Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-16

| troops on that ploody Held The legislature
pose the sum of $4,000 The veterans hav-
| ing the matter in charge are Jas. o. Smith
| OF the 18th New Jersey. chairman; Jas. e.
GroweIi OF the same >, regiment; and Col.
| John =. Ioney of the SD New Jersey, Jas.
d; Walling of the eth New York and
| VIM. p. Meeker of New ri. The monument
VIII be Of granite. and snrmounted by a
| statue of Captain Hugh IL kh of New Jer-
| sey, the first man killed in lie fight.
The Woman's ReliSf Corps.
The committee on Womans Relief Corps,
Mrs, Ida A Oldroyd, chairman, held the
largest meeting Of the year last evening.
| mere was a representation made of the
work tnat Is in progress, and everything
was reported to be in very satisfactory
| condition When Mrs Matte E. Mcclure
announced in the committee meeting that
Lincoln Corps, of which Mrs. Oldroyd is
past president, had made her present of a
caeck Tor sle0 for the entertainment fund
| or the Woman's Relief Corps 1t created
| quite ripple of enthusiasm. and it is said
| that some OF the other corps will follow up
| TINS lead with smaller sums
| us. OIuIOyd announced officially that the
Lauies 1uHd or the Church of Our Father
| nad taken the contract for the lunch which
| Is 70 De served to the delegates of the w. r.
{. convention.
1t is also announced that the headquar-
| tiers of the Department Of Potomac. n. r.
| -. Will De in the parlors of Wimodaughsis
1 Iaoo New YORK avenue, after October L.
| Llepafatlons are being made to keep open
| muse ourinS the national encampment, and
| al tnose wearing the badges of the pa
| .rlotic orders will be made welcome. The
decorations are to be very handsoSe.
ha he 60 Tor newspaper women will
| campment committee rooms
The woman's citizens committee, Mrs
Eien spencer Mussey. chairman, has been
| invited to hold reunion at Camp Roose-
| welt on Tuesday, and Mrs Mussey has ac-
cepted this invitation. She is now arrang-
ing for a program, which will include the
| names OF many women prominent in the
various patriotic organizations from all
| over the United States
Inc subcommittee on badges Of Mrs.
EEen .. Musseys wOmen's executive COM
| mittee met Yesterday afternoon and agreed
| on the official badge for the members OF the
dlHerent Women's organizations. The body
! OF the badge will be Of pale blue each en-
Diem containing the name Of the organiza-
ton or Which the wearer Is member The
committee also decided to issue woma MS
| souvenir badge, which will be sold only by
| members Of the committee, and from which
1t is hoped to realize quite sum of money.
Army Of the Cumberland.
The Army of the Cumberland, consisting
Of the 4th, 14th and Goth Army Corps, will
| meet tonight in the red parlor of the Ebbitt
House. All who served in that army are
expected to be present.
Battlefield Excursions.
Mr. Daniel Williams, who has been ap-
pointed by Col. Arthur Hendricks the chair
man of the battlefield excursion commit
tee, during the thirty-sxth annual encamp-
ment Of the G. A. r., will proceed to Win
chester, Va, next Thursday morning, where
Captain T. Fl. Savage the superintendent
OF the National cemetery, will meet him and
visit the battlefield of Opequan for the pur-
pose OF locating the different positions of
both armies engaged in battle on the 10th
of September, 1864. Captain Savage is ia
millar with the country and it's historic
field, where more than 5000 Union soldiers
We're Killed and wounded. Arrangements
Will be completed during the week for the
friends.
Competent guides will be at the depot at
winchester to meet the visitors. The com
m1ttee will be on hand at the Baltimore and
ONO depot the morning Of October g.
Urgent Call to Sd Corps Members.
An urgent Call for tonight's meeting of
the local survivors Of the Sd Army Corps
has been issued by Chairman A. H. G.
Richardson in the following form:
Every Sd Corps man at Washington is
asked to the red parlor at the Ebbitt House
on Tuesday evening, September IS, at 8
o'clock sharp. Important things must be
decided upon and done within the brief
Ing visiting comrades of the corps, and the
executive committee have reached the point
where they imperatively need, for an hour
or two, the company counsel and co-opera-
ton of all the rest, and an assurance that
each VIII do his little part toward the
general result. There will be corps tent
at Grand Army place, and a corps reunion
in one Of the big tents there, and the
many details concerning those matters can
be successfully arranged and executed only
by the resident comrades getting together
on Tuesday evening next to discuss and
determine what to do and how it shall be
done. This is therefore an emergency call
to every faithful comrade.''
'MobiHsts Take Action.
The automobiles interested in the forth
coming encampment met yesterday at the
Riggs and took action toward making the
automobile parade the most brilliant spec
tacle of the whole reunion. Carriages are
to be set aside for members of the cabinet
and the District Commissioners four prizes
will he offered "a