Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-03
VISIT TO ARLINGTON CEMETERY

4A0pSCt4ou Ok O1o coxCS IN SAC1uAty
Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at
the White House.
With soldier stories. songs and patriotic
oratory the thirty-seventh annual reunion
Of the Society OF the Army Of the Potomac
will come to conclusion this evening at a
joint banquet to be held at Rauscher,s. The
function will begin at o'clock, and the
societies Of the armies Of the Cumberland,
Ohio and Tennessee will participate.
The program for today opened with the
cavalry and artillery drill at Fort Myer at
10 o'clock this forenoon. A squadron Of
cavalry and two field batteries participated
In the evolutions and showed the old SOL
oilers OF the sixties some military stunts
that were real revelations to them. In
stead OF the old muzzle-loading cannon Of
the civil war. modern breech-ioadins guns
were manipulated by the cannoneers Of the
3D. and 4th United States batteries. while
the evolutions Of Uncle Sans modern cav
airy caused the venerable vets to stare and
wonder.
Had We possessed such guns, big and
little. In the sixties said a veteran volun-
teer from Connecticut, I'VE could have
ended the civil war in jiffy:'
After viewing the work Of cavalry and
battery as It Is conducted in the twentieth
century's advanced art of war, and ap-
plauding the soldiers Of 1907 in their khaki
uniforms, the visiting veterans and their
ing peep at historic Arlington, where SO
many of their former comrades have cast
their last bivouac and are sleeping their
last sleep.
They were very much interested in the
surrounding territory Of Virginia, on whose
SOIL me greatest battles Of the civil war
were fought.
Recall the Civil War.
Some Of them recalled the time when the
surrounding Virginia heights were massed
with men In blue and crowned with forts
and big guns for the protection Of the
capital city from confederate invasion.
A number Of the old soldiers also visited
me dme.worn forts they had helped to
carnage from 1861 to 1866
This afternoon the survivors Of the sew
eral armies formed in line at the White
House and passed through the east room,
where they grasped the hand of President
Roosevelt. himself a veteran of the latest
war this country has been engaged in
that with Spain for humanitys sake.
At the conclusion OF this reception the
visitors found awaiting them long line
OF automobiles. great and small. about hfty
in number. The weather man kept the
rain clouds showed back and the other
masses OF vapor on the move In the skies,
SO that the conclusion of the reunion might
be q pleasant as well as a memorable one
The autos were formed in long lines and
filled with badge and ribbon-bedecked vet
erans-the grim fellows who fought with
Mcclellan on the peninsula of Virginia and
at Antietam, Md.-and the unique process
sion started on its sightseeing tour More
than $50 soldiers and their ladies' and
Of Washington will be visited. including the
former Old Capitol prison. which became so
famous during war times.
An Orderly Retreat.
Eyes, we are going to leave beautiful
washington" said a tanned soldier Of the
civil war. "and many of us will never see
the pretty capital again. But we will try
and retreat in as orderly and mastery q
manner as our first great commander Gen.
Mcclellan. retired from the Virginia Pc
ntnsula early in the civil war;"
The work Of the several corps and COM
mittees was closed up this afternoon and
graveyard quiet reigned at the headQuar-
tiers OF the executive committee on New
York avenue, the erstwhile scene of hustle
and activity, and the headquarters of the
Army of the Potomac in the Ebbitt House.
1t was stated that quite number Of the
exposition before returning to their homes
The regular troops and the National Guard
of New Jersey have returned to their re-
spective stations. and tomorrow the streets
pearance.
Call Upon Mrs. Mcclellan.
A pleasant feature today was the visit
paid Mrs. Mcclellan at her apartments In
the Grafton by Lieut. Round and about
dozen members OF the LIST Connecticut
Heavy Artillery, known in war times as
Mrs. McCiellan's Own" She was photo
grapheS In the center Of group Of the vet
eran fighters of her favorite regiment. In
the party was r.. BENJAMIN Andrews chan
eellor OF the Nebraska State University.
who entered the LIST Connecticut as a private
and came out at the close of the war as a
lieutenant.
After having a pleasant chat with the
widow OF their noted drst commander the
the up-to-date military eyoiutions which
have succeeded the obsolete drills and
movements OF the civil war.
High honor has been conferred upon MAJ.
r. w. Tyler of the drm OF Tyler & Ruth
erford by his election a. vice president of
the Society Of the Army Of the Potomac to
represent the I'd Corps.
Major Tyler was member Of the ia
NOUS Berdan's sharpshooters in the civil
asiGaS all tie a Battles
in which the Army Of the Potomac en-
associates was shown yesterday when he
was nominated for the full presidency of
the Society of the Army OF the Potomac.
Capt Charles Lyman, appointment clerk
honored by being elected president of the
Association OF the I'd Army Corps Capt
Price of Connecticut was elected secretary
Of this society and an executive committee
selected.
The I'd Corps is the only army corps that
maintains a regular society. it Is said. 1t
is located in this city, and on March 13
quet at the Shoreham in celebration Of the
anniversary of the organization Of the
corps at the beginning Of the civil war.
MAY FREEZE OUT PENRoSE.
Tricks Friends Demand Senatorial
Toga for Western Part Of State.