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

encampment, members of the G. A. r.,
etc, Tuesday evening a Carroll Hall, on
10th street northwest from to IL o'clock.
The convention will adjourn over Wednes-
day, in honor to the veterans, reconvene
Thursday and continue its sessions IN
til all business has been disposed of.
"All arrangements for the meeting of the
present encampment have been made and
perfected by executive committee ap
pointed from among the membership of
Lincoln Camp, No. 2, and Gushing Camp,
No. 80, both of this city. This committee
has also provided suitable entertainment
for the visiting members of the encamp-
men., and invitations to these entertain
ments have been issued"
Commends Mr.. Warner.
A recent meeting of Burnside Post was
given up almost exclusively to discussing
the forthcoming encampment and preparing
to entertain the visiting veterans. In the
course of that discussion various members
of the post extended to their associates in
vitatiOns to join in the reunions of certain
specified corps. One or two such invita-
tions led to a very laughable competition
among. the survivors of the several corps
as to the relative claims of their old COM
mands in subduing the rebellion.
When this discussion was finally closed
by the proclamation of a general truce the
post adopted a resolution commencing
Chairman Warner who is a member of
that body, for his attention in the ca
pacity mentioned, and his great labor in
forming the necessary committees for
carrying out the designs of the citizens
committee
Announcement was made at a meeting of
the local committee on the 10th Army Corps
reunion held last night at headquarters
that the following veterans had been asked
to address the corps, and most of them
had accepted: Maj. Granville NJ Dodge.
Hon. w. F. Hepburn. Col. c. C. Horton.
Gen. John II. Stibbs, Hon. w. r. War
mock. Gen. w A. kobbe and Hon. D. B.
Henderson. All were members of the 10th
Corps. and Gen. Dodge is one Of the six
living corps commanders. reception COM
mittee, with Col. Andrew Geddes chair
man, was appointed
The committee on the Army of the Tenn
essee voted last night to invite the Presi-
dent, the members of his cabinet, Admiral
Dewey. Gen. Miles and other distinguished
officials to attend the reunion of that COM
mand. This committee will issue pro-
gram for the benefit of the visiting SOL
diers Corps badges have been voted to
Mrs Daisy Joyce Bell and Mrs. Isabel Wor-
rel Ball.
Souvenir of Third Corps.
The resident survivors of the Sd Corps
have prepared an interesting souvenir for
their visiting comrades in the form of a
neat pamphlet, containing an historical
sketch of the corps and dated from the
corps headquarters at Camp Roosevelt.
The campaigns and commanders of the
corps are passed in review, and it's organi-
cation on the field of Williamsburg, its
first and anniversary battle, given in full.
The numbers stated of the killed, wounded
and missing in that battle show that nine
tenths of the loss of the seven federal divi-
sions engaged fell upon the two divisions
of this corps, and seven-tenths upon the
division of General Hooker. At Chancel-
louisville the corps loss was 1854, nearly
| double the average loss of all the federal
| corps and two division commanders and
seven regimental commanders were among
| the slaip This exceeded the loss at Get
| tysburg, a bate that bore SO heavily upon
| the corps that General Birney, who had
| succeeded the wounded Sickles expressed
| the opinion in the council of war at
| Meades headquarters that the Sd Corps
was useC up and not in condition for
| further operations.
| The narrative states further that of the
| twenty live regiments originally composing
| the corps twenty were still with it when it
| was united to the I'd Army Corps, after
| two years Of Independent existence, and
parts of the five others were present by
| consolidation with the twenty that re-
manned
| Two of the four corps commanders, six
| of the seven division commanders and
| eleven of the thirteen brigade commanders
| came up from the bosom Of the corps itself,