Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-12
SERIES OF REUNIONS
Veterans of Civil War to Meet
in Washington.
MEXICAN CLUB ALSO
SHERMAN STATUE UNWILLING
LEADING EVENT OF WEEK.
Ceremonies on Antietam Battlefield and
at Gettysburg-President to
Give Reception.

Give Reception.
Beginning tomorrow there will be held in
Washington series of reunions of military
societies and association which promises to
be memorable IN the history of the respect
i've organizations. For four days the vet
Grams will be in session here, and in addi-
ton to the business before them will talk
over old times. For the first time in the
history of four of these societies meetings
will be held in the city TO which all came at
the close of the great civil war and pass
ed in review. The events of the four years
that preceded their last meeting here will be
discussed by all the veterans of the armies
of the Cumberland, Potomac, Tennessee and
Ohio, and by many others, not members,
who will be drawn here by the interesting
events that are to transpire The program
for the week follows:
Tuesday-Annual meeting of the Aztec
| Club at the Shoreham Hotel at O'Clock in
the afternoon and annual banquet or the
| same organization at the same hotel in the
| evening at o'clock. Opening OF the annual
meeting of the Medal of Honor Legion at
Gettysburg, Pa. dwelling of the monu-
ments to valiant Ohio soldiers. including
monument to the late President Mckinley,
on the battlefield at Antietam, Md.
Wedneslay-Annual meeting of the So
ciety of the Army of the Cumberland, at
the shoreham Hotel. at 10 o'clock in the
morning. Public meeting of the Society
of the Army of the Cumberland at the
First Congregational Church at o'clock
in the evening Campfire of the Society
Of the Army of the Potomac at Metro
politan NJ. E. Church at o'clock. Arrival
in Washington of the members of the
Medal of Honor Legion, headed by Major
General Oliver o. Howard, I. s: A.. re-
tired, and Major Gen. Daniel Sickles, L. s.
A, retired
Thursday-Annual meetings of the So
cieties of the Armies of the Tennessee and
Potomac and public exercises. Place of
meeting not yet selected, but probably the
Arlington Hotel
| Military and naval parade in honor of the
dedication of the statue of Gen. William T.
| Sherman. Parade forms at l o'clock
| dwelling of the Sherman statue at 2:3O
o'clock.
Annual meeting Of the Army Of the Ohio
at the Ebbitt House at o'clock and re-
ception rendered to Lieut. Gen. Schofield
; by this society at the same hotel at
o'clock.
Reception of the members of the army
societies, Aztec Club, Medal OF Honor Le-
| gion and officers of the army, navy and
marine corps. rendered by members of local
&C mnittee of the Society of the Army of
the Potomac at Rauscher's from $50 to II
pm.
Friday (evenng)-Joint banquet of the
four army societies. Medal of Honor Le
gion and Aztec Club at the Arlington
Hotel.
Survivors of Mexican War.
The meeting of the Aztec Club in this city
tomorrow brings to Washington the sur
vivors of the Mexican and their de-
scendants. The club was organized in the
City of Mexico in 1S47 and is the second
| oldest military society in the United States.
1t has met but three times in Washington
before this. There are about 2eO members
OF the club in the country at present. The
original membership was limited to officers
who had actually served in the campaign
against the City Of Mexico. Later the
rules were revised SO that officers who took
part in the Mexican war; whether against
the City of Mexico or before that campaign.
could become members. AT this time a re-
vision also made to admit officers OF
| the navy and marine corps who had served
in the Mexican war. Later another revi-
sion Of the rules was made and the organi-
cation was made perpetual by permitting
the descendants of the officers who had
fought in Mexico to join the organization,
under certain conditions OF the original
members of the club two became Presidents
of the United StateS-Franklin Pierce and
! Ulysses S. Grant-and seventy-one became
general officers in the Union or confederate
armies during the civil war. OF the orig1-
! nal members there are five who make their
homes in the District of Columbia and who
are living here now and will probably at
tend the meeting tomorrow. These are
| Lieut.. Gen. James Longstreet, former Adjt
Gen. Richard c. Drum, U. s. A, retired;
Gen. Daniel H. Rucker U. S. A. retired;
Gen. Lawrence p Graham, U. 8. A, re-
tired, and Gen. Horatio Gibson, U. s. A, re-
tired. The present officers of the club are:
| President DR.. J. W. Brannan; vice presi-
dent, Gen. F. E. Pinto; treasurer. William
Turnbull; vice treasurer, E. H. Floyd
Jones; secretary, Macrae Sykes, all of New
York.
morrow afternoon at o'clock. General
Pinto will be elected to the presidency of
the club. according to the established Gus
TOM and such other business as is of suffi-
| cient Importance will be laid before the
| club. An adjournment will be taken at
about 5 o'clock. At o'clock the mem
bers will meet and go to the White House
| to pay their respects to the President. after
| which they will return to the Shoreham.
where the annual banquet will be served:
There will be about forty covers laid. and
and members Of the cabinet Lieutenant
General Schofield, Lieutenant General
Miles. Lieutenant General Young and Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee. General Lee comes
to the club as the representative of his
uncle, the late General Robert E. Lee Mr..
Custis Lee, General Robert E. Lees son,
| requested that General FitZhugh Lee be
accepted his fathers representative in
| the club.
Medal of Honor Legion.
One of the most important meetings of
| the week will be that Of the Medal of
Honor Legion, which convenes at Gettys-
burg tomorrow morning. General Daniel
Sickles, United States army. retired, is
the commander of the legion, and the an
nual meeting this year is to be held on
the battlefield where General Sickles be-
| came eligible to membership in the legion.
| After the election of officers at Gettysburg
tomorrow the club will transact such bust
| ness as may come before it. and Wednes-
day will spend the day going over the bat
| tlefeld Wednesday evening the entire Or
ganization will come to Washington as
the invited guests of the Society of the
| Army of the Tennessee.
| 1t is understood that General Oliver o.
| Howard is to be elected commander of the
legion at the business meeting tomorrow,
| and he will be in charge of the organiza-
ton when it arrives here. General Level
lyn G. Estes Of this city is the senior vice
commander of the legion and will be elected
its commander, after General Towards
term expires
The unwilling of the monuments on the
battlefield Of Antietam is under the charge
| of the statue commission of the state of
Ohio but will be largely attended by the
members of the Society of the Army Of the
Ohio, which will meet here Thursday even
ing and Of which Lieutenant General John
| NJ SchOfleld u s. A., retired. Is president