Evening star., 1902-08-22

Jenkins, T. p. keane, John NJ. Keogh, Dan
Graw Thomas H. Martin, Thomas P. Miller,
Edwin 8. Pierce, A. H. G. Richardson, N. A.
Robbins, Charles L. Sauer. George d. Scott,
Alfred Shaw, Samuel H. Simpson, Henry w.
Smith, Samuel H. Smith, F. B. Stewart, c.
A Stevens, DR.. ]. T. Strattan, J. H. Sum-
ner, E. ]. Sweet Captain r. w. Tyler. Les
ter F. Ward. NJ. A. Watson, Newton Whit
ten, Frank B. Wilson, Fernando Page and
j. D. Bloodgood.
The chairman of the Sd Corps reunion
committee is A. M. c. Richardson and the
secretary is Charles F. Benjamin.
j. Fred De Berry, author of the March
OF the G. A. r. Encampment." has received
from Bandmaster Julius Kemper of the En-
gineer Corps a letter In which the formers
composition is very highly commended.
Postal Station Promised.
John H. Merritt, postmaster of Washing
ton, has informed Col. John McElroy that
a postal station for the accommodation of
the members of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, to assemble in this city in October,
will be established near the corps head
quarters on the White Lot, where stamps
and stamped envelopes may be bought. and
Wnere letters may be mailed and received.
III necessary, Postmaster Merritt says that
two such stations will be estab ablished and
II may be that conveniences for the regis
ration of letters will be provided at both.
Special attention will be given to the SUBJ
1ect between now and the encampment, so
that a general notice, explicit in instruc-
tlons can be sent out before the veterans
leaVe their homes and no mail will be lost
in an Intellectual effort to locate the one to
whom it is addressed. The postmaster sug-
gests that 1t might be well to announce
that all the veterans who desire to get their
mail on the White Lot instruct their friends
to address them there, giving in the super
scription of the letters the organization to
which they belong, as, for instance, corps
and regiment.
Woman's Veteran Relief Union.
The Woman's Veteran Relief Union is
earnestly at work preparing for the en-
tertainment of the delegates to the nation,
al convention of that organization. There
are four unions In the city of Washington,
and the general committee is composed of
six members of those unions. Mrs Sara E.
Beach is chairman; Mrs. Belle Gibson, vice
chairman: Mrs. Ida Bogia-Roe, secretary;
Mrs. Mary Keeler, treasurer.
The national president of the organization
is Mrs Belle s. Morgan of Moline, ILL.,,
who has been untiring in her efforts during
the past year to form department in
Washington. Last week the required num-
Der to make a department was secured,
and the unions of Washington and Balt-
more will become the department of Po-
tomac, Woman's Veteran Relief Union"
The unions of the city have given two
garden parties and have secured quite a
sum of money for entertaining purposes.
They have also placed collections books in
the hands of their members from which
they expect to realize handsome sum.
The money thus secured is to be used in
serving lunch to the delegates to the w. V.
R. U. national convention, which will meet
in Washington during the week of the ma
tional encampment.
The Women's Reception.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey telegraphed
from her summer retreat in New Hamp-
shire that the change of the date for the
woman's receptions from Tuesday, Oc-
tober T. to Wednesday, October 8, is salts
factory to all concerned. She communi-
Gated with the national president of the
Woman's Relief Corps Mrs. Calista Robin
son Jones, by telephone, and was assured
by Mrs. Jones that she was much graft
fled by the decision to hold the reception
at Convention Hall.
The holding of all of the national recep-
tions of women the same evening and at
the same place Is considered by all in
terested to be great economy of time to
both the receiving party and the guests.
Resigns Craftsmanship.
Past Commander-in-chief Thomas c.
Lawler of Illinois has resigned the chair
manship of the committee having in charge
the Gen. B. F. Stephenson memorial fund
for the erection of statue in Washington
and has been succeeded by Gen. Charles A.
Partridge, assistant adjutant general of the
Department of Illinois The other members
S. Hopkins. James Tanner, John McEiroy
of Washington and Louis Wagner of Penn
sylVania. Ihis monument to General
Stephenson, the founder of the Grand
Army of the Republic, is to be erected by
the comrades of the organization which he
started, and is to be presented to the citi-
zens of the United States when completed.
Plans were made to erect the statue and
have the unveiling during the encampment,
making it one of the features of the as
sembly, but the monument will probably
not be built till some time next year, as
the plans must be agreed to by the ma
tional encampment of the G. A. r. before
bids can be opened for the work. model
of the statue has been completed by Ber-
rer & Webb, sculptors, of Brooklyn. Col.
James w. Webb, one of the members of the
firm, was In Washington on business con-
nected with the statue yesterday
Alleged Violation Of Agreement.
One of the posts which is to attend the
encampment in full force reported to head
quarters yesterday that it had engaged
quarters at a local hotel for IS per day
each man, the stay in Washington to eX-
tend over the entire period of the encamp-
ment. BY referring to a schedule of ties
agreed upon by local hotel managers the
officers Of the executive committee discov-
cred that the hotel indicated was regularly
a 81 per day house, and that the proprietor
had consequently violated his pledge not 20
raise rates for the encampment.
This aroused the most pronounced indg-
ma ton at once. Chairman Warner and
Secretary Bulkley conferred to decide what
steps shall be taken. 1t was agreed the
manager of the hotel in question shall be
asked to explain, reminded of his signed
agreement with the executive committee
and then notified that the local G. A. R.
committees cannot list any hotel or board
ing house which thus violates pledge
Mr.. Warner believes the reputation Of the
city is at stake in this matter of hotel
rates, and is determined to prevent any
such proceeding that indicated if he pos
Sibiy can.
From the Territories.
Representatives of the departments of
Indian territory, New Mexico, Oklahoma