Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-30
CAUSE REJOICING
HOUSE ACTION IN FAVOR OF G.
A. R. COMMITTEE.
Representative Moons Withdrawal of
observation-disclosures Secures Head
quarters-Committee Meetings

The officials of the citizens committee
on the 1902 encampment of the G. A. r.
manifested no little relief Saturday after
noon when they learned that the House
had taken favorable action on the bill
granting the encampment committees the
privileges ordinarily extended for such oc-
casions When the matter was first pre-
scented to the representatives objection was
made by Mr. Moon of Tennessee, on the
ground that he intended to prevent the con-
sideration of any matter by unanimous con-
sent until some action was had on the bill
to give Indian territory a territorial form
of government. This ukase by Mr.. Moon
was viewed by Chairman Warner and Sec
rotary Buckley of the citizens executive
committee without much alarm, but it was
manifest Saturday. when Mr.. Moons OBJ
lection had been withdrawn, that so favor
able an outcome lifted considerable load
from their minds.
Quarters for the general officers of the
Department of Kansas and nearly all the
posts which will attend the enCampment
| have been reserved in the Hotel oxford by
General II. c. LOOMS and Colonel o. III.
| Coulter, department commander and de-
partment quartermaster respectively, for
that state. These two officers spent nearly
all the week investigating hotels and board
ing houses. and making other arrangements
for the comfort of their associates The
| oxford is to make elaborate preparations
for the Kansas veterans. The dining room
will be made the state headquarters, and
will contain a vast display of Sunfowers
All the corridors will be hung with Kansas
emblemS. The outside of the building is to
| indicate its prescription by Kansas by
yards of bunting, suitable inscriptions and a
brave display of mammoth sunfiOWers. Dur
| ing their stay here General LOOMS and
Colonel Coulter found time for only one ex-
cursion-a trip to Arlington with Commits
siOner Ware of the pension building, who
is a resident of Topeka.
Sons of Veterans.
Maryland division Sons of Veterans, met
at Bay Ridge, Md. last Wednesday and
elected officers as follows:
Commander. F. T F. johnson, Washing
ton; senior vice commander, W. T Whit
ney, Baltimore: Junior vice commander,
Charles F. Hastings Washington; division
council. Edgar Allan. jr., Richmond Va,
and George S. Whitmore. Washington;
quartermaster, f. X. De Puy, Washing IN;
delegates to national encampment, L.
Cross, Washington. and f. A. KeaT ey.
kearney, Phoebus. Va: alternates to uele-
gates. B. ]. Northcott and o. H. Budlong,
Washington.
Gen. f. R. Campbell of this city, COM
chief of the order addressed the
delegates to the convention and dwelt at
length on the prospective national meeting
of the Sons in Washington at the time of
tIIt VI "A elcdUplleHl. lie was accom-
panied to the convention by Col. Charles S.
Davis. adjutant general of the order, and
Col. c. G. Collette assistant adjutant gen.
eral.
Applicants for Quarters.
Applications for quarters continue to pour
in The most notable of those received re-
Gently came through Gen. John H Wolf
secretary to the Twenty-fifth New York
Veterans Association. who desired to OBJ
tain for olO ba co,,
handing officers of John A. Andrews Post,
No. 10, of Boston, who have rented Wash
ington Hail. Sd street and PENNSYLVANIA
avenue southeast; the officers of the Aaron
Wilkes Post, No. 3d. of Trenton n. j. who
expect to attend more than 100 strong and
a large band. and who have been quartered
with Mrs. NJ. NJ. Van Why, No. 1904 Massa-
chusetts avenue northwest
The auxiliary committee on decorat lions
for the encampment. of which Mrs Ada
II Weiss is chairman. met at Headquarters
Saturday evening and discussed generally
plans for decorating the two halls and two
churches where Womens conventions will
be held The building to be occupied by
the visiting army nurses will be decorated
by numerous flags of all nations lent for
the purpose by Clara Barton Chairman
Cuno II. Rudolph of the committee on dec
Grafton attended the meeting and expressed
the desire of the regular committee to as
sist the ladies in every way possible.
Committee Meetings.
Committee meetings have been announced
to occur this week as follows:
Monday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock at en-
campment headquarters, 1405 New York
avenue northwest. Mrs Mussey's commit
tee on courtesies.
Monday evening at o'clock at the Riggs
House. the medical committee
thursday evening at encampment head
quarters, the western army reunion com
mlttee and the reunion committee of the
Army of the Tennessee. In the Western
Army Corps are included all who served
west OF the Mississippi. outside of the
states of Louisiana and Texas
4th July Rates to Seashore via B. and
o. r. r. Tickets sold July 3-4, good return