Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-22

vate Starke Private Buscher. Driver Phil
lips. Assistant Driver Sullivan, Private
williams. Private Specht. Assistant Driv-
er Minnick. Privates Sullivan. Green
Gibbs Lieut. Barner. Assistant Engineer
Luskey. Private Jones. Assistant Driver
Clements. Assistant Driver Smith. Lieut.
Decker. Lieut.. Covington. Private Wolff
Engine Company No. Is. with the follow
ing officers and men on tile apparatus:
Capt Harper. lieut.. Raley. Engineer
Raum. Assistant Engineer Brill, Driver
Sugru, Assistant Driver Lunsford. P,i-
Yates Anderson. Leaman, Barrett, Posey,
Hollidge and Wiles.
Engine company No. 1S-Capt. Hanion,
Lieut.. Rowe. Engineer Hunt. Assistant
Engineer Barnes. Driver Macintosh. As
sistant Driver Waters. Privates Foster.
Bayly. HUNT and Harrison.
Truck company No. Capt Brown.
TTlerman Padsett. Driver Neunayer. Pri-
Yates w. w. Rollins. Smith. SpoiiIn, Abel.
Greiner, MCGEE. Hurley. Fletcher and
Payne.
Combination chemical No Capt. Seitz.
Lieut.. Green. Driver Nelson. Privates
Carroll. Thompson, Trower, Phillips, Hell
muth. Archer and Skinner.
Fuel Wagon No. ,, driven by Private
BranZell.
Capts. Warden and Grim marshaled the
Washington firemen.
Features of the Parade.
The column was more than three miles
in length and took about an hour and
a half to pass a given point There were
about 900 men in line. The military dis
play this year, is said to have been finer
than that of any of the similar celebra-
tons in this city in recent years.
TIL, historic OLD Friendship engine was
one of the features of the firemens div!-
sion of the parade. Tradition says
George Washington aided in raising the
:aoney that paid for the engine. The fact
Is he contributed to the purchase of the
predecessor of the present Friendship,
which Is about seventy years old.
Entertaining the visitors was an under
taking of considerable magnitude. the va
rious committees assigned to that duty be-
ing kept busy. Most of the work was
under the direction of P. Won de West
laken. chairman of the entertainment
committee
Repres ,ntative Carlin of this city en-
tertained a number OF guests at his home,
I'll North Washington street, among them
being several S, nae rs and representatives
in Congress. Go" Swanson was also a
guest Of Mr.. Carin
Many citizens kept open house.
The special feature this evening will be
the Masonic banquet given annually by
Alexandria Washington Lodge of MasOns.
The Elks' indoor carnival is scheduled to
close tonight.
officers and Committees.
The following are the officers of the
George Washington Birthday Association
J. Y. Williams, president: J. II. Trimyer,
first vice president: r. Clifton Howard,
second vice president: r. NJ. Graham
third vice president; P. Won de West
laken fourth vice president; Harry Ham
mond. fifth vice president: II. b. Cation.
secretary; H. D. Kirk, assistant secretary
J. William May, treasurer, and Harrie
White, assistant treasurer.
The following committees served in con-
nection with the celebration:
Recepton-E. f. Downham. chairman
c. b. Marshall, w. A. Smoot, jr., c. C.
Carlin, John A. Marshall. A. II. Oehlert
J. NJ. HILL L. Ruben. S. G. Brent. Julian
r. Burke. George X. Pickett. George l.
Cation. Judge L. c. Barley. Judge ]. X.
Baldwin, T. c. Smith. George f. Wartield
Carroll Pierce and Jones Rixey.
Entertainments. Won de Westlaken
chairman; NJ. P. Greene. NJ A. Quinn, H
Greene. w II. Sweeney. J. D. Normoyle
]. L. Johnson, Courtney Acton, r. A. Gar
rett, Albert Aitcheson, George II. Beu-
ebert.
Transportation-R. M. Graham. chair
man; T. c. Howard. u. S. Lambert. E.
c. Joyce, o. II. Kirk, J. G. Peverill, j. T.
Preston and George H. Hinken.
Press-M. T. Dwyer, chairman; Hubert
Snowden. L. II. Thompson, w. F. A.
Carne, F. p. Russell. Will +. Carne. r. L.
Carne, jr., Isaac Gregg, James +. Peyton
and A. J. Wedderburn.
Decorations-W. w. Ballenger, chair.
man: ]. T. Johnson, F. w. Smith, John A
Ewald, ]. r. Ballenger, George II. Beu-
ebert, II. a. Downham. F.. F. Downham
r. f. Gronau, James D. Brannoh and H.
j. Grub.
Music-D. w. Aitcheson, chairman
Charles J. Geisendaffer, J. William May
Oscar Robbins. A. K. Warfield. E. s.
Smith. Douglas Lindsey. William Luckett
J. A. Soutenb lrS. Ii. F. Green, Selma
Lynn. w. p Taylor. G. X. Appich and c.
.Military-Maj W. NJ Smith. chairman
Maj. James NJ. King, Capt. P. J. Murphy
Lieut.. w. w. Domaine. Lieut.. c. w
May, DR.. r. B. Cochran. {. c. Carlin
Judge l.. c. Barley, J. J. Green, F. L.
Slaymaker, II. OBJ. Cooper. s. L. Monroe
George H. Robinson, L. D. Sullivan and
II. w. Smith.
Firemen-Kenneth w. Ogden. chairman
Courtney Acton. NJ. L. Rislleill. S. Sidney
| Mankin. Mark l.. Price, G.. w. Pettey. G.
l.. Picken, w NJ. Glasgow. L. E. Uhler
]. Fl. Trimyer. w. H. Smoot and J. r.
Petit.
Secret organizations-A. A: Paul. chair
| man. ]. H. Trimyer. ]. X. Mansfield, a
| Struder. o. r. Howard, w. A: Harding
G. N. Cradlin and c. Nj. Schwab.
| Civic--O. H. Kir chairman; Frank Bay
| liss. r. NJ. Graham, II. Leonard Reed
NJ. L. Price, r. F. Downham. j: II. Trim
Robert E. Miller. Marshall l.. King. John
Leadbeater. David n. Hulfish. ]. M: Will
| lis, W. c. Davis, Wallace Lindsey Harry
I ID. Kirk and c. D. Woolf.
Carriages-Thomas l.. Hall, chairman
| Thomas Chauncey, p. 7. Harrington and
| James T. Patterson.