Evening star., 1902-04-24
NEED AID OF CONGRESS
ENCAMPMENT COMMITTEE TO
ASK FOR LEGISLATION.
Use of Public Parks and Reservations
to Be Granted-Routine
Matters.

Chairman B. H. Warner of the citizens
executive committee on the 1902 encamp-
ment of the Grand Army Of the Republic
and Chairman Chaplin Brown of the sub
committee on legislation today announced
the personnel of Mr.. Browns committee as
follows: Chaplin Brown, chairman; John
Paul Earnest, vice chairman; Augustus s.
Worthington, Joseph X. McCammon, Will
liam NJ. Levin, Fillmore Beall, Benjamin
S. Minor, Edward F. Abner, Edward S.
McCalmont. Francis Carroll Mattingly,
Charles w. Darr, Charles H. Bauman, Full
ton Lewis. A A Hoeling, jr., A. B. Browne,
Thomas S. Hopkins, John Joy Edison, B. F.
Smith, Malcolm Hufty, John Paul Jones,
William B. King, John B. Larner. Benja-
min F. Leighton, Samuel c. Mills, James L.
Norris. James +. ScaggS, Z. Richard Shipp,
Charles B. Tanner Smith Thompson, jr.,
and Jesse II. Wilson.
The purpose of this committee is to OBJ
tain from Congress such legislation as will
extend to the veterans of the Grand Army
the fullest possible use of the public thor
oughfares, reservations and parks during
the encampment and the marked co-opera-
ton of Congress in making the reunion a
success.
Ten years ago when similar committee
asked Congress to cooperate with the local
committee the two Houses complied by ap-
propriating 500, 900 exclusively out of the
revenues of the District of Columbia. But
no such appropriation is desired now. In
deed, the sentiment among the members of
the citizens committee seems to be decid-
edly opposed to such an allowance.
Want Aid of Congress.
The committeeman hope to enlist the sup
port of Congress in this matter as in any
other of marked interest to the national
capital as a municipality. Accordingly the
congressional committees will be asked by
Chairman Brown to recommend certain
measures affecting the occupation of the
government reservations, the roping off of
the streets and the maintenance of public
order. But there is decided ground for ex-
pectlng more than this, in the judgment of
some of the committeeman.
Several members of Congress are quoted
as having already expressed their hearty
desire to assist officially in making the en-
campment a success by appropriating funds
as well as granting the use of the parks
They realize, it is said, the pathetic sig
nificance of this occasion, probably the last
time any representative number of veterans
can gather in Washington for reunion.
and they take the position that Congress
can consistently take official notice of the
encampment 1t is understood that the
committee on legislation will not determine
even tentatively on it's plan of action until
some time in May.
Committees Yet to Be Named.
Several other committees remain to be
appointed-the committee on concerts, Dr.
Frank t. Howe, chairman; the committee
on fireworks, Mitchell Dyrenforth chair
man; the committee military organiza-
tions, parades and reviews, General George
Fl. Harries, chairman; the committee on
press, Mr.. Thomas C. Noyes, chairman;
the committee on reception; the committee
on religious exercises, Rev. W. c. Alexan-
der, chairman; the committee on public
speakers at reunions, Conrad H. Syme,
chairman. 1t is the expectation of the ex-
ecutve committee that these committees
shall be organized within the ensuing fort
night.
Secretary Bulkley is preparing a register
TO mold the names of all veterans who call
at headquarters for information before the
encampment. During the five months which
remain before the reunion it is thought so
many inquiries may be made that the reg
lster Will nave peculiar interest for the
visitors during the encampment