Evening star., 1902-08-18
Floral Decorations.

Captain Nathan Bickford, chairman of
the subcommittee on floral decorations, has
submitted report to Colonel John McEl-
roy, In which is given the following list of
corps badges executed in flowers and now
to be seen in Washington parks:
Eighth street and PENNSYLVANIA avenue
southeast, badges of the 9th and Sth Corps:
intersection of North Carolina and Penn
sylvania avenues badges of the ID 10th. 18th.
and 10th Corps; at the census bureau, badges
OF the I'd and 9Th Corps; at the pension bu-
reau, badges Of the 1st, I'd, 3D. 4th. 5th 9Th
1th, Sth, 9th, 10th. 11th 18th and 10th
Corps; Sth street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, I'd Corps; west of the bridge
over 9th street southwest. 18th and 9Th
Corps; in front of the Agricultural Depart
ment, I'd, 4th, 9th, 14th. 10th and 25th
Corps; at the monument, 9th and 10Th
Corps; Mcpherson Square, 18th. 18th, 10th
and 18th Corps; Thomas Circle, 4th. 14th
and 10th Corps; Vermont avenue and 18th
street, 18th Corps; Pennsylvania avenue and
18th street. 7th. 10th. 10Th, 22d and 25th
Corps; Franklin Square. Sth and 18th
Corps: Arlington, 1st. I'd, Sd, 4th. 5th, 9Th,
l7th Corps.
1T Is expected that some additional
badges viii be put out next month";" says
Capt. Bickford in conclusion. The com
mittee Is under special obligations to Col
True, depot quartermaster. who, on learn
ing that few more badges were needed
at Arlington. promptly decided to purchase
the plants for them If necessary. The
Grand Army and veterans generally are
indebted to The Star for its frequent and
Interesting notices of the badges, by reason
Of which they have attracted much atten-
ton
Meetings Of Committees.
Committee meetings have been scheduled
for the current week as follows, all of
them at citizens committee Headquarters:
Monday evening-Cavalry corps military
division of Mississippi; reunion committee,
Col. John McElroy, chairman.
Tuesday evening-Shields' division and
the 7th Army Corps. including other troops
serving west Of the Mississippi river
Wednesday evening-Committee on horses
and carriages.
Thursday evening-Army of the Tennes-
see.
Friday evening-Committee on marking
historic spots; the Goth Army Corps, with
whom the members of the 11th and 18th
Corps are desired to meet, Capt Nathan
Bickford presiding.
Third Army Corps.
The resident survivors Of the 1st Division,
Sd Army Corps, have organized for the
| coming reunion of their division by the
election of A. F. Dinsmore as chairman
Thomas P. Miller as vice chairman and J.
l. Campbell as secretary. Comrade Camp
bell asks that any 1st Division men al
Washington who may have been overlooked
| In the recent calls for corps or division
| meetings communicate with him at the
| department of labor. He also wishes the
| names and addresses Of nonresident sur
yivors of the division as far as they are
known TO any comrade at Washington.
| The 1st Division was the first large body
| or federal troops to bear a distinguishing
| mark Gen Kearny. Its commander in the
peninsula campaign, who had served with
the French army in Algeria, and been i'm
| pressed with the military value OF dis
| tinetive uniforms in promoting discipline
and valor. required all the commissioned
| and nome commissioned officers of his divis.
lon to wear a strip Of red flannel around