Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-07
MAP TO BE ISSUED
PROJECT IN VIEW IN C0NNEC-
TIoN WITH G. A. r. ENCAMPMENT.
Will Be Descriptive Of Battlehelds-
Progress of Arrangements for
Entertaining Veterans.

The mail at the headquarters VI inc
| Grand Army encampment committee was
| unusually heavy this morning. The num-
Der of acceptances of appointments to com
mittees very great. The committee
also received from the Chesapeake and
| Ohio Railroad Company a statement that 1t
is the intention of that company to issue
map, descriptive of battlefields, similar
to that issued at prior encampments. This
work will include historical sketch of the
Virginia campaign by Gen. H. V. Boynton,
with complete map of the battlefields pre-
pared from official records. Mr.. S. B. Hege.
chairman of the committee on transpOrta-
ton. announced his committee this morning
as follows: S. b. Hege, chairman; John CAL
lahan, vice chairman; F. ]. Young, secre-
tary; L. s. Brown, J. Tyler Powell, w. H.
Doll, N. H. Miller w. H. Greegor D. w.
Beach, E. J. Lockwood, William F. Reed,
w. w. Porter, Charles F. Persons G. F..
Abbott. George w. Fletcher c. w. Ridley,
Louis Mundheim, A. L. Reed, Charles r.
Douglass, George T. Dunlop. John F..
H. w. Fuller. ]. c. S. Burger, Edward X.
Somborn. A. II. c. Richardson, Robert ST.
G. Dyrenforth. A. H. Van Dusen, E. R.
Campbell, Louis d. Wine, j. Edwin Browne,
H. p Baldwin, Joseph A. Sparks H. B.
Cramer. Thomas H. Martin. Charles s.
Davis. John S. Walker, Mr.. Freeland, f. A.
Haradon, A. G. Wilson. Fred. T. Bickford,
Albert F. Marsh, A. c. Irvine, Clarence b.
1tHeeIIl, a +. laSker, Joseph A. Brooks C,
Parker.
Increased Interest.
The first meeting of the executive COM
mittee will be held at the Riggs House at
o'clock Wednesday evening next and the
chairman and members will be brought to-
gether for the first time for discussions
and the outlining of the various duties and
matters connected with the encampment
Mr. Isaac Cans of the special committee
on finance stated at headquarters this
morning that interest in the matter of sub
Scorpions was on the increase, and that
his special subcommittee was securing SUBJ
stantial returns. The work Of districttng
the city for purposes of the fanance COM
li i, VIII De taken up tomorrow at 1
o'clock by Mr.. F. K. Raymond, chairman,
who will be assisted by Mr.. j. A. Burkart
assistant chairman, and also by the secre-
tary OF the executive committee.
Mr.. Cuno H. Rudolph, chairman of the
committee on street decorations. called at
headquarters today, and stated that the
personnel Of his committee will be complete
Monday.
have been set apart for the committees Of
the Woman's Relief Corps.
Committee on Invitations,
The personnel of the committee on invi-
tations has been announced as follows: L.
chairman; A. B. Duvall, r. H. Thayer, Dr.
Geo. w. Sampson. Thomas G. Hensey, DR..
Robert Rayburn, ]. V. Barross, Charles
II. Davidge. DR.. r. H. Graham, j. Louis
Loose. e. S. Johnson. Mason n Richard
son, S. c. Wilson, John S. Swormstedt, C.
Corson, Edward Graves, Thomas H. Hail.
J. B. Osborn, Charles E Foster, Ross
Thompson, Dr.. William Tindall, Maj. John
Tweedale and P. B. Chase
subcommittee Of the woman's auxiliary
have been announced as follows:
Reception committee-Mrs. T. s. Grant,
chairman; Mrs. Nelson A. Miles. Mrs.
Henry c. Corbin Mrs. O. o. Howard, Miss
Clara Barton. Mrs. John A. Logan.
Hall committee-Mrs M. E. s. Davis
chairman; Mrs. J. D. Croissant, vice chair
man.
Other committees are also announced:
Public comfort-Mrs. Lizzie W. Calver
chairman.
Woman's Relief Corps Mrs Oldroyd,
chairman.
Daughters Of Veterans Mrs Elizabeth B.
Stanley, chairman.
Decorations-Mrs. Ada H. Weiss chair
man.
tress-Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball, chair
man.