Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-30

flag should remain unsuIIied and our coun-
| Try De undivided and free.
For this reason Eve ask and invite al,
comrades who are intending to 60 to this
encampment to john the escort and help
70 ~ sven the numbers to the largest posi-
Die proportions and thus make the event a
notable one. The Morgan G. A. R. Drum
corps OF Minneapolis. Calvin R. Fix drum
naJor. the crack drum corps of the north
c ~ss, any ,ne only exclusively G. A. r. drum
accompany the trail asd iead i the a Uniform
ed escort and the DEPARTMENT of Minnesota
| in the grand parade iflaWashington. The
bIne s,t WIN hr consist f the regular A. R
hat, and can be pull Eh4sed anywhere from
IS upward. according toathe quality"
Women's Relief Corps.
The Woman's Relief Corps committee.
Mrs, Ida A. Oldroyd, chairman, held the
largest meeting of the year last evening.
i The plans for the encampment were fully
discussed, and 1t developed that everything
is up TO date. even to the smallest detail OF
preparation, for the coming Of the guests of
the Department Of Potomac w. r. c. 1t
Is probable that the national president. Mrs.
Jones, Will arrive Sunday night, and she,
with her chief of staff. will have quarters
at the Ebbitt House., which will be the
headquarters of all the national organiza-
tions, with one or two exceptions The
Clay. chairman, will meet Mrs Jones at the
depot, and extend to her every attention
ana courtesy possible She will find her
neadquarters decorated with flowers and
nags. as Will be all the o-her headquarters,
also Mrs. Mary V. Goundie, chairman Of
the floral committee, and the members
which comprise 1t have made the most
complete arrangements for the placing of
iresn mowers in all the national headquar-
tiers and the national convention halls Of
the ladies each day during the entire week.
The arrangements for the headquarters
OF the department of Potomac, w. R. c.,
were also announced, though scarcely
part OF the committee program Mrs. Old
royd, who is president of the Department
or Potomac, announced that she would eS-
tablish headquarters of that department in
Wimodaughsis which is next the en-
campment committee headquarters on New
YORK avenue, the LIST of October These
headquarters are to be handsomely deco
rated with pictures, flags and bunting. and
tnere VIII be a large reception committee
OF the members of the Woman's Relief
Corps on duty each day. The corps of the
department will take turns in furnishing
this committee. A light buffet lunch is to
be served throughout each day of the en-
campment to the women Of the patriotic or
ders. The. badges of the various organiZa-
tons will be the card of admission, and
of course the veterans will be more than
welcome. This is quite an undertaking, and
such courtesy has never been extended
to the women at national encampment in
any city before.
Raises Fund for Entertainment.
The Department Of Potomac has raised
the 500 necessary to entertain the Wo-
mans Relief Corps. 1t will give a joint
reception with the Department Of Potomac,
Grand Army Of the Republic, to the national
encampment guests. Lincoln Corps, which
is said to be one of the largest corps in the
organization now, will also entertain in
honor of it's national encampment friends
o. P. Morton and Charles Sumner Corps
have been making active preparations to
entertain the visiting colored delegates of
the national organizations at a large re-
ception. which will be held Thursday even
ing. They have also contributed to the
general fund for entertaining.
Mrs. Belle G. Harris, national senior vice
president of the Woman's Relief Corps,
whose home is in Emporia, Kan, has
cepted the invitation of Mrs. Mussey to
sing 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner at the
big reunion of the, womens patriotic So
cieties at Camp Roosevelt on Tuesday, Oc-
the prospects are that 1t will be one of the
great features of the week.
Souvenir Program.
The souvenir program. which is another
distinctly womans feature, is very hand
some affair, printed in tri-color. and a sec
ond edition has already been ordered. Many
Of the ladies are taking a dozen copies and
sending them away as souvenirs to distant
friends.
General orders convening the Womans
Veteran Relief Union in Washington during
the Grand Army of the Republic encamp-
ment have been received by Mrs Mussey,
chairman of the woman's auxiliary commit
tee. They are issued in the name of Mrs.
Belle S. Morgan, national president, by
Rose B. Tyrrel, the national secretary.
The orders convene the national meeting
of the order at Concordia Hall, northwest
corner of 9th and E streets northwest, at
$50 am. October 8. Headquarters of the
national president are at the National Ho-
tel. The national president, Mrs. Morgan,
also announces the appointment upon her
staff of Mrs Elizabeth Donohoe of Wash
ingtcn, D. c.
Joint Reception.
Another taking feature of the womans
program is the joint reception of all the
organizations at Convention Hall on We'd
nesday evening. This, again, is something
never before attempted in the history of the
organization of the women's patriotic or
ders. It is to be a most brilliant affair, and
there will be over 100 women in the receiv-
ing line from pm. to 80, when Mrs.
Ellen Spencer MuSsey and her reception
and executive committee will close the bril-
liant series by general reception to the
public.
The following additions have been made
to the auxiliary hall committee, Mrs. M. E.
S. Davis, chairman: Mrs Ella knight, Mrs.
Nellie A. Norton, Mrs. Catherine K. Nc
Kenzie Mrs. Mary Tryon, Mrs. Lizzie AL
len.
The Modoc Club Of Topeka, Kan, has no.
titled Mrs. Mussey, through its president,
Gen. T. ]. Anderson, that it will assist at
ing.