Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-26

union. SIe mas a complement OF Officers
and men, headed by Commander William
II. Reeder.
% The training ship Lancaster which has
also been ordered to Washington for the
encampment. has arrived at Hampton
Roads from New London. Conn. The large
number of men on these two vessels will
enable the authorities to add important
and interesting feature to the naval con-
tingent of the various parades.
Naval Cadets May Come.
Orders were also forwarded from the Navy
Department today for assembling 500 blue
jackets at Norfolk, Va, to be brought to
Washington and participate in the second
day parade.
The Secretary's favorable interest is fur
Their indicated by proposition to have the
battalion of naval cadets at Annapolis
brought to Washington to participate in
the parade of the Grand Army of the Re
public of Wednesday, The matter will prob
ably be settled this evening after con-ulta-
ton with the authorities of the academy.
Within the ensuing week about go points
of historic interest in Washington, now
generally unfamiliar to residents of the
District of Columbia, are to be identified by
the committee on marking historic spots
Army of the Republic.
This action was agreed upon last night
at meeting of that committee. 1t was
voted also that each tin sign which Is to
i4.N4NSNC NL4tSS IO4IllS Oh interest snail De
given a number and that those nun bers
correspond to a catalogue to be printed by
the citizens executive committee on the
encampment and issued free to visiting vet
Grams of the war of the rebellion
Two maps are to be folded into this cata-
logue-one indicating the Notifications
about the District of Columbia and the
other the location of the many hosnitaIs
maintained here during the war The first
edition of these little books will be suffi-
GENTLY large to enable their distribution
through the special policemen on duty
during the encampment. the information
booths and public comfort stations then to
be established and the several railroad
offices 1t is the purpose of the committee
to place within the reach of every one the
most extended information concerning
Washington's history now al the disposal
of any library or historical society. Coupled
with the encampment souvenir this cata-
logue of historic points will serve as a pc
culiarly appropriate and helpful guide to
the Washington of 1S6l-'65
The meeting of the committee was at
tended by nearly its entire membership.
and its business was transacted so salts
factorily that at the close of the session
Chairman W. P Van WickIe announced
the work of the committee practically COM
pleted.
Pension Bureau Reception.
With the practical completion of the plans
for the reception in the pension bureau the
officers of the executive committee incline
more and more to the opinion that this
event will prove one of the most notable
features of the entire encampment. From
the first ii was believed the reception would
reflect great credit on both the clerical
force of the bureau and the local citizens
committee. But the hearty cooperation ex-
tended the special committee by the rank
and file and the continued help offered by
Commissioner Ware have enabled those in
charge to accomplish extraordinary results.
Contracts have been let to the firm of
Il Agfa q. %
firm agrees 10 use a great portion of the
decorations of the last inaugural ball.
These will be so disposed about the great
court of the building as to give an effect of
the national colOrs. These decorations will
be furthered by numberless palms and pot
ted plants and the free use of pine branches
and autumn leaves, for which the commit
tee has contracted with Mr.. Henry ]. Small
Of this city.
The program is very promising Begin
ming at o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Com
missioner Ware and Gen. Ell Torrance.
communicative chief of the G.. A. r.. will
receive the visiting veterans and the clerks
Of the bureau. The delegates to the ma
tional encampment will first pass down the
line. AT the close of this reception the Ma
rine Band will render a promenade concert,
to be composed Of old-time songs and CLASH
cal music, so arranged as to excite the in
terest of every veteran in the hall. The
commissioner and Gen Torrance will both
speak briefly. Other features of the pro-
gram will be musical contributions from
the pension bureau chorus. an organization
which includes many of the city's best
choir singers. and has been in existence for
many years, and the Modoc Club of Kansas,
IN which body Mr.. Ware is particularly in
terested.
Those in charge Of these preparations
are:
Executive committee-W. H Bayly,
chief clerk, chairman; Capt. L. NJ. Kelly,
deputy commissioner. vice chairman; A. D.
Albert secretary, and the chiefs Of all the
divisions in the bureau.
Committee on escort TO the commander
in-chief and his staf-Capt. b. F. Chase,
chairman; Gen. James NJ. Mcmillan, Gen.
Dennis Kirby. Gen. Joseph Dickinson, Gen.
Ira c. Abbott. Col. F. D. Stephenson, Col.
b. T. Hawks and Col. W. p. Davis.
The Sons of Veterans.
Gen. f. r. Campbell. commander-in-chef
OF the Sons of Veterans has given out the
following statement as to the encampment
OF that body which is to occur simultane-
ously with that of the G. A r.:
The twenty>first annual encampment of
the Order of the Sons of Veterans, U S. A..
which meets In this city October Z 1902 Is
the supreme legislative body of the order
and is composed of: The commandment
chief and his staff; its elective officers:
sitting division commanders; past division
commanders and delegates elected by the
several divisions, together with about ten
constitutional life members, making In all
about 525 persons entitled to seats in the
encampment
THE present encampment will be called
upon to consider some of the most i'm
portant questions ever presented to the
national body, such as it's future rela-
lions with the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie: matters affecting the great memorial
university located at Mason City, Iowa; the
settlement of the question of an official
paper and a change of the present consti-
tuition and laws of the order. The last
three Of these questions have caused a
great amount of discussion and trouble in
the order. and 1t is the intention to have
them finally settled at this encampment.
The annual election Of officers will, as
usual, occur IN the last day Of the en-
campment.
THE encampment will convene at Car
roll Institute Hall Tuesday noon and be in
session greater part of the day. A re-
ception Is to be rendered the commanders
in-chief of the G.. A. r. and Sons of Vet
unernhera aH he nf