Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-04
ASKED TO DECORATE
Merchants on Pennsylvania
Avenue Receive Request.
HONOR TO S. W. v. VISITORS
Citizens Expected to Make Display Of
National Colors.
PLANS FOR MEDICAL CORPS
Separate Division to Be Formed-Big
E Spanish War Campfire Monday =
Night.
HONOR TO S. W. v. VISITORS
PLANS FOR MEDICAL CORPS

The national encampment committee Of
the United Spanish War Veterans, by
unanimous vote, has requested the business
men along PennsyIvania avenue from lat
to 2Sd streets to decorate their establish
ments In honor Of the visiting soldiers Of
the war With Spain, who will begin to ar
rive here Saturday. It In the hope Of the
local department that the merchants will
have the decorations completed by Satur-
day night. as many Of the veterans are ex-
pected to reach Washington Sunday, when
they will be met at the depots by q uni
formed detail Of the Department OF the
District of Columbia, headed by band,
and escorted to tho headquarters of the
national encampment committee. at the
Hotel Regent. It has also been requested
that the Official corps Of the Spanish War
Veterans. red and yellow, be used as gen.
orally as possible.
It was stated that at the last national
were very much in evidence, also many
designs with the legend Welcome United
Spanish War Veterans" One Of the FIRST
places to be decorated in this city in hoaor
OF the coming soldiers Of 1888 was the
Pittsburg House. 476 Pennsylvania avenue.
Under the personal direction Of Mr. Maur-
Ice Auerbach. the manager, the building
has been deliberately decorated ana will be
enects. Other business houses are prepar-
Ing to do likewise, 1t is said.
Medical Corps Named.
DR.. Francis e. Harrington. son of the
late Gen. Harrington Of the United States
Marine Corps, the latter of whom was a
member of the United Spanish War Vet
Grams. having been one Of its first ma
tional officers. as well as an officer of the
department Of the District of Columbia,
has arranged for a medical corps for duty
during the erlcampment. After a CONSUL
tation with Commander ]. Walter Mitchell
Of the District department today, DR.. Har-.
rington, who was elected chairman by the
executive board of the encampment COM
mittee. today appointed as members Of the
Or. q. P. Copeland. aid: DR.. Grant. 8.
Barnhart; DR.. Chas. M. Beall, DR.. j. H.
Digges. DR.. E. H. Egbert, DR.. w. A
F Fn,akl Dr. 7; Glenn Jones, DR.. G. P.
Randolph. DR.. R. c. Ruedy. DR.. ]. D.
Rogers. DR.. Frank. Domaine Of - eau
atty Hospital. Dr. Chas. 8. White Of the
Emergency Hospital and DR.. Louis H.
Tay.or of the George Washington Uni
yersity Hospital, assistants.
DR.. Harrington was busily engaged today
completing his plans for the medical end Of
the encampment. His tentative plans con-
template having eight ambulances stationed
at different points along the line of march
and two hospital tents erected in the White
Lot or other reservation near the center of
the city. A meeting Of the medical corps
has been called for this evening by Chair
man Harrington to complete the plans.
Boys Brigade Assigned.
Gen. William Hart Dexter, commander
and organizer Of the Boys Brigade, will
serve on the staff Of Captain Lipscomb,
marshal of the second division. He will
also arrange for details Of the brigade to
parade with that division
An invitation has been extended to all
soldiers Of the war with Spain and the
Philippine instruction and Boxer cam
paign to parade as separate corps. They
will report Monday evening at o'clock
cock for assignment In the line.
Capt Lipscomb has given the Minute Men
the right of his division. Col M. A. Win
ter has ordered out four companies with
the Minute Men Band and staff to take
part in the parade.
Final arrangements were completed today
by Chairman Jeremiah A. Costello for the
big campfire to be held Monday night at
the Washington Light Infantry Armory.
18th and E streets northwest.