Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-06
NEW HEADQUARTERS
COMMITTEE ON g. A. r. ENCAMP-
MENT INSTALLED.
Work of Preparation for Coming Event
Well Under Way-The Com
mittee on Printing.

The Headquarters Of the citizens eXecu-
tive committee Grand Army encampment,
1902 were today established at No. 14oo
New York avenue in a building loaned for
the purpose by Mr.. Thomas F. Nalsn.
Secretary Buckley and his assistants spent
the morning removing to the new quarters
the desks and furniture which they had
formerly used in the offices OF the Busl-
ness Mems Association. in the Bona pulid-
ing. BY tonight it IS expected all the
furniture necessary for the present uses of
the citizens committee will be IN place, and
the committee ready to transact its bust
ness without interruption.
Mr.. Walsh's building is three-story resi-
dence next door but one to the old quarters
of the y NJ. c. A. All it's rooms are we'll
lighted and the building has been put in
splendid order, the floors being cleaned ana
painted the windows supplied with shades.
new paper put in most OF the halls and
office rooms. and all the other fittings of
the building being overhauled and repaired
Mr.. Warner and Mr.. Buckley plan that the
rooms on the first floor shall be allotted to
the use of two three committees which
are TO have permanent quarters in the
building. such the committee on public
comfort the committee on finance and the
committee on Information. AS these rooms
are last TO be required for use they
will be passed over until the other floors
have been fitted up.
Office of Chairman and Secretary.
The front room on The Sc cond floor is to
be TIE office of the chairman and the secre-
tary. Messrs. h. II. Warner and Barry
Buckley. This has been supplied with
good carpet ana three Gesks-cne for Mr..
Warner. one for Mr. Buckley and one for
their chief clerk. Mr.. Edward Cnnkey The
entrance TO this room IS to ne through the
second room on that floor. which is TO serve
h0
third flocr to be set apart for meetings
of small committees. They are now being
fitted for that purpose. Desks and sta
tionery FOR the use cf newspaper men have
been set apart in the office Of the chairman.
The greater part Of the furniture required
for the headquarters has been donated by
Washington furniture dealers.
Chairman William Hahn today announced
the personnel of the committee on printing,
as follows: William Hahn. chairman: Jo-
seph Auerbach. c. c. Bryan. Fred c. Ben
rens. Harry Cunningham. J. Doyle Car
mody. Max Cohen. Robert W. button,
Weston Flint. Herman Z. Gasch. George
Haas jr.. c. r. Herman. ]. Whit Heron,
Frank M Hobbs, Harry King, William P.
Leech George a. Lewis. Mark w. Moore,
Arthur u. Marks. John c. Parker, Maurice
d. Rosenberg, Ham. W. smith, E. stump.
f. A. Sebring, Court F. Wood and David
Wolf.
Meeting of Finance Committee.
The meeting of the finance committee at
the Barton last night proved TO be most
successful. A very large attendance and
the utmost interest in the encampment
marked the assembly, and Chairman Frank
X. Raymond able 20 announce several
very notable contributions received during
the week just ended. Among these were:
Paine Fireworks Manufacturing Company,
New York, 5000; W. NJ. Gait e. Co., $50;
W. g. Coffin, $50: Family Shoe Store, s25;
Bon Marche. SIS: Louis D. Wine, SO; Frank
X. Raymond. SIS; John w. Bulkley. s25;
Gustave Lansburgh. 800; Geo. W. Harvey.
$50. and G. Hector Clemes, $50.
Chairman Warner addressed the meeting
when Mr.. Raymond had indicated the
above contributions, and asserted that the
success of the committee in accommodating
fund Of more than $4,000 in three weeks
was unprecedented in the history Of similar
movements in Washington. To substanti-
ate this he read extracts from the reports
OF finance committees which served on
other occasions.
Gen NJ c. Butler, Col. Israel W. Stone
and Messrs. Louis d. Wine. Clarence F.
Norment, Isaac Cans, William Hahn and
Joseph Strasburger also spoke, each Of
them complimenting Chairman Raymond
and the committee on the exceptional work
already done The opinion was freely ex-
pressed tina: instead of $4,000 the commit
tee might easily obtain $4,000.