Evening star., 1902-08-18
WOMAN'S AUXILIARIES
PLANS FOR FEMININE VISITORS
AT G. A. r. ENCAMPMENT.
Generous Provision Made by Local
Patriotic Bodies-Committees
Hard at Work

The work women are doing for the enter
! talnment and comfort of the womens or
ganizations, auxiliares of and allied to the
Grand Army of the Republic, which will
meet in Washington at the national en-
| campment the second week in October, is
| on most extensive scale, and ii is now
| thought will excel anything ever before at
tempted at a national encampment The
| plan of entertainment is now pretty well
| mapped out, and the committees are vigor-
ously perfecting all the arrangements.
! Mr.. B. H. Warner, chairman of the citi-
zens committee, appointed Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey, wife of the late Gen. R.
D. Mussey, chairman of the woman's aux
| iliary committee. Mrs. Mussey, who en-
| joys the honor of being the only woman
dean of law school in the word, is a lady
of great executive ability and much tact.
| She has succeeded admirably in marshal
| ing under her committees all the patriotic
| organizations of women in the District of
! Columbia. The funds that the citizens
| committee has apportioned Mrs. Mussey to
| carry on her plans is far from munificent,
| so it is necessary for each of the subcom-
mittees to raise its own funds.
National headquarters for the Woman S
| Relief Corps, Ladies of the G. A. r. and
| Daughters of Veterans will be maintained
| at the Ebbitt House. The army nurses
| will have headquarters at the Bancroft,
| and will hold the sessions of their conven-
| tfon at the Washington Club, 1710 l street
| northwest, the famous woman's club of the
| city.
The national convention of the Woman's S
| Relief Corps will hold it's sessions in the
Church of Our Father, corner of 18th and
l. street, which is easy of access by cleo
trio cars from any portion of the city.
The national organization of the Ladies
of the G. A. r. will hold its sessions in the
| Lutheran Memorial Church, just beyond
Thomas circle, on 14th street, also easily
of Veterans will hold their conventions in
the hall at the corner of 9TH and G streets,
reached by two lines of electric cars.
Convention Halls and Programs.
All these convention halls have commo-
dious committee and conference rooms, and
will be arranged with every convenience for
working members of the convention.
AS has been customary for several years,
a lunch will be served to the delegates
and working members of each convention
Thursday and Friday of convention week
The general receptions and other fes-
tivities and social functions will all take
place Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
October 6. and s, particulars of which
will be given later. when all the prelimina-
ries have been settled. The national con-
ventions of the woman's orders will prob
ably open Thursday morning, as has
been the custom. The grand review of
the veterans will take place on Wednes-
da.'.
The headquarters of the woman's auxil-
iary committee is located in the building
with that of the citizens committee, cor
ner of 14th street and New York avenue.
The secretary, Mrs NJ V. Mccullough, will
gladly answer adj inquiries concerning the
encampment plans so far made.
In this connection it might be of interest
NJ m fn Noc1i,
gers, unacquainted with the city to know
that at committee headquarters a strenuous
effort is being made to locate in comfort
able quarters all those who contemplate
coming to Washington at the time of the
national encampment whether those de-
string accommodations are members of any
patriotic organizations or not. While a
saving of time is sometimes desirable it is
suggested that excellent boarding places
and rooming places, either or both as may
De desired, can be secured at very reason
able rates at short distance out The
transportation system of Washington is ex-
cellent, and difficulty will be experi-
enced in getting from one point to an
other
Lodgings at Low Rates.
Committees of ladies from the various or
ganizations, wearing plainly marked badges
Will be on duty at the railway stations to
meet the incoming guests and direct them
to their quarters if already provided. or to
assist them in securing the same if selec-
tion has not been made.
II is probable that lodgings will be avail
able at the rate of 81 a day nossihIy a
little less, with two or four in a room Tbase
are regular encampment rates for com
ioftapie quarters and there is no disposition
IN washington to raise them. Excellent
meals can be procured in any section of tho
city Tor 20 cents. Good lunches are to he
served for 15 cents ~ 'e
In closing it might be well to state that
NO one should be deferred from coming to
washington through fear of high prices Of
living: 1t Is said that one can live moro
cheapiy and better in Washington than in
any ether city of its size in the world.
M ahIs. Mussey mas SO planned her work
that none of it will fall too heavily on any
one organization. To look after the com
fort of the national organization of the
Womans Relief Corps she has appointed
a a committee of 200 women. all members of
the order, and has selected for its chair
man Mrs. Ida A. Oldroyd, who is presi
dent of the Department of the Potomac
Woman's Relief Corps. Mrs Annie w.
Johnson, past department president. is vice
chairman.
Organization of Committees.
There are two circles of Ladies of the G.
A r. in Washington The president of the
Oldest circle, Mrs. Emma Hawkes., was
made chairman and Mrs. Kate Lennon.
president Of the last-formed circle, was
made vice chairman. The committee has
membership of fifty.
There being no local organization of the
Association of Army Nurses Mrs Mussey
appointed as chairman for that BODY of
women Mrs. Charlotte Main, a prominent
member of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. The Legion of Loyal Women
large organization of patriotic women of
the District of Columbia, of which Mrs
Ellen Spencer Mussey is past president
having no national organization Of its own
to engage Its attention, has determined ~to
make the comfort of the army nurses its
special care, and with its president, Mrs
Ada H. Weiss, Is arranging to entertain
its guests in a truly splendid manner. Mrs.
Mussey's aids on this big committee num-
ber about 200.
The secretary Of the womans auxiliary
committee is Mrs. NJ. V. Mccullough, who
is giving all her time and attention to the |
great work before her.
The chairman of the reception commit
faa ic