The Washington times., 1902-08-24

also indicates them by their names as
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| The Ladies' Union Veteran Legion
Auxiliary -, a: its regular meeting
| Friday evening. was very pleasantly en-
tertaired by tine reports of Mrs George
| p. Johnson, chairman of The auxiliary 5
forces at the lawn fete recently held
al Florida Avenue and Fourteenth
| Street northwest. and OF Mrs. Hattie
Allison. Mrs. Ella s. Knight. and Mrs.
Flora i. Lewis. subchairmen.
| Auxiliary - pledged 20 give luncheon
30 the Daughters o. Veterans when
| ;he &. \. K. encampmcnt. and has
cleared sufficient funds for the purpose
! from proceeds of the Law lete.
Delegates and alternates to the an
nual convention. 20 be held in Chicago.
next October were elected. The dele
/ gates are Mesdames Mary Tryou. Ada
II. Weiss, Hattie Allison. Ella 5.
| Knight. George 3. johnson. and DR..
| Caroline A. q. Burghardi.
The alternates are Masdames Nellie
a. Norton. Katherine Kane Mckenzie,
Anna NJ Little, Elizabeth A. Hilton,
Mary V. Noerr. and Sarah Berry. BY
virtue of past and present Offices.
MeSdames Nero L. Tanner, Celynda
Werner Ford, Ellen Spencer Mussey.
Flora A. Lewis. Harriet l. Scsibner,
Sarah E. Pittman, and Mary f. S. Davis
are also delegates. giving the auxiliary
quite large voice in convention.
Recently one OF the early members of
the auxiliary, Miss Mary 3. Smith,
daughter OF the late Gen. Green Clay
Smith. because Of III health was trans
rerred from the Pension Office 10
Phoenix. Ariz. Before Miss Smith left
the city she was elected by unanimous
vote q life honorary member of the
auxiliary Miss Smith also received 4
very handsome testimonial in the shape
of gold flower brooch with diamond
center. from some OF her friends in
Auxiliary 30. Encampment III, and the
Pension Office. Mrs. Harriet L. Scrib-
ner presented the brooch.
The auxiliary next month will resume
its regular sessions. the CecOud and
fourth Fridays in each month. a; its
hall. 80 Pennsylvania Avenue north
west.
Demise OF Corps Commanders.
In speaking of the rapidity with which
The commanders of the various corps
are dying of. but five OF the total
being alive today, Col John McElroy
stated yesterday:
1T sadly diminishes the little group
of men VINO commanded corps in the
war of the rebellion. The corps is the
greatest military unit next to an army
itself. The corps commanders were the
direct lieutenants of the generals who
commanded the great armies.
"Of these corps commanders there re-
main now alive but fve-Gen. Daniel L.
Sickles. who commanded the Third
Corps. and is now the ranking major
general of the United States Army;
Mai Gen. q. O. Howard, now on the re-
tired list. who commanded 1T various
times The Fo1rth and Eleventh Corps
and the Army u the Tennessee; Gen. G.
". Dodge who commanded the Fifteenth
Corps: Lieut. Gen. John NJ. Schotield,
who commanded the Twenty third
Corps. and is now on the retired list,
and Mai. Gen James II. Wilson, who
commanded the cavalry Of the military
division OF the Mississippi. which in
cluded all the mounted troops in the
armies OF the Ohio, Cumberland, aud
Tennessee. Gen. Carl Schurz, as senior
division commander in the Eleventh
Corps, was at times in command of that