Evening star., 1902-08-20
High School Bows to Aid.

| and B. F. Heitman have been added to the
committee to mark historic points.
High School Boys to Aid.
Eighty high school boys are to be en-
ployed in the booths, which will stand at
convenient points along Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and other main thoroughfares during
the encampment. Principal Hughes is
deeply interested in the matter and will
confer with his associate principals several
weeks before the encampment and then de-
clde whether the students required can OBJ
| tain the necessary leave of absence from
school. Mr.. John H. Moore, chairman of
the committee on informa ton, called at
headquarters this morning to confer with
Mr.. Bulkley on this matter
Eelght or ten searchights are to be OBJ
tanned, probably from Baltimore, for the
iiiumlnauon OF the Capitol during encamp-
ment week, the power to be provided by
local electric lighting companies Chairman
William s. Knox of the committee on illu-
limitations has this matter in charge and
regards the plan indicated as the best
means of Illuminating the most beautiful
building in the United States"
For Use of Naval Veterans.
According to plans explained at head
quarters today. the Nalor building on 18th
street, formerly the headquarters of the bu-
reau of statistics, is to be admirably adapt
the encampment, and very handsomely dec
GRATED. large room on the second floor
IS to be fitted for convention sessions and
the smaller rooms prepared for social inter-
course and the comfort of the veterans
Downstairs will be large parlor for the
ladles VINO accompany the veterans and a.
room for their business meetings. The
front or the building Is to be handsomely
decorated Mingled with the American ftags
TO be hung from the balconies will be many
ia,s., naval nags-among them the ''admirars s
jack several fine brass eagles The
central feature Of the decoration will be
TWO nne portraits of Admirals Farragut and
Porter, five by eight feet in dimension.
EXECUTED asss particularly for this purpose.
The headquarters of Col. William H
Michael, chairman of the committee on the
entertainment of these veterans, will be at
NO l4l0 New York avenue. Rooms in that
building are now being comfortably fur
nished with desks, chairs and tables and
within few days will be placed In charge
of Mai. Frank H. Peabody, as secretarv
OF the committee. and Maj. H. c. Washing
ton, as clerk to the executive committee
Many publications of interest to naval vet
Grams will be on file and a vast ouantitv
OF special encampment literature availabIs
Tor distribution by the veterans as they
call from day to day.
The Sons Of Veterans.
By vote of the executive committee
Maryland division, Sons Of Veterans. the
t"enty-nrst annual encampment of the ma
uonal association will be held in Wash
1ngton from Tuesday, October T. until Fri
day, October 10 All the sessions of the
encampment will be held in Carroll Insti-
tute Hall, and the delegates to the conven
tlon, with the several commands of the
Maryland division, will parade Tuesday in
the naval parade. $50
This course was decided upon Yesterday
evening at meeting held in the office of
the communicating chief, E. r. Campbell,
in the Columbian building. The executive
committee was organized some time last
March. with Mr.. F. T. F. Johnson division
commander, as chairman.
Major Campbell stated at the close of the
meeting that between 1000 and 5000 Sons
OF Veterans would march in the Tuesday
parade; that 800 would serve as special eS
cort to Gen. Torrance during the Wednes-
day parade; that the Sons of Veterans
would tender to Gen. Torrance and their
commander-in-c chief a reception during en-
campment week. and that, while this is to
be the most extensive and important en-
campment in the history of the organiZa-
tion, no appeal for funds would be made
to the public.
I'VE shall have between 5000 and 10000
members in the city at that time" he said.
"and we shall raise the money needed to
entertain such a number among our own
membership
Points of Historic Interest.
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terest about Washington are to be of tin
not of canvas, as was originally intended.
This decision was announced yesterday
afternoon after a meeting of the committee
on marking points Of historic interest The
tin is to be painted white with plain black
lettering, and will be about two by three
feet in size, supported by strong wooden
frame.
Local survivors Of Shields Division also
met yesterday. They voted to conduct
their comrades who may attend the en-
campment on an excursion to the battle
fields Of Winchester and Point Republic.
Harrisonburg, Va, and Luray. Chairman
W. s. O'Dell announced that the command
had been assigned corps tent in Camp
Roosevelt. 10 ~
Applications for quarters have been re-
ceived from the follewingI Archibald F.
Jones Post, No. 2O4, of Coudersport. Pa,
for twenty-five members; Post No. 1853 of
California, Pa, for twenty-five members:
Pennsylvania Reserve No. A19l, Of Phila-
delphia, for seventy five veterans; Ladies
of the g. A. R., Department of New York,
Brooklyn, for fifty women; the Women's
Relief Corps of Parkersburg w. Va, for
twenty-five women; the Women's Aux
iiary Of the G. A. r. at Lansing, Mich.
rooms for twenty-five women.