Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
Special Concessions Made by
the Railways.
CIRCULAR ISSU ED
WoMEN'S AUXILIARY TO PRE-
PARE A SOUVENIR PROGRAM.
Meeting of Committee on Courtestes-
Ceremonies at Convention Hail
Evening Of October 8.

Chairman s. B. Hege of the committee on
TRANSFORMATION to battlefields took to thes
headquarters of the citizens executive COM
mittee on the Grand Army encampment
this morning copies of a circular his COM
mittee is to issue, setting forth certain spe-
cial railroad concessions made by all the
lines which reach Washington. These con-
cessions consist chiefly of stop-over privl-
leges available to holders of railroad tick
cts, either on their way to Washington or
en- route homeward. They are the most
generous ever granted in this section OF
the country.
About $4,000 copies of this circular are
already printed. Mr.. Hege proposes that
this number shall be increased to 15,0O and
that the circulars be sent to every station
along the trunk lines which will have any
considerable part in the encampment traf-
fic. According to the advices received IN
his office the attendance on the encampment
will tax the capacity of the railroads, and
he Is consequently very anxious to make
clear every condition which attaches to the
sale of encampment tickets.
A CODY of the statement of special battle
field trips which was printed in the local
newspapers several weeks ago Is made the
first feature of the circular. The commit
tee then announces;
The Side Trips.
"side trips not mentioned in foregoing
can be obtained. Of:
Baltimore and Ohio railroad-Upon APP
plication at Offices of the company. 707 18th
street $40 Pennsylvania avenue and sta
ton New Jersey avenue and C. street.
chesapeake and Ohio railroad-Upon APP
plication at offices of the company, 800 14th
street 513 Pennsylvania avenue.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
Company-Upon application at offices. 14th
and New York avenue, 513 Pennsylvania
avenue and Ith street wharf
PENNSYLVANIA railroad-Upon application
at offices of the company, 18th and G
streets and 9th street station.
Southern railway-Upon application at
offices of the company, l0o 10th street, OIL
Pennsylvania avenue and 9TH street station
Washington Southern railway-Upon ap-
plication at offices of the company, 600 18th
street 5l1. 5l3 and 6D1 Pennsylvania avenue
and 7O5 18th street and 9th street station
.'Side-trip tickets en- route going to or re-
turning from Washington d. c., during the
encampment will be sold at follows, from
points on:
baltimore and Ohio railroad-Cherry
Run. W. Va; Grafton, w. Va; Harper's
Ferry, W. Va; Shenandoah Junction, W.
Va: Hagerstown. Md, and Weverton, Md.
chesapeake and Ohio railroad-Gordons-
Vile, Va; Clifton Forge, Va, and Coving-
ton, Va.
Pennsylvania NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Md;
Harrisburg. Pa, and Philadelphia, Pa.
The Special Excursions.
Special trips:
more and Ohio railroad. stopping at
Keedysviiie for Antietam, 500 am, Octo-
Der 8. also am, October II. Rate, S3.35
round trip.
Getty sburg Pa, and return. via Penn
syivania railroad o am, October 8, also .
a m, October IL. Rate, 1875 round trip.
Mount Vernon. Va.-Every hour from .
a m to 3 pm. daily. during the encamp-
ment. Starting by boat from Tth street
wharf, and by electric cars from 1884, street
and Pennsylvania avenue.
Seeing Washington cars-From 18th
street and New York avenue northwest.
every hour. from $50 am until dark, dur
ing the encampment
yorktown, Va, and Fortress Monroe
Steamer Newport News of n and w. s. b.
Co. leaves foot It'll street $50 pm, Fri
day. October 10. Rate, 81 round trip.
-'Slopovers at battlefield points en- route
will be granted upon application to conduc-
tor-except that tickets via c. and o. rail-
road will not be good for stopover between
Washington and Orange.
1T has been the very earnest desire and
strong effort Of this committee to cover
the subject in hand as completely, yet
briefly possible. and the hope Is INDUCED
that the Information will prove easy of
comprehension and satisfactory"
Work of Women's Auxiliary.
The women's auxiliary committee has de-
cided to issue a souvenir program of the
encampment, which shall contain the
names of the women's committees in full,
the program of all the events during en-
campment week under the charge of the
committee. and sketch by Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey, entitled The Women of
the Civil War" This program can only
be obtained through the women Of the
committees.
A meeting of the womans committee on
courtesies was held last night at Mrs. Mus
sey's headquarters, Miss Cornelia Clay,
chairman Miss Clay mapped out the work
OF the committee for the encampment.
president upon her arrival in the city at
her headquarters. and general care for her
comfort during her stay. Details were also
made of members of the committee to act
as masters Of ceremonies at Convention
Hal Wednesday evening. Much confusion
has arisen at previous receptions because
there was no one present to designate the
national presidents.
Mrs MuSsey arranged that 4 member of
1.-THE committee on courtesies shall stand by
each national president during the entire re-
ctptiOn and introduce her by name and
title. Mrs. Mussey had a conference with
CaptaiH s F. Faunce, chairman of the COM
nittee on campfires, as to arrangements of
Convention Hall. 1t was decided that the
platform should be on the west side of the
hall and remain there during the encamp-
ment, on account Of the faulty acoustic
qualities of the building
Mrs. Mussey assigned as hostesses at the
Mother Bickerdyke tent for Thursday and
Friday. October and 10. Mrs. Emma
Southwick Brinton, DIR. Caroline Burk-
hardt. Mrs. Verplanck and Mrs Ransom
These ladies all saw service as nurses In
the civil war. and viii entertain at this
T. IT. A register will be open so that the
re- N lea uhnr Ard
' attended them in the hospitals of the
j l. The arrangements of this tent are in
L hands of Mrs. Clinton Smith who repre-
E is Mrs. Mussey.
Committee on Religious Exercises.
Rev. W. c. Alexander. D. D., and his as
sociates Of tn committee on religious ex-