Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-12

cCi- sent to have all veterans of the civil
war excused from government service for
halt day on Thursday. President Roose-
welt told Gen. Estes he very glad To be
able to be of so much assistance to the vet
Grams. and asked if there was anything
more he could do
Committees Appointed.
Gen. Estes has announced the appoint
ment of the following committees to give
special attention to the reception to be held
at Rauscher's Thursday night:
Receiving committee-Brig. Gen. George
ID. Ruggles. L. S. A. former chief of staff
of the Army of the Potomac and adJutant
general of the army of the United States,
chairman Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A Miles | .SA:
Lieut. Gen. Samuel b NJ. Young. U.S.A.; Mr..
job Barnard U.S.V., judge Supreme Court
of the District; Capt. Charles c. Cole. L.
5. ", former judge of District Court;
Gen. William w. Dudley, L. s v; Gen.
John Eaton. I. S, ". of the faculty of
the Catholic University; Rev. Walter Ell
lott. L. S. "; Gen. Llewellyn c.. Estes, u.
S ". Gen. George L. Gillespie. L. S. A.:
Gen; Herman Haupt. U. s. ". the noted
I engineer; Capt. oliver Wendell Holmes,
I. S W. justice United States Supreme
Court; Gen. Charles f. Humphrey, L. S.
a; Mr.: Benjamin F. Leighton. L. S. V;
Charles c. Mott. L. S v, chief justice
Court of Claims; Mr.. Robert Shaw Oliver,
=. S ", assistant secretary of war; Capt.
Stanton J. Peelle. L. S. ". Judge Court of
Claims; Gen. Wallace +. Randolph. L. S.
A; Gen. Ellis Spear. L. S. V; Col. George
A Woodward, L. S. A.; Col; Carroll D.
lege,. trustee of the Carnegie Institute:
Admiral George Dewey. L. S. N; Rear
| Admiral Andrew f. X. Benham, L. S. N;
| Rear Admiral Samuel r. Franklin. L. S.
N; Commodore William Grier, L. s. N:
| Rear Admiral James G.. Green. l.. s. N;
Rear Admiral James A Greer. L. S. N;
Rear Admiral FRANCIS J. Higglnson. U. S.
n; Rear Admiral Francis n. Ramsay. U.
s. N: Col. John C. Reid, Z. S, NJ c.; Rear
Admiral Edwin NJ. Shepard. u. S. N;
E Bear ADMIRAL John G. Walker, T. s n;
and Rear Admiral John c. Watson. L.
Door committee-Col. Robert G. Ruther
ford. L. S. V, chairman; Mr.. Charles F.
Hawkes. T. s. ": Mr.. Francis B. He'll
man, U. 8. A; Maj. Charles F. Larrabee, L.
| S. A, and Col Geore F. Pond, L. s. A.
Floor commttee-Bvt. Brig. Gen. Van
! Hartness Bukey, U. S. ", chairman; Capt
| George w. Baird. U. S. N; Mr.. William
| W Brown, U. S. v; Maj. Frank A: Butts.
Henry N: Copp. U. S. v: Col. Henry H. c.
| Dunwoody, U 8. A; Mr. John Joy Edson
Y. S. "; Col. David s. Gordon, L. S. A;
! Capt: Amos Hadley, L. S. v; Col. William
Y. S. "; Capt. Andrew ]. Huntoon. U. s.
v; Capt. Horace G. Jacbos. L. S. v: Capt
Bernard I. Janney. u. S. ": Capt. John R.
King. U: S. ": Capt. Charles D. A. Loef-
L.
V; Col. Crosby P. Miller U. s. A; Mai
| William Howard Mills U. 8. A: Mr..
Hosea B. Moulton U. S. v; Mr. Myron NJ
Parker, y. s. "; Mr.. A. s. Perham U. s.
v; DR.. Charles V. Petteys. L. s. V; Capt.
| Howard L. Prince. U. S. "; Maj. A. H. G.
Richardson, U. S. "; Capt. Thomas Ryan,
L. s. v: Col. William s. Shallenberger, U.
S. v; Col George Truesdell U. S. "; Capt
| Richard w. Tyler L. S. A.: Maj Adoph
Won Haake, U. S. v: Mr.. B. H. Warner, T.
S. ". and Col. Henry W. Wassels, jr., U.
| S. A.
Army of the Ohio.
| A meeting of the members of the Society
| of the Army Of the Ohio occurred last Sat
urday evening at the Ebbitt House, largely
| routine in character
Capt. A. F. Mcmillan, just returned from
his vacation, reported for duty a men,
Der OF the joint banquet committee.
The chairman announced the number Of
| tickets of admission to seats for the
yelling, and the conditions for their dis
| tribution fixed by the general committee
| These tickets are by them restricted to
! bona fide members of the different socie
| ties.
The badge committee experienced some
| difficulty in securing their products. The
representative of the firm supplying them
| was present and expressed his inability to
secure a picture of General Sherman in
Baltimore, where the badges are being
| made. A member of the society presented
| him one. and it was sent at once to Balti
| more to be so used These badges and tick
| cts for the banquet to be given out at
| the next meeting, which occurs at the Eb-
| btt House tomorrow (Tuesday) evening.
| Capt Robert Armor and w. P. Pierce.
| together with the secretary, We're appointed
| committee to prepare the program to be
| followed at the reception to be given by the
| society on Thursday evening at o'clock
| at the Ebbitt House. By resolution, Col.
John A. Joyce's poem on Sherman was
| fixed as one of the items in the program.
| Local Ohioans and their friends to the
number Of about $50 will leave Washington
! tomorrow morning on a special train of
! the Baltimore and Ohio for Antietam bat
| tlefield to attend the ceremonies incident
| to the unveiling of the monument to Presi-
| dent William Mckinley and the monu-
ments to the sons of Ohio who fell on that