The National tribune., 1906-10-04

Campbell; Chairman of Decorations.
Mrs. Harriet L. Scribner, Chairman
of Accommodations, Mrs. Margaret
Phillips; Vice Chairman, Mrs. E. Foley;
Chairman of Transportation, Mrs.
Louise Foster; Vice Chairman, Miss
Nellie Beckley. The committees have
arranged that the Auxiliaries shall par
ticipate with the comrades on all their
excursions.
The Chairman of the National En-
campment Committee on Spanish War
Veterans appointed a Committee on
Spanish War Auxiliaries, which has
| been cooperating with the Ladies'
Committees in every way possible. The
members of the committee are Capt.
Dan G. Eberly, Capt. Henry G. Foster,
J. H. ]. Duffy, Capt G. E. Rausch,
Capt. George West Byron, ]. c. O'Brien
and Capt VIM. Peacock. Every mem
Der of this committee saw active service
during the Spanish-American War, and
one member of it, CAPT. Henry Foster,
is a veteran of the war of the rebellion
as we'll, with splendid record of three
years and half out of which he came
with Medal of Honor for gallant con-
duct at Ream's Station in 1864, and 19
years service in the Regular Army, in
which he fought Indians pretty much
all over the West, and was with Gen.
Lawton when old Geronimo was cap
tured. In the Cuban scrimmage he was
badly wounded at San Juan Hill, being
shot through both arms and the body.
His war record reads like a romance
of the days of the wars of the Roses
The records of the younger men upon
the committee are also excellent and
all are noted for doing things
On the ladies' committees are a num-
ber of women who have name and fame
far outside of the District of Column bia
Mrs. Ida M. Galloway, President of
the Department of the District of Co
lumbia Auxiliary and Chairman of the
Nationa, Convention Committee, is the
wife of Capt. John Galloway, Treasurer
of the National Electricians Associa-
| ton, and one of the prominent electri-
clans and business men of the District,
| and she is prominent in many of the
societies of Washington During the
| Spanish-American War she was con-
nected with the Potomac Track work,
the w. G. T. u. Lunch Rooms, and de-
voted much time to visiting the hospi-
tails in and about the city. She is very
prominent in church and philanthropic
work, and whatever success the Ladies'
Auxiliaries may have in entertaining
| their guests the credit will be largely
due to the untiring efforts of Mrs. Gal
loway. who has faced difficult posi-
| tion with energy and imbued the small
corps Of workers who are her assist
ants with her own enthusiasm. She is
a woman of commanding presence of
| charming personality and born leader
The Vice Chairman of the Commit
| tee, Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball, who is
also Chairman of the Press Committee,
is Past President of the Department
of the District of Columbia, Auxiliary
to the United Spanish War Veterans.
Mrs. Ball had a famous controversy
with the National organization in 1903.
at New Haven, in which she was worst
ed for the time, but the National Con-
vention of year later at st. Louis was
forced to accept Mrs. Ball as an ac-
credited delegate and permanent mem
ber of the National organization, restor-
ing to her all her rights, titles and hon
ors. Mrs. Ball has been a moving spirit
in the District organization from its in
ception. She earned her "spurs," so
to speak, in active work for the Wo-
mans Relief Corps. in which she has
been prominent for 1S years. Mrs. Ball
is Washington correspondent with
wide acquaintance, wields "pungent.'
pen, and hates sycophant and a hypo-
cfite.
Mrs. Ruth NJ. Griswold Pealer, Presi-
dent of Mary A. Babcock Auxiliary, l.
ana Chairman of the Committee on
Receptions, is one Of the charter mem