The Washington times., 1902-09-18
SPANISH War VETERANS
WILL GO TO DETROIT
Leave This Morning to Visit
National Assembly.
List of Delegates Includes Bride and
Groom Who Make Trip
Honeymoon.

Delegates from the District to the
national assembly OF the Army of Span
ish War Veterans which will be held in
Detroit, will leave the city this morn
ing at o'clock. The several commands
here have elected their delegates in ad
dition to those represented by all gen.
eral officers and past corps commanders.
The delegates chosen by the local COM
mands are John ]. Dutfey. Company A.
Fourth Battalion; Joseph Ligon King.
junior vice commander Of the District Of
Columbia Corps; Frederic W. Alexander.
commander of the Fourth Immunes;
Hoyt A. Holton. late chaplain OF the
District of Columbia Corps; Lon d.
Sheetz. Gen. Nelson A. Niles Command
No. 1; Leyburn Shorey, commander Of
John Jacob Astor Command, 1876; Thomas
A. Fitzgerald, Richard A. Harden Com
mand.
John ]. Duffey is son of the late P.
j. Duffey, and is a graduate OF the
Washington High School. He served four
years as member of the District of CO.
lumbia National Guard. and was one OF
the original members OF the prize drill
company known as the Emmet Guard.
Mr.. Duffey enlisted In the Fourth I'm
munes at Fredericksburg. Va. and serv-
ed with that regiment in Cuba.
Mr.. Kings Record.
Mr.. Joseph Ligon King is OF English
ancestry, being the son OF Dr. John ].
King, well-known rice planter, before
and after the civil war. He Is gradu-
ate of the Porter Military Institute o.;
Charleston. S. c., and Of the Commercial
College of the University of Kentucky.
Since he came to Washington he has
been affiliated with Company C, Fourth
Battalion, Third Battalion, First Bat
TALON, and the staff of Col. Henry May.
Captain Alexander is commander of
the Fourth Immunes, an Office which he
has held since August n last. He Is a
prominent member of the Virginia bar,
and is a thirty second degree Mason,
past chancellor of the Knights of Pyth-
las, past sachem of the Red Men, past
State councillor OF the Junior Order
United American Mechanics, national
representative of the P. o. S. of A., and
oyerseer of Senate Lodge, Ancient Or
der of United Workmen.
Chaplain Holton is known as the
"Jolly Chaplain" and when the call for
volunteers was made ct the outbreak
of the Spanish-American war he enlist
ed at indianapolis and served until 1899.
when he was discharged for disabilities
incurred in service.
Mr.. Sheetz Saw Service.
Lon d. Sheetz enlisted as private in
the Fifty-frst Iowa Regiment at Des
Moines at the beginning of the war with
Spain. He was ordered to the Philip
pines with his regiment, and saw active
service there, being on the firing line
constantly in General MacArthur's di-
vision. He was wounded in the action
in San Fernando while his regiment was
engaged in repelling an attack by the
insurgents.
Captain Shorey saw service in Cuba
and there lost his foot through an acci
dent while at drill. He was discharged
for disability last fall. Captain Shorey
is the son of William F. Shorey, a re-
tired photographer of Baltimore.
An interesting feature of the depart
ure of the delegates from Washington
will be the presence of a bride and
groom in the party. The latter Is Dele
gate Thomas A. Fitzgerald, whose mar
riage to Miss Cecilia Clarkson, daugh-
ter of Mr.. Frank Clarkson, of this city,
occurred yesterday afternoon. Mr. and
Mrs. Fitzgerald will make the trip TO
Detroit their honeymoon.