Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-19
ANNUAL INSPECTION
DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT. W. R.
c., VISITS THOMAS CORPS.

George H Thomas Relief Corps members
were out in force last evening FOR the an
nual inspection conducted and superlnteno-
ed by Mrs. Anna E. Hoagland. department
inspector. The ritualistic work required
something over two hours to complete II
was pronounced by the department inspec-
tor, the department president and several
of the speakers as almost perfect"
Mrs Ida ]. Hart, department president
Mrs Fannie B. Worden, Mrs. Matte E. Nc
Clure, Mrs. Sarah c. Beach, Mrs. Alice
Burke, Mrs. Ida A. Oldroyd, Mrs. Caroline
Fisher, Mrs. Lucinda Gruber, Mrs. Helen
Stone, Mrs. Dow and Mrs. Isabel Worrel
Ball all members of the department staH'
were received with honors and escorted to
the platform, from which they viewed the
work of the corps. Mrs. Annie w. Johnson,
past department president. a special
guest OF the corps The department presi-
dent, by special request installed into ONCE,
just before the closing exercises, as ASSIST
ant guard Miss Jennie Stretch
In a brief address the department inspec-
TOR specially commended the work of the
color bearers, Miss Lizzie Crisp, Mrs. Kate
NJ. Harris, Miss Sallie Ferren and Mrs
Clara Morgan. and complimented the presi-
dent, Mrs. Emma c. Littlejohn. She also
had a good word for each of the officers,
but little criticism. Other speakers inelud-
ed Mrs. Annie W. Johnson Mrs. Matte E.
Mcclure, department lnStltullnS ana III
stalling officer; Mrs. Ida A. Oldroyd and
Mrs. Isabel WOrrell Ball.
Just before the speaking began the mem
bers of George n. Thomas Post and other
guests, to the number of seventy, were pre-
scented. the commander, H. II. House, and
the senior vice department commander, Il.
=. Entrikin, were escorted to the platform.
Commander House and Col. Entrikin both
spoke of the relations between the post
and the corps, and declared that 1t would
be impossible for the post TO exist long
without the aid and assistance of the ladies
of the corps. Commander House was ac-
conpaned by his staff, d. S. Weker, senior
Wee commander; TheQ. Mcclure, junior vice
commander; William Rowland, officer of
the day; w. H. Honn, chaplain: H. 8. Dob
son, surgeon; Theo. Tiverney officer of the
guard; Samuel Beight adjutant; B. T.
Entrikin, quartermaster; Edward Webster,
sergeant major; r. B. Crisp. quartermaster,
and the following post commanders from
other posts in the Department of the Po-
fomac, G. A. r.: E. D. King. Kit Carson;
a. A. Maxim, George G. Meade; r. s.
Goodman, Charles Sumner; B. F. Graham,
Farragut; J. r Ford, Lafayette; Alex
Freeman, Frederick Douglas He was also
accompanied by Col. Frank Tracy of New
York, who, with Past Commander B. +.
Bingham of the Department of the Poto-
mac, was instrumental in having erected
in Battle cemetery last summer the monu-
ment erected by the survivors of the 122d
New York.
The evening closed by a general recep-
ton and the serving of refreshments
The officers of George II. Thomas Corps
are: Mrs. Emma c. Lttlejohn, president;
Mrs. Sarah E. Kaufman, senior vice pres-
dent; Mrs. Annie Lukei, junior vice pres1-
dent; Mrs. Mary w. S. Thatcher, secretary;
Mrs. Gertrude Morgan, treasurer: Mrs. Sa-
rah Hill, chaplain; Mrs. Nora B. Atkinson,
conductor; Mrs. Jennie Stretch, assistant
conductor; Mrs. Mary Honn guard; Mrs.
Florence Gates, assistant guard Mrs.
Emma v Webster, patriotic instructor;
Mrs Matte E. Mcclure, press correspon-
dent; Mrs. Sarah Beach. pianist; Miss Liz
ze Crisp, Mrs. Kate NJ. Harris, Miss Sallie
Ferrin and Mrs Clara Magee, color bearers