Evening star., 1902-08-26

!. sla sremsnson.t ans fSs .es on
Mrs. Ida A. Oldroyd. chairman of the
w. r. C. comnaittee,- has her plans well in
hand. and her ladies are working like
oadgers. they haKR an immense amount
tertaining Of s6yerAs thousand members of
the order. There will be meeting of the
w. X c. committee Monday evening at
neadduarters Mrs. oidroyd has issued or
must report in person or by proxy.
The candidases for national presidents
are beginning to loom up. Mrs. Sarah c.
Winans OF Ohio has been unanimously in
uorSeu py her own department and, 1t Is
said, she has drawn to her organization
many other strong departments. Mrs.
Lodusky Taylor of wisconsin has also a
strong following.
sohn A. Logan Regiment No. 2, Division
OF the Potomac. u V. u, met Monday
evening TO plan the entertainment of visit
ing =. Y. u men during the encampment
oi tne ". A. X. Gen. Payne of the COM
tlanaer S stan addressed his comrades
briefly. The meeting adjourned until
Thursday, September 4
Army of the Potomac Reunion.
Senator Redfeld Proctor president of the
Society of the Army of the Potomac, has is
sued a circular under date of New York
city, August 10, setting forth the following
arrangements for the reunion of that body
at Gettysburg:
The reunion of the Army of the Poto-
mac win be held at Gettysburg, Pa, Sep
tember ~ and 20, 1902 and the Society of
the Sixth Army Corps will hold it's annual
meeting at that place September 49,
Every ofhcer and private soldier who
served in the corps and received an honor
abie discharge is eligible to membership
without expense. 1t is hoped there will be
large attendapce at this meeting to be
heid on one OF the great battlefields of the
war.
The monument a. the grave of Gen. H.
e. Wright is completed and erected in Ar
nngton cemetery. 1t is located In front of
the Lee mansion
THE Associated Survivors of the Sixth
Army Corps of Washington, D. c., have
kindly consented to arrange a dedicatory
service at the monument during the nation
al encampment of the G. A r. in Washing
ton, probably in the afternoon of October
Z. The time OF holding this service will be
published in the program OF the encamp-
ment, and the survivors of the corps are
requested to report Immediately on their
arrival in Washington at the headquarters
of the Sixth Army Corps to obtain infor1na-
ton as to the dedication of the monument
time of the corps reunion, etc.
The headquarters viii be located on the
White Lot south of the White House.
Comrades! Let us join in this tribute of
respect to the memory of the last COM
mander of the corps"
Committee on Horses and Carriages.
A meeting Of the committee on horses and
carriages was held last night for the pur-
pose of reducing the accepted rate for sad
die horses on the day of the veterans pa
rade. The outcome was a general state
ment from the committeeman that they had
done their best but could not persuade the
local association Of liverymen to reduce
its charge below ST; but that this was
Yn q roo
do better outside the liyerymen's associa-
tiOn If they could, and that arrangement
would be made to the greatest advantage
possible with owners of saddle horses out
side of Washington. Mr.. Harrison Ding
man acted as chairman in consequence OF
Col. Allison Majors absence abroad, and
Mr. W. w. Chambers president of the liv-
erymen's orgafizatipn represented that
body. -
Department Headquarters.
Headquartersss fort the departments Of
South Carolina land Georgia have been To-
Gated in the Hotel Lawrence. Other appli-
cations for and assignments to quarters
have been made as follows: Post No. Of
New Philadelphia. Ohio, accommodations
for seventy-fi men; E. A. Humphrey
Post. No. 104, Of bingham, Mass. accom-
modations for twenty-five men; Post No.
IS of Lousville, KY, accommodations for
twenty y-five mef; Reynolds Post of Wey-
mouth Mass, assigned to Mrs. A. Nj. Ba-
len, 2OS A street southeast; G.. H. Thomas
Post, No. 11S, Of Cincinnati, Ohio, accom-
modations for 125 men: from Commander
Joseph Limric of Buckley Post, Akron,
Ohio quarters for 100 veterans.
Corps Election.
Officers were elected last night and COM
mittees named by the local survivors of
the I'd Army Corps as follows: Col. M. f.
Urell, chairman; Capt W. P. Seville, vice
chairman; Capt J. S. Wyckoff secretary,
and Capt. John King, treasurer.
Ways and means committee-Captain Ly
man. chairman, and Colonel Hancock Cap
tain Lillibridge, Captain Seville and Mr.
Dennis O'Connor.
Badge conmittee-Messrs Wyckoff, Da
Wis O. D. Thatcher and Troutmann.
Charles +, Benjamin, secretary of the Sd
Corps reunion committee. desires that ali
members of Whpple's and French's divi-
sions of that corps send their names and
addresses to him at 50S 18th street north
west.