Evening star., 1902-08-21
STREET DECORATIONS
Committees Appeal to Mer-
chants and Others.
G.. A. R. PARADE DAY
PRIZES OFFERED FOR BEST DIS
PLAY OF BUNTING.
of UoIn G
Arranging for Reception of Veterans
by Commissioner Ware at Pension
Office - Boston's Plans.

| tee on the 1902 encamprnent of the G. a.
| R. Chairman Cuno H Rudolph of the COM
| mittee on decorations will soon issue cop
| les of the following circular to all Wash
| ington merchants and others who occupy
| buildings along the line of the two parades
| incident to the reunion in October:
| The committee on street decorations of
| the thirty-sXth national encampment of the
| G. A. R. is extremely anxious to have the
| cooperation of all persons who own or oc-
! cupy buildings along the route of parade
with view to making such elaborate deco
| rations as will attract and crafty not only
| our own citizens, but all visitors to the city
| during the encampment.
| This committee will furnish flags free of
| charge. specified. 1t cannot supply bunt-
| ing, emblems and other materials for deco
| ration
| Three prizes will be offered for the best
| decorations and viii be awarded by COM
mittee of prominent citizens at public as
sembly in Masonic Temple on october IL,
| 1902.
The committee asks your cooperation.
Later details will be printed in the local
| newspapers"
| A map of extraordinary interest is to be
| lent the committee literature for the
campment 1t was described by Mr.. Henry
| f. Davis during visit to headquarters this
| morning as being publication by the War
| Department during the first years of the
| war, giving all the fortifications about the
| city and suppressed by the authorities al
most as soon printed. But two copies of
| 1t are known to be eXtant, said Mr.. Davis.
| When received at headquarters, through
| Mr.. Davis good Offices it is to be reduced
| and engraved for reproduction in the en-
| campment booklet.
Reception by Commissioner Ware.
Mr.. w. Hamilton Bayly, chief clerk Of
the pension bureau, called at headquarters
this morning to confer with Mr.. Warner as
! to the reception to be given the veterans
| by Commissioner Ware. At present all the
| plans for this event are tentative, but the
| prospect is very attractive. Mr.. Bayly and
his associates of the committee, Messrs.
| l.. w. Kelly and A. D. Albert contemplate
reception in the pension building court
at about 4 o'clock in the evening, in order
| to save the time of the commissioner and
| the clerks as far as possible The building
| will be tastefully decorated, and a bard of
music furnished by the clerks themselves.
| Such a reception cannot fail to be one of
| the most interesting features of the entire
| encamDment
Boston's Delegation.
The Grand Army Club of Boston is COM
| pleting its bookings for the trip to this
| city during the encampment at rapid rate.
| The class of people listed for the journey
| is also most gratifying to those who are
| coming, according to a letter received this
morning by Secretary Barry Bulliley from
| Mr.. John II. Putnam of Boston. Mr.. Put
| MANS party will leave Boston several days
| ahead of the general party, and In a spe-
! cfal train, under personal escort, Will visit
| a number of the prominent battletields, in
| Guiding Gettysburg, before coming to
| Washington. Accommodations nave been
! engaged for the party at the Hotel Graf
| ton, and Mr. Putnam has requested Mr.
| Bulkley to inform Proprietor Mills of the
| Grafton that they will make his heart
| glad before they done with him." He
| requests that any maps other printed
| matter be furnished the Bostonians before
| the start. His message to Chairman Z. B.
| Hay is to watch the Massachusetts de-
| partment and see how We do the encamp-
ment business
! Mr.. H. C. Williamson, postmaster of Ev-
| erett, w. Va, has written encampment
headquarters stating that there is a drum
| corps at that place, composed of 'One fifer,
one bass drummer and two tenor drum
mers, who are desirous of coming to the
| encampment, but have not the means to
| do so. Postmaster Williamson states that
! he will be glad to assist in bringing them
as two of them the best musicians in
| their line in the United States and were
! prisoners at Andersonvile." The letter
| will probably be referred to the music
| committee.
Ladies to Have Use of Convention Hall
| In view of the alleged discomfort among
| the ladies of the organizations who will
participate in the reception to Gen. Tor
| rance and the members of the national en-
| campment during the encampment, Mr..
! Warner stated this morning that it had
| never been his purpose to oppose the wishes
| of the ladies, and that if it was their de-
| sire to have the reception in Convention
| Hall that hall would be placed al their dis
posal. 1T is my belief" he added, that
| the surroundings of the Arlington are such
as would commend the change to all inter-
! ested but it remains for Mrs. Mussey and
her associates to determine whether the re-
| ception will be held a the Arlington or at
| Convention Hail. Several prominent men,
| bers of the organizations said this morn
| ing that Convention Hall was the best
place to hold the receptions and Wednes-
! to all concerned. The ladies say they had
no desire to be contentious, but knowing
| the conditions under which these receptions
are given were simply dismayed at the lin
| itations about to be placed upon them.
Protest From Kansas.
The recent announcement in The Star
! that the veterans could have any kind of
music they desired seemed to close the con-
troversy over the statement made by Chair
man Hay to "ragtime" A letter Just
| received at Mr.. Hays Office, however, indi-
Gates that the old soldiers are still upset
1t is written by Commander H. c. Looms
of the Department of Kansas and reads as
| follows:
Dear Sir: My attention has been called
| to a statement, reported coming from
you, that you would issue order prohib-
iting bands from playing old army music
and that they must play 'ragtime' music.
You quoted as saying: Many bandmen
think a gathering of old soldiers calls for
Marching Through Georgia" Red. White
and Blue and few other pieces Of that
class known patriotic music and that
nothing else should be played. They are all
wrong on this and I intend to tell them so.
1t is not necessary to fill the air with these
time-worn strains.
Il hope you have not been guilty of
making any such statement and that you
do not contemplate issuing any such or
der. If you do Kansas will not be in the
parade. In fact, If that is the spirit that
pervades In Washington Kansas will not
be represented at all. Kansas expects to
have two and possibly three bands and
the Modoc Singing Club of Topeka along
We will take them with us. and the only
music We expect to hear from them will be
the old army patriotic music-the kind
and the only kind, the boys used to-
This is our reunion and our kind of music
What Bands Will Play.