The Washington times., 1902-09-11

come and Gen. Z. p. Alexander, o. the
Confederate army has been. invited to
tell the boys of 1.-The First Signal Mes
sage of the War" Lieut.. George c.
Round will follow with paper on The
Last Signal at Raleigh. \. c." A lunch
con will be served in the evening at
the reunion hall to the veterans and
their friends.
Will Visit Bull Run.
On Thursday the association will go
to Bull Run battlefields, visiting Cap
tain Alexander's signal hill and the
Henry farm. A war time observation and
signal station will be built at each point
for the inspection of the visitors.
The badge of the Signal Corps is very
handsome one. The bar pin represents a
signal telescope. From this depends a
medallion on heavy yellow ribbon. The
medallion has two signal corps flags
crossed upon a field of blue enamel and
supported by the signal torch. Around
the edge is the legend, United States
Signal Corps Association, 1S61-1S65.
The officers of the association are:
Col Charles C. Dewstoe, Cleveland,
president; Jackson Walker, Bethany.
Mo-. and Walter James, Bakersfield, Cal,
vice presidents; Charles DIV. Marcy.
Boston, secretary and treasurer; James
II. Kelly, Albany, \. Y, assistant treas
urer and secretary; j. Willard Brown,
East Boston, historian; W. W. Edge,
Troy, n. Y, chaplain.
Daughters of Veterans.
The official order convening the ses-
sions of the National Department of the
Daughters of Veterans in this city Oc-
tober has been issued over the sigma
lures of the national president. Mrs.
Elizabeth Beardsley-S Stanley. and the
national secretary, Minnie F. Trescott.
The order is explicit. in its details and
is as follows:
THE thirteenth annual convention of
the National Alliance of Daughters of
Veterans will be held in Washington, D..
c., the week of October 6, 1902.
Headquarters will be in room No. 43,
Ebbitt House. corner of and Four
teenth Streets, where all members
should report upon their arrival in the
city. and where members of kindred
orders and all other friends will be
cordially received.
Council will meet at 1870 p. m. Mon
day, October 6.
SlSteTS are TeQueSlSu 10 pldCe CTe-
dentials and last due receipts with the
credential committee before noon of
Wednesday, October s.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey. chairman
of the Woman's Auxiliary Committee of
Washington, d. c., has invited the ma
Uonal president and her staff TO re-
ceive with herself and the reception
committee from 9 TO 10:30 p. m. October
s. 1902. in Convention Hail.
This courtesy is hereby accepted, and
my staff will please take note of the
sane.
Convention will open promptly at g
a. M Thursday, October Q. in Society
Temple, corner OF Fifth and G Streets
northwest. second floor.
Luncheon will be served to the off,
GERS and delegates during the sessions
of the convention by Auxiliary No. 80.
Ladies' Union Veteran Legion of Wash
ington. ID. C. / hereby express the sin
cere thanks of the Daughters of Vet
erans to this patriotic order for their
courtes-.
Reception on Thursday.
"a reception to the national officers
will be held at $50 p. m, Thursday.
October g. in Society Temple. All past
national presidents and the original
members (signers of articles of incor-
poration) are invited to receive with the
present national officers.
National officers, department presi-
denis. and those under the immediate
jurisdiction of the national department
will bring reports of the work in their
respective localities.
ssT-bo fn1louyipu nn,,,,,;,,aae aro barab,,
aH?ointed:
Credentials National Secretary Min
ME +. Trescott. Ohio chairman c. Mil
lie Leighton, Massachusetts; Mary G.
Cannon. New Hampshire.
'Badge-Carrie A. Westbrook. Elmira.
y. y: Jennie McMurphy, Concord. y. H.:
Blanche Gebhardt, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Department Presidents
Bertha Martin, Ohio, Myrtle Kramer. IL
linois; Estella y. Edgecombe, Nebras-
ka; Eta NJ. Southworth, New York;
Ida +. Warren, Massachusetts; Minnie
NJ. Pieper, New Hampshire; Carrie b.
Kilgore. Phiiadelp,'a.
"Greeting-EIle.s NJ. Walker, Massa-
chusetts; Jessie Scott. Illinois; Carrie
Wood, Indiana
'Press-Julia Croft, Illinois; Alice L.
Hansen, Illinois; Ella zeigler. Ohio
Committee in charge of headquarters
Carrie A. Westbrook, New York; Lii
lian Phillips. Illinois; Maude Amadon,
Ohio; Anna Clark, New York; Anna Co.'S
tello, Massachusetts; Lucy Ferguson,
New York; Ella Adair. Illinois; Jennie
McMurphy, New Hampshire; Katherine
Flood Massachusetts, and Florence V.
Croft. Ohio
disqualification of floor work will be
in charge of Ida E. Warren, Massachu-
setts."
Committee Meetings Today.
The committee meetings announced
for today are as follows:
Cavalry Corps of the Division of Mis-
sissippi. al 4:20 p. m. at headquarters;
the reunion committees of the Ninth
Army Corps, the Army of the Tennes-
see, the Sixteenth Army Corps. and the
Fourth. Fourteenth, and Twentieth
Army Corps, at headquarters at 7:30:
the medical committee at the Riggs
House: the committee on information