Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-25

Department Commander Hodgson.
officers. Adjutants of the local camps are
directed to prepare forthwith the creden-
tials of delegates, alternates and past com
manders. The credentials must bear the
signatures of commanding officers of
camps.
The order also announces the appoint
ment of the following members to the
council of administration of the department
of the District: c. c. Weeks and II. ].
Zimmerman of Mckinley Camp. Joseph
Murray of Richard J. Harden Camp, and
Charles c. Grimsley of Admiral George
Dewey Naval Camp.
Adjutant Dolph Not a Candidate.
A surprise was sprung today in the con-
test for department commander of the Dis
trtct. to succeed Major Hodgson, who has
served two full terms Department Adju-
tant Isaac n. Dolph, who had been re-
garded as a leading candidate for the
place, announced his withdrawal from the
race. 1t is learned that Mr.. Dolph's with
drawal was necesstated by his official du
ties in the departmental service of the gov
eminent which will cause his absence from
the city. and he would not therefore be
able to devote as much time as he con-
siders necessary to the commandership If
he had been elected.
This withdrawal narrows the known
contestants for the honor to two candi-
dates. DR.. S. Clifford Cox past corps medi-
cal officer and a member of Henry w.
Lawton Camp, and Capt. G. Leyburn
Shorey, the present senior vice depart
ment commander. who is a member of
Col John Jacob Astor Camp of the L. S.
Soldiers Home. The sentiment of mem
bers of the local organizations appears to
FAVOR concentrating upon one candidate
and making his election unanimous for
the moral effect such action will have on
the influence of the position in the future
The retirement of Maj. Fred. S. Hodgson
from the position of commander of the De-
n ri rD,aro Of In
two years service such, will occur In a
few days, and he has been the recipient of
many hearty congratulations for his earn
est and successful efforts in behalf of the
organization during his two terms of Of
flee. Notable among the achievements
which are due in great measure to his UNI
firing efforts was the presentation of his
resolution and its passage by the Detroit
convention which has resulted in former
soldiers who held civil positions in the
Philippines being permitted to receive fed
eral appointments in the states without be-
ing required to pass another civil service
examination; the securing from Con-
gress OF an annual appropriation of
$500 for the care of INDECENT SOL
diers of the war with Spain at
the temporary soldiers home In his
city, and his appointment as a member of
the board of managers of that institution
as a representative of the Spanish War
Veterans; his services member of the
joint committee of the G. A. r. and Span
ish War Veterans to have erected at the
Arlington national cemetery suitable
amphtheater and memorial chapel for plans
of which $1,000 has been appropriated by
Congress; the removal Of the Spanish War
Veterans headquarters from 6l2 E street
to the commodious club house now occu-
pied at 719 9th street northwest on which
about $500 has been spent in improve
ments, and many other acts including Sc
curing employment for a number of needy
members of the organization.
Native ~ washipr+on
Major Fred s. Hodgson is native Wash
ingtonian and has been in local military
life for more than twenty-eight years. He
commenced in the District soldiery in 1871
as "A private and resigned twenty-eight
years later as major. In the meantime he
served in the war with Spain as captain of
Company q, LIST District Volunteers, and
was In the trenches before Santiago with
his regiment He is member Of the
member of the Business Mems Associat ton
Naval Lodge. F. A. A. NJ: Naval Chapter.
Royal Arch Masons; is adjutant of Orient
Commandery. knights Templar: a past
captain Of the Sons of Veterans and a
member of the Society Of the Santiago.
Mrs. Eliza V. Hodgson, his wife, is
member of the advisory board of the Ma
tional Lineal Society of the Spanish War
and president Of the local temple Of that
order, and was national inspector general
of the National Auxiliary to the Spanish
War Veterans.
The announcement that Edith K Roose-
Welt Auxiliary. No. 8. United Spanish War
Veterans. at its meeting last night elected
Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball. president of that
body, was received with appreciation by
Spanish War Veterans today Mrs Ball
succeeds Mrs. German, who resigned sew
eral days ago. This action of her auxiliary
Is regarded by Mrs Balls friends as a
complete vindication of her course as
District officer last year. which resulted
In friction between certain local factions
The name of Joseph e. Willard Camp of
this city has been changed to William
Mckinley Camp" in honor Of the mar
tyred President who was known as 'the
idol of the Spanish War Veterans"
Applications for charters have been re-
ceived by the national officers of the Lineal
Society here from relatives Of Spanish war