Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-13
WELCOME TO MENUS
Larqe Turnout of the Grand
Army Men.
new COMMANDER GREETED
He Urges That Ranks Of the Order
Be Recruited.
WHY VETERANS STAY OUT
Corporal Tanner Remarks on the
Passing of the Old Soldier-Judge
Kimball on Legislative Work.
WHY VETERANS STAY OUT


commander-in-chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic, was the honored guest
last night of the Department of the Po-
tomac of that organization at the G. A. r.
Hail. Gen. Nevius, who is accompanied
by Adjt. Gen. Frank o. Cole, was greeted
by a large and representative gathering
of the veterans of the District.
Among those prominent in local Grand
Army circles who were present were:
Capt Israel w. Stone. Department Com
mander John S. Walker, Vice Department
Commanders E. H. Holbrook and H. A.
Johnson, Chief of Staff B. F. Chase, AS
sistant Adjt. Gen. o. II. Oldroyd, Assist
ant Q. NJ Gen. F. l.. McKenna. Past De-
partment Commanders Ivory G. Kimball.
John McElroy. Milton NJ. Brooke, New
ton. Ferree, A. p. Tasker, ]. NJ. Pipes.
Chief Mastering Officer John G. Maynard
Past Post Commanders viii lam Hawt-
thore, II. l.. Dean, A. s. Perham and
Mrs Isabel Worrell Ball. member Ma
tional Council, w. r. G.
Representatives of the Woman's Re-
lief Corps, Ladies of the G. A. r.. Army
and Navy Union. United Spanish War
Veterans. Sons of Veterans and Daush-
ters of Veterans were also present as
guests for the evening.
Addresses We're made by Gen. NeviuS,
Corporal James Tanner, Judge /. q.
Kimball, Mrs. Emma l.. Newton of the
womans Relief Corps. Mrs. +. l.. Ran
dolph of the Ladies of the G. a. r.. and
Miss Ellen NJ. Roberts of the Daughters
Veterans: The speeches were followed
by a social session, during which Gen.
Nevius met the G. A. r. comrades present
and their friends.
The 'call to arms" was beaten upon
an old war drum by Daniel Williams
who was introduced by Department Com
mander John S. Walker the youngest
man to enlist in the civil strife and who
served his country with credit until
peace was proclaimed.
Gen. Nevius Urges Recruiting.
Gen. Nevus was then introduced by
Commander Walker. He spoke at length
of the general condition of the G. A. r.
and the patriotism which the OrganiZa ton
encouraged in the present and in the ris-
ing generations. and referred to the COR
dial reception given to the members ev-
erywnere. particularly in the cities where
the national encampments have been
held.
The body OF aged veterans was grad
ually becoming unique national institu-
ton because of what they had accom-
plished for the safety of the nation.
| And this is our position today. my
comrades" said Gen. Nevius, AN en-
viable and distinctive one, attained by
self-sacrificing devotion, steadfastness of
principle and an ever-increasing love of
the land our forefathers fought for and
established as nation of nations. It's
wonderful and enviable record, which
shall never sink behind the mists of the
forgotten SO long as this land of ours
lives and 50 long as our posterity people
it.
to U.S. however. to which l want to call
YOUR attention one in which every man of
YOU can render valuable assistance. 1t
deeply affects us as d national institution.
In looking over the pension lists, ! find
there are something like over 100000 men
who fought side by side with us who are
not enrolled in our posts.
"Think of ii, comrades, and what ii in
dicates. What is the cause of it? MY
Investigations have disclosed that these
men who should be with us and are not.
are either too poor to equip themselves
and their pride prevents utilization, or are
not with US because OF other similar
reasons. In my eyes these causes are
ba rriers which must be overcome, not by
those men themselves. but by us. We
must go among them hunt them out. aid
them. help them. equip them and bring
| them into our midst And if necessary,
we must go down into our pockets to at
| tain the end.
"By the time the next national en-
| campment meets at Salt Lake City hope
| that we have, IL not all, gOOdly, ma
| jor portion of those battle-scarred,
aged soldiers of the Union members of
the Grand Army of the Republic
The Thinning Ranks.
Corporal Tanner was called upon, and
delivered one of his typical patriotic
| speeches. He referred to the gradual
dissolution of sectional telling and the
| permanent binding of all parts of the
country into the same state of mind in
| its place.
'And as our ranks are gradually thin
ming year by year numerically. and each
successive autumn sees another OF us
pass into the unknown, there Is that
] satisfaction which comes to us, strong