing Mrs. Oldroyds encampment
committee with the Department of Po-
tomac, w r. c. While it is true that Mrs.
Oldroyd is president of the Department of
Potomac, she says she would like it un-
derstood that she is not acting as chair
man Of the committee In her presidential
capacity. She was appointed by Mrs.
Mussey to muster the w. r. c. women into
a committee, but they Will not serve in re-
lief corps capacity.
Mrs. Oldroyd has appointed Mrs. Kath-
arine Phillips secretary of her committee,
Mrs Annie w Johnson, chairman of the
committee finance, and Mrs. Matte Nc
CIure, treasurer The w. r. c. committee
has to provide for three days lunch for
700 delegates and the raising of funds for
this lunch will be the first thing to en-
gross the attention Of the ladies.
The plan Is to furnish each solicitor of
funds with a small pass book in which will
be placed printed certificate setting forth
the purpose of the collection, which will be
signed in ink when issued. The books will
be audited every two weeks and the funds
turned In. 1t is expected that these So
licitors will catch the smaller donations,
such as would be overlooked by other beg
gfng committees The committee feels that
1t has a large contract on hand, and Mrs.
Oldroyd says that if there is any public
spirited person who feels literally inclined
she is ready to accept any donation Of
fered.
Mrs. Ada Weiss, chairman of the COM
mittee on decorations, has added the fol-
lowing names to that committee: Mrs. z.
X. Temple, Mrs. Mary Moore, Miss Marie
Kearney.
Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball, chairman of the
press committee, has appointed her
sistants: Miss Helena Mccarthy. Miss
Mamie Lancaster, Mrs. Fred Schrader,
Miss Janet Jennings and Miss Helen Varick
Boswell.
Anacostia and Vicinity.
Rev. T. Fl. Harris, who has been pastor
of the macedonia RapfiSf Church on Sher-