Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-16
ITS FOURTH SESSION
ANNUAL ASSEMBLY, OF THE
SPANISH WAR VETERANS.
General Orders Designate New Haven
as Place and September 20
to 80 as Dates.

The program for the fourth national as
sembly of the Spanish War Veterans. at
New Haven. Conn, September % to 80, in
elusive, was issued today as general orders
No. 10. 1t is signed by the commander-in-
chief. Col M. Emmett Urell. and counter
signed by Adjutant General L. c. Dyer
The program follows:
Monday, September %. 10 am, council
meeting at New Haven House; O'Clock
pm, parade; o'clock pm. reception of
the national officers and delegates.
Tuesday. September %, 8 o'clock am.
business meeting; 2 O'Clock pm, business
meeting; 1880 o'clock pm, camp fire.
Wednesday, September 30. 10 O clock m
business meeting: 2 o'clock pm, foot ball
game; o'clock pm, trolley ride to Bran
ford: $3.50 pm. banquet at Bradford, and
return at 1890 or later.
The order further announces: "a COM
mittee has been appointed to revise the
rules and regulations and to make recon-
mendations regarding amendments thereto
The members of the committee are: Com
rades John 7. Hilton. Paterson, N. J., chair
man; Hamilton Ward. jr.. Judge advocate
general, Buffalo, N. Y; L. T. FetZer New
York city; Edward Schulze, corps COM
mander, Hartford. Conn, and Frank w.
Hendley, Cincinnati Ohio. The committee
is anxious that all comrades having any
suggestions to make regarding changes in
the rules and regulations and amendments
thereto communicate as soon as possible
with the committee that they may have
their report ready to submit to the national
assembly at New Haven.
1.-The commander-in- chief Is anxious to
see as large a representation of the Span
ish War Veterans in the parade on Mon
day afternoon as possible, and captains are
urged to try their best to make the repre-
sentation a large one.
THE Secretary of the Navy has issued an
order directing that employees of the navy
yards at Washington, New York and Bos-
ton be given leaves of absence to attend
the fourth national assembly at New Ha-
ven."
Circular No. 8 will accompany the above
order. 1t announces the reduced railroad
rates from all points to New Haven as
agreed upon by the several passenger as
sociations on the certificate plan.
General Orders No. IL, issued today,
shows the recent remarkable increase in
membership of the National Army and
Navy Spanish War Veterans, twenty-five
new commands having been mustered into
the organization within the past few weeks.
some OF them having formerly been
camps of the Spanish-American War
Veterans. Two Of the new commands were
named in honor Of Commander in Chief
M. Emmett Urell of is-city
The newly admitted organizations are:
Burton c. Cottrell Command. Indianapolis;
W1cklin Smith Command Seymour, Ind. !;
Debnier Brown Command, Richmond, Ind /;
M. Emmett Urell Command, Iryington, Ind /;
Wapatoneta Command Wapatoneta, Ohio:
John A: Logan. IT.. Command. Youngs-
town. Ohio; Maj. william Mckinley Com
mand. National Military Home. Dayton,
Ohio: Gould Command. Lawrenceburg, Ind !;
Gen Lloyd b. Wheaton, Command, Reno.
New; Gen. F. B. M. Young Command, Bal
timore. Md; M. Emmett Urell Command,
Baltimore. Md; Charles A. Culberson Com
mand. Fort Worth. Tex; Joseph H. Decker
Command. stapleton. L. l.. NJ Y; Gen.
Henry c. Egbert Command. Colorado
Springs, Col. Old Guard Command, New
York city; John A, Logan. tr.. Command.
Danville. ILL.,: Maj Gen. Guy v. Henry
Command, Shamokin. Pa; Walker L. Dean
Command. Bangor. Me-; Ralph E. Law
renee Command, Norwalk, Ohio Gen. Hen
~ w. Lawton Command Brooklyn. ". Y:
Roxbury Command. Roxbury Mass : Lieut.
M. Henry Crane Command, Boston. Mass:
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Command. San Fran
cisco. Cal; Aquadores Command, Owosso.
Mich. and Andrew G. Hammond Command.
New Britain. Conn.
State corps have been mustered in for
Maylard. Massachusetts, California. Col
orado, Texas and the Hawaiian Islands. A
large delegation Of members of the District
or Columbisa Corps attended the tnstitu-
t1on ceremonies of the Maryland Corps at
Baltimore ~