Evening star., 1902-09-01

Tents for Sons of Veterans.
The tents for the Sons of Veterans ar,
| just outside of the ellpse, and quarters pro.
| vide for 1000 members Of the organizatio
who will be fully uniformed and equipped
and who will furnish the garrison for Camp
Roosevelt.
Col. Israel w. Stone, who is vice chair
man of the committee on reunions and
chairman of the subcommittee on guards
and escorts, will have this section under
his supervision, and the Sons of Veterans
officer.
There will also be tent upon the grounds
for Post 13S of Allegheny. Pa, which will
camp there, and there may be other posts
which VIII take advantage Of the opportu-
NIFTY to once more enjoy this feature of SOL
dier life. The post offices will be estab-
hshed in convenient places, and the daily
newspapers of Washington will have head
9uaraers ,hal 'nere; All correspondents Will be
welcomed at the general press tent
The endeayor will be made by all corps
chairmen to get prominent speakers for the
reunions, but there has been sad diminu-
tlon IN the ranks of the noted men of the
corps, and many of the Organizations will
be happy II they can have with them a
division commander. There will be but two
army commanders present. Lieut. General
Schoheld and General o. o. Howard
General E. W. Whitaker chairman oF
the subcommittee on cavalry corps of the
Army of the Potomac, and who was on the
stan OF Gen. Custer, hopes to have pres
eht Gen. Wesley Merritt, who commanded
a division in that CORPS Gen. w w
dudley. chairman of the first corps commit
Tee, VINO commanded a regiment in the IA :
nous Iron Brigade and lost leg at Gettys-
purs p mas 5or his vice chairman. Maj. R.
+. Halstead. who was on Gen. Doubleday's 8
stan and by the casualties at Gettyshure
on the first day was left the ranking sta n
oncer. II mas no corps commander left
among am the living The % Corps has
who served In the SD New York. This
corps expects to have present Gen. John
Z. caldwell. who is its only division COM
~ c,aheeI ieIt. The Sd Corps. Maj. A H.
DouaVes. chairman win take pride In pre-
senting to the veterans Gen. Daniel Sickles.
S ehe ranking major general in the United
States army.
Chairmen Of Corps Committee.
ine chairmen Of the other corps commit
tees are: 4th Corps, Major Marion T. An
derson; 5th Corps. W. Howard Gibson. 9th
Corps, Captain H. NJ Gilman. This corn.
hopes to have with IT its venerable old
commander, General w. B. Franklin. The
ith Corps, General Cyrus Busey, chairman.
mas IN It's head a man OF more than COM
mon renown- He was In command of the
department Of Arkansas, and had COM
Hand or the cavalry in the Shenandoah ana
M, at vicksburg; Eighth Corps. Major Thos.
; Mchee; sth Corps, Amos r Cunning: 10Th
CSorps, Saptaln g. M Hustled: 11th Corps.
captain Abraham Hart; 18th Corps, Dr.
lawrence Wilson: 18th Corps, Captain
f1etcher White; I4th Corps, Captain Henry
A Castle; 18th Corps. Captain James E
Rart; q It 10TH Corps; L. d. Alden: 18th Corps,
6 6: r. Chase; 18th Corps. Rev George w.
Honey: 10Th Corps. Captain Nathan B,ck
Iord; "a Corps. Captain M. A. DILLON: 23d
corps Major A. F. Mcmillan; 25th Corps,
J. w. Boucher. Colored troops of the mill,
tary division Of the Mississippi. chairman.
Soionei Richardson Henderson: cavalry of
tne mIiltary division Of the Mississippi, Cap
tain j. w. Lewis
frovlsional Army of the Cumberland. A
e .: Iaylor; engineer corps, Colonel Gilbert
T: Williams: Sons of Veterans. Major 70.
w; Campbell; Spanish War Veterans, Cap
tain Lee NJ. Lipscomb.
Ihere Will be perfectly equipped field
ncSpltal Tor emergency cases which will
De In charge Of DR.. A. e. Johnson past
surgeon general Of the Grand Army of the
Republic.