Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-01
THE SPANISH WAR VETS
LIVELY CONTEST FOR THE OFFICE
OF COMMANDER.
Election Of District Corps to Be Eeld
in Early Future-National
Roster.

AS the time draws near for the annual
| election OF officers of the District of CO.
| lumbia Corps, Spanish War Veterans,
candidates for the Office of commander
are bobbing up, and some electioneering
is being done by the friends of the sew
eral aspirants Maj. Fred s. Hodgson the
present commander, has served two sue
cessive terms and the corps has grown
and prospered under his direction. He
has declined to consider the proposition
to run for a third term.
Dr. s. Clifford Cox, medical director of
the District Corps, Is one of the leading
candidates for the commandership, and
his many friends claim he will be elected.
On the other hand, the supporters of
| capt q. Leyburn Shorey of the John ia
COD Astor Camp say he is the logical sue
cessor of Maj. Hodgson and should be
erected. Capt. Shorey is the present SEN
Tor vice commander of the District corps.
He lost one of his legs in Cuba
Another candidate who was publicly an
nounced by Capt. Taliaferro at the recent
smoker of Astor Command is l. N Dolph,
the present adjutant of the District corps.
IN me other offices to be filled at the APP
proacn1ng election are: Senior vice COM
| mander, now held by Capt Shorey; Junior
vice commander, now held by Richard B.
Leach; medical director, present incumbent
DR.. S. Clifford Cox; inspector now held nv
w. r. Stone; judge advocate, present in
cumbent c. ]. Neis; chaplain, now held by
Rev. Charles c. Pierce, U. s. A., stationed
at fort Myer; mastering officer. present
incumbent w. B. Horne; a council Of ad-
mln1stratlon of four members and the ap-
polntment by the incoming CORPS COM
mander OF an adjutant and quartermaster.
The Amalgamated Bodies.
Corps Commander Hodgson has received
from national headquarters certain inter-
esting data relative to the recent amalga-
nation of three national bodies of Spanish
war soldiers 1t is stated that the associa-
tions in question ARE hereby united in one
fraternal, patriotic and lasting organiza-
ton, to be known as the United Spanish
War Veterans The official term Of ma
tional officers recently installed in office
shall be from April Is, 1904 to January 1,
1905
officers Of the national encampment of the
United Spanish War Veterans: Commander
in-chief, Major Harold c. Megrew, late S.
w. "; senior vice commander-in-chief, who
will succeed Col. Megrew, Capt William E.
English late communicating chief S. A. w.
v; junior vice COMMUNICATIVE chief Col.
George Nj. Moulton, lat, commandments
chief Service Men of the Spanish war; Judge
advocate, J. N. Kinney, Michigan. late S.
w. "; surgeon general, Frank N. Hendley,
Ohio, late S. A. w. v; chaplain-in-c chief,
Rev Father w. H. l. Reaney, U. S. N, late
S. w. "; paymaster general, Col Russell
Is. Harrison of Indiana, late S. A. w. ";
commissary general, Col. Thomas F. Lynch.
New York, late s. w. "; chief of engi-
neers, Capt. Wilson l. DGveny, New York,
late Service Men; chief signal officer, Major
W. H. Davis, Pennsylvania, late 8. A. w.
v; chief of ordnance, Col. Edward c.
Young. Illinois, late Service Men; chief of
of S. A w. v; chief mastering officer,
Major Harry Hall, Pennsylvania, late s. A.
w. V, and historian, S. r. j. Hoyt, Iowa,
late of the Service Men.
H~o,,
added to those of the Spanish War veter-
ans. The new officers are the paymaster
general, comm1SSary general chief of en-
gineers, chief signal officer chief Of ord
nance, chief of artillery and chief muster
ing officer. These additions were made so
that there would be enough Offices to go
around among the aspirants in the three
organizations which now form the united
national body.
Council of Administration.
The council Of administration Of twenty
six members is proportionately divided
among the membership of the three for
mer associations. 1t Is headed by Senator
Charles Dick, Gov. Winfield T. Durbin of
Indiana, Lieut. Gov. Curtis Guild, jr., and
other prominent men. The blue and gray
uniform of the Spanish War Veterans will
be retained by the united body, also the
badge and button, with the word united
added to the legend Spanish War Veter-
ans" Local organizations formerly known
in the Spanish War Veterans as COM
mands" will hereafter be designated as
camps"
The District Corps. S. w. ", has been in
vited to participate in the ceremonies incl
dent to the dedication of the New York
monument at Battle Ground cemetery, on
the 7th street road near Fort Stevens, July
II. President Roosevelt has been requested
to give the veterans of the civil war and
those of the war with Spain who are in
government employ holiday from to 4:3O
O. clock the afternoon of that date. If he
issues such an order 1t Is predicted that
there will be a big turnout of Spanish war
veterans.
Maj. Hodgson reports that the recent
lawn fete given by the District Corps was
a success and that a sum amounting to
about 900 has been added to the hall
fund as a result.