Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-17
Members Vf Emergency staff.

| Members Vf Emergency Staff.
DR.. A. F. johnson, surgeon in charge of
| the reunion committee emergency hospi-
tai at Camp Roosevelt after consultation
| with DR.. Percy Hickling, who is chairman
| of the GENERAL Committee on hospitals, has
| appointed upon his emergency stan the foi-
| lowing well-known physicians: Drs. F. f.
| Repetd, George, c, Clark. Phillip 8 Roy
Charles E. Ferguson. Charles v. Rettys,
| Johnston Eliot, Daniel B. Mulchahy, Will
lam r. Reeves, A. w. Baswell Edward f.
Pickford, L. K.1 Beatty. Joseph Wall, John
| A. Stoutenburgh Jesse Shoup, Jesse Med
ford and E. ID. Perkins.
DR.. Johnson will have detail of from
| four to six of his staff at Camp Roosevelt
all the time, ready for emergency cases.
| with medical supplies, stretchers and bear
ers always ready for action. The physi-
clans named have excellent records IN
emergency and casualty cases, and nave
been selected by DR.. Johnson for that par
| ticular reason, One of the greatest trou-
bleS during encampments and reunions or
| old soldiers is the predisposition to heart
| failure. This Is brought on usually by over
excitement and; needs prompt ,atientioh.
medical committee for every possible emer-
| gency, and the location at Camp Roosevelt
| Is excellent, as the interest of the encamp-
ment will largely center there, bringing
thousands of veterans there each day
23d Corps.
IN response to previous ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
the committee of the 23d Army Corps met
last night at regular committee headquar-
tiers on New York avenue, A. F. Mcmillan,
presiding, when Messrs. Joyce and Redway
of the committee on badges reported that
local business firm will prepare and en-
grave personal badges so as to show by
color the division of the corps to which
each soldierbelongs. The name OF the per-
son. number and name OF his regiment, ana
o fcin t,3lhh ny nv o. q
require to be reported at once to Captain
George Roadway of the general land Office,
who has the matter specially IN charge.
A slight modification in the expense Is
announced. The shield. made Of sterling
silver. will cost one dollar. The engraving
will cost at the rate Of III cents for each
word or figure. The extra price will depend
upon the length Of the name.
General Schofeld's Letter.
Much satisfaction was felt at the read
ing Of the following letter from Lieutenant
General John M. Schoheld. dated at Bar
Harbor, Me-, September II, 1902, and adj
dressed to Mr.. ]. Fraise Richard:
Your very kind and cordial letter of Sep
TENDER 10, in which you name the evening
OF october as the time for the reunion Of
the I'D Corps, increases the hope that
may be able to reach Washington In time
for that reunion.
Please assure our old comrades that 1
Will, II possible, be with them the evening
OF the 9th"
The. committee adjoined to meet in the
The committee adjourned to meet in the
Committee Meetings Last Night.
Meetings were held last night by COM
mittees on the reunion of the Army Of the
James, of the 23d Army Corps. of the Army
Of the Cumberland, of Shields Division Of
the 7th Army Corps of the Engineer Corps
and Of they3d Army Corps.
Those who attended the meeting to ar
range for campfire for the veterans Of the
Army of the Jaines voted to issue 900 cir
culars setting forth the program Of the re-
union; to make Messrs. Butts, Maussen and
McKernon committee on badges; to make
Major Hiram Buckingham, Major Butts
and Major Mallet a committee to obtain
speakers and to meet again at encampment
headquarters next Saturday evening.
BY the vote f'the 23d Corps men Messrs.
John W. Foster J. w. Reilly, j. S. CAGE
ment. T. j. Anderson and Philip C. Hayes
are to be invited to address the corps re-
union, and to receive Gen. j. M. Schofeld
and escortchim to the reunion.
The Army OF the Cumberland arranged
that it's reunion shall take the form of a
huge campfire and appointed the following
as special committee to that end: Marion
7. Anderson. chairman 4th Division; H. A.
Castle, chairman 18th Division; Nathan
Bickford. chairman, Both Division; S.W. Tu-
ley, vice chairman 4th Division; D. A.
Grosvenor. vice chairman 14th Division; S.
w. BaIlock. vice chairman Goth Division.
Engineer Corps Organized
Organization was effected by the members
of the Engineer Corps, with Major Gilbert
Thompson, chairman; Elphonso Youngs, vice
chairman, and George r. Dudley, secretary
Of the executive committee. This body has
received assurances that a large number
of engineers will attend the encampment
fro, Vnrly joon nd
Missouri.
The meeting of the Sd Army Corps was
intended chiefly to provide an opportunity
for its local members to contribute to the
entertainment fund. Col A. H G. Richard
son was named as chairman of a committee
to provide speakers for the reunion. Dur
ing the meeting Col. George H. Patrick,
past department commander of Alabama,
delivered an address eulogistic of Gen. Dan
lei E. Sickles
Shields Division elected Gen. Robert s.
Foster presiding officer of the reunion and
ordered 500 badges printed.
Special Officers Appointed.
On recommends ton of Maj. Richard Syl-
vester the District Commissioners have
issued the following order:
That the following members of the COM
mttee on public order for the thirty-sixth
annual encampment of the Grand Army Of
the Republic are hereby appointed addi-
tfOnal prlVaIeS Oh the metropolitan police
force for duty on October 5, 6, Z, s. g. 10, IL
and IL, 1902 80. r- ,........ F..
John E. Wilkie, VIM. e. Cochran, Gen.
Henry v. Boynton, Edwin B. -Hesse, T. F.
Alvey ]. H. Aubere, Geo. M. Bond T. H.
Brooks, Walter j. Brooks, James E. Bell
W. o. Bradley, G. w. Byron, Frederick G.
Berger, H. c. Burch, G. S. Bundy c. A.
Boynton William T. Belt, F. G. Butts, H.
R. Cunningham, ]. c. Courts, T. P. Cleaves
P. B. Chase. B. F Chase, H. A. Cobaugh
D. ". Chisholm, Dr. S. Clifford Cox D. 8.
CARL, N. l.. Callamer, c. c. Combes, H H.
Darneille, Bartholomew Diggins, John J.
Dufry, L. C. Dyer. l.. N. Dolph, VIM. W.
Danenhower. VIM. Dickson, R. w. Dutton,
w. w. Eldridge, G. w. Esterly. Alfred
Angus Erly. Calvin Farnsworth. Howard D.
Feast, Major C. A. Fleetwood, j. j. Free
land VIM. T. Galliher, Royal Gurley, J.
Holdsworth Gordon, Benjamin w. Guy
Louis Goldschmidt, Ashley M. Gould, Geo.
Gibson. H. NJ. Gilman, Edward Graves
Abraham Hart. Geo. A. Howe, Col. Nor
rison Hoyt, John Henderson, IT., Alexander
T. Hensey Arthur Hendricks, Frederick s.
Hodgson, Anthony Holmead, c. ]. Harlow,
r. B. Hayes; VIM. NJ. Harper, Harry w
Hoagland, Clifford, Howard. T. L. Jeffords
J. L. King Hugh ]. Kane, J. A. Kemp, Lee
M. Lipscomb, RI e. Lee, A. R. Lamp, Au-
gustus zMAcias, y. H. Magruder, D. e. Nc
Comb, W. H. Moran, Samuel & Mills, Cap
tain j, nMegIew, H, c. Moses, H. c. Nc
Lean. Frank Madigan, W. A Mckenzie,