Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-01

|, THURSDAY, JANUAR
truly representative of the yariods branches
Of the service. The officers gathered. as
usual. in the lobby Of the office Of the Sec
rotary OF the Navy.Hand in the adjacent
Railways, and so nicely was timed the mo-
ment Of their departure for the White
House that the uncomfortable wait in the
cool winter air at the doorway of the man.
sion was wholly avoided, for the head of
the line arrived Just as the last OF the army
contingent had entered.
1t was a noticeable fact that the naval
line was headed by two retired officers
Rear Admirals Walker and Benham, who
took this place by virtue Of seniority of
commission over the active officers. Next
after them came Rear Admirals Watson
and Reamey, and Rear Admirals Bradford.
ONiel, Melville. Kenney, Terry. Rixie.
Hichborn and BradfoEd, Endicott, Van Rey-
pen, Shepard and BoWles Other officers in
the brilliant procession were Captains
Switzerland, Logan, Eaton. Arnold. Rod
gers. Veeder sigsbee; Craig, Bernadou.
ter Jewel. Lemley,a Rae, ,Lamberton; Conn
manders Badger, Nicholson, Tanner. Dav-
export. Edwards, Linnard, Maynard. Pen
dleton and Simpson. and Lieutenant Com
manders j: J. Knapp, Sharp Braunsneu-
ther. Underwood. Gibbon; Lieutenants
Cleland Davis. Hudgins. Theal, Belknap,
Hill, Crawford. Dyson, White, Mahoney,
Holmes. Chase. Marvel, Hayden; Paymas-
tiers Ash, Dyer and Simpson: DR.. Furlong,
Chaplain Hoes, Constructor Smith, DR..
Griffith, DR.. Urie,1 Pay Inspector Fraley
Medical Director Bright, Constructor Lin
nard. Paymaster Hicks. Constructor Tay-
lor. Prof. Littelle. Civil Engineer Asserson.
The Marine Corps was represented by
Major General Haywood, u. s. NJ. c. (who
appeared today for the first time at White
House reception in that rank). and the fol-
lowing officers of his corps: Colonel Reid
Colonel Denny. Major White, Captain Daw-
son. Major Barnett, Captain Dunlap. Cap
tain Harry Leonard and Captain Gulick.
Assistant Secretary Darling was quiet
figure In the rear of the procession.
Departmental Officials.
The departmental officials and workers Of
the government departments reached the
President promptly at 1915 o'clock, the
schedule time. AT the head of this line
were Assistant Secretary Sanger Of the
War Department, Messrs. Wynue, Shallen-
burger and Madden, assistants to the Post
master General; Assistant Secretary Brig
ham of the Department of Agriculture, As
sistant Secretaries Ryan and Campbell Of
the Interior Department; Assistant Secre-
tarfes Taylor, Allies and Spaulding and Mr..
Robert B. o. Armst rong, who will succeed
Gen. Spaulding, all Of the Treasury Depart
ment: Messrs. Hoyt. Beck and Pradt. as
General Richards of the same department
and ex-Gov. Merriam. director of the CEN
suS.
Among the officials Of the executive de-
partments who were in line were A. w.
Machen. Post Office Department; Prof. 8. r
Langley. Smithsonian Institution: Fish
Commissioner Bowers: Commissioners
Knapp and Younans and Secretary Mosely
Binger Hermann. land commissioner; Mr..
Ware. commissioner of pensions; Pub
lie Printer Palmer and Captain Brian
Of the government printing office: while
ho frno <k4~1 ioP
Clerk Hills. Controller Tracewell. Treas
urer Roberts, Captain Shoemaker,
chief OF the revenue cutter service; Mr..
Roberts. director of the mint; Captain Kim
man, appointment clerk; Auditors Castle,
Rtttman, Person, Andrews and Brown, and
Assistant Auditor Chew; Captain Wheeler
assistant commissioner Of internal revenue;
James K. Taylor, supervising architect;
Maurice D. 0'Cennell, solicitor; William
NJ. Meredith. director Of the bureau of en-
craving and printing, and his assistant
Thomas J. Sullivan: o. P. Austin, chief of
the bureau of statistics: Eugene 7. Cham
berlain, commissioner of navigation: Com
missioner General Sargent of the immigra-
ton bureau; Mr.. ,Dumont, supervising in
srector general of steamboats,; Otto H. Tit
man, superintendent of the coast and geo
detic survey, and many chiefs of division.
DIR. Gallaudet,o president of the Columbia
Institution for the .Dearand Dumb, was
also in line.
u. .Uhe attendance from the departments was
large that the time allotted for them was
"a little more tiaan consumed. e. T "a
= Organizations Of Veterans. GIT %"
1t was a little past 1890 o'clock when
President reached the Organizations, at the
head of which, was the Society Of cincin-
rati, followed el,y the Associated Veterans
ant treasurerdof the Society of Cincinnati
at ha NJ hot pf1ot fp
among those in line being George Green,
Randall Webb, Charles Handy, Carvel
Hall, VIM. NJ Bell, Blanchard Randall,
VIM. H. Clarke, J. B. Taylor, Randall Tam
tum, DR.. Shute and L. Anderson
An especially fine showing was made by
the veterans Of the civil war The Military
Order of the Loyal Legion of the United
States. headed by Recorder Huxford, was
well represented. The G. A. r. made the
best showing in years. The good weather
induced large number of veterans to fall
in line for shaking hands with the chief ex-
ecutive and commander Of the military
forces Of the United States. B. F. Bing-
ham, commander Of the Department Of the
Potomac headed the long line, accompanied
by his stan, including Ivory G.. Kimball,
senior vice commander: Abraham Hart, ju-
nior vice commander; Thomas Calvert,
MD, medical director; Rev. H. s. Stevens,
haplain; B. F. Chase assistant adjutant
general; George e. Davis, assistant quarter
master general; ". W. Eldridge. judge ad
vOcate; Geo. M. Rowe, chief mastering off,
Ger; s. w. Bunyea, inspector, and Henry
Romeyn, chief Of staff.
The members Of the Grand Army as
sembled at Grand Army Hall in the Corn
well building on Pennsylvania avenue AS
early as 10 o'clock this morning the veter-
ans began to arrive although 1t was two
hours later before the march to the White
House was begun
The representatives from the different
posts formed in line in the order of their
precedence. The members Of the Old Guard
were out in full uniform, under command
Of Capt. James E. Edgar.
Following the Grand Army in the receiv-
ing line came the members Of the Union
Veteran Legion. The members Of this or
ganization met at IL o'clock in the north
corridor of the War Department and pro-
ceeded from there half an hour later to the
White House grounds First came the men,
bers Of Encampment No. SO, under com
mand Of Col Dean. Capt. G. A. Lyon the
newly elected colonel of this encampment,
Is to be installed tomorrow evening with
appropriate ceremonies. Encampments No.
III and % both turned out in fine shape.s
The Union Veterans Legion men. main
tanned their reputation for fine appearances
and were prominent in the veteran section
of the reception
The Union Veterans Union followed its
annual custom and was well represented at
the reception. The members of the regi-