Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-06
SONS OF VETERANS.
Twenty-First Annual Encampment
Began Today.

The twenty-f1rSt annual encampment of
the Sons Of Veterans opened this morning
at O'Clock with a meeting Of the council
in-chief which will examine the reports and
audit the accounts preparatory to report
tomorrow morning at the meeting at Car
roll Institute Hall.
E. F. Buck of Illinois, c. j. Post of Michi-
gan and James B. Adams Of New Jtrsey,
composing the council in-chief arrived in
the city early this morning. All of the ma
tional officers are present-Commander-
Chief E. r. Campbell of this city, Senior
Vice Commander S. s. Horn Of Pennsyl-
vania, Junior Vice Commander Herbert 8.
Thompson of Rhode Island, Adjutant Cen
eral Charles s. Davis of this city, Assistant
Adjutant'o; H; Budlong of this city, Quar-
termaster Fred b. Bolton of Massachusetts,
Assistant Quartermaster Thomas J. Han
non of Massachusetts, Judge Advocate Gen.
eral Raphael Tobias of New York and
Chapiain-in-Chief Rev. Howard Wilbur
Ennis of Maryland Commandery. now of
Brooklyn. n. Y. Delegations are coming in
on every train. and the attendance tomor-
row will exceed that of any previous en-
campment.
AT o clock tonight there will be grand
camp fire at Convention Hall, addressed by
Chapiain-in-Chie Ennis and others. The
program tomorrow opens with the assem-
bling Of officers and members of the COM
mandery-in-chief at 8 o'clock at Room A,
Ebbitt House, the national headquarters
They will form In procession under escort
of a detail Of officers Of Minute Men and
battalion Of the list Regimen Sons Of Vet
Grams Reserves. Pennsylvania, and march
to Carroll Institute Hail. where the en-
campment Will be opened formally. At the
same hour the Ladies Aid Society will
convene at Scottish Rite Hail. 90 Pennsyl-
Vania avenue northwest At II O clock noon
Mr.. Henry B. f. Macfariand, cha rman of
the board of Commissioners of the District
of Columbia, will deliver an address of wei
come to be responded to by Mr.. A. W.
Jones, past commander-in-chief,o of Youngs-
town, Ohio. At o'clock General Ell Tor
rance, commander-n-chief, Grand ARMY
of the Republic. will make an official v'st
and an address, which will be responded to
by Chaplain Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis
At o'clock there will be reception at the
pension Office.
But one candidate for the position of
commander-fn- chief has been announced,
Col. Frank Martin of Indianapolis, Ind
deputy auditor of that state. He was a
candidate one year ago at Cleveland, with
George Addngton of New York and E. K.
Gould Of Maine. The present commander
in-chief, E. r. Campbell OF this city. was
chosen as a compromise, though he was not
candidate. Mr.. Martin at that time an
nounced his candidacy for 1902, and thus
far has no opposition He arrived this
dianapolis. past commander and Judge adj
vocate general and George Krietenstein of
Terre Haute, Ind, who are urging his cleo
ton. All are at the Ebbitt, Many more
INDIANA are expected today. Senator Bev-
eridge of Indiana. Representatives Lands,
Overstreet and Robinson, Mayor Bookwal
ter of Indianapolis and many other promi-
nent members of the Order are urging his
election. a e,,
The candidates for lie other offices are
not formally announced. An effort was
made this morning to persuade Commander
in-chief Campbell. to ANNOUNCE himself as a
candidate for reelection, bpt he declined
positively to permit the USE of his name.
Other officers of the national commandery
are being suggested for,re-election and sew
eral may be chosen. : s-51