The Washington times., 1902-04-28
Calls to Be Issued for
Many Meetings.
ENcAMPMENT IN OCTOBER
Much Hard Work Required From Now
On Pyrotechnic Display to Be
Feature at the Gathering of Veterans
Fall of Pekin" Will Be Depicted.

ments for the thirty SIKH annual encainp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Republic,
10 be held in this city next October, are
arranging to call meetings Of their com
mittees and resume the operations tnat
were temporarily suspended because OF
the identity of the membership Of the
committees connected with the two enter
prises.
In none of the committees OF the forth
coming encampment of the Grand Army OF
the Republic does greater interest center
Than In that Of the committee on fire
works, the personnel of which was com
pletcd Saturday.
In the encampment of ten years ago
more than 5000 was expended for this
class OF entertainment and the only rev.
enue derived was in the enjoyment of the
spectators. There will be an entire re-
versal of things at this. the thirty-sixth
national encampment of the Grand Army
If the Republic.
While no final action has been taken
as yet with regard to the display of pyro-
technics, the plans considered and the
features discussed include a most bril-
liant display during three nights of the
encampment. and. better than all, an in
come rather than an expenditure TO the
citizens executive committee.
G. A. R. to Reap Reward.
1t will be recalled that no exhibition of
fireworks has ever been given in the Dis
trict of Columbia equalling the brilliancy
of that of the Peace Jubilee of three
years ago. A representative of the Pain
Fireworks Company, under whose direc-
Iiou the exhibition of that time was given,
has been in the city recently and arrange
ments have practically been arrived at by
which the Grand Army will receive the
benefit of a display surprising even that
Of the Jubilee and reimtursing the en-
campment fund by sum as large or
larger than that expended by the COM
mittee OF ten years ago.
While the plans of the fireworks COM
mittee have not as yet been fully develop
ed, il is understood that a moderate rate
will be charged for seats and for reserved
sections, without in any way interfering
with the. privilege of the general public
who may not desire such accommodation.
The Jubilee display was held in the
Monument Grounds. where adequate seat
ing capacity was furnished and where
nightly at least 100000 people witnessed
the magical pyrotechnic effects. The COM
be available this year and will shortly
confer with Colonel Bingham, who has in
the past SO generously given his aid in
this direction.
Fall of Pekin"
Mr. Schomburg who is the Pain repre-
sentative. is particularly enthusiastic
over the prospect and promises that the
nights will be made gorgeous by an un-
rivaied program.
I, is understood that the main device Of
the first night will depict the Fall of
Pekin" and that the succeeding evenings
will have equally strong spectacular at
fractions.
witness the features of the Jubilee fire
works Will recall picture of President
Mckinley set in large frame Of golden
fire and surrounded by brilliantly white
magnesium light, exhibited every night
an opening number. In addition. pho
tographs in fireworks were shown of Ad-
miial Dewey, General Miles, Admirals
Schley and Sampson, and Generals Shaf-
ter and Wheeler, and all the Cabinet Off
GERS.
The exhibition in October next will be
equally as complete, and all the scenery
OF a theater will be used. except that
pyrotechnical devices are added. Among
the countless tricks of his art, which Mr..
Pain proposes TO show, will be the magi-
cal illumination of the grounds by con-
stantly changing colored fires, bursting
shells containing floral designs. diamond
chains, hanging gardens. torrents Of IL
Illuminated gold and many wonderfully
brilliant rockets.
The citizens executive committee OF
the Grand Army of the Republic is par
ticularly fortunate in having as chair
~ NJ Ill
renforth. the president of the Business
Mems Association. who as the executive
officer OF this important civic organization
has guided its destinies through the past
two years.
Mr. Dyrenforth in Charge.
Mr.. D5rerforth has the energy and abil-
ity peressary for the important position
at the head of the fireworks committee
He was the chairman of the committee
on escorations during the Peace jubilee.
erd gave TO Washington the beautiful
''ceur, Of honor" which was so conspicu-
ous feature of that occasion.
TIE idea OF deriving . revenue from the
fires c.is display originated with Mr.. Dy-
rcr,cr.h. and under the plans he has
mapped Oft will undoubtedly be pushed
TO a Successful conclusion. At the meet
ing OF h.s committee, shortly to be called.
MI. Lh- i VIII Iue result
of his interview with the Pain Company |
and, Il rs expected, will have ready for
signature a contract most gratifying from
a fina ancial point of view. The vice chair |
man OF The committee is Mr.. w Clifford |
Long, who In all positions OF trust has /
displayed high executive capacity.
In the choice of his committee asso-
ciates Mr.. Dyrenforth has drawn largely |
upon the membership OF the Business |
Maufe Acc0ciaffOp ali af whom hos
times worked with him. and have become |
imbued largely with his unquestioned en-
ergy.
Committee in Charge.
Committee on freworks-M Dyren-
forth, chairman; W. c. Long. vice chair |
man; F. w. Behrens. Z. F. Buckley b. NJ |
Bridget, George Bushee, Z. J. Babcock, J. |
A. Burkbart, p. b. Chase. z. S. Clark, j. |
ii. Crawford, DR.. Harrison Crook, c. b. |
Cropley. Richard Cornwell, f.. w. Gle |
ments. T. S. Cadwalader. Frank p. Davis, |
l.. o. Delashmut Jules A. Demont |
George W. Driver, T.. II. Droop. Charles |
Early, Lewis Eiseman, r. p. Emerson, |
Jesse c. Ergood. W. J. Ethel. q. b. Ep- |
pley, j. ID. Frazee. W. T. Galliher, y. S. |
Graves. o. y. George, Frank B. Gilmore, |
George b. Gardner. Samuel Gompers, i. l.. |
Uapyey, Alexander Hecht, Charles F |
Herman, w. J. Hoge, Sam Hart. Jesse l.. /
Heiskeli, Louis Hartig, DIR. II. L. Z. John
.on, r. E. Joyce. John A. Kapp, S. Kann,
Wilton Lambert, A. Leoffier Daniel 4
Loughran. A. ii. Lewis, NJ. r. Latimer, J. |
william Lee. ID. +. Mccarthy, c. J. Nc
Cubbin. Otto Mears. John Mitchell. jr.,
Alfred Mayer, Il. S. Mccalmont, George l.. /
Nuth. John G. Miller. Thomas X. Marshall,
Robert Mitchell. Hart Momsen. Wallace |
L.