Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-22
SOClETY'S YEARLY Meeting
Will Attend dwelling of McClellan's
Statue.
RECEPTION AT WHITE HOUSE
Special Drill to Be Given at Fort
q. .Nysr-Joint Banquet Of Four
Organizations Of Veterans.

The thirty-seventh annual reunion of the
Society OF the Army Of the Potomac viii
be held in this city May 1, 2, 3 and 4. 1t
will be made the occasion Of the unwilling
Of the equestrian statue Of Gen. George B.
Mcclellan, the organizer and first command
er OF the Army OF the Potomac. The statue
is in the reservation at the intersection Of
Connecticut avenue and Columbia road. and
it will be formally dedicated at 2:30 O clock
the afternoon OF May 2
The program of exercises on that occa-
sion Is as follows: Opening prayer. by Bish-
op Satterlee of the diocese of Washington;
a brief history OF the statue, which is the
work OF Frederick MacMonnies, by Gen.
King. secretary Of the Society OF the Army
Of the Potomac: unwilling Of the statue by
the President. with q salute from q battery
of artillery: address by the President Of the
United States: addresses by Gen. Sickles,
Gen. Howard and Gen. Dodge.
About 5000 troops, regular and militia.
will participate in the dedication. They will
be commanded by Maj. Gen. Bell, chief Of
stan. with Brig. Gen. Duvall as his chief
Of staff and Col. Benjamin Alvord as ad-
jutant general.
Army Of the Potomac Reunion.
The reunion of the Society Of the Army
Of the Potomac will begin with the regis
tratfon Of the members on the morning OF
the LIST proximo. In the afternoon and
evening visits will be made to the Ma
tional Museum. the Smithsonian and the
Corcoran Art Gallery. On the morning Of
May !? the corps and society meetings will
be held at various hotels and the entire
organization will take part in the unveil-
Ing ceremonies in the afternoon.
Public exercises will be held at the Be-
lasco Theater on the morning Of the IN
.oIlt v,n, nk N VTT
chaplain Of the Second Army Corps, will
offer the prayer, which will be followed
by an address OF welcome to the society
from one Of the District Commissioners
and an Grafton by Martin w. Littleton
former president Of the borough Of Brook
Ign.
May the veterans will be received by
the President at the White House. and later
they will attend special drill at Fort
Myer. At night a joint banquet Of the
armies Of the Potomac, Cumberland. Ten
nessee and Ohio will be held at Rauscher's,
which will mark the close of the reunion
Committees in Charge.
Committees are announced as follows:
General committee-Chairman. Maj. Gen.
Joseph P. Sanger. U. 8. A; secretary. Rear
Admiral George c. Remey, U. s. N: treas
urer, Capt. Thomas r. Jones, U. 8. "; as
sistant secretaries. William Howard Glib
son. U. 8. ", assistant cashier United
States treasury; Brig. Gen. Thomas NJ. Vim
cent. U. 8. A; Brig. Gen. William P. Rog-
ers. U. s. A.; Capt. Albert B. White. U. s.
V. chief accounts division, general land
office.
Subcommittee Misunderstanding, Maj.
Richard w. Tyler, L. S. A.: automobiles,
MIR. James L. hampton; badges, Capt. Abra-
ham Hart, U. 8. ": banquet, Capt. Charles
Lyman. L. g. "; carriages. William w.
Chambers: entertainment. Maj A. H. G.
Richardson. 7. s. "; finance. Brig. Cen.
William W. Dudley. L. s. "; Invita- ons,
Brig. Gen. George A. Woodward. T. 8. A:
membership, Capt Stephen Mulhall. U. S.
A; music. DR.. Franklin T. Howe, U. S. ":
the President. Maj. Gen. Joseph P. Sanger.
L. s. A: reception, Maj. Gen. George l..
Gillespie U. s. A: society and corps meet
ing rooms, Col. Robert G. Rutherford, L.
S. A.
Executive commIttee-Chairman. George
H. Patrick. e S. v; secretary, William
Howard Gibson, L. S. ". treasurer, Capt.
Thomas r. Jones, U. 8. V.
Finance committee-Gen. VIM. w. Dudley,
chairman: Gen. Ellis Spear. Gen. Van Hart
ness Bukey, Gen. Ira c. Abbott. Gen. Cecil
Clay, Thomas 8. Hopkins. Gen. William Bir-
ney. John Joy Edison, Gen. John c. Black,
Brainard H. Warner. Col. George Trues-
dell Myron NJ. Parker Maj. John Cassells.
VIM W. Brown. Maj. Archibald Mcknight.
Mai. Hannibal D. Norton, Capt. Newton NJ
Brooks. Maj. James H. Reeve. Henry n.
Copp, Capt. Henry E. Williams. George E.
| COrSOn, PdymaSter FRANK w. f1dChett, I1dl
rison Dingman, Maj. Bernard P. Mimmack.
Jerome F. Johnson, DR.. Charles V. Petteys.
Maj E. P. Halstead, Ames F. Medford,
Col Robert Reyburn. Col. Henry c. Var
row. Col David E. WEIGH, DR.. Lawrence
wilson Dr. AIonzo o. Bliss, Capt. Robert
8. Lacey Hosea B. Moulton, Col. Archibald
Hopkins, John r. Young. AdJt. VIM. 8.
Shallenberger, Capt. Horace +. Jacobs, Maj
Frank A. Butts. Col Henry w. Fuller, MAJ.
Adolph Won Haake Capt Luther r. Smith.
Col. Lorenzo D. Bumpus. Capt. Andrew j.
Huntoon, Capt. Bernard T. Janney. Capt.
John r. King. Capt. Hyland. c. Kirk, Thos.
r Sanders, Col NJ Emmett Urell, Capt.
Amos Hadley, Alexander Scott, Capt.
Hiram Buckingham, Capt. Gilbert Hustled.
Gen. Charles w. Hobbs, Orville D.
Tha tcher, Dr. VIM. Tindal, Frank D. Sioat'
can't. VIM. p. Seville, Gen. Chambers Nc
kihbin. Capt Samuel r. Strattan and the
chairman, secretary and treasurer of the