Evening star., 1902-08-18

| the left arm. Tile cpsed the order in which
monitory words: Shoulder straps and
| chevrons, YOU are marked menl" The red
pand made Kearny's division conspicuous
throughout the Army of the Potomac, and
ciated with Kearn3 % as sa0 division W comman-
| der In the Sd Corps, succeeded to the COM
| mand of the army ne altered Kearny's de-
with distinctive coi6rs for the several divis-
| ions OF corps, and extended the wearing
| OF the badge 90 the privates and musicians
| as well as the officers. The fashion spread
to the Union armies in the west and to this
Gay the corps badges are greatly IN evil
Souvenir Publication.
General Thomas NJ Vincent, chairman
OF the committee on literature for the en-
| campment, and Mr.. Marcus Benjamin, edi-
! tor OF the encampment booklet, have an
nounced the following as the table OF con-
| tents for the souvenir publication of the
October reunion.
Civil War" by Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan,
chronicler Of the Columbia Historical So
1 ''The Military Situation in Washington
| IN iSol, by Marcus Benjamin, president
OF the Society Of the War of 1872.
The Defenses of Washington. by John
cross Barnard, major general by breyet
| and colonel corps of engineers.
The Part Taken by the Naval Forces in
| the Defense of Washington During the
| Civil War" by Richard Wainwright. COM
mander United States navy and superin-
tendent Naval Academy.
Earlys March to Washington, by
| Thomas McCurdy Vincent, brigadier gen.
| eral by brevet, L. S. A.
The Battle of Fort Stevens" by William
| Van Zandt Cox. author of THE Defenses
| of Washington"
Social and Business Conditions of
| washington During the War by Brainard
Henry Warner, chairman of the thirty
sixth national encampment. G. A. r.
The Death of President Lincoln" by
| General Vincent.
The Military Power of the United States,
as Shown During the War Of the Rebel
lion. by General Vincent.
The Hospitals of Washington" by John
Wells Bulkley, physician in charge of the
| Patent Office Hospital
| THE Humanities Of the War; Christian
| and Sanitary Commissions" by William
Jones Knees, archivist of the Smithsonian
| Institution.
Arlington and Battlefield Cemeteries"
! by Isabel Worrell Ball.
| washington of Today" by Henry B. F.
| Macfarland. president board of District of
| Columbia Commissioners.
The illustrations.
| For illustration of these papers the fol-
lowing interesting war views and valuable
portraits will be reproduced:
| Views-Eighth Massachusetts Volunteers
In the rotunda Of the Capitol; barricade in
the Treasury building; Qualifications in
front Of Washington; the Long bridge:
Fort Lincoln, Washington; Confederate
| cavalry ransacking the town of New Wind
| sor, Md; Confederate assault on the works
| near Washington repulsed by dismounted
cavalry and militia, July IL 1854; Night at
| tack on Fort Stevens, showing President
Lincoln; View of the battle Of Fort Ste
| vens. Also the following contemporary
views: The United States navy yard;
| United States arsenal; the old War Depart
ment building; National armory; Ford's
| Theater: house that Lincoln died In; house
Of detention for female rebels city hall;
Old Capitol prison; military asylum; the
| White House and the Arlington house
Portraits-Gen. Scott Gen. Stone, Gen.
Barnard, Gen. Meigs, Gen. Vincent. Secre-
tary Stanton. Secretary Welles. Admiral
| Smith and several others who participated
actively in the defense of Washington dur
| ing the war.
The publication of this volume will re-
quire the expenditure Of a vast sum of
money and fears have been expressed that
| the citizens committee could not with pro-
! priety undertake so large a task. But
| within the past few days several publish
| ing houses have offered to take the entire
| matter out of the committees hands, print
| the work in the style contemplated by the
spe ial committee and place it on sale at
a price acceptable to all the authorities of
the encampment. Thus the one great diff
| Guilty in the way of the successful publica-
tion of this valuable book is removed
Program of Union Veterans Union.
Members of the Union Veterans Union
will consider during their encampment in
October the adoption of an amendment to
their constitution which will broaden the
scope of the organization widely. The pur-
pose of this amendment has been set forth
in the following circular of information
prepared and issued Saturday evening by
p5ar in
chief of the U. V. u:
There is use in the Union veteran of
the war of the rebellion expecting graft
tude from politicians of today. We must
assert ourselves more; we must be more
| aggressive. 1t is futile for the veteran to
live in the past. He must take part in the
affairs of today What we want, with de-
| termination and with unity of action, is
strength of numbers. What force for the
| benefit of our dear comrades we could be
| If we could have even one-half of the liv-
ing veterans of today in our ranks, to say
nothing of the adjunctive force Of their
sons and grandsons, sons-in-law, younger
| brothers and nephews. We could control
| almost every election, and this tremen-
dous, silent force would bring recognition
from prominent politicians from the Presi-
dent down. and the Union veteran of the
| war of the rebellion would be the subject
Of admiring solicitude as long as he lives.
Not only would there be none of this cayil-
| ing at him, contemptuous reference to his
| Qecrepltude ana MS everlasting wants, but
no official would dare to put forth insincere
| ambiguous and misleading matter in the
nature of executive orders or other hum
bug. Legislation for the benefit of the
Union veteran would be without limit
The Union Veterans Union should know
no specific requirements for membership.
) | Every Union veteran with an honorable
, discharge is its ward. But, as I said re-
| Gently. In a public address, our great order
Is circumscribed by particular conditions
AS said before, the power of this order de-
pends, initially. upon its strength of num-
bers, and we should consider how to effect
increase of the order.
! Voters what we want-men organ
ized to vote In the interest of the Union
! veteran of the war of the rebellion The
1 order has ceased to be mere association
of specific performs. or individuals on sne-
l cific occasions. and has expanded into a
grand institution for the welfare of every
! true man who went forth to defend our be-
3 loved country from destruction by icono-
| clasts and rebels"
: Applications for Quarters.
/ Applications for accommodations have
: been acted on by the committee on public
q | comfort as follows:
| No