Evening star., 1902-02-17
G.. A. R. ENCAMPMENT
PRESIDENT TO BE GUEST OF
HONOR AT BANQUET.
Function in Honor of Commander-in-
Chief of the Order-Com-
mittees Named.

| Members of the Grand Army of the Re
| public in the District of Columbia are look
| ing forward with pleasure to tomorrow even
| ing, when. in GA r. Hall. will be called 10
/ order the thirtyfoUrth annual encampment
| OF the Department of the Potomac. We'd
| nesday evening President Roosevelt will be
/ the guest of honor at a banquet to be held
| at the New Willard IN honor of General
Eli Torrance, comma nder-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic. General Is
rael Stone, commander of the Department
of the Potomac, will preside, and many
dis tinguished men who fought during the
! civil war will attend and participate in
the program that has been arranged for
the occasion
The members of the executive council OF
the national body. which will be in session
| II this city Wednesday afternoon and for
several days following. will attend the ban
auet The council comes to Washington at
this time to accept the invitation that will
likely be extended b. the District Commits
sioners to have the forthcoming national en-
canipment of the Grand Army of the Re-
public brought here.
The Committees in Charge.
The committees in charge of the encamp-
ment Of the Department of the Potomac
are:
Credentials-B. p. Entrikn. assistant ad-
jutant general; Fred. II. Smith. Richard
Bennett. John S. Hoover. Rudolph Timer.
Address Of department commanGer-Ar-
thur Hendricks. William Gibson. ]. NJ
Pipes, NJ. Emmet trell jerome Il. Burke,
Robert Grant George Smith.
Employment committee-Marion T. An
derson. Joseph a. Sparks. Thomas III. Mar
tin. William r. Reed w. II. Grimshaw.
Relief. F.. Hart. James f. McCabe
Charles Matthews, George w. Fletcher and
James H. Brooks.
Report of assistant adjutant general
Gilbert NJ. Hust,d. b. f. Chase, l.. Van
derhoef, J. Tyler Powell and Z. A. Hara
don.
Report of assistant auartermaster gen
eral-AbTam Hart, Thomas Calvcr. Fred G.
Calvert. \. II. Miller and II. Romeyn
Report of council Of administration
George II. Slaybaugh. A. II. G. Richardson
hiram buckingham, Newton Ferree and T.
b. Crisp.
Report of medical director-A. E. John
son. II. S. Stevens. Harvey Y. Cotton, j.
r Mckelvey and Lewis Mundheim.
Report of department ap!ain-William
Hunter Myers. William II. Honn. r. II.
Marcellus. F. l.. Mckenna. A. p Tasker
Report of department inspector-John S.
Walker. A. c. Irvine. B. F. Brockett D. W.
Peach and Thomas s. Kelley.
Report Of judge advocate-E. ]. Sweet,
George Fl. French. J. NJ. Dalzcll, j. L.
Thornton and Convis Parker.
Report Of chief mastering officer-A. A.
Maxim. Lawrence Wilson, Frederick r.
Bckford, christopher Storm and s. c.
RObb.
Resolutions-Nathan Bickford. S. S. Bur-
dett. A. F. Dinsmore, Newton NJ. Brooks
George F. Corson. Harrison Dingman and
Benjamin F. Hawkes..
Report of committee on legislation-Cal-
vim Farnsworth, James Wood f. A. VIII
bur William II. Anderson and T. w West
Relations with Sons Of Neterans-A II.
Frear. c. F. Benjamin. George r. Fergu-
son. George p. Davis and Charles +.
Keefer.
The committee on legislation is as fol-
lows: b. F.. Bingham chairman John NJ.
keogh. George II. Slaybaugh. John ]. Free
land, II. A. Cobaugh. S. f. Faunce, j. l..
Davenport. F. ]. Young. w. H. Liverpool,
Il. +. Graham. ]. r. Hayes. j. f. Snow.
y. W. Classic. Edward Webster. Jacob
Moore. A. b. Grunwell f. ]. Sweet and c.
r. Douglass.
Committee on arrangements-Thom s.
Hopkins. chairman: II. l.. Johnson Abram
Hart. l.. p. Williams. c. NJ. Robinson J.
l.. Davenport. Calvin Farnsworth. George
". HaZer. John McElroy. Nathan Bickford
Ivory G. kimball and Frank L. Campbell