The Washington times., 1905-02-25
INAUGURAL AIDES
Of GEN. WHEELER
Men Who Will Serve in
Second Division.
LOOKING AFTER STRANGERS
Regulations to Govern Guests on Night
of Ball-Work Ends IN PEN
sion Cifiee.

Chairman B. II. Warner, of the com
mittee on Civic organizations and grand
marshal of the civilian .iosts, which
VIII march in the parade, has announced
the staff of General Wheeler, who VIII
command the second division of the
line of march. The famous Confeder-
ate soldier will arrive in Washington
some time about the middle of the week,
and wifi find his staff already organized.
His aides will be Col. L. s Brown,
chief of staff: Oliver Holmes Conrad,
adiutant general Col. o. G. Staples,
inspector general: Col William F. Hart
auartermaster general, and Hon. II. NJ
Gibson, ef York, Pa, cornmissary gem
erai.
Mr.. Warner also announced that VIII
liam Halpfn. of the New York County
Republican Club, will be chief Of staff
OF the first brigade of the first division
The STATS OF General Howard, com
H7ander OF the first division, and Jud-
son Lyons, commander of the coiored
division, will be announced by the first
Of next week.
Looking After Strangers.
There was an enthusiastic meeting last
night of the comtnittee on public com
fort. and Chairman Weller received re-
newed assurances that every member of
the public comfort committee would ti1r.1
out on March and give the entire
day to looking after strangers in the
city. There are 40 mennEe ers of the com
naittee, and every one of them viii be
at work at one Of the three stations of
the public comfort committee that day.
A corps of high school cadets will be
employed Thursday and Friday tc COR
duct visitors to their quarters. At first
the number was 100 but last night twen-
ty more Ss.e added. making the total
number 10. aaese cadets will be raid at
the rate Of 81 a day for their services. :
There will be q meeting of the execu-
tive committed and the entire committee
on public com fort n0xt Wednesday night
| in the Metzerott building, when badges
will be distributed.
Registry About Finished
Chairman Weller announced that after
today he will register no more boarding
| houses. He has to employ several
clerks to keep track of the persons who
apply for registration. and he decided
to stop 1t. Mr.. Weller said that he
was giving no thought to the runor
circulated yesterday that the commit
| tee was charging zee for registra ton
| He said that he had been through just
| such experiences on three previous In
augurations.
| Capt r. Z. Foster, of Company Z,
| Twelfth New York National Guard. was
/ In the city today in regard to prepar-
| ing quarters for his mens who viii ar
/ will bring 100 men with him.
Major James q. Bell, chairman OF the
committee on the Comfort OF the ball
room, has announced tne regulations
which will govern the Pension building
on the night of the ball and supper. The
entrances will be at Z, @. Fourth and
| Fifth streets doors.
No Return Checks.
| There Will be no return checks. When
persons pass out once they lose their
right to return. The gentlemen viii not
| be allowed to smoke.
There viii be no charge in the cloak
t rooms and gentlemen accompanied by
ladies will be permitted to deposit their
coats and hats in the section assigned
| To ladies.
viii be allowed to be worn, and canes
and umbrellas will have to be left at
home or III the cloak rooms.
Chairs nave been arranged in the
rooms en- the first balcony, and no guest
will be allowed TO carry a chair outside
| Of the rooms.
Hitchcock will occupy room 81, in the
extreme west end. on the second floor,
and the room will be connected by
telephone. with the various entrances.
They Will settls all disputes as to ad-
| mission into the building.
Vacation for Clerks
The Pension Office clerks will go out
| this afternoon, not to return to their
work again until March 8. The force of
clerks, numbering between 800 and ], 800.
will take two weeks holiday, which win
not be counted In the annual leave. The
removal OF the file cases will be begun
/ Monday.
The knox Express Company has the
contract fer removing these cases and
all other furniture. The great force OF
carpenters and other workmen will take
possession of the building Monday. and
the hum of the saw and the banging of
the hammer will take the place OF the
| nun of Office machinery. as the clerks
! grind out thousands of pension certifi-
! Gates. etc.
w. P. Van WickIe, chairman Of the
! committee on marking of historic
sites, today completed his list of sites
| to be marked, and has authorized the
printing of a small booklet or cata-
! logue containing the designation of all
| the sites marked. together with the To-
cation of other famous places.
|