Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-12
SENDS BIG DONATION
G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT COMMIT
TEE RECEIVES 81, 200.
Contributed by Company Of Which M.
Robert T. Lincoln is President
Other Matters.

headquarters of the citizens committee on
| the 1902 encampment of the Grand Army of
| the Republic this morning. because of the
receipt of letter from Mr.. Robert T. Lin
| coin, former Secretary Of War; which was
dated in Chicago and addressed to Mr..
Frank K. Raymond, chairman finance COM
mittee.
| Mr.. Lincoln says:
LAS you were advised at the time by my
secretary, your letter Of March 1, requesting
a contribution from this company toward
| the funds to provide for the local expenses
| in connection with the thirty sixth annual
encampment of the Grand Army, to be held
| in Washington in October next, was re-
ceived during my absence In the south. 1t
was brought to my attention upon my re-
turn. AS all such matters are passed upon
your letter has been delayed until meet
! ing of the committee could be held. This
has not been practicable until yesterday.
I now have to advise you that in view Of
| the exceptional considerations presented by
| this application, and in view of the fact
| that a contribution will not be regarded as
establishing a general precedent in occa-
| sions of this kind, the committee authorizes
a contribution of $1,000. / take pleasure in
| inclosing check for that amount, to order
of Mr.. c. F. Norment, treasurer of your
committee, together with accompanying
voucher; which please have receipted and
returned at your convenience"
The committee is also much pleased to
have received a subscription of $3.50 from
Mr.. A. Lisner.
General Circular to Be Issued.
Chairman B. H. Warner Of the citizens
committee Is engaged in preparing a gen.
| eral circular on the 1902 encampment for
distribution among G.. A. R. posts generally.
1t will follow closely the lines of the cir
| culars sent out at earlier encampmenrs and
contain all the Information about the re-
| union which members Of posts could rea-
sonably desire.
Full details will be given as to the rates
| Of transportation. the varying routes Of
fered by the railroads. the prices agreed
upon by the hotels and boarding houses for
accommodations during the encampment,
the places where accommodations may be
found. the street railway routes from the
| two railroad stations, suggestions as to
| quarters for bodies of veterans, an outline
Of the subreunions which have been sched-
| uled, and comprehensive program of the
entire encampment.
meeting of the lunch-room operators of
| the city Is to be held shortly to enter into
rigid agreement as to prices for lunch-room
| fare. Already the hotels have united and
| defined rates, not in advance of the rates
| regularly charged, and the lunch-room pro-
| prietors are expected to do the same.
| Col: Cornelius v: R. Bond. assistant ad-
gan, has called at headquarters on behalf
of the post at Lansing, Mich. That COM
mand is one of the largest and most pros
| poets to attend the encampment 1900
strong. AS many Of this number as the
hotel can accommodate are to be Quartered
at the Arlington.
Stephenson's Monument.
committee to arrange for the erection
| and dedication OF the monument to DR..
Benjamin F. Stephenson, founder of the G.
| A. r., has been named as follows:
Captain L. M. Kelley, deputy commission
| er Of pensions; Joseph w. Kay, past COM
| mander Of the department Of New York;
Thomas S. Hopkins, past commander of
| the department Of the Potomac; James
| Tanner, past commander Of the department
| of New York. and past national commander
Of the Union Veterans Legion of the United
| States, and Col. Arthur Hendricks, past
| commander Of the department Of the Po-
tomac. to succeed Mr.. Amos ]. Cummings,
deceased.
Sculptor James w. Webb Of Brooklyn, N
| Y, who has the brevet rank Of colonel and
Is known as the soldier sculptor" has
been In the city recently making further
arrangements for the execution OF his de-
sign for the Stephenson monument. It is
| his wish that the memorial shall stand in
front of the Bank Of Washington building
at the intersection Of street, Louisiana
avenue. 7th street and Market space The
| Webb design, which has been accepted by
! the ofncials of the Grand Army and is soon
10 De cast IN bronze, contemplates the fig
| ure OF DR.. Stephenson standing with gavel
In his hand and dressed in the uniform of
| the order OF which he was the founder.
| Col. Webb is to submit a design for a
| monument to the late General B. F. Kelley
| which is to be erected over shis grave in
Arlington Senators Elkins and Scott and
Representative Dovener Of West Virginia
are much interested in this project, and
| propose that the monument shall be erect
ed In the name Of the Society," OF the Army
| Of West Virginia. 9tr
Duryea's ezouaves.
| The 9Th Regiment Veterans Association
| Of New York. made up Of survivors Of
| Duryea's Zouaves," has decided to attend
the 1902 encampment in a body and then
| hold reunion, October 8, on the last
| camping ground Of the command at Fall
! mouth, Va. AT each reunion of this body
| the roll of every man In the active service
of the 9th Regiment is called and answer
made for those who are dead by their ljy.
ing comrades. When the bugie Is Sounded
| for rations this year the veterans will fall
| in line and march to the commissary for
| their beans and coffee exactly as they did
| at Falmouth forty years ago.
/ Marcus l.. Ward Post, No. SO, of Newark,
| N. j., has applied for quarters for 100 men
| and band A committee from this post
/ made up Of Messrs. W. G. Campbell, Wal
/ ter Ryno and Joseph Haltersiay. called at
headquarters Saturday.
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