The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Enter Into Contract for
Use of Congrega-
tional Church.
CONTRACT FOR DECORATIONS
Edifce Will Be Elaborately Adorned
for the National Encampment-Re-
union Program Is Arranged-Import-
ant Committee. Meetings.


cured and contract let for the decora-
tiop of the building. Chairman Brainar5
H. Warner and Secretary Barry Bulkley
Of the citizens executive committee
have expressed themselves as much
pleased with the conclusion of the nego'
mander-in- chief of the Grand Army, had
set his heart upon the holding of the
sessions of the encampment in Chase's
Theater, but when ii was found that il
was impossible to secure the house he
expressed a preference for the Congre-
gational Church, although he is fearful
that the church will hardly be large
enough for the purpose.
The subcommittee on decorations, Alr.
Cuno H. Rudolph chairman, met last
night and perfected plans for the COM
ing encampment. The contract for
decorating Convention Hall, Congrega-
tional Church, and the Pension Build
ing was awarded to the c. H. Roster
Company, of New York, which will i'm
meddately begin the work of putting the
building into attractive shape for the
reception of veterans.
At Convention Hall the decorations
will be very elaborate. canopy of
blue and gold will be hung from The
ceiling to the side walls, and eelow
this will be clusters of American flags,
Grand Army of the Republic banners,
coats of arms OF the different States
and Territories, the national coat Of
arms, war badges. and corps insignias.
The side walls will be draped with
large American flags extending from
the ceiling to the floor thirty feet te-
low.
AT the Congregational Church there
will be a series of streamers from the
center of the ceiling to the side walls.
These wit be of the national colors.
while clusters of American flags will
reach from the ceiling TO the balconies.
The walls will be draped with shields,
banners and corps badges.
Lawn Fete Report.
The Woman's Relief Corps committee
held a meeting last night, and it was
announced by the chairman, Mrs. Ida
A. Oldroyd, that s400 had been real
lied on The lawn fete given recently
for the purpose of raising funds for the
entertainment of visiting members of
the corps.
The Cavalry Corps. Army of the Po-
tomac, reunion committee, is actively
pushing forward its arrangements for
entertaining visiting comrades. One of
the Ebbitt House parlors has been again
rendered for committee use, and will be
occupied on Wednesday of this week at
1880 p. m, for general meeting of
all the Army of the Potomac cavalry
men in the city and vicinity.
The work of the information commit
tee has been brought up TO date and
every preliminary arrangement has been
completed. The location of the informa-
tion booths has been decided upon and
arrangements have been made with a
corps of the high school cadets to take
charge of these stands. These cadets
Will be supplied with maps and other
printed matter, and will be prepared to
give to strangers whatever information
concerning the city and its attractions
they may desire.
Location of Booths.
The location of the information booths
as given out by the committee yester-
day is as follows:
B Street and New Jersey Avenue
southeast; c Street and New Jersey |
Avenue northwest, near B. e. o. Sta |
tion; Pennsylvania Avenue near Peace |
Mnntir1anf
Pension Bureau; east side of Sixth |
Street northwest near Pennsylvania |
Railroad Station; Ninth Street and |
New York Avenue northwest; Seventh |
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue north |
west; Fourteenth Street and New York |
Avenue northwest; Seventh Street near |
Norfolk and Mt Vernon Steamboat |
Ninth Street and + Streets |
northwest, near Interior Building; Penn |
sylvania Avenue and Eleventh Street |
northwest; south side of Thomas Circle |
southwest corner Pennsylvania Avenue |
ana Fifteenth Street northwest. near
Treasury; southeast corner Pennsyl- /
vania Avenue and Fifteenth Street |
northwest; Fifteenth Street entrance TO |
Monument grounds; southeast corner |
entrance to Aqueduct Bridge; Pennsyl-
yania Avenue and Seventeenth Street |
northwest; south side of Dupont Circle;
Eleventh and Streets northwest; NJ
and Thirty-second Street northwest.
Dr. d. Percy Hickling, chairman of the
medical committee, yesterday informed
Chairman Warner that the encampment
hospital will be located on the parking
south of the State, War and Navy build
ng. The hospital will be the model field
hospital of the army loaned for the pur-
pose by the War Department. DR..
Iickling will assume personal charge
,f the hospital and will have corps of
.wenty assistants with numerous nurses
Ind hospital stewards.
The Reunion Program.
The section OF the reunion committee
n charge of arranging the program
or the reunions at Camp Roosevelt has
.bout completed its work. The report
o Chairman John McElroy was sub
nitted TO the full committee at the
Meeting last night at encarnpment
and was adopted with
light alterations.
The program provides for about forty
meetings, including formal dedication
II Camp Roosevelt Monday afternoon,
II 4:30 O'Clock. The array of speakers
or this occasion is notably distinguish
d, and includes Secretary Hay, General
Chairman B. H. Warner, Gen.
J. S. Burdett, Major General Dodge,
iajor General Sickles. Lieutenant Cen
raj Schofield. and many others. No
meetings have yet been scheduled for ;