Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-16
IN MEMORY OF THE DEAD.
Lincoln Post, G. A. R., to Hold Special
Services Nav 1S,

0c1 S1CSS may 10.
Lincoln Post, No. 3. Department of Po-
tomac. Grand Army of the Republic, assist
ed by Lincoln Relief Corps, No. 6, of this
department. will hold memorial services in
commemoration of deceased members who
have died since May ID 1898. The SER
vices will he held Sunday evening May IS,
at o'clock in McKendree NJ. Z. Church,
on Massachusetts Avenue between 9th and
10th streets.
The church will be deliberately decorated
with flags. A program of patriotic music
has been especially prepared for the occa-
sion by the quartet choir of the church,
Miss Hubbard. Miss Linda Hubbard, Mr..
James c. Jemison and Mr.. Sullivan ]. Ross.
The exercises will be conducted as though
in open post by the commander, John S.
Walker. Prayer will be offered by ]. B.
Bloodgood. post chaplain. After rendition
of the anthem, Pentecostal Powers" S. w.
McElderry, post adjutant will read the
roll of honoE giving the full military rec
ord Of the deceased members, ffty-four in
number. ....g
The roll OF honor is as follows: o. NJ
Ball. Joseph e.. Bail VIM. NJ. Barnett John
X. Boude. Samaeb S. Bond, Carl Brandes,
John G. Brown, James Carr Stephen Ca
wood. John E. Carpenter, Robert Calder
wood, Wyman L. Cole. William Collins j.
r. Cook, Horace S. Cousins, William g.
Cox, Albert 6. Columbus, Joseph Gully
James H. Dodge, Christian Excl. Charles
Erwin Eugene Fuller, G. w Giddens. Sid
ney J. Hare. Robert Hervey, Thos. B. Hood
W. 7. HORNE, Samuel Howard. Robert
Johnson. D. W. Jones, Charles King, Asa
P. Knight Horace P. Lamson, John R.
Leonard, Patrick Madigan. Samuel NJ
Marsh, Michael Mahany, Robert McDon-
aid, J. H Mitchell. Andrew J. Myers B. F.
Moore. William H. Norton. James P. Per-
ley, r. T. Powell. o. F. Putnam. J. B. Rich
a rlS M lob, d 4
fern, A. l.. Root, George E. Sloat John A.
Stidham, Charles A. Stevens. Charles f.
Stueven, Benjamin Swallow, George w
Watkins.
AS the name of each is pronounced a
member Of Lincoln Relief Corps will ad-
vance to the altar and deposit in tribute to
his memory a bouquet of flowers. The COM
mittee is composed of the following officers
and members of Lincoln Corps: President,
Mary E. Hall; senior vice president, Jen-
ME Raub; junior vice president. Jennie H.
Street; secretary Mamie G. Davis; chap
lain. Lizzie Ryan; conductor Mary v
Goundie; guard, Georgiana Evans; assist
ant conductress, Frances E. Worden; assist
ant guard, Margaret A. Burke; pianist,
katherine M. Phillips; press correspondent,
Isabel w. Ball: ]. Emma Evans. Frances
T. Holmes. Eliza F. Naylor, Marian NJ
Lewis, Sallie r. Jacobs, Ida A Oldroyd,
Ida L. Chase, Elizabeth Donohue, Hannah
j. Devoe, Susie r. Jacobs, Cornelia NJ.
Avery, Frances D. Bingham, Mary E. Bush
lie r. Rowe, Sarah E. Morrison, Evelyn
Sims, Mary E. Sims, Alice Tally, Marian
R. MCGUIRE Susie s. Williams, Corinda NJ
Marks, Sarah J. Stiles, Sarah A. Van Dor
en- Ida c. Emery, Mary E. Alcorn, A. NJ
Braden, Jennie T. Thomson, Anna C. De
La Vergne Ruth E. Roberts, Carrie ].
Larey. Maria J. Hare. Mary Glennon, EN-
ma Ferguson, Addie H. Feathers, Anna
Ranke, Susie H. Rose. Laura A. Seymour,
Sarah E. Newland, Mary ]. Exley, Hannah
Flaharty, Claudine Wynne, Mary A. Taft
and Vanette Kullman.
The members of the committee will meet
at the church at o'clock Sunday evening
to arrange the memorial tributes.
At the conclusion of the roll call the
choir will render Garland Their Graves
and Mr.. Sullivan will sing mo Surrender"
will deliver the memorial address, and the
post will be closed in due form by the otti-
GERS of the post, who are as follows: Com
mander, John S. Walker; senior vice COM
mander Henry H. cambridge: junior vice
commander Hazard Wheeler; adjutant, s.
W. McElderry; quartermaster, E.. j. Dowi-
ing; surgeon, A.. E. Johnson, Md; chap
lain, Rev. j. D. Bloodgood; officer of the
day, w. S. Seymour; officer of the guard,
George M. Rowe; sergeant major, o. ii.
Oldroyd; quartermaster sergeant, c. w.
The color bearers of Lincoln Relief Corps,
May Dow, Elizabeth Barker and Helen f.
Stone, will act, as color guard for the post
during the calling of the roll of honor and
the reading of the solemn burial service OF
the Grand Army ofsthe Republic.
J. E. McCaba. past commander of Lincoln
Post is chairman of the post memorial
committee the associate members being M
T. Anderson, Wv. "A. Moore G. W. Honey
and Geo. Smith.