Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-28
WAS SPECIAL GUEST
Secretary Root Meets Distin-
guished Citizens Socially.
PRESIDENT ATTENDS
RECEPTION AT THE RESIDENCE
OF SENATOR ALGER.
Members of Cabinet, of the Supreme
Court and of the Diplomatic
Corps Present.
PRESIDENT ATTENDS

Senator Alger gave a brilliant reception
last night at his residence in honor of the
| retiring Secretary of War The occasion
was made especially notable by the pres
ence of President Roosevelt and of Gov.
Taft, who will soon succeed Secretary
Rot at the head of the War Department.
All of the members of the cabinet, and, in
fact, most Of the men now prominent in
official military life, together with
number of the leading citizens of the Dis
trict, were present. The main drawing
room was decorated with flowers, including
white lilies and other potted plants in
bloom. The library and dining room were
also handsomely decorated. A buffet sup
per was served throughout the evening. The
table was adorned with roses. Senator
Alger and Secretary Root met the guests
in the drawing room.
The Secretary's Flag.
The flag of the Secretary of War, which
was used in connection with the reception
rendered by Senator Alger to Secretary
Root last night, is new in design. The
army regulations describe it follows:
THE flag of the Secretary of War shall
be of scarlet bunting measuring II feet fly
6 feet inches hoist. In each of the four
corners shall be a five-pointed white star,
with one point upward. The points of each
star to lie in the circumference of an imagi-
nary circle of five-inched radius. The CEN
ters of these corners to be seventeen
inches from the short sides and twelve
inches from the long sides of the flag. In
the center of the flag shall be an official
coat of arms of the United States of suit
able size
List of the Guests.
Among those invited. and most of whom
were present, were Secretary Shaw, Attor-
ney General Knox, Postmaster General
Payne, Secretary Hitchcock, Secretary VIII
son, Secretary Cortelyou, Assistant Secre
tary Loomis, Assistant Secretary Taylor,
Assistant Secretary Oliver, Assistant Post
master General Wynne, Assistant Secretary
Da Ring and Commissioner James r. Gar
field.
Chief Justice Fuller and Associate JUS
tees Harlan, Brewer, Brown, White, Peck
ham, McKenna. Holmes and Day.
The British minister, Sir Henry Mortimer
Durand; the Japanese minister, Mr.. Kogoro
Takahra; the Cuban minister, Senior de
Quesada.
Senators Nelson w. Aldrich J. Frank AL
lee, William B. Allison, Augustus o. Bacon
Joseph w. Bailey, l.. Heisler Ball, Thomas
r. Bard. William B. Bate. James H. Berry,
Albert II. Beveridge, JOS. c. S. Blackburn
Henry E. Burnham. Julius c. Burrows Ed
ward w Carmack. Moses E. Clapp, James
P. Clarke, Alexander S. Clay, Francis M.
Cockrell Charles y. Culberson, Shelby M.
Cullom. John w Daniel. Charles H. Diet
Tlcn. william +. Dll1nSndTN, Jonathan +.
Dolliver, John F. Dryden. Fred T. Dubois.
Stephen B. Elkins. Charles w. Fairbanks,
Joseph B. Foraker. Addison G.. Foster, Muir
ply J. Foster. William p. Frye, Charles w.
Fulton Jacob H Gallinger, Robert ]. Gam
BILE, Paris Gibson. Arthur P. German, Eu-
gene Hale. Marcus A. Hanna, Henry c.
Hansbrough, Weldon B. Hepburn, George
F. Hoar, Albert J. Hopkins, John kean,
Thomas KeaHls Alfred B. kittredge. As
bury c. Latimer, Henry Cabot Lodge, Ches-
ter /. Long. Louis E. McComas, James B.
McCreary, Porter j. McCumber. Samuel D.
McEnery. Anselm J. McLaurfn, Stephen r.
Mallory, Thomas S. Martin. Joseph II. Mil
lard John H. Mitchell. fernando D. Money,
John T. Morgan, Knute Nelson, Francis G.
Newlands. Lee S. Overman, Thomas NJ
Patterson, George C. Perkins Edmund w.
Nathan B. Scott, Furnifold Mel. Simmons,
Reed Smoot, John C. Spooner, William M.
Stewart William j. Stone. James Z. Taha-
ferro, Benjamin r. Tillman. Francis E.
Warren and George P. Wetmore
Speaker Joseph g. Cannon, representa-
tive Roswell z. Bishop, Joseph w. Fordney,
Archibald B. Darragh, Washington Gard
ner, Edward L. Hamilton, Alfred Lucking,
George A Loud, Henry McMorran, William
Alden Smith. Samuel w. Smith, Charles e.
Townsend, H. Oln Young, John A. T. Hull,
William P. Hepburn, Robert r. Hit, Chas.
H. Grosvenor and Edward De " Morrell.
Lieut.. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, Lieut.. Col.
H. A Greene Gen. Wallace +. Randolph,
Col. Alexander Mackenzie, Col. Enoch H.
CrOwder. Lieut. co.'s James L. Kerr, eros
by p Miller, Frederick A. Smith and Chas.
Shaler.
Gen. Sanger, Col. w. P. Hall, Cen George
H. Burton Gen. George E. Davis, Gen. c.
F. Humphreys. Gen. John F. Weston, Gen.
Robert NJ. O'Reilly, Col Charles Hezman,
Maj. Walter D. McCaw, Gen. Alfred e.
Bates, Gen. G. L. Gillispie, Gen. William
Crozier, Gen. F. c. Ainsworth, Col. Clar-
ence r. Edwards, Col. T. w. Symons. Col.
Alexander NJ. Miller, Gen. John M. Wilson,
Maj. John Tweedale, Gen. A. w. Greedy and
Gen. Joseph p. Breckenridge
Messrs. Richard Weightman, Crosby s.
Noyes. S. H. Kaufman, Theodore w.
Noyes Thomas F. Walsh, c. c. Glover, Vic
tor l.. Mason, John A. Mccall, William E.
Quinby, G. ]. Diekema, H. H. Bridgman,
T. w. Atwood, Henry d. Sherdon, Henry
Heatherington, Rev. Edward Everett Hale,
Henry V. Boynton, Charles A. Boynton,
David S. Barry. James Schermerhorn, Ell
wood T. Hance, w. E. Bixby, Henry M.
Campbell, II. c. Potter, jr., Homer Warren,
Truman H. Newberry, A. NJ. Henry. George
H Stalker, Arthur Z. Sutphin, William
Livingstone. jr.. Richard Dellafeld. r. A.
Alger, jr., Lambert Tree, B. B. Odel jr..
Alexander Mcpherson, Charles Bennett,
Gen. o. o. Howard, DR.. w. ]. Boardman,
Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, Gen. Sckles, Gen.
Duffeld, Admiral Rixey, Col. Hopkins and
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